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by bokumo 11mo ago
I don't think you're being fair to Chris Penner. He ends his blog post with: "It may take me another 5 years to finally finish it, but at some point we'll continue this journey and explore how we can sequence effects u
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by bokumo 2y ago
What LaTeX package does one use to get the "back" link at the end of footnotes like the linked PDF exhibits?
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by bokumo 4y ago
A minimal general purpose syntax for what? I followed the link and read the page, but I’m still not sure what the point is!
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by bokumo 6y ago
You can't copyright short phrases and slogans like "bullshit-free".
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by bokumo 6y ago
Ross Moore did a presentation about accessibility and PDF at the 2020 TUG online conference. https://youtu.be/VF9Ubax_HIY
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by bokumo 7y ago
Thank you, you are correct.
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by bokumo 7y ago
Since there is no explanatory text, this seems to be more of a testing environment than a primer.
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by bokumo 7y ago
I think No Starch Press accepts LaTeX markup. There is a nostarch package on CTAN. https://ctan.org/pkg/nostarch?lang=en
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by bokumo 7y ago
You should take a look at PreTeXt. https://pretextbook.org/
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by bokumo 8y ago
It appears Jeff Bezos has partially doxed Howard Dylan. In the email he published he removed Dylan's phone number and email address, but the image included, probably as Dylan's signature, clearly shows his phone number and email a
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by bokumo 8y ago
Here is a web site dedicated to explaining why many academics are boycotting Elsevier: http://thecostofknowledge.com
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by bokumo 9y ago
Taler is free in the sense of libre software, but it is not a free payment system. In their demo they added a small transaction fee. However, because it is not a crypto currency they can greatly reduce the transaction fees.
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Elm Semantics for JavaScript Developers(hackernoon.com)
2 points by bokumo 9y ago|0 comments
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by bokumo 10y ago
The linked PDF also has an online version which is superior in many ways because it has inline executable Sage examples. It can be found at: http://abstract.pugetsound.edu/aata/ Also, this textbook is one of several
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by bokumo 10y ago
No, because it is not racist. The author has lived in Japan and studied Japanese for a long time. If you read some of his other posts for context you will see that he deeply admires and loves the Japanese people and their culture. This arti
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by bokumo 10y ago
Clearly this article was written tongue in cheek. Perhaps that was lost on you.
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by bokumo 10y ago
In the sense that the author uses the word "retarded" to mean that it takes Japanese longer to learn their language than other cultures then yes, the author is correct. Japanese students take until 6th grade to learn the 2,000 mos
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by bokumo 10y ago
I lived in Japan for nearly 3 years. I speak, or at least used to speak with fair fluency and I can confirm that this is somewhat accurate. I would add that many Japanese high schools are highly selective and very demanding of students. Gra
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by bokumo 10y ago
I had to check to make sure this wasn't some kind of joke, but it is real! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookin%27_with_Coolio
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by bokumo 12y ago
Yes all iPads come with the clock app.
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by bokumo 13y ago
The premise that you can just "take away JavaScript" is false and thus the implication is false. It is exactly the ubiquity of JavaScript which makes it nearly impossible to "take away" and which makes it useful! Dart probably won't succeed