skeuomorf
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Comment · 9 years ago
ad hominem.
Comment · 10 years ago
Also, when writing code it's not unusual (at least among LISP and Haskell programmers) to have the editor replace a word for its corresponding symbol, the most famous example of which is (lambda -> λ) because some people find it easier to parse e.g. in emacs[0]. You can easily imagine doing that for other expressions, like (forall, there-exists, ...etc).
All in all I think it's a matter of preference which is in turn related to each individual's experiences.
Comment · 10 years ago
I haven't used Alfred but I think you might find rofi[0] interesting.
Comment · 10 years ago
The video is also available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmjlmn0jHbw
Comment · 10 years ago
This is not entirely true, ancient Egyptians used chariots in warfare, which they originally picked up from the Hyksos [0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariotry_in_ancient_Egypt
Comment · 10 years ago
Of relevant interest: "Quasicrystals in medieval islamic architecture" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rldnu9rNpH8
Comment · 10 years ago
Yeah, it's pretty common with code that uses the builder pattern as well. I also like to use it with rust combinators e.g. https://github.com/skeuomorf/conshash/blob/master/src/lib.rs...
Comment · 11 years ago
I think some (most?) of these mathlets are used in conjunction with MIT courses [0], for example it's used in [1] with an assignment so that it develops the intuition of the student solving that assignment.
[0] http://mathlets.org/courses/
[1] http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01sc-single-variab...
Comment · 11 years ago
Cite? Cause Al-Hassan Ibn Al-Haytham (Arab muslim), Al-Biruni (Persian muslim) and Ibn Sina (Persian muslim) among others played a big role in the development of the scientific method.[0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_scientific_method#E...
Comment · 11 years ago
That was kinda my point, I was not nitpicking -relative OP's- grammatical usage, I just thought it was convenient to refer to the author in a more specific manner since his details were obvious. I had no idea whether their -relative OP- :) intention was to use "their" in a singular or plural manner. Heck, one of my favorite Stephen Fry videos [0] talks exactly about this!
Also, the videos you referenced are great :)