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by offByJuan 4y ago
Warning. This link brought my aging laptop to lock up. I’m on Firefox.
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by offByJuan 4y ago
What is the recommended MMIX emulator ?
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by offByJuan 4y ago
“The best way to communicate from one human being to another is through story,” Knuth said. Great quote and great insight. Understanding how the brain works and is stimulated augments communication. Especially important for dry, theoretical
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by offByJuan 4y ago
Just search Knuth organ on youtube an you get several hits
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by offByJuan 4y ago
Let’s not forget Aldus Manutius. His orders of magnitude cheaper books than Gutenberg made books available to regular people. He can be seen as inventor of paperback books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldus_Manutius
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by offByJuan 4y ago
I think to understand the difference between the two notes is context. Like the word ‘read’. The same word is pronounced different according to context. ‘I read the book’ vs ‘Did you read the book’. When you read music you expect a e flat n
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by offByJuan 4y ago
I enjoy Lo-fi while working. One of my favorite lists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4fC6wXPXXrgsV27NGs4I2v?si=...
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by offByJuan 4y ago
In similar vein I have played with ibniz. http://viznut.fi/ibniz/
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by offByJuan 4y ago
Reminiscent of Victorian clip art
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by offByJuan 5y ago
The threshold for starting new research projects from scrath is getting much higher all the time. When Smalltalk was developed you could implement most of the software stack in a quite small team in a few years. I’m not sure that is possibl