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Something interesting, while not directly related to this topic, would be interactive mathematical widgets on wikipedia. There are a bunch of old java applets f
by nickporter 14y ago
Something interesting, while not directly related to this topic, would be interactive mathematical widgets on wikipedia. There are a bunch of old java applets floating around for this kind of thing, and they really helped me understand concepts like 3D graphics. It would be nice if wikipedia had those.
- jfchianetta 14y agoI still don't really understand to process to get new stuff in wikipedia, it seems really complicated to change something there. I guess when you have so many content you need to have some inertia but still.
- nickpinkston 14y agoTotally with you - especially because Wikipedia's math pages go from zero to high math pretty fast, and even something simple like this would make these subjects more accessible - even intuitive. There are enough web-based animation stuff to make this trivial - I wonder why no one is doing this kind of thing? There are these REALLY old pages with Java applets or even JS craziness from the 90's going on - but we have tools to make this sooooo much better. We need an online science museum methinks.