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I've seen programs that serialize the undo manager, but is there an advantage to using git instead? I suppose it does most of the work for you, but you'll still need to manage actions that can be undone but don't directly modify a file (these are entirely app dependent, but could be something like changing which tab document is selected).

Yes. Clicking "new" or submitting a story is giving me an error too.

Is there any benefit to make it so that the function must be applied X times to restore the original text? E.g., ROT2000.

I find blogs by periodically asking my friends for suggestions. I recently made my list of favorites:

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/favblogs.html

BASIC is how I got started, and I'm always tinkering with making BASIC compilers (https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/teenytinycompiler1.html). I'm open to trying a "modern" dialect, and I think novices could benefit from it as well.

Are there any big efforts towards a modern BASIC?

I wrote a blog post a few months ago about Goodhart's Law in my life, titled "Gamification, life, and the pursuit of a gold badge".

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/gamification.html

The Tyranny of Metrics is a good book that covers real-world cases of metrics gone wrong.

My thought is that it might be illegal to do consulting without your employer's approval in some places (like the US).

This is pretty similar to my quest to make my own cos() when my friend didn't have access to libc. It was fun! Though I don't have the math or low-level knowledge that this author does.

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/cosine.html

Employee stock purchase plans are different than stock options.

If you're looking for more technical blogs to follow, I just made a list of my favorites a few days ago:

Technical blogs worth reading https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/favblogs.html

The abstract is a good summary and isn't paywalled.

Reminds me of the PLTGames from years ago. It didn't last that long.

https://twitter.com/pltgames

There is a really interesting paper, Do Developers Read Compiler Error Messages?

https://static.barik.net/barik/publications/icse2017/PID4655...

Should probably prepend "Ask HN: " to the title for a bit more exposure.

First line of the readme: Red is a *new* programming language strongly inspired by Rebol.

There are over 13,000 commits in nearly 10 years and it has been discussed dozens of times on HN. I understand it isn't old, but is this actually new?

This language has been discussed a lot here over the years. A few big ones:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18843544

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8611922

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14793517

The original paper is from the 1950s and this has been studied a lot since then.

From doing a lit review on working memory capacity, it seems that our capacity is highly dependent on the context of the task/information and the individual's expertise/skills. One particular replication study I remember was not able to replicate the results. I tried applying it to more complex tasks (e.g., coding) and it did not work at all.

I recommend Radvansky's book "Human Memory" if you want to learn more.

Reminds me of a modern take on the Sega Game Gear!

Exactly. I have a lot of the same feelings, so 6 weeks ago I wrote a similar blog post, "Why I prefer making making useless stuff". I haven't quite figured out how to convert my "useless stuff" into a company yet though...

Blog post: https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/makinguselessstuff.html

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27256867

Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/njcpxt/why_i_p...

This is a good idea! I've wanted to do something similar since I've made over 2000 test questions for my CS courses over the years. I think it could be great course/interview prep.

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Risk aversion given that I have a good job that I worked for 10 years to get.

I didn't say that there aren't jobs that require a PhD (even ones with a lot of openings and great pay). I said "you probably shouldn't get a PhD."

Regardless of field, you probably shouldn't get a PhD. (Disclaimer: I'm a professor.)

Or Kitten for that matter.

https://kittenlang.org/

There’s been several dissertations on this topic and a lot of research tools. Compiler errors are [slowly] getting better.

Cover topics around software development, math, programming languages, and academia:

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https://ericlippert.com/

http://thume.ca/archive.html

https://medium.com/@mdwdotla

https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/posts

https://computinged.wordpress.com/

https://blog.acolyer.org/

https://blog.sigplan.org/blog/

https://blog.paranoidcoding.com/

https://blog.regehr.org/

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/

https://benhoyt.com/writings/

https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/

https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog.html

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/

https://blog.stephenmarz.com/

In the US, it is hard to recruit postdocs unless you are at a top 10 school (I tried several times). Potential postdocs are largely incentivized by: (1) name recognition of their mentor since their letter and networking will get them their next job and (2) the likelihood of getting top-tier publications. Also, they get a decent salary and health insurance in engineering fields.

A brand new research institute does none of these things for them. I don't see why a fresh PhD would choose this over either FAANG or a university.

Can't wait to finally try out COBOL!

Unnamed and unreleased :) I occasionally work on it when I can’t sleep. I hope to release it one day...