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   A Mathematical Theory of License Plates(blog.charliemeyer.co)

   39 points by csmeyer 4y ago|23 comments
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   I think you needed to add the plus sign with the mouse rather than typing, but I'll work on making that error clearer or just having it parse the expression for you
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   Thanks for the bug report, I'll get on that!
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   Thanks for all the feedback! I hope that guided tutorials with starter code and well scoped goals can help for navigating the learning curve and helping on (1,2, 3, 5). (4) is coming soon. Re: (6), did you check out the snake and pong examp
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   This response has been great, I appreciate really all the feedback. In lieu of a mailing list, I made a Twitter account @pickcode_io https://twitter.com/pickcode_io that you can follow for updates on the project
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   I definitely want to add some shortcuts like that
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   I thought I had a pretty good knowledge of the literature but June 2022 is pretty recent :-) CodeStruct looks great!
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   On the roadmap!
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   by csmeyer 4y ago

   Standing on the shoulders of giants!
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    Things are a work in progress so I appreciate the feedback! I do limit the use of hovering in the UI because Pickcode is also meant for use on tablets, but adding it as a nice to have for desktop users makes sense
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    Show HN: PickCode – An educational coding environment for students after Scratch(pickcode.io)

    141 points by csmeyer 4y ago|32 comments
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    In the animation the pen is a rasterized circle of radius 12, but for calculations assuming it’s a square makes sense. FWIW I have no idea what the answer is to the question! I imagine making as many simplifying assumptions as possible and
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    Hope the video is fun, and here’s a math puzzle I thought of while creating it. The algorithm: Pen width = 12px Canvas x bounds = [-900px, 900px] Canvas y bounds = [-600px, 600px] At each timestep: - The pen starts at the origin - A directi
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    Visualize a random walk with generative art(youtube.com)

    3 points by csmeyer 4y ago|4 comments
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    Show HN: PickCode – An educational coding environment for students after Scratch(pickcode.io)

    6 points by csmeyer 4y ago|0 comments
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    I’m working on an educational programming language (pickcode.io) and having something like this to pay off whatever AWS/Netlify stuff isn’t in the free tier would be great.
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    My observation is that basic syntax errors (indentation, missing colons, etc) take up a ton of time for students and that this takes away from the real learning goals. I agree that there have been a ton of attempts to solve this problem so
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    Context here: Pickcode is meant for high school students and is meant to serve as an intermediate step between block code (i.e. Scratch, App Inventor) and coding in Python/Javascript. As a high school teacher, I've noticed that bl
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    Show HN: Pickcode – A graphical code editor for education(pickcode.io)

    10 points by csmeyer 4y ago|4 comments
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    Also, is there a way to make more than one project/rename projects? Another UI thing, I think having those side panels expand on hover is a little distracting, maybe use a chevron to expand/collapse? If you have contact info on th
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    by csmeyer 4y ago

    This is a pretty slick app! One thing I notice is that there are a lot of options in things like the insert menu with tags that aren't super popular. Maybe prioritizing more commonly used options would help with the UX? Also once you&#