Brilliant Fun
Embarked on the "Complex numbers" series at Brilliant, highly recommend. Spend maybe a minute or two daily, not a lot. There's quite a lot you can pick here, and unlike me, you might w…
learning
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Programming in “Thonny”
We live in an age of abundance, in many respects. There are more ways to learn things than ever before. In my case, I was looking through options for my daughter to play around with. We previously…
“Don’t teach coding!”
(“… until you read this book)” One of a spate of really good Racket books: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Don%27t+Teach+Coding%3A+Until+You+Read+This+Book-p-9781119602637 Clear, straightforward chapte…
On different paths with similar outcomes
I had the following experience recently (hiding names and details because reasons): * I came across a repository implementing something that I found interesting, from a decade ago * The person had…
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From a usenet posting little less than a decade ago, something that explains a common pattern in "high-level flame wars" on the internet ... the intelligence is being perverted in the servi…