One might think that predictive keyboards would make the epistolary genre more accessible, but I'm still seeing a general decline in paragraph count between olduse.net and online conversations pretty much everywhere outside of /r/AskHistorians.
(Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 State of the Union speech had a Flesch-Kinkaid score of 15,1. But then again, apparently even Queen Elizabeth's christmas messages have become measurably less posh over her lifetime)
> even Queen Elizabeth's christmas messages have become measurably less posh
To be clear, her reduced 'poshness' is due to changes in her pronunciation over the years, not the content or reading age required. She has moved to a more generic southern English accent rather than the 'cut glass' accent of the upper classes when she was born, in which 'house' would be pronounced 'hice' and 'trousers' as 'trizers'.
Essentially it means that City Skylines could compute anything that it is possible to compute, given enough time. Therefore it is functionally equivalent to the computer you're typing on. In reality, like all computers, it has memory constraints which limit what it can do. A true Turing machine needs infinite memory, which is impossible.
>We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.
Thank you for this; always reminded of my favourite paragraph from pg's article:
>A friend who moved to Silicon Valley in the late 90s said the worst thing about living there was the low quality of the eavesdropping. At the time I thought she was being deliberately eccentric. Sure, it can be interesting to eavesdrop on people, but is good quality eavesdropping so important that it would affect where you chose to live? Now I understand what she meant. The conversations you overhear tell you what sort of people you're among.
It pays to be good seems to be one of the core philosophies.
>So I'm not suggesting you be good in the usual sanctimonious way. I'm suggesting it because it works. It will work not just as a statement of "values," but as a guide to strategy, and even a design spec for software. Don't just not be evil. Be good.
Hah, as a long-time lurker when I saw that title I thought it was interesting and made a mental note to come back when there were comments. It didn't even cross my mind to comment on it - I wonder what causes the different perspective of those who do.
Even as a kind of active commenter very rarely do I have anything worth saying about the post itself, usually I comment in response to other people's comments.
