They will continue commiting crimes around the world. Do not worry.
Readit Newsthiagoharry commented on What will become of the CIA? newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/Michelangelo11
thiagoharry commented on What happens when housing prices go down? clmarohn.substack.com/p/w... · Posted by u/chmaynard
karl marx called he wants his argument back
Adam Smith also would agree with the argument.
https://github.com/thiagoharry/weaver-interface-metafont
I started by trying to reimplement the METAFONT language, adding support for real-time rendering with OpenGL. Eventually, I decided to introduce some incompatible changes, creating a new language. But it still retains a syntax and internal logic very similar to METAFONT.
This new language also supports animation, and since it is part of a larger project (a game engine), it can be used not only for font rendering but also to generate textures and sprites for games.
The language is successfully compiling to WebAssembly, and I’m currently working on a web page with tutorials, documentation and examples where you can modify the code and instantly see the results. Since this is a literate programming project, there is also an English and Portuguese version of the code. But the english version still needs considerable polishing.
thiagoharry commented on Literate programming tool for any language github.com/zyedidia/Liter... · Posted by u/LorenDB
The thing is, Literate Programming is not documentation --- if it was, _TeX: The Program_ and _The TeXbook_ would be interchangeable, and they are not (that plain.tex is not a literate program is a different discussion).
When I write Literate Programs, it's mostly for future me so that I can remember why a particular approach was taken, or what the significance of the two slightly differently named variable is and why they are not interchangeable. If it's for others to use, then user documentation is a specific section of the program code, and possibly a totally separate document (only written after the fact when the UI and so forth is stable enough that things won't change).
FWIW, I am working to reimplement parts of METAFONT in my current project (need the curves, and want an implementation which will also allow me to write out a .mp file) and I'm finding _METAFONT: The Program_ very helpful.
> FWIW, I am working to reimplement parts of METAFONT in my current project (need the curves, and want an implementation which will also allow me to write out a .mp file) and I'm finding _METAFONT: The Program_ very helpful.
I have a reimplementation of parts of METAFONT as a hobby project. In fact, it is no longer METAFONT; it is a language based on METAFONT. However, I used the same Hobby's algorithm to generate curves. It understands pens, paths and renders it to an OpenGL texture. The results are not compatible with Knuth's METAFONT, as I use floating-point numbers instead of the fixed-point arithmetic. It is still under development and needs some cleaning, but if what you are developing is for personal use or is free software compatible with GNU Affero GPL, perhaps parts of the code, or even the whole, could be of use.
Thanks, but I was looking for an explanation of the "hardly more bloody" comment. I briefly looked up casualties for the things you listed and it's not even remotely close to the deaths attribute to Mao.
I edited the comment. Indeed, by the number of deaths, the last great famines surpass the deaths in war and occupation.
> Yes, it was messy, but hardly bloodier than what the West was doing in the country at the time.
Can you expand on this?
The country was completely subjulgated by England, was sacked by several western powers. See the Opium Wars, the unequal treaties, several lands were stolen.
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He is the founder of modern China, who ended the century of humiliation and restored the country's independence. Yes, it was messy. But what the west was doing against the country and the previous situation was not better.
thiagoharry commented on Economists don't know what's going on economist.com/finance-and... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Probably not "incredibly stupid"
But, "the economy" is generally just a descriptor for what people need/want, and what they're willing to do for it.
A phrase like "slaves of the economy", with the implication that someone should be entitled to escape that condition, is about as ridiculous as thinking you are a "slave to nutrients" or a "slave to oxygen" or any other physical constraint. You can't escape it; you have to eat--what are you willing to do to get food?
However, what I think you're probably more upset about, and what you probably should instead be phrasing it as, is economic manipulation. That is something that can legitimately be unjust. Power and information are some tools to manipulate or benefit from economic conditions to a greater extent than others, and therefore have more boats or leisure time or political positions (or food or N95 masks or jobs etc etc)
> But, "the economy" is generally just a descriptor for what people need/want, and what they're willing to do for it.
It’s not exactly about what people want, but rather what capital needs to grow and increase its value. Most people have no say in these decisions and are left with only two options: comply or starve.
thiagoharry commented on On loyalty to your employer (2018) medium.com/hackernoon/on-... · Posted by u/Peroni
Unless you're in a country that embraced the teachings of Marx, you're more likely to die from too much food than not enough, or a class-based murder spree.
In Americas, the country with more famines is Haiti. In the world is Somalia. Both were victims of capitalist countries, they were never socialists.
Do we have any precedence for the destruction part?