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Nice! Imagine the second meaning going back to Arabic and now it's a full loop! It can even override the original meaning given enough time and popularity (not especially for "zero", but possibly for another full-loop word).

Interesting and lovely to see ekşi sözlük getting mentioned on HN (even though I remember seeing ssg on HN before if I remember correctly).

I'm curious if there are any similar (in the vein of Douglas Adams' "Guide to the Galaxy") websites with a geographically wider adoption, basically its English version.

I remember İTÜ Sözlük changing its brand to Instela to go somewhat global. But looks like they failed.

I also remember seeing a "Guide" in some Douglas Adams related website, but it wasn't really an active website as far as I remember.

Sounds like an amazing course!

Was that the case for you? I'm especially curious about the exams if there were any, because it's probably hard to keep the whole context in mind as a student and to evaluate students for the teacher.

Great news, congratulations!

Years ago, under the influence of Lisp romanticism late into my university years, I worked on a domain-specific language for designing and analyzing control systems as my senior design project, using Hy! Just checked, it's been five and a half years to be specific. Really, time flies.

Here it is for anyone curious: https://github.com/celaleddin/gently

Since then, I've been following Hy from a distance and it's amazing to see it's still active. Thank you everyone involved!

This looks great! I'll play around with it more later this week.

A thought: I suppose Virtual Pool is a pretty popular game/simulation in the billiards circles. Maybe you can get insights for keyboard/mouse interaction and graphical interface.

I remember playing Virtual Pool and I really liked the way they designed the interactions with the game.

Pre-shot routines come into play to help with that I think. To take every shot with the same level of seriousness and preparation, whatever the position is.

For the last few years, I want to play pool more and more, but going to a club is such a drag for me. Especially when alone. A home with a pool table would be great.

A few frames of six-ball every few hours as a break from work...

Yeap, this one: "You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is."

I think he is a pretty decent writer, which may suggest that we need to take all those quotes within their context.