Recent submissions

Comment · 1 year ago
I was expecting diagrams of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_system

(There are so many plant metaphors in mathematics!)

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
As the author of TikZJax, I can certainly apologize for not making more progress on this.

I need to get back to this project! I'd very much like to clean up the build process.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Resurrecting this workflow was one of the funniest things in implementing TikZJax.
Comment · 1 year ago
Matt Klaber?! If so, great to run into you!

I mean, I'm guessing from "klabetron"... Unfortunately I don't think my "kisonecat" gives much clue to "Fowler".

Comment · 1 year ago
As a 40-something year old person who used ratpoison more than 21 years ago... Yeah, I feel super old now.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I wouldn't say I'm organized, but org-mode is the only tool I've ever really used to keep track of what I am doing. I've been using org-mode for >= 15 years.
Comment · 1 year ago
This document was hugely influential to me. It got me interested in linguistics (one of the "immaterial sciences" alongside math, comp sci). My username includes "kisone" which is from the conlang I made as a kid. It is wonderful to see it again and I hope folks still enjoy it!
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm terrified of opening a paren andforgetting to close it! How terrifying to find a tagged paren that cannot be closed!

"please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming" <plaintext>s

Comment · 1 year ago
I'm a college prof in the US and know that term.
Comment · 1 year ago
I suspect the author uses a qwerty keyboard.
Comment · 1 year ago
He has made me extremely enthusiastic for heat pumps.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't feel like I've gotten fewer spam calls.

My favorite spam call was someone wanting to make a cash offer on the Ohio State University building that my office is in.

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton