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Double-Checking Dawkins (2007)
- jacquesm 3y agoHah, I remember reading this when it first came out in ... 2007! If you like hacks do check out the 'cansole', video out with two resistors.
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- defrost 3y agoHeh. Nice one - definite HN vibes here. More specifically this is fact checking a statement from: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins.
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- xjay 3y agoRelated to The Blind Watchmaker: Richard Dawkins wasn't happy with Apple Writer, so he spent close to a year writing his own word processor [in assembly], called "Scrivener", which he then used to write that book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEe4QEuOSw&t=1074s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEe4QEuOSw&t=1074s He said he would have written 20 books if he hadn't taken up computer programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQp1QaW_onk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQp1QaW_onk
- neilv 3y agoLike Knuth and TeX (and fonts, etc.).
- dang 3y agoRelated, though not much there: Double-checking Dawkins - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6954947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6954947 - Dec 2013 (1 comment) Double-checking Dawkins - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=85247 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=85247 - Dec 2007 (1 comment)