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by WillAdams 2mo ago
Nice! Can it output SVG files for cutting w/ a CNC?
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
That said, having lived through the dark days when Wacom wasn't making tablets and licensing only a few, it is quite nice that they are now manufacturing/licensing so many options. Not sure when something better or more interestin
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
Example of a real-world implementation of an Anime-inspired User Interface --- is that not on-topic in a discussion of Anime User Interfaces?
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
For folks who want a real world implementation, Wacom has not yet sold out of their Special Edition Evangelion MovinkPad Pro 14: https://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/wacom-movinkpad-pro-14-...
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
I have one game, (Lego Lord of the Rings) which won't launch, but it was an impulse purchase on sale, and I am no longer on vacation and stuck at my mother-in-law's, so haven't investigated beyond an unanswered (last I checke
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
I found it helpful in thinking about code and the approach for my current project: https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview In particular, it made it seem obvious to split up the documentation between: - Overview ---
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
Well, for that hand-drawn charm if you're willing to use METAPOST there is: https://github.com/jemmybutton/fiziko
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
Every time I see a manipulation like that, I yearn for LISP and CAR and CDR and so forth...
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
_That_ is _very_ cool, esp. that it can make images (in SVG). I don't suppose anyone has implemented it (or something similar) in a language other than Java?
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
One of the best programmers I ever worked with had a degree in philosophy, having gotten his education before there were formal Computer Science curriculums. He was one of only two folks I've ever met outside of TeX User Group conferen
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by WillAdams 2mo ago
Or, what Jef Raskin would have thought of MacBasic: https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html Agree w/ the page author's fondness for RealBasic --- still have a copy of _BASIC for Windows 3.0_ which had a copy of it
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
The old Microsoft Edge had epub support, and even a nascent ebook shop and a nifty note-taking/annotation mechanism (there was even a restitution payment made for folks who had taken notes), but Microsoft gave up on it when they shifte
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
I'd love to see that! That said, this is a powerful argument for _not_ capitalizing all words in a title and: >A deep logo study (dannyspina.com) would have been clearer.
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
That (deployment is via a customized image) is the thing I find most awkward. Somewhere, I have a copy of a commercial LISP for Windows which would compile to an executable --- apparently this sort of thing is still possible, but it's
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Was a bit bummed that this wasn't Logo (the programming language), but the content was well-written, and engaging, and the honesty about AI usage was refreshing and for once felt appropriate. To come full circle, a bit curious if progr
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Reminds me a bit of a "Comparative Programming Language" class from college. Nice overview! As noted by sublinear elsethread, surprised that JavaScript didn't get more discussion (though quite interested to read the 189 page
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Apparently, since the Kickstarter for Literary Clock, there has been an update of quotes w/ approximate times. Neat project though! Will keep it in mind for the next time I update a Kindle.
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
There is a charming "Literary Quote" clock: https://www.uncommongoods.com/product/literary-clock and I've often wished that it had a set of quotes for such approximate times.
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
The u and i keys are adjacent, so it's a plausible typo.
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
I was asking if tldraw had a scripting option. Which answer after searching is yes and no: https://tldraw.dev/docs/driver
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Is there a scripting language for this? That was what really differentiated HyperCard and made it a replacement for the never-released MacBasic: https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Yeah, all the computer science students in the dorms would collaborate on homework assignments, but I was a non-traditional student living in a small home near the college campus, so no interaction on that front, unless no one in the dorms
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
The fundamental question is: >What does an algorithm look like? and aside from traditional flowcharts, this isn't much agreement on an answer. For visual programming, it tends to devolve to spaghetti: https://blueprintsfr
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
As much as I hate it, when discarding books, libraries really should have a policy of checking values/quantity of used copies for sale, and anything past a certain threshold or which they cannot find a copy of for sale, should be put u
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Yeah, I wish that libraries would have the funding for a "last copy" system where at least one copy of every book which was ever in their system was kept in storage --- yes, there are systems such as the Library of Congress to ser
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
That site runs by charging a fee for promotion/maintenance of the database/marketing.
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
My sister runs a "Little Library" and her solution has been to throw money at it --- uninteresting/objectionable books are removed and books which she wants to distribute (often copies of books we remember fondly from childho
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
I can still remember ads for the "Biotron" flourescent grow system in various magazines back in the '70s --- the ad featured roses, but of course the actual usage was typically for growing marijuana. (Later that name was co-o
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Most special characters are easily typed, either on a Mac keyboard using option, or on an International Windows keyboard with similar standards.
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by WillAdams 3mo ago
Some typographers agree and afford a 3/4s length em-dash. Yes, the Studley tool cabinet is amazing, which makes the infelicities of the book all the more enraging.

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