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For an even more niche language, Roc basically became usable in the new syntax about two months ago (still has compiler crashes, there's a good reason it hasn't had a real release)…

I noticed this as well and the question caused me to go pretty deep into writing in general. Switched to a 36 key ergo split with a tweaked alpha-thumb layout (R is on my left thum…

There isn't much in the way of libraries for Roc at the moment so the split is basically library vs application for my platform. I've been in the Zulip since well before the split …

> If any Roc devs are around I'm curious about the use cases for Roc. It's a general functional programming language that's interested in the constraints and state control properti…

One of the primary goals for the Roc project is compiler speed. I presume OCaml is out of the running because it's not a systems language.

The thing that interests me the most is that execution is deterministic. If the inputs to a WASM module are logged you get durable execution and rr style reverse debugging as part …

I'm particularly delighted that the fold is unique; I've never seen anything similar. Thanks for sharing; this is the sort of thing I look for on the Internet.

This depends on the metro. NYC generally doesn't care for the trains/subways so they only make a difference on buses.

I ride a Reise & Mueller Birdy Mk3 mostly because I think folding bikes are neat and the Birdy has my favorite fold. The other rationale was that I wanted a nice bike I'd never hav…

I've spent years of my life absolutely alone; gone months without talking to another person. There isn't anything you'll do that will give you the emotional fulfillment of interact…

I map caps to ctrl and do ctrl-[ to get to normal mode. The main reason is using Vim bindings in other editors where Esc can get intercepted by other bindings but ctrl-[ has always…

> I'm sure I could learn to be slightly faster on dvorak/colemak As near as I can tell, people generally type at similar speeds regardless of layout. If you're aiming for speed typ…

> CATL is claiming mass production of their sodium-ion batteries starts in December, with a target price of $10/kWh. This got widely reported but there doesn't seem to be any sourc…

Opening a socket would fall under WASI[1]. [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-sockets

Rich Hickey had nothing to do with it. He did put a lot of the initial work to get Clojurescript up and running but for many years the majority of cljs maintenance and shepherding …

> How did you find an ideal tent + tilt setup? I had the idea that the best position for long sessions would be the most relaxed one so I put my hands in my lap on top of a lapboar…

I have a Chocofi (36 key, 3x5 + 3 thumb per half). My complaint with the Cornes is that the keyboard doesn't have enough stagger for where they thumb cluster is positioned. Either …

As an EDSF gamer (blame Tribes) I agree but I've run into issues with (IIRC) E, Shift, and Space on keyboards that aren't n-key rollover but it's been over a decade since I last ow…

While it's certainly possible to have a throttle most electric bikes require pedaling and therefore some degree of exercise. In many cases it gets people riding that would not be r…

There's a DIY forum for building those[1] but I think tow boogies[2] are more practical as a project. The idea is a battery box, controller, and motor on a boogie board and shiftin…

Roc does not have computation expressions and this specific syntax is the "something similar". Many other comments have noted that this feature corresponds to the IO Monad with do …

> However, this flexibility seems to be primarily used by language/framework implementers themselves. Not by application developers. In the case of Roc this is determined by the pl…

> it’s not an angle of HCI I’ve examined explicitly, at least for very long If you're looking for additional reading then it's arguable that Reacts matches this viewpoint but any w…

To be clear, I was intending my post to be exclusively about components. I was assuming people would get their preferred niche frames to put them on. If I'm going to pick a fancy n…