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+* ideas of the day
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+** elixer, erlang and xla
+
+so xla is a C++ project to create
+a common runtime language
+for machine learning.
+it is supposed to reduce the cost
+of porting the runtime to new chips.
+
+
+** bazel is similar to nix,
+it is self contained and
+difficult to understand
+it has content addressed files.
+it is unfriendly to n00bs.
+and it is almost difficult to build
+from source code using standard tools.
+
+
+* podcast
+rigour in public scholorship.
+New Books Network: Laurie L. Patton, "Who Owns Religion?: Scholars and Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Century" (U Chicago Press, 2019)
+https://newbooksnetwork.com/
+