mickduprez

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by mickduprez 7y ago
Did you look at some of those links? Please don't confuse 'popularity' or user numbers as being the measurement of what is 'real software'. I'm sure anyone involved in any of the aerospace projects would argue
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by mickduprez 7y ago
I don't know, probably because it's not 'plug and play' with a swath of libraries and tooling like most popular languages. Whether it's used or not wasn't really my point but it's hard to deny that such a
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by mickduprez 7y ago
Forth is a great language, simple syntax, (relatively) simple to implement, has a repl, easily extendable and fast. Chuck Moore was/is really onto something.
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by mickduprez 7y ago
XML is/can be much more than a markup language and yes, it can be used very badly but this is usually by inexperienced 'data wranglers' who don't understand the difference between data attributes and data proper. While X
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by mickduprez 7y ago
Stop talking and wait for them to look at you as to say "why did you stop". Then respectfully say "I see that you must be busy, if you like we can do this another time". The trick is not to come across as condescending a
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by mickduprez 7y ago
I think the problem is a css issue, I can't see the 2 buttons at the bottom :)
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by mickduprez 7y ago
Love the look and setup, just can't get it to work though by just entering plain forth such as 3 4 + . I get no result. Any trick to get this to work (using Chrome)
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by mickduprez 7y ago
What about Forth? I quite like the way it eschews too much abstraction and can go from very low level to high level with a lot less code (and less bugs). Given the current interest with IoT and the proliferation of cheap micro controllers i
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by mickduprez 8y ago
There are so many comments here missing the point saying "why? just use "X" API" or "this is a waste of time when you will need 'X' API anyway" etc. but they miss the point. It's about 'how&
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by mickduprez 8y ago
Some people think better at a lower level and some think better with abstractions. I for one feel more 'at home' at the lower level but can live with higher level abstractions if I know how it's done at a lower level :)
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by mickduprez 8y ago
Thanks for the extra links, I'm building a base software rendering engine in Go just for this purpose. It still needs work to get to a good 'base' but it can be used as is to start learning CG from your notes and links. http
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by mickduprez 8y ago
OP here, this is my naive attempt at using Go to create a basic GUI window to render basic graphics to. I couldn't find anything like this for Go in my searches so I thought I'd have a go at it myself. I welcome any suggestions an
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Golang – bare bones pixel graphics window(github.com)
2 points by mickduprez 8y ago|1 comments
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by mickduprez 8y ago
The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason. A good primer/philosophy for all ages on making and keeping money/wealth. For stock investing (long term): The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham (Warren Buffets mentor!) or anyth
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by mickduprez 8y ago
why don't you create a '<Project-Name> Done' list and move the card/s to there? Once the project is finished you can archive the list.
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by mickduprez 8y ago
Bricscad has everything AutoCAD has and more such as mechanical design (Inventor like) and sheetmetal and full BIM for things like Architecture and all are still just .dwg! I have been developing on Bricscad for years and it is far faster w
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by mickduprez 9y ago
Thanks for the comments, I'm not normally one to have a rant but this one ticked me off and I reacted. I'm still annoyed/baffled that they don't include this feature as standard practice, I mean really, how hard could it
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by mickduprez 9y ago
Yeah, I have no doubt NetRegistry aren't doing it directly. I've never had this happen with other registrations and I thought NetRegistry was a good company that was aware of this, I mean why couldn't they include this in the
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Ask HN: NetRegistry – smells like extortion to me
2 points by mickduprez 9y ago|5 comments
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by mickduprez 9y ago
I signed up for this course even though after a brief look it looks like more of an entry-level course than a full-blown IT specialist course (which is understanding considering the course delivery being web-based). I've been writing c
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by mickduprez 9y ago
I've written an app that uses an XML schema to record local authority assets such as roads, sewer and water, parks and cadastre et al as a plug in to a CAD application. What is special about it is that it uses a vendor neutral file for
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by mickduprez 9y ago
care to back that up with some facts? Off the top of my memory a beef cow requires at least 2 acres of land and an average of about 60 litres of water a day. Granted plants require more water per acre but 2 acres grows a lot more food per a
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by mickduprez 9y ago
personal EMP??
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by mickduprez 9y ago
I'm in the same predicament as you it seems :) I once built a logging system into the app that the user could turn on/off if they were having issues and it would at least record what they were doing at the time and they could send
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by mickduprez 9y ago
Trello is worth a look. You can create a list of tasks and set up a Kanban board for your task items that can have attachments, checklists and notifications.
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Learning me a Haskell for my own good(medium.com)
2 points by mickduprez 9y ago|0 comments
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Smalltalk, just take a look(medium.com)
3 points by mickduprez 9y ago|0 comments
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Clojure CLR from Scratch – Part 0 (Why Clojure?)(medium.com)
1 points by mickduprez 10y ago|0 comments
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by mickduprez 10y ago
So far I think I've learned more about Java than Clojure CLR I think :) Once you get past the setup/build stage and understand how it works, working with .net libraries is pretty straight forward. There's a few tricks with lo
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Clojure CLR from Scratch – Part 1.5 (simple build automation)(medium.com)
4 points by mickduprez 10y ago|3 comments

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