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The origins of Automatically Programmed Tools (APT the precursor of g-code) is a fascinating read [1] about the early intentions of -- its a poem forseeing LLM & CAD: (From THE NEW…

Good to point out -- Zensical is the project by MkDocs author to supersedes the latter.

there is a parallel between managing context windows and hard real-time system engineering. A context window is a fixed-size memory region. It is allocated once, at conversation st…

yeah, so the turn in EU towards renewable energy is driving fwd the business of earthen construction. our core (validated) product is printing earthen acoustic barriers at ~4-5m3/h…

A huge share of the gypsum used in drywall is *synthetic gypsum* — a byproduct of flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) at coal-fired power plants. When SO₂ is scrubbed from exhaust using…

pythonocc is a joy https://github.com/tpaviot/pythonocc-core

and just when i thought i was out they pull me back in

this using the flow [1] package [1] https://typst.app/universe/package/flow/

typst `bibliography` function accepts .bib files

in usage yes, in terms of active development its a very different story

yes, it does and its realtime. personally, I use typst locally, but the online editor utilises WASM, so if I'm not mistaken, the rendering is real-time and handled by the front-end…

no the depth of graphics API's in latex is really something, and an area that is underdeveloped in typst. it'll take a considerable time for typst to be on par.

no, I pointed towards the joy of writing in a proper IDE. but to your point: overleaf is a key enabler of latex and its cool to see typst offers a similar route

I'm not arguing the relevance of latex, but merely underscore the joy of wielding that particular tool

the masochism of latex is becoming increasingly irrelevant with every typst [1] release. no going back once you experience realtime rendering of your document, and support in VS Co…

"One of President Kennedy's favorite quotations was based upon an interpretation of Dante's Inferno. As Robert Kennedy explained in 1964, "President Kennedy's favorite quote was re…

Robotic wire cutting for architectural purposes has been a relevant innovation. That process is an order of magnitude more effective: you're cutting with a wire rather then a chipp…

Insulation is about retaining heat. In the netherlands there's been too much emphasis on heat retention in houses built over the last ~15 yrs or so -- these houses are uncomfortabl…

It seems a bizarre statement to state that OpenCASCADE isn't fully capable. Its the only OS licensed kernel that'll read a STEP file. Also "modern foundation" is a misleading state…

its actually a hard problem: the massive boom that's required to provide reach is inherently quite unstable, not in the mm or cm but we're talking decimeters here. some of the core…

We've built a lot of formwork for construction ( quite exotic projects ) with this method using industrial robots [1]. Some of the formwork stays in place after pouring the concret…