Stéfan van der Walt
mentat.za.net
Stéfan van der Walt
@mentat.za.net
Researcher at UC Berkeley, mainly focused on Scientific Python. South African raising kids in the Californian mountains. Otherwise lives in Emacs & org-mode. Enjoys running, philosophy, history, and building things with others.
I have had One Tab installed for a long time! But, afaik, it does not export links to markdown or org format.
May 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Indeed, so I prefer alibris.com — many of our local second-hand stores sell via them.
Alibris.com: Save on New, Rare & Used Books - Movies & Music
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alibris.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I see a lot of kids are into Roblox is well, but I can't figure out what it is exacty 😬
January 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If you have access to a mac, another option that provides the helpful learning environment I mentioned: developer.apple.com/swift-playgr...
Swift Playgrounds - Apple Developer
Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that helps you learn and explore coding in Swift, the same powerful language used to create world-class apps for the App Store.
developer.apple.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Maybe something like love2d.org which runs on lua? I spotted Löve in the Lisp Game Jam (itch.io/jam/spring-l...). I wouldn't recommend for a newcomer, but for your own fun you can also use Löve via fennel-lang.org
LÖVE - Free 2D Game Engine
love2d.org
January 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I'm not sure we'd disagree :) The first language I showed my son was Logo via turtleacademy.com. I think the environment in which you learn a new language makes a big difference (easy access to examples, reference material). Python has some difficult concepts, and is becoming more complicated.
Turtle Academy
turtleacademy.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM