chillpenguin

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by chillpenguin 6y ago
Good point about separating syntax and semantics. Maybe new languages should use something like lisp syntax to nail down the semantics, and then people could create their own syntaxes from there. IIRC, Ohm (successor to OMeta) separates syn
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by chillpenguin 6y ago
I only get a new laptop once every several years. Doesn't really seem worth it to me personally. I also sort of like starting fresh in a way. Granted I have my dot-files on github to make that part easier. But I don't mind running
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by chillpenguin 6y ago
In some cases it has to do with the operating system cooperating or not. Modern operating systems don't allow certain things to work due to restrictions in what apps are capable of. Consider a Smalltalk OS, where you can dynamically li
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by chillpenguin 6y ago
Robinhood is really sketch. They collect your information and sell it to companies like Citadel which use it to out-trade us little guys. Honestly everyone should seriously stop using it.
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by chillpenguin 6y ago
I really like TiddlyWiki for note taking. 2-way links and transclusion are important features for me. It's not Xanadu, but it's an easy to use alternative that strikes the right balance for me.
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The bank account that fights medical debt(betterbank.app)
2 points by chillpenguin 6y ago|0 comments
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by chillpenguin 7y ago
Glad to see it! I always thought sandstorm was a really cool concept.
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by chillpenguin 8y ago
If I understand it correctly, Smalltalk is really nothing like Java and the mainstream OOP that Clojure is a reaction to.
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by chillpenguin 8y ago
Michael O Church wrote about a similar scale: http://sasamat.xen.prgmr.com/michaelochurch/wp/2013/04/22/th...