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by eah13 12y ago
> this is not due to talent per se but the same people sufficiently obsessed with computer science to teach themselves at a young age also have the obsession to learn and master the more esoteric parts after they've become excellen
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by eah13 12y ago
This is a great story and project. An apology (in the original sense) of Jessica's work for those who think that the experiences of these individuals don't matter: What I think people don't get about Jessica's interview
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Interview with Brad Miller, maintainer of Skulpt client side Python project(blog.trinket.io)
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by eah13 12y ago
Honest question: does this mean this vulnerability has been in bash for essentially its entire history and someone only discovered it now? Seems quite likely that someone would have discovered it sooner, especially since it's so simpl
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Programming languages are human languages(blog.trinket.io)
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by eah13 12y ago
I found OhLife super helpful as a way of keeping a train of thought going. Am planning an open source side project like OhLife but that supports a few unobtrusive power features like topics. Email me at elliott @trinket io if you're in
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by eah13 12y ago
"Photographically speaking, having the camera with you is a real benefit." - Jay Maisel Which one's always on you? If you, like some photographers I know, always have your camera around your neck, great. For everyone else,
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by eah13 12y ago
multi-planetary. Though I'm skeptical that humans being born and dying on e.g. Mars will happen in the next couple hundred years. The economics seem strange. Maybe there's some amazing technologies that require rare minerals or
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by eah13 12y ago
If you know Python, it's an amazing language. Ruby and Javascript are incredibly useful for web dev, but like angersock said, the key is to build projects. Period. If Python's the language you feel most comfortable in, get going
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by eah13 12y ago
Great news!
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by eah13 12y ago
Looks like a landing page to gauge interest. Consider me interested.
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Put runnable code on your Jekyll blog with 2 lines of Liquid(trinketapp.github.io)
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What happens when you release a Python teaching platform at Pycon(pycon.blogspot.com)
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Thank HN: thousands of Python trinkets were created this week(blog.trinket.io)
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by eah13 12y ago
Just thought it was an interesting way to do it. He says it took him extra time but lets one repo represent all the states of the sample app they build in the book.
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O'Reilly author's companion repo commits by exercise to follow book(github.com)
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Teach Hands-on Python using only Google Sites(blog.trinket.io)
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by eah13 12y ago
Nice! I dig it.
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Chromebase available for preorder on CDW(cdw.com)
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by eah13 12y ago
This tech can be used for multiple purposes but it's a subset of Python so perfect for the restricted needs of a beginner. Plus it supports turtle, which is an awesome and proven way to give beginners a more intuitive sense of what&#x
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Show HN: Embeddable Skulpt – Python in the browser for teaching the basics(trinket.io)
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Embed interactive Python anywhere on the web(blog.trinket.io)
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An Art History Major Teaching Programming, Part One(blog.trinket.io)
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by eah13 13y ago
Patience, dedication, and the ability to defer enjoyment in service of a bigger goal are things I've observed at greater than normal quantities in those of our team who have kids.
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Why Startups with Families Can Better Accomplish Missions that Matter(exitevent.com)
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Is there a middle path for Ed Tech?(blog.trinket.io)
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by eah13 13y ago
Don't get me wrong; as I mentioned above I've found his lectures on both introductory physics and gravitation to be extremely enlightening, as did many of the Caltech students he taught (who were, by the way, just normal intro phy
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by eah13 13y ago
The only solution to negligent teachers is visibility into these behaviors. This also seems like a way that the conditions could be improved: showing them off.
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by eah13 13y ago
Agreed that lectures need to die.
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by eah13 13y ago
Author here. Thanks for the kind words. Udacity's pivot is a shot across the bow for Startups that can't figure out the difference between teaching and media. Their coaches are a good start- step in the right direction. If they ha

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