Jun. 4th, 2014 [Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff]

Tue, 13:22: RT @marypcbuk: @WindowsPhoneUK we call it #minion versus #Oreo @sbisson
Tue, 14:14: Writing about AI and getting to read up on Chomsky's deep grammar. Living the life.
Tue, 14:21: Trying to remember just why the universal translator in the Pohl/Williamson books was the Pmal. I know it was after Linebarger. But why?
Tue, 14:21: ISTR that Linebarger did some early work on deep grammars, but can I find a reference? Anyone able to help?
Tue, 14:50: Interesting to note that OneDrive is an iOS 8 cloud storage option. Wonder if Office will get other cloud storage options in future.
Tue, 14:55: Recent Rereads: The Wake. Neil Gaiman wraps up Sandman appropriately with a funeral, a desert and a play. Always go out with a play.
Tue, 15:17: Language constructs move from academia to commercial all the time. They have to prove value, just like any technology transfer.
Tue, 15:18: Language design is the purest form of computer science: building new abstractions.
Tue, 16:17: Aaargh. PR pitch on Unicode variables in Swift as a security risk. No. IDE feature, variables tokenised on compile. In Visual Studio too...
Tue, 16:27: RT @paulxharris: Stop what you are doing. Put down the phone. Summer is here. The Alaskan bear cam is back and nothing else matters. http:/…

Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff