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Re:Christopher Alexander has died on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:24PM (#30728330)
Meh. The whole "wholeness" and "structure-preserving transformations" thing just sounded to me like he was describing a literal cell division algorithm. He even gave cell division as an example of structured behavior rules producing wholeness out of chaos.
Re:Christopher Alexander has died on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:36PM (#30727867)
Thankfully, this PDF is nowhere near complete. Check it out from your local library.
Re:Open Source Spectral warping wavetable synth on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @08:09PM (#30622074)
https://ibb.co/y0TL3SS https://ibb.co/Hn945Q0 You get multiple choices on 2 dropdowns with associated bipolar knobs. Best way to explain them all would be to just listen to a demo.
Need UI sliders for animation speed, # of arrows, hiding arrows! This is sick.
Re:Ask HN: Why can't await be used from non-async functions? on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:04PM (#30502892)
Since you mentioned C# and most replies so far are about Javascript -

In C#, you can't use the "await" keyword, but you can use the result of a Task<T> in a non-async function with ".Result" or ".GetAwaiter().GetResult()". https://stackoverflow.com/a/47648318/5107208

Ask HN: How early is too early to move on from first job?

I landed a "software engineer 1" job with a fintech in the Southeast after graduation, pretty good salary (considering the low cost of living), good benefits, etc. But, I'm itching to relocate back to the West coast (I'm not from the South and this Bible Belt stuff is giving me the creeps). The product I'm on is scheduled to go to prod in Feb, but after that... Will it reflect negatively on my...

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