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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   This is precisely why I am suspicious of most "free" online resources out there. When one writes to establish themselves as a credible source or as authority on a subject, they are flipping the target of the writing. They are ma
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   As someone who has been teaching assembly to undergrads for many years, I have a couple of things to say about this. First of all, I agree. The 6502 is great for beginners but that is not just merit of the 6502 language and I want to explai
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   Hi there. Thanks for the mention. I'm glad it was helpful. :)
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   Lua is a great language for extending systems and very high-level scripting. I like it. I had the pleasure of teaching a module in 2020 together with Roberto Ierusalimschy where we used Lua and LPeg to teach students how to write a simple p
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   I like this. Thanks for sharing.
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   Thank you for the kind words. Also, I just want to clarify to others reading the thread that I'm drinking "mate" in the lectures (as in the south american herb drink), and I'm not just a drinking mate (as in the british
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   I have created https://pikuma.com to teach computer science, retro programming, and mathematics.
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   I agree. To be honest, I don't think I ever used the term EDM before in my life, but I went with the same expression that my sources used.
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   by gustavopezzi 2y ago

   Hi there. That was probably just a small mistake on how I tried to explain the paragraph or the poor choice of words/terms I used. Thanks for the heads up.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Thanks for the heads up. It's funny how we encounter different sources telling us different things about the history of these subgenres. I'll go back and review/expand that paragraph soon.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Hi there. Author here. Thanks for the heads up. I would never even consider using LLMs for this, this is just a subject that was always interesting to me so I thought it would be a good idea to write some of it down. Some of these mentions
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Author here. Thanks for sharing the blog post on HN; it was a nice surprise to see it in the first page.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Thanks for sharing.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Thank you for the mention. :)
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    I don't believe this repo implements clipping.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Thank you for posting this. I cannot believe I did not know about it yet!
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    A couple of years ago I was lucky to teach a compiler class with Roberto Ierusalimschy from PUC-Rio, where we used a PEG parser for Lua called LPEG. That semester we spoke a lot about LPEG's implementation and that was very important f
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Thanks everyone that mentioned pikuma.com. Just keep in mind that our 3D Programming lectures cover mostly software rendering and math intuition behind it, and not so much advanced GPU stuff.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Really nice work. Thanks for the share.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Same feeling here as well. That was basically the main reason I created my online school... to teach the things I was not allowed to teach at the university.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    That's a great thing. It's like cooking and crafting an amazing meal just for one. It's a completely intrinsic experience but definitely worth it regardless. I struggle to explain this mindset to some people that send me emai
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Hello, Gustavo here (author). Thanks for sharing the article and for all tye feedback.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Noted.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Author here. You're absolutely right. I got so used to reading resources on paper using Cartesian coordinates and having to account for it in screen space that I overlooked this conversion in the explanations. I'll go over it an
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Hi. Author here! I'll try to be unbiased and say that if she's just starting out I'm afraid there are better beginner-oriented resources out there for teens. Frankly, what I do is very niche and it's not really utilitari
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    Hi. Gustavo Pezzi here (from pikuma.com). You're absolutely right; I'll make sure to pass this to Gabriel and I'm sure we'll add this detail to the blog post soon. Thank you for the heads up.
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    by gustavopezzi 2y ago

    This is really cool! Love the explanations, the interactions, and especially the friendly tone of voice of the article. Looking forward to the ones following.
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    by gustavopezzi 3y ago

    You're not wrong. The average age of our students is... up there. I guess that's why people shared it on Hacker News and not on Tiktok.
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    by gustavopezzi 3y ago

    Hi there. Sometimes using a VPN can block users. All the examples from the lectures we execute using an emulator. The final big project is the only one that I actually burn a CD ISO and run on the real PlayStation. You don't need to do
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    by gustavopezzi 3y ago

    Good mention! I actually list your username & your repo at the end of the course as suggested reading. PS: thank you for all the good help on the PSX Discord, as always.