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pleasejustdont | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Do You Have a Copy of IBM "Logo: Programming with Turtle Graphics"?

I know this is not what you are looking for, but I just wanted to take advantage of your post to remind the HN crowd of the fact that the magnificent book Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics is available in Open Access at : https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/4663/Turtle-Geomet... . One of the co-author is no less than Harold Abelson, who is also a co-author of the (in)famous SICP.

If you are looking for a book a little less hardcore than the previous recommendation, check out Visual Modeling With Logo: A Structured Approach to Seeing by James Clayson.

pleasejustdont | 2 years ago | on: Future Blues – Emily's Cowboy Bebop Page (1999)

So much of the "good ol' web" has disappeared into oblivion because people couldn't bother keeping their personal home page online after moving onto other interests, and they can't be blame for that.

Your website has that "handmade touch" that we took for granted back then and that has completely disappeared from the "modern" web. Stumbling upon your page, one can't help but feel nostalgic about what the web was back then, compared to what it has become. "Back in the days", the web was human. Now it's just a stream of unending, same-looking, ad-infested, seo-optimized noise.

Thanks for keeping this site online : it reminds us that another web was possible.

P.S : I looked at your other websites, and they all have that nostalgic-retro-looking warm-and-fuzzy-inducing design. I love it !

pleasejustdont | 2 years ago | on: Effective Spaced Repetition

Probably this one : Augmenting Long-term Memory http://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html

pleasejustdont | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to deal with the loss of magic as a student?

It's funny to read your post because I was pretty much in the same spot as you a "few" years ago. So you know what I did ? I dropped out ... I didn't do the 6 months internship ... And I'm still paying the consequences of that choice.

Finding a first job was a nightmare and I've been stuck in helpdesk for more than 5 years now. My advice to you would be to finish your darn Master degree no matter what. Whether you decide to complete it this year, or next, finish your degree. I'll add that the professional environment might be a welcomed change of pace and you might enjoy it more than studying, so go into the internship with a positive outlook.

pleasejustdont | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Should I quit my CS Masters Program?

As it has already been said, do NOT drop out, you will regret it, and it will make any progress in your career VERY complicated.

I have done exactly what you are considering to do. I'm French, and I dropped out 6 months away from completing my Master Degree in CS (the most ridiculous part is that I had completed all the coursework shenanigans and I just had to do a 6 months internship to close the deal). It has made my job search hell, and in fact, I was never able to land a programming job, and I've been stuck in a help desk position for 6 years now.

Trust me, you don't wanna be that guy. These days, Master Degrees are the new baseline, so under no circumstances go below that.