steelmanning

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   by steelmanning 9y ago

   Why was this downvoted? Squeak and Pharo are both pretty obviously prior art for Eve. For example, the bouncing balls demo someone linked to elsewhere in this thread looks very similar to Squeak + EToys, albeit with a dark theme. Squeak and
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   by steelmanning 9y ago

   Squeak and its offshoot Pharo have been trying this for years. In fact, MIT Scratch was originally based on Squeak.
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   by steelmanning 9y ago

   When you have a failed Kickstarter under your belt, that's a good indication you need to aim lower.
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   by steelmanning 9y ago

   > You are being a bit harsh I know, and I rewrote my post several times before submitting it, trying to minimize the harshness. But the pattern with Granger is pretty obvious, isn't it? Grandiose ambitions, over-commitment, and a re
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   by steelmanning 9y ago

   This is the same man, Chris Granger, that did a Kickstarter for Light Table, a so-called "next generation IDE," with promotional materials touting as new and revolutionary features that had been standard in IntelliJ, Visual Studio