marttt

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   by marttt 6y ago

   The idea of linking to the raw urls of images (or other external media) feels refreshing. No Markdown needed.
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   by marttt 6y ago

   If you find tech frugality, low-end computing etc interesting, then all the other essays on this guy's pages are also worth a read. Great and thoughtful blog, especially given that The World Is About To End Pretty Soon. Thanks a lot fo
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   List of Teletext Services(en.wikipedia.org)

   3 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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   LIL: Little Interpreted Language(runtimeterror.com)

   55 points by marttt 6y ago|5 comments
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   by marttt 6y ago

   Pete Elmore also recently wrote an interesting post about Bytebeat and Algorithmic Composition: http://debu.gs/entries/making-music-with-computers-two-uncon...
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   by marttt 6y ago

   Yes, that's how I found out about Jim Tcl, an actively maintained Tcl implementation in 100-200kB: http://jim.tcl.tk/index.html/doc/www/www/
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   Tcl for Web Nerds (2011)(philip.greenspun.com)

   75 points by marttt 6y ago|13 comments
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   Strategic thinking and behavior during a pandemic [pdf](journal.sjdm.org)

   1 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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   by marttt 6y ago

   A great 2006 essay on the other side of this coin is "Why Johnny Can't Code" by David Brin [1]. From the lead paragraph: "BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids
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    by marttt 6y ago

    I got curious, so here's a link to Jim Tcl: http://jim.tcl.tk/index.html/doc/www/www/
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    by marttt 6y ago

    I am stuck in a Windows XP system for audio editing, and, indeed, you have Pro Tools 5.01 for me. Fascinating site that surely deserves a separate HN discussion. Many thanks! I think the React OS [1] people will love you as well. 1: http:&
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    by marttt 6y ago

    Maybe something like Computer Science Unplugged? [1] We have two preschoolers, not pre-teenagers, though. But I am thinking of starting with something like this one day. It is compelling to think that maybe for the basics, a computer might
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    Doctor DOS Betamax's DOS Pages(chebucto.ns.ca)

    2 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    by marttt 6y ago

    > I find it's often much more important to ask "why might this work" than "why won't this work?" A recurring thought I've had for years: the latter -- "why won't this work?" -- seems like
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    by marttt 6y ago

    The Used Thinkpad Buyer's Guide is worth linking here (and probably well known to many on HN): https://www.bobble.tech/free-stuff/used-thinkpad-buyers-guid... Are there any similar sites for other manufacturers, e
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    by marttt 6y ago

    True, I haven't filled a report yet; will look into this next time, probably when ROS 0.4.14 is released. Pro Tools, at least in its early versions, tends to show its moods even on a well-tuned Windows system. So I was almost sure that
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    by marttt 6y ago

    A discussion on that on the ROS forum: https://reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20189
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    by marttt 6y ago

    My goal is to get Avid Pro Tools 7 working on bare metal ROS. Partially successful attempts thus far: install is going smoothly, but the software doesn't launch. I get the nostalgic Blue Screen of Death and usually end up re-installing
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    AudioRegent: Exploiting SimpleADL and SoX for Digital Audio Delivery (2010)(journal.code4lib.org)

    2 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    by marttt 6y ago

    A lenghty, notable non-fiction work by Tolstoy where he discusses nonviolent resistance and the core of Christianity, is "The Kingdom of God is Within You" [1]. Apparently Mahatma Gandhi listed this one among the three books that
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    Lower Grip Strength in Millennials?(mobile.twitter.com)

    1 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    The Parenting Pyramid [pdf] (1998)(content.byui.edu)

    2 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    Judea Pearl's page for “The Book of Why”(bayes.cs.ucla.edu)

    1 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    The Forth Methodology Applied to Programming (2001)(ultratechnology.com)

    1 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    by marttt 6y ago

    Great essay, thanks for sharing. In particular, the section you've entitled "The Bad" describes quite precisely that odd type of "brain fog" I sometimes get after spending hours at a computer with a mentally challen
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    by marttt 6y ago

    OP here. I somehow forgot this, thanks for pointing out.
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    The Recovering Programmer (2010)(prog21.dadgum.com)

    96 points by marttt 6y ago|26 comments
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    The Junk Playground: creative destruction as antidote to delinquency (2006) [pdf](threatnyouth.pbworks.com)

    1 points by marttt 6y ago|0 comments
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    by marttt 6y ago

    "Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours" by Tony Zhang (1997) seems interesting as well: http://aelinik.free.fr/c/ A previous HN discussion on that book: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15624521 E