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Lots of stories about being bored in class and making programs, so I thought I'd share mine. The functions feature allow you to define and graph equations with x and y. Well other …

Uxn runs on its own VM, so each emulator emulates this VM, just like every java implementation emulates the JVM, etc. In other words, the emulator isn't designed for any specific p…

An experimental programming language that uses pattern matching and pipes. https://git.sr.ht/~kylep/pipes Just a toy, but I like playing with novel semantics and paradigms which br…

The most prevalent use of GMOs in agriculture by far is resistance to roundup herbicide, enabling free use to knock out other weeds. Other GMOs are rarely viable on the wider marke…

Along the same lines is a general theory of mine that many people in this era generally underestimate the cost of coordination, and overestimate the efficiency gain of bulk process…

People don't generally read hacker news because of its polish, but because of its novelty. There's plenty of polished backwash to read elsewhere. For me, undeveloped personal insig…

I have seen little consideration made to the carbon cycle which produced this result of methane output in landfills. It doesn't come from nothing. Methane is a compound generally p…

> The need for altogether different technologies that are less opaque, more interpretable, more maintanable, and more debuggable — and hence more tractable—remains paramount. Good …

I don't think it's correct to say it's not good to buy lattes or new cars, but I think we should be aware of what it costs you verses the alternative. I think it's common knowledge…

I'd say there's a fundamental difference I think between the examples. Windows and the software that comes with it isn't undesirable because it's cheap, but because it's locked dow…

I'm not sure that's what was meant by government backed. The government doesn't pay for your retirement fund, a Roth IRA just doesn't charge tax on withdrawals.

I see your point and agree... there should be no difference. But I think a lot of times it's not WYSIWYG when it comes to software, because there is so much hidden infrastructure o…

I see open source and capitalism as very similar ideas. It really is summed up in the absence of rules. And I like the analogy from the article > empty spaces do not remain vacant …

This is true, but honestly, why not just start doing some yoga to avoid $30/month?

Every piece of advice listed is great but it's twisted to sound ridiculous. Believe it or not, you can do a lot of things yourself. - Buying raw food from a grocery store and cooki…

Facebook has no obligation to share what you share. No one has that obligation. They may be a "platform" but that doesn't mean it's a free playing field.

Quite clearly this is just a move to gain back support. But this has nothing to do with free speech. If I tell someone something, they have no obligation to broadcast what you said…

The progressive to-do list could add a whole slew of other things. How about free housing, electricity, internet, food, clothes, phones for all? But at what cost? The thing I don't…

I agree. I thing Americans are drifting apart because we aren't making an effort to create a social fabric that can support those less fortunate around us. But I strongly disagree …

Didn't mean to imply that they aren't capable, but I think their reward system is different.