I have experienced https://xkcd.com/214/ with Wikipedia, but not with YT. I think YT suggestions are too similar to the current video.
miniblog.
Wikipedia's plans in the event of a nuclear holocaust: http://t.co/5CQJ0K19FY Noble, but also entertaining.
Why Calculating Is Better Than Scheming: http://t.co/ebEZbOWLrc Interesting discussion of syntax and quoting when teaching.
Literate natural language programming, with a hybrid unit-test/debugger tool! http://t.co/fnDTnVhm4X
Blogged: Choosing A Host Language: http://t.co/MCsMYK1w62 -- how do you chose the host language for your interpreter?
... the video includes amazing examples of composing documentation and type-checking(!) documentation.
Scribble: Closing the Book on Ad Hoc Documentation Tools http://t.co/MP1wxIGuCT Elegant, very powerful tools for writing docs.
'Showrooming' in libraries is great. Scan the book's barcode with your phone, and find reviews of whether it's worth your time!
"The most interesting point [..] is that Whatsapp now send more messages than the entire global SMS system combined" http://t.co/HpGaTNvQce
"The vast majority of repositories are modified only in the year they are created, and they’re never touched again." http://t.co/rZCoeaWDTh
Re-reading http://t.co/yAjeBIfXVP and finding new things that I thought were true.
I've rewritten the eval() of Trifle lisp to use a stack: https://github.com/Wilfred/trifle/pull/3 It was an adventure, and highly educational!
A further magit tip: Press `x' in the log to check out that commit.
Magit continues to impress me. The UI it provides for bisecting in git is superb. #emacs http://t.co/3SRUren1J9
'Knowledge archaeology': https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7689511
Whilst it's usually the case that a new version of software is an overall improvement, Wikipedia edits seem to be less clear-cut.
A programming language should support any unicode symbols in programs, but only require ASCII characters that can be typed on any keyboard
"frequently unique pointers end up misused due to the overly sweet syntax". Syntax is hard!
Rather than using gensym with let, Nimrod can detect when code has side effects and can't be duplicated: http://t.co/PlX8KfRBq4 Clever.
Great collection of smalltalk and lisp demos on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7564779
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