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by jambutters 3y ago
zig as a build system is even better!
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by jambutters 4y ago
https://techzinglive.com/page/1290/226-tz-interview-ivan-sav... I found this podcast about the author and the motivations for the book quite interesting, tl;dw , UGRAD textbooks are a huge mess forced by a commit
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No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics(minireference.com)
3 points by jambutters 4y ago|2 comments
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by jambutters 4y ago
What types are missing from strict that you need?
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by jambutters 4y ago
Yep, compared to MediaWiki(last time I set it up was like ~7 years ago) it was such a hassle to setup. I think my main complaint about Doku is that it's built on PHP. I haven't tried to hardcore customize things other than install
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by jambutters 4y ago
The author wrote critiques of mediawiki, tiddly, but what about Doku? It's mentioned in the article but I was wondering what's bad about doku since the setup process isn't too bad imo.
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by jambutters 4y ago
vscode is open source, there are forks(vscodium) where all the microsoft stuff is removed and you can audit it yourself if you think its sending tracking data back
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by jambutters 5y ago
the biggest adoption it would have gotten is that it was going to be used the main language of vrscripting https://youtu.be/ydyztGZnbNs but it seems like john couldnt push it everyone into it
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by jambutters 5y ago
it doesn't, https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/racket/ according to arch its ~500MB. The installer is ~200 but unpacked is all the documentation and etc. The switch to Chez Scheme backe
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Creating a curriculum for self learning through excuses(youtube.com)
1 points by jambutters 5y ago|0 comments
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by jambutters 6y ago
Not just css but the entire web is an abomination. We could have had a uniform language to express html, css, and javascript, and that is lisp/scheme/s-expressions. Instead we got javascript that has to hack and manipulate css and
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by jambutters 6y ago
Have you done it without the video lectures ? How hard was it ?
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The Power of Lifetimes(pling.jondgoodwin.com)
2 points by jambutters 6y ago|0 comments
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The Fatal Flaw of Ownership Semantics(gingerbill.org)
2 points by jambutters 6y ago|0 comments
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by jambutters 7y ago
What language is it written in currently? Python? JavaScript?
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by jambutters 7y ago
https://youtu.be/zxJgPHM5NYI https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1071280.pdf Khan academy's findings point in the other direction. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm really seeing completi
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by jambutters 7y ago
yes, its structured in a way that's very hands on
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A 3D Engine in Racket(youtube.com)
7 points by jambutters 7y ago|1 comments
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by jambutters 7y ago
https://youtu.be/vtIzMaLkCaM has very interesting tips on writing. tl;dw : you have been taught to write to people(teachers) who are paid to care about your writing.
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by jambutters 7y ago
John wanted racket to be the main scripting language for vr apps that are lightweight and don't need a lot of horsepower. https://youtube.com/watch?v=ydyztGZnbNs
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by jambutters 7y ago
I thought it was apple maps or Google plus
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by jambutters 7y ago
what are the prerequisites? C?
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by jambutters 7y ago
always wondered so too. Racket also seems to beat python in many benchmarks: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... , but yeah, i guess people just hate parens and prefix notation.
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The Importance of Being Scared(brainpickings.org)
2 points by jambutters 8y ago|0 comments
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by jambutters 8y ago
Do you use phone speaker or sleep with headphones?