syndicatedjelly
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- July 27, 2023 (2y ago)
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Interests: computer history, guitar, cycling, running, film and darkroom photography
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I'm working on a Python-based web application, and would like (near) real-time data for things like ticker prices (current and historic) and options data (prices, greeks). For the historic data sets, up to just a few…
- LabVIEW (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Incredible Machine (1968) [video] (youtube.com)
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I was wondering if anyone would like to join a book club for “The Dream Machine” by M. Mitchell Waldrop. It is about the life of computing visionary JCR Licklider. It has been a really great read so far - Lick’s life…
- PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Library of Babel (libraryofbabel.info)
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Like many of you, I seek refuge in my programming side-projects by treating them as hobbies. I pursue projects and learn things that have no relevance to my specific day job. I spend weeks exploring rabbit holes…
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Ideally, a project that one can complete in a weekend. The ideal project doesn't need to be practical, but it should help solidify sub-topics in the language, such as lifetimes, elisions, generics, advanced type theory,…
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snake%20oil snake oil (noun): 1: any of various substances or mixtures sold (as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without regard to their medical worth or…
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What's your so-called "sniff test" of what makes a company an "engineering company"? What's your example of a high-quality engineering company/firm/organization/whatever? From anywhere in time, space, reality, or fiction
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Apologies if this idea is really half-baked. Is there any sort of math curriculum for people who learned a math subject 10+ years ago and need something like a refresher, but with more foreshadowing. For example, there…
- Software I Liked in 2023 (ashwinsundar.com)
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What single piece of advice would you give a non-programmer who wants to get better at using technology?
- Were there ever any cockpit control schemes other than modern one? (aviation.stackexchange.com)
- The Cheap Web Scorecard (ashwinsundar.com)
- People are realizing that the Arsenal of Democracy is gone (noahpinion.blog)
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I recently got acquainted with AWS through work, and DigitalOcean (DO) through a side project. These are a few miscellaneous thoughts. I'm curious if my instinct is right, or people have experiences that say otherwise:…
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I have heard a few people on HN casually mention that one can pass code on to a client “in escrow”. This is suggested as a way one may alleviate a client’s concerns that should you or your business stop supporting the…
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How does HN get away with not requiring users to verify their account with an email address? From what I understand, requiring users to verify accounts with an email address is to minimize the creation of spam accounts…
- Radiohead Public Library (radiohead.com)
- Creating Diagrams – GitHub Docs (docs.github.com)
- Total Advertising Denial (devever.net)
- The Automonk (ashwinsundar.com)