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by kalid 10y ago
Ironically the site design is 90s-browser friendly (maybe with tables vs. divs) but the new JS features are not. That reminds me, I want to browse the site on lynx and see what happens...
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by kalid 10y ago
Great feedback, thanks! The examples should probably load on either hover (preview) or click (load). Currently it takes you off the example list and to a standalone calc, which is confusing. (There are so many usability issues you discover
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by kalid 10y ago
Thanks! I'm trying to make the imgur/pastebin of calcs. Whip something up on a forum (ahem) and share it in seconds. Let people try and share their own scenarios.
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by kalid 10y ago
UX is now undestroyed.
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by kalid 10y ago
Hah, I just finished a flat redesign from mid-2000s skeuomorphic interface. Redoing the logo / favicons is that last thing...
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by kalid 10y ago
A calculator for you, because I'm in pitch-my-side-project mode ;) https://instacalc.com/50060
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by kalid 10y ago
Found and fixed the bug, should be working now. (For what it's worth, I was using fat arrow functions in javascript, which aren't supported in all browsers yet. Forgot to compile it down to ES2015.)
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by kalid 10y ago
Ack, I've seen rendering issues on certain browsers. Thanks for the version number, it's really helpful for debugging.
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by kalid 10y ago
No API yet but that's a great suggestion, thanks.
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by kalid 10y ago
Thanks! Yes, I wanted to make the "pastebin of calculators" :).
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by kalid 10y ago
Thanks! BetterExplained started as a collection of notes on my university website: Sadly after a decade the CS department shut down my alumni account :(. But I have a cached backup here: https://web.archive.org/web/2015
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by kalid 10y ago
Shameless plug, I just launched an overhaul to a side project today ( https://instacalc.com ). The biggest impetus was having a friend using the old version who pinged me with some feature requests. It reminded me that the service
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by kalid 10y ago
Not going to grad school. I've always wanted to teach, so thought I should go to grad school to be a professor. I applied, didn't get in, decided to join the working world but teach on my newly formed blog (betterexplained.com). I
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by kalid 10y ago
The paper links to some YouTube videos of the AI in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0TraGu6QY&list=PLduGZax9wm...
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by kalid 10y ago
Steven Wittens: https://acko.net/blog/animate-your-way-to-glory/ https://acko.net/blog/animate-your-way-to-glory-pt2/
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by kalid 10y ago
Yep, exactly. I prefer print for books I intend to refer to often. (I use createspace to turn the ebook to print on demand. With Softcover & LaTeX, you can get print-quality PDFs, best of both worlds.) Focusing on the ebook version firs
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by kalid 10y ago
Thanks Jerome =).
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by kalid 10y ago
Thanks Jacques :)
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by kalid 10y ago
Math, Better Explained https://www.amazon.com/Math-Better-Explained-Unlock-Intuitio... Check out a few articles on https://betterexplained.com/cheatsheet and see if they fit your style.
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by kalid 10y ago
This is a huge reason I preferred to self-publish. I have a math book that is 12-chapters (~90 pages total), written in a compact, friendly style I prefer. There are too many incentives to pad out your writing when you are trying to fill ph
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by kalid 10y ago
Exactly. Even if teaching or reasoning from first principles, you would explain them via analogies, diagrams, examples, etc. Teaching from first principles solely from the technical definition wouldn't be very pleasant for most.
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by kalid 10y ago
Only if you stop at the analogy :). Last step is Technical Definition.
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by kalid 10y ago
Great point. I enjoy using stories, history, humor as effective tactics for presentation. ADEPT is mainly about the raw ingredients I find helpful.
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by kalid 10y ago
Kalid from BetterExplained here, my quick intuition: The Fourier Transform breaks a signal into its "cycle recipe" (what circular paths are present?). The LaPlace Transform breaks a signal into its "spiral recipe". Circl
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by kalid 10y ago
Kalid from BetterExplained here, it's awesome to hear the approach is working for you. I had very similar reservations, I could derive many results (like a robot) but had little intuition behind e, i, pi, radians, etc. (let alone how t
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by kalid 10y ago
I think that's what he meant; round up (not down) because the next correction term in the series is positive. 72 is better (mentally) than 70 or 74 because it has more divisors.
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by kalid 10y ago
Thanks Colin, just added :). (Aside: I love how useful text is a medium. In 5 minutes I can put in a quick insight to improve a decade-old article.)
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by kalid 10y ago
Neat insight, I'll add it in :).
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by kalid 10y ago
Really appreciate it, thank you.
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by kalid 10y ago
Just saw this come through, thanks man :). I had been shy about publicizing the Patreon (wasn't sure what to offer, was it "worth it" etc.) but I realize just having it out there for people who want to support the site is eno

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