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soferio··on Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code for command and lunar modules
For a superb video explaining what the AGC did and what WENT WRONG during the moon landing including the error codes:l, see: https://youtu.be/B1J2RMorJXM?si=Ad1UYojAtee2ktr3
soferio··on Moving Scratch generation to Python on browser
Looks fantastic.
soferio··on x86-64 Playground – An online assembly editor and GDB-like debugger
This is an assembler: https://paleotronic.com/merlinplus/
soferio··on Ask HN: Is there a Wikipedia or LLM wrapper for kids (with parental controls)?
There are topics, pictures and instructions that are not suitable for 11 year olds but are for adults. Consider the wiki entries on certain matters of extreme violence, ideology or adult culture.
soferio··on Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel
What is the character of the puzzles? Is there a variety?
soferio··on Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel
Looks cool. What ages is the plaintext content suitable for?
soferio··on Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
This military response was the opposite of indiscriminate. It was proportionate and targeted. It focussed as best as anyone ever could on the precise set of people who (hiding among their own civilians) have been launching hundreds of inaccurate rockets to kill Israeli civilians - for months.
soferio··on Inductive or deductive? Rethinking the fundamental reasoning abilities of LLMs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning

Is abductive inference synonymous with bayesian inference?

soferio··on Increasing Google and Alphabet VRP rewards
I agree. As a Nest user, I am astonished at how low the bounty is.
soferio··on Diagraming sentences in the 19th century
Sentence diagramming puzzle app on iOS. (Note: Puzzles not an auto-solver).

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/sengram-sentence-diagramming/i...

(FYI: I am the developer).

soferio··on Finding New Pastures: Big Nerd Ranch's Next Chapter
Sad to see them gone. Are there any Swift/Swift UI 1–5 day Bootcamps anywhere in the world that can be recommended?
soferio··on Nvidia announces financial results for first quarter fiscal 2025
This is very interesting to read. I am in Australia and quite interested in this investment thesis although I’m not an investment professional. What are the best things to read about the demand Supply mismatch?
soferio··on Ask HN: Good sources of math exercises for ~10-17 y/o?
Came here to make sure that Art of problem-solving and beast Academy are mentioned. They are fantastic. My son is deep into art of problem-solving after having finished beast Academy.
soferio··on Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568)
I think the second mocks the inclination of humans to reflexively admire everything that high status (ie rich) people do or say. It is similar to this amusing Yiddish saying: https://www.yiddishwit.com/gallery/sing.html
soferio··on Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Https:\\Scratch.mit.edu
soferio··on Gifted Children, by Leta Hollingworth (1926)
Book by the founder of the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leta_Stetter_Hollingworth
soferio··on 6502 Apple II Merlin assembler web app
And nice online course here run on it: https://youtu.be/XHX_Zq90zJc?feature=shared
soferio··on New study disproves Leonardo da Vinci's 'rule of trees'
I have been looking at trees my entire life, and never thought to even think about this “plumbing” ratio. What a lovely example of how Leonardo combined mathematics and observations.
soferio··on PrivateGPT
Anyone got it working on an M1 with 8gb?
soferio··on Iceland long term visa for remote workers
Is schooling in English in Iceland? Are there international schools?
soferio··on Iceland long term visa for remote workers
Would this work for Australians given the you-don’t-need-a-Schengen-visa requirement?
soferio··on Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator
https://youtu.be/BpMODQBdTBE

Retrospective partly about NeXt with Steve Jobs.

soferio··on Bloom's 2 sigma problem
My observation is that the paper books are unnecessary because the online experience on beastacademy is so comprehensive - and your answers are auto checked. YMMV.
soferio··on Bloom's 2 sigma problem
This looks great. My son uses “beast academy” from Art of Problem Solving (https://beastacademy.com/), which is fantastic. But mathacademy looks like it might be a good competitor at the post year 6 level.
soferio··on Universal Summarizer
I just tested it on the full text of a legal case in which I was involved (as a lawyer). It prepared a superb summary. But then I tested it on a second, more complex, case, and it did an average job.
soferio··on Ask HN: How to get better at writing?
Steven Pinker, “The Sense of Style”, is a book about the science of how to write well. YouTube talk here: https://youtu.be/3ZKTmsgqi0U
soferio··on Why hasn’t technology disrupted higher education already?
As for signalling, “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan is a crisply argued case that signalling is >50% at least of what is going on.
soferio··on TurboWarp Desktop
I set up a raspberry pi to auto boot into Commodore 64 mode with a BASIC command line. It was a fantastic start, there is something magical about that experience. The boy then shifted to scratch and also uses REPLIT.
soferio··on Star Trek (1964) [pdf]
The very last plot idea, “infestation“, seems to predate and be kinda similar to the Alien franchise.
soferio··on Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009)
Are there any statistics on how much higher the survival rate is in a larger car rather than a smaller car? (assuming roughly equivalent safety technology).
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