nbaksalyar

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   by nbaksalyar 5y ago

   > 95% of Bitcoin is owned by 2% of accounts The problem is, how do you measure this reliably? I'd wager that a large chunk of 95% of Bitcoin is either irrevocably lost or owned by Satoshi (estimate is at "between 750,000 and 1,
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   Essence: Desktop operating system built from scratch(nakst.gitlab.io)

   1079 points by nbaksalyar 5y ago|290 comments
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   Handmade Seattle 2021 – low-level programming conference(handmade-seattle.com)

   6 points by nbaksalyar 5y ago|0 comments
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   by nbaksalyar 5y ago

   There's also a nice concept called an antilibrary [1]: > The writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of a large personal library (containing thirty
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   On the Unreasonable Effectiveness of SAT Solvers [pdf](cs.rice.edu)

   2 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|1 comments
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   The tyranny of passwords – is it time for a rethink?(theguardian.com)

   4 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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   Teaching Machines(teachingmachin.es)

   1 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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   Fundamentals of Multiagent Systems [pdf](jmvidal.cse.sc.edu)

   3 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|1 comments
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   Moonbridge: Create your own WebGL experiment(moonbridge.app)

   1 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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    Major tech companies are hiring Rust experts months after Mozilla laid them off(businessinsider.com)

    5 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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    Complexity Explained(complexityexplained.github.io)

    2 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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    La Tabla(tablaviva.org)

    2 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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    The Archivist, or How I Built a Book Scanner in Six Years (2015)(diybookscanner.org)

    2 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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    Vogo: Experimental direct manipulation interface for Turtle Graphics(mgrf.de)

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

    Here's a better link: http://learn.hfm.io/fractals.html (can't edit it anymore, sorry)
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    Spirals, Snowflakes and Trees: Recursion in Pictures(learn.hfm.io)

    106 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|12 comments
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    Why I decided to quit my job and go full time on my side business(alexwest.co)

    3 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|0 comments
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    I can barely work and write code without a pen & notebook. It's like a natural extension of a thought process: I draw quick diagrams and take notes to see how ideas are connected, and only then I can start implementing these ideas
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    Drawing Dynamic Visualizations (2013) [video](vimeo.com)

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

    If you liked this article, you should not ignore Bret Victor's recommendation to read Seymour Papert's "Mindstorms" [1]. Whilst "Learnable Programming" is a critique of programming education approaches, Papert&
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    I can also highly recommend starting with proofs. There's a similar book, "How to Prove It: A Structured Approach" by Daniel Velleman. It's one of the best math books I've ever read: it's concise, has excellent
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    NYC’s new digital subway map(curbed.com)

    132 points by nbaksalyar 6y ago|109 comments
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    Thanks for this great list of resources, I might add these links in a section like "Further reading / More resources"! > these free options are much deeper, comprehensive, and come with extensive coding assignments There&#
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    Thank you! > It's intimidating for someone like myself who is self taught with no CS degree or formal training. I know what you mean. I don't have a formal training or CS degree either. :) And I know how scary and complex it ca
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    Yes, but these paths are likely to be loosely connected, i.e. these lessons are designed to be self-contained. There are some common basic topics, or “prerequisites”, but these will also have their own self-contained “path” / module to
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    > How do you indicate which code is under which license? You can apply either of these licenses at your choice, that's how it usually works with MIT/Apache. This is to maximize compatibility with other open source licenses. And
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    > this seems to focus much more on networking. That's a first module, and I will keep adding more lessons, at least for UNIX process control (fork(2) and friends) and memory allocation. > Programming from the Ground Up This looks
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    Thank you! > Are there ways that others can support this work? There's one important thing I'd very much like to add: accessibility. I've yet to find a good way to make this work in more environments (e.g., with screen rea
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    Thank you! > How can I do that? You can drop me an email (it's in my profile), I would be happy to help you with this.
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    by nbaksalyar 6y ago

    Thanks! I haven't thought about it, but yeah, since the content is also published under the Creative Commons license, any derivative works would be very welcome. The only catch is that it takes a lot of time to create new lessons. :)