@tiang I like Bash, but perhaps Tcl might interest you. The syntax is similar to but much simpler than Bash. A pet-peeve of mine is Python scripts that really should be Bash scripts, because Python is so verbose. Tcl wouldn't be as bad.

@EvanHahn Neat.
I wish more languages supported units.

I used insect.sh for years before it got replaced with numbat.dev. Both work in a terminal and browser.
https://github.com/sharkdp/insect
https://github.com/sharkdp/numbat

Now I just use Emacs calc for unit conversions and more.
https://remcycles.net/blog/calc.html

@alan @tom I moved my email address to my own domain years ago and don't regret it. I first did it for my consulting business email, then personal email, after a potential client told me I should "become master of my own domain". Back in the day I started with ISP email accounts, then realized a free email account would be portable between ISPs, and it took me much longer to realize that getting my own domain is the next level of independence. Gmail is a trap. Email is worth paying for.

@chrisfarnham I'm not active on the air at all, but every December I think "straight key night sounds fun, I should finish learning Morse code". I've got a year to practice for the next one now!

@lemay I picked up and carried a small quantity of cactus on a cross-US bike tour in 2009.

@profoundlynerdy RPL for HP calculators was influenced by both Forth and Lisp:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPL_(programming_language)
https://web.archive.org/web/20111206105511/http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1987-08.pdf

@joel I am a developer and I prefer Awk for many tasks because of it's simplicity. I wrote some Perl long ago, and use Python at work, but now I prefer Tcl for more complicated scripting.

@ross I've noticed this handy feature while generating SVGs using Pikchr, Emacs, and org-mode. Some fun examples on my blog:
https://remcycles.net/blog/crc_diagrams.html
https://remcycles.net/blog/pikchr_plots.html
https://remcycles.net/blog/goertzel.html
#emacs #pikchr #orgmode #svg

@morganm Nice work! Sorry I missed this one!

@morganm I really enjoyed this episode of the Embedded.fm podcast on the subject of "AI":
https://embedded.fm/episodes/485

@Natanox "basically" isn't the problem. The "definition" isn't really a definition. As written, the arc could be any length. There's no language to link the arc length to the radius, which are equal for radians.

"The measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius." https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/radian

I highly recommend "The Tau Manifesto" for understanding radians and the unit circle better:
https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto#sec-circles_and_angles

@RL_Dane Too bad we can't get monospace output to show your example more clearly.

I'm glad I invested time in learning and practicing Awk. I gave the following presentation about the basics of Awk in 2019.
https://remcycles.net/blog/awk_presentation.html

Maybe you're beyond that point already, but I found that learning and remembering the simple examples there meant I could successfully remember the syntax for basic commands on the first try.

My blog also has some more complicated examples:
https://remcycles.net/blog/speaker_votes.html

@Br3nda Hahahaha! Perhaps you have read "The Design of Everyday Things" with the "coffeepot for masochists" on the cover?
https://jnd.org/unusable-objects/

@minouette I just discovered your Etsy shop and ordered one. Yay!

@minouette That's beautiful! I love the concept and execution of tracing his outline with a Fourier series.

@LaF0rge I learned so much about JST (and many other connector families and crimp tools) from this site:
https://www.mattmillman.com/info/crimpconnectors/common-jst-connector-types/

@waxbanks I reprogram Right-Alt to be a Control key, and then I can use my left thumb for M- and right thumb for C-. I also remap Capslock to Control. I prefer to have these changes system wide, not just in Emacs.

Some family and friends have been spending too much time with chat bots lately, so I made this.
#bittwaddle #ai #chatbot

@esden Sometimes you just have to make it work long enough to test. I had to do a similar magnet wire bodge during board bring-up at at work last week.