gvx

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   by gvx 9y ago

   I don't think they're talking about the choice of font, but instead the choice of replacing certain character sequences (e.g. ->) with glyphs (e.g. →).
2. 152.▲
   by gvx 9y ago

   I don't suppose it buys you anything JS can't do, but it does allow those things to be integrated closely in the language, in a way JS can't do without majorly breaking the language.
3. 153.▲
   by gvx 9y ago

   I'm designing a programming language that has symbols that are namespaced to objects, where two symbols are equal iff the object they're linked to is the same and their string representation is the same. In that language, the equi
4. 154.▲
   by gvx 9y ago

   I believe that's a padlock with a strike through. Possibly grey or yellow, I'm not sure.
5. 155.▲
   by gvx 9y ago

   The interesting thing about it is not so much how it works as what they do with it: presumably track individuals' locations without their knowledge.
6. 156.▲
   by gvx 9y ago

   Last year, I did a similar project: https://github.com/gvx/base116676 It had a feature where it automatically would try a couple of compression algorithms on the text to be able to cram even more into a single tweet. I
7. 157.▲
   by gvx 9y ago

   Genetic algorithms are always neat. I made something similar as a greeting card in 2015: https://card.robinwell.net/f47f6d670450fad68df8ce45d0fa846d.... It uses tournament selection for each next generation.