open-source-ux

15 programming languages in the video:

- Python

- Lua

- Raku

- Factor

- Racket

- Clojure

- Flix

- Haskell

- C#

- Go

- Haxe

- Crystal

- D

- Nim

- Pascal

For comparison: the consumption of ultra-processed food in selected European countries were from 2018 [1]

Top European countries with the most household purchases of ultra-processed food:

1. UK 50.7%

2. Germany 46.9%

3. Ireland 45.9

4. Belgium 44.6

5. Finland 40.9

Top European countries with least household purchases of ultra-processed food:

1. Portugal 10.2%

2. Italy 13.4%

3. Greece 13.7%

4. France 14.2

5. Croatia 17.9

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-proces...

Some extracts from the survey:

- 1329 online interviews from Julia users (May-July)

- Julia use: 85% in 2022, 88% in 2023

- Users plan more Julia and Rust

- Popular technical features: speed, performance, open source, package manager, multiple dispatch, solve two lang problem, composable

- Most popular non-technical features: free, active developers

- Biggest technical problems: no self-contained binaries, slow compile times

- Julia adoption: not enough Julia users

And more questions...

Only the Lazarus video roadmap: https://www.blaisepascalmagazine.eu/roadmap-for-fpc-and-laza...

A roadmap for Lazarus just released on 19 Aug 2023 (3 minutes video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixQ2LZTzVJQ

"Horrible Histories is a hit CBBC show that explores the side of history that they don’t teach you about in school! From the Vicious Vikings and Awful Egyptians to the Slimy Stuarts and Terrible Tudors, Horrible Histories covers the funniest, yuckiest and most gruesome bits of history for kids."

https://www.youtube.com/@HorribleHistoriesOfficial/videos

"Did this have good enough coverage in the EU, especially the conclusion?"

From the Guardian report:

"The joint investigation by the Guardian, German public broadcaster ARD/NDR/Funk and Greek investigative outlet Solomon, in collaboration with Forensi" (Forensis is a Berlin-based research agency which investigates human rights violations)

FreeBSD Journal: FreeBSD 30th Anniversary Special Edition: https://freebsdfoundation.org/past-issues/freebsd-30th-anniv...

Try nitter.net:

"Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. The source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/zedeus/nitter"

No need to sign-in to view Twitter.

Instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances

"Considering that the Zig Software Foundation not only doesn't have any big corporate backing, but also made an explicit point of always being fully independent"

Zig has a VP of Community and it's important how the role promotes and evangelize the language for developers. Another example: Crystal appointment a new Community Manager recently, and now have developer "ambassadors" - to promotion the Crystal language. It's a shame that Nim has no equivalent role or initiave to grow the language community.

The Context Free YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@contextfree/videos) has a lot of interesting programming languages and interviews. It's a shame that the Kickstart conference was unsuccessful for funding.

I can see why single programming language conferences are often popular. But is a "Programming Languages Festival" too broad for a conference? Are attendees mostly from academic interest?

"Hackers like dark modes"

Not all programmers like dark mode. Some people with astigmatism have problems with dark mode.

Dark Mode Isn’t ‘Easier on the Eyes’ for Everybody (2019) https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywyqxw/apple-dark-mode-eye-s...

Extract:

As Gizmodo wrote in 2014, citing research by the Sensory Perception and Interaction Research Group, at University of British Columbia, white backgrounds act as a "crutch" for astigmatic eyes: "People with astigmatism (approximately 50% of the population) find it harder to read white text on black than black text on white."

The BBC also broadcast radio on...the TV. It's a TV app for "connected TVs": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/getting-started-...

Previous discussion on designing a programming language by AI:

GPT-4 Designed a Programming Language (March 2023) https://lukebechtel.com/blog/gpt4-generating-code

And here is the HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35177857

I've been using Firefox for years, but I'm more impressed by Brave (desktop). In fact, Firefox feels stale and have been like that for some time. Features in Brave include: vertical tabs, independent search, a RSS Reader (Firefox previously removed RSS).

This is more than a minor update. I'm impressed by the improvements. I really like the way screenshots (and animated screenshots) make new features easy to explain.

Non-paywall version: https://archive.is/VSDdb

From article

Inflation in some economies: Harmonised Index Consumer Prices for March 2023:

- UK: 10.1%

- Italy: 8.1

- Germany: 7.8%

- France: 6.6%

- USA: 5.3%

Exercism also has a YouTube channel which include introductions to numerous programming languages: https://www.youtube.com/@exercism_org/videos

Here are some interviews with programming languages creators or contributors: Bjarne Stroustrup (C++), Jose Valim (Elixir)...Go, Gleam, Rust and upcoming with Haskell

https://www.youtube.com/@exercism_org/streams

Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is excellent for kids (and adults). There are tutorials for any topic (https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en). A lot of people are not aware that the Raspberry Pi magazines (MagPi) and books are free as PDFs. Or you can purchase printed books or magazines.

- Magazines: https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/issues

- Books: https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/books

Micro:bit

The micro:bit is an even smaller pocket computer for kids. The BBC was a foundation partner, but now a Educational Foundation:

https://microbit.org/

Wordery and BooksPlease are the only global free delivery I know of.

awesomebooks is free delivery for UK, but their international delivery is reasonable at £2.99 (+ £1.00 to £4.00 additional items: https://www.awesomebooks.com/help/shipping)

Book Depository had decent prices with free international shipping to most of the world

wordery.com (based in the UK) also gives free worldwide delivery.

Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/7xMdY

Ruby and Julia use the 'end' keyword in code blocks. A bit less noise compared to Pascal's 'begin' and 'end' syntax.

Similar to In Our Time is another BBC radio programme called The Forum (from BBC World Service) which explores world history, culture and ideas. Every week an eclectic topic is discussed with three experts in a lively, informative and stimulating discussion. Highly recommended:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9/episodes/downloads

Use ChatGPT to assist write or plan a course from 50-80% (or more) is likely a popular option.

Create a syllabus for learning [insert subject] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVxy1QDYapQ

Summary using coding books:

1. The perfect book doesn't exist

2. Don't buy loads of books

3. Read thoroughly

4. Pace yourself

5. Understanding beats memorizing

"Data indicates pandemic effects on health and NHS pressures are among the leading explanations."

Relevant charts from the BBC and FT (Financial Times) reveal the pressure on the UK's health service:

- Annual changes in health spending in the UK (BBC): https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16A6D/production...

- Deep lasting cuts to UK health spending (FT): https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1606223936848629760/...

- Waiting hospital lists (FT): https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1606223967903260673/...

This twitter thread from FT journalist John Burn-Mordoch is an damning and eye-opening look at NHS statistics (Dec 2022):

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1606223922474627073

Firefox released a mobile OS (Firefox OS) in 2013. The aim was to encourage app developers use open technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, open web APIs). Development of Firefox OS stopped in 2015.

At the time I thought that Firefox was wasting resources on development on Firefox OS. But now I think I was wrong. Firefox could see the promise of a PWA (Progressive Web Apps) mobile future, but the tech was clumsy and immature. Perhaps Firefox OS was too early for the technology?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS

"The 'var' section, magic "Result" variable and begin/end pairs are just from another age...Programming languages have advanced _a lot_ since Pascal was created."

I understand why some programmers dislike Pascal's syntax, but C and C++ are also old and still popular (including for new projects). Syntax and semantics are closely entwined but C and C++ syntax still influence "modern" languages.