ajudson | 1 year ago | on: Font with Built-In Syntax Highlighting
Do you know if there is a programmatic way to convert multi character to multi character without intermediate glyphs? E.G. snake -> snāk
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ajudson | 3 years ago | on: I’m a productive programmer with a memory of a fruit fly
Memory is important, it doesn't matter how nice your documentation search is http://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html
ajudson | 3 years ago | on: Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part I: Making It Personal
It's still fun even if you aren't hyper optimizing and playing perfectly with every mechanic
ajudson | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: VoxelChain – An Experimental Voxel Engine
Are there any resources you recommend for learning webgl + wasm?
ajudson | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: VoxelChain – An Experimental Voxel Engine
Are you planning to release the source? I want to learn wasm + webgl and this seems like an great project to learn from. If not would love to hear what resources you recommend for learning
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Please Fund More Science
I encourage everyone here to read the book Science-mart by Mirowski. It reveals a lot of limitations of adding markets and the search for "efficiency" in science.
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for social media
They got rid of RSS to force everyone to have to engage with their timeline. I doubt they would be nice enough to do this
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Association between gifts from pharma group to drug prescribed by French doctors
"During this outbreak, Muyembe has also made a decision many thought unthinkable even a few years ago. He decided that all of the blood samples collected during this Ebola epidemic will stay in Congo. Anyone who wants to study this outbreak will have to come to his institute." not sure if this is a good idea
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Dell bets big on Ubuntu Linux laptops for developers
They should put a lot of money into improving the touchpad experience for Linux. I bet that for many people that is the last sticking point to moving from a Macbook.
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinforcement learning
They didn't even beat South Koreans at Starcraft 2 in the article
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Cédric Villani: mathematician challenging to be Paris mayor
paywall
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: The Internet and the Third Estate
The discussion of the press reminds me of the propaganda model of media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: China Drone Attack on Crop-Eating ‘Monster’ Shows 98% Kill Rate
Hopefully this turns out better than when Mao killed all the sparrows
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Caviar was a free bar snack
Neat video of Gordon Ramsey visiting a caviar farm in Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88aDJFdUjH4
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Racket: Lisp for Learning
which company has that internal application?
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: The Grothendieck I Knew: Telling, Not Hiding, Not Judging [pdf]
Do you know if there is any full English translation of this?
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: To Save a Neighborhood, Ban a Dollar Store?
Why don't normal grocery stores open in those neighborhoods? Less big ticket purchases, so lower margin? Crime? Curious to know the reason.
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: The Durian King
Is the creamy jackfruit the same thing as cempedak?
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding
If you want to go down another rabbit hole, read about Morgellons
ajudson | 6 years ago | on: Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding
Are these all real cases or some psychogenic ones? I was under the impression that a lot of "chronic Lyme" cases were something else.
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