emarsden

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   by emarsden 7y ago

   Indeed! Here's a Python notebook illustrating both Monte Carlo and symbolic analysis of historical gambling problems (the Chevalier de Méré corresponding with Pascal, Pepys corresponding with Newton) https://risk-engineerin
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   by emarsden 8y ago

   That's from Richard Stallman. “Multics Emacs proved to be a great success — programming new editing commands was so convenient that even the secretaries in his office started learning how to use it. They used a manual someone had writt
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   by emarsden 8y ago

   Funnily enough, the Closure web browser, implemented in Common Lisp, had (it's no longer actively developed) a TeX-like paragraph formatting algorithm. The results were great. src/renderer/texpara.lisp in https://g