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I totally agree. I have written in LaTeX extensively and Typst is a game changer and a life saver. The community is also a plus. I love it and I will never go back to TeX.

Great news!! Shiny for Python 1.0 is now available! As an enthusiast, I've been eagerly anticipating this release. Congratulations to the Posit team, who, with Quarto, Shiny, and so many other open-source projects, are bringing superpowers to a whole new kind of user. Shiny's ease of use is a bliss for a lot of new coders, including those who don't see themselves as traditional programmers.

Check it out: [Shiny for Python 1.0 Announcement](https://shiny.posit.co/blog/posts/shiny-python-1.0/)

Happy coding!

What is the encoding of the text file? UTF8, windows-1252?

What is the decimal delimiter “.”, “,”?

Most csv users don’t even know they have to be aware of all of these differences.

Interesting to see ObservableHQ making strides towards dashboards, similar to what Quarto and Evidence are doing.

Observable Notebooks reactivity feels intuitive, much like spreadsheets, but the lack of self-hosting options is no-go Drawback in my work context.

Quarto 2 years ago

The latest version has Typst support and allow producing pdf files much faster than any LateX distribution. Even with a complex template it compiles almost instantly and you can see the final pdf changing while you are typing.

Quarto 2 years ago

Is the default template not small and fast enough for you?

It generates html in a folder and afaik it the file is self-contained, i.e. it includes in the html all 200-ish lines of js it uses, no external dependencies.

GPT-4’s secret 3 years ago

Interesting. I hated it. I usually like Lex Friedman’s interviews even (or even more when) I disagree with the interviewee. I agreed a bunch with Holtz but I could not build empathy.

I tried, but for me he is too childish despite his undeniable intelligence. I am sorry for him.

He is not directly doing this. He is using Forefront.ai that offer GPT4 for free in their service. So, the guy is ripping off some VC money, not directly OpenAI's. The question remaining is what is Forefront.ai business model?

Pelé has died 4 years ago

It is almost impossible to explain his role in Brazilian culture. All great Brazilian writers of the 20th century adored him. Musics about his goals. Expressions we use to this day( like “ gol de placa”). He was also very conscious in separating his public persona, Pele, from his private one, Edson, the man.

I also was reading your post with the mindset "how to regulate social networks". I strongly believe that all big organizations need regulation. It is not easy to regulate social networks, but heck maybe it wasn't easy to regulate telephony or energy.