curious string encoding hack
http://cocoamine.net/blog/2015/03/20/replacing-photoshop-with-nsstring/
lisp, prolog, sml, apl, forth, st (+math)
looking for freelance opportunities in FP, LP, CLP, RO and comp bio
70% emacs / 20% vi / 10% ed
I also enjoy electronics, mechanics, woodworking and any kind of hacking
lastly sociology of group work is a recent passion of mine
| github | https://github.com/jnpn |
curious string encoding hack
http://cocoamine.net/blog/2015/03/20/replacing-photoshop-with-nsstring/
new racket release
The Mysterious Inner World of Aphantasia
Finally squint has browser nREPL support in the latest release!
https://github.com/squint-cljs/squint/blob/main/doc/browser-repl.md

I'm doing Open Source primarily because I love it. The social aspects, the for-the-good angle and for the challenge of engineering this to work for everyone. I also do it because it is my full-time job and getting food on the table and provide for my family is not unimportant. It may come as a β¦ Continue reading The pressure β

Apparently mesoamericas had wearable wrist abacus like devices. (unless purely decorative)
From https://kartsci.org/kocomu/computer-history/history-abacus-ancient-computing/
@profoundlynerdy There are a few academics that I'm aware of (and no doubt more I'm not!) who use Emacs.
Off the top of my head...
EmacsConf has had various talks that are relevant
https://emacsconf.org/2025/talks/reference
https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/students
https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/uni (from @jameshowell )
https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/teaching
https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/table
lots more talks of relevance too.
(I work in academia but as a research software engineer with no teaching nor paper authoring)
Gleam is such a brilliant language. Even the anti-patterns are pretty π
Personal advice: If you're looking for a new ecosystem to dive into, become a gleamlin β¨!
https://gleam.run/documentation/conventions-patterns-and-anti-patterns/