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rimo··on Why Pushing People to Code Will Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor
I think the author completely misses the point here. Coding is learning how to write and read. It does not prevent one from learning other disciplines but rather helps make links between disciplines such as literature and mathematics. As for computer accessibility, with initiatives like the raspberry pi, decent computer power is more and more available.
rimo··on Collaborative Programmable Music
Nope, from the video, it doesn't look like they are using Overtone at all. Overtone is a Clojure frontend/library to the Supercollider synth.
rimo··on Collaborative Programmable Music
Here is a presentation of Overtone from Sam Aaron at the clojure conj 2011. http://youtu.be/imoWGsipe4k
rimo··on The 120-Hour Workweek - Epic Coding Time-Lapse
> viking metal is stronger than sleep

Yes.

rimo··on Ask HN: What is with all these 'X in 30/35 lines of Javascript' posts?
I was asking myself the same thing, anybody knows about obfuscated JavaScript contests?
rimo··on Time lapse of all nuclear exlosions from 1945 - 1998
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
rimo··on Einstein Reads ‘The Common Language of Science’ (1941)
alternate it is ;) The joke was on me.
rimo··on Einstein Reads ‘The Common Language of Science’ (1941)
Einstein has a wonderful accent.
rimo··on Type Checking in JavaScript
Static types and unit tests don't solve or catch all problems. I'm thinking about event-driven messaging systems, which is pretty common in js; Static typing will not be of any help in that situation.
rimo··on Type Checking in JavaScript
The approach is interesting but the syntax makes it hard to use. Why not make the first arguments the types like one would expect?
rimo··on Using Snap.svg to animate SVG icons
All this svg stuff is getting pretty interesting.
rimo··on Type Checking in JavaScript
You might want to take a look at https://github.com/philbooth/check-types.js
rimo··on The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998
Thanks for this, I forgot what the web once was.
rimo··on Riot.js – A 1kb client-side MVP framework
I would not call this a framework but a jQuery plugin with a hip name
rimo··on Riot.js – A 1kb client-side MVP framework
Seems really nice, but I would not call this a framework. Just like Backbone, it is more of a library than anything else.