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- Practice on nonsensical/wimsy topics aka. typed, 50 page report on the contents of the inside of a ping pong ball. reiterate/refine till doesn't sound like bs/cut and paste.
Ask several people around you for a book/article. Find common way to associate aforementioned topic with article(s)/books provided. Extra credit if can present in a specific style/area.
aka Socratic method, humanities architectural style, etc. Does a corinthian ping pong ball contents vary more than a the contents of a doric ping pong ball? Iconic ping pong ball might be easier to build an ascii/utf pictorial association/representation of contents (ascimation). How many sprinkles have to covered the exterior of a ping pong ball before the interior contents change? (how long does that take?)
It'll give one some practice on techniques to approach things in different ways.
Can always go for the short variation on:
versusA short story that incorporates four elements of classic literature; Religion, Sex, Nobility, and Mystery... "Oh my God" said the Princess, "I'm pregnant, and ignore who the father is!!!"[1]
All in how one encodes/pictures one's characterization.[3][4]"My God," said the Queen. "I'm pregnant. I wonder who did it?"[2]Terminal situation doesn't have to result in Doom[5]. Just use a different set of dimensional constants[6] to get a fuller process picture[6] perhaps with pi instead phi as foundational constant for more rounded picture.
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[1]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/194753281198303/posts/256575...
[2]: https://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/creative.html
[3] : https://github.com/Sayhi-bzb/ascii-canvas
[4] : programmatic ascii art ... : https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/181532
[5] : doom ascii : https://github.com/wojciech-graj/doom-ascii
[6] : psdoom : https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-process-monitoring-with...
- Related ACM Transactions on Graphics paper:
"One String to Pull Them All: Fast Assembly of Curved Structures from Flat Auxetic Linkages"
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- Seems like an abstract/symbolic variation related to tetration[0]
[0] : tetration : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetration
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- What type of data "tests"? aka modeling, simulation, statistical regression, etc.
Wide variety of "what if" data environments/systems which have web accessible interfaces to backends (that are not just database systems).
commerical mathlab, sass
open source[0]: scilab; sagemath; numpy; gnu octave; julia; juniper
[0] : additional link references beyond "5 open source alternatives to MATHLAB" : https://opensource.com/alternatives/matlab
- Perhaps something along lines of setting up / planning robot/activity path? aka (noted in other postings) scratch junior[0]; mblock botly dash[1]; code & go
?? program robot to fetch/push food items to bowl.
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- Bit dated, but [1] might be of use. American certification(s) bit more demanding.
Blurb on certification/backround differences [2]
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[1] : https://www.soa.org/globalassets/assets/library/proceedings/...
[2] : https://www.reddit.com/r/Actuary_news/comments/ox4t30/why_do...
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- > Ask HN: Do you do anything with the "cool" langauges that get posted here?
Categorize & move them to [0].
> When you see these "cool" languages do you try them out?
Check out ways to combine with various other miscellaneous domain specific languages[3]
"doom"d programming can make trying out the "cool" language/domain specific langauge a bit easier. aka 'doom' pdf & javascript port[1]; psdoom [2]
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[0] : https://esolangs.org/wiki/Esolang:Categorization
[1] : pdfdoom : http://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/nice-pdf-but-can-it-run-doom-...
[2] : psdoom : http://psdoom.sourceforge.net/
[3] : domain specific languages : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language
- Note: reply bit snarky per limited reply space.
Applied application would need to take into account 'relativistic' forward progress of disk aka 'cone'.
Cone longitutinal, "cone normal", can then be used to deform cone into taurus & initiate a load/store through 'wall' from pressure change. (or blocked in 'flip flop' fashion). aka 'multi-dimenstional' inverted UNIX/C "0" result of "while 0" vs. unix 'while !0'. (multi-dimentional punch card / transdimentional malloc)
- > ... behaves differently on this computer...
vs. in linux, running powershell scripts under a virtualized instance of windows to avoid linux OS / windows OS differences issues?
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other extreme end of the 'whitespace' spectrum:
APL : no white space / single character instead of multicharacter programming language tokens. Maximum expressiveness without any need for whitespace!
- Proprietary 'shell' vs. linux DIY/customized setup.
There are a multiple publically accessible/usable sources which can be found via search engine(s) to extend bash / unix shell functionality based on points discussed in topic link.
few article link topic snippits:
* approaches to autocompletion : [0][1]
* 'man' command and/or cli option -h to cli command shows 'docstring' / options
* jq resources for shell plugin[2]
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[0] https://faun.pub/configure-bash-auto-completion-tab-completi...
- Why not just install Powershell for linux?[1]
[1] : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/insta...
- Direct link to Datavzrd study overview with demonstrations/links.[0]
Non-technical summary[1]
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[0] : Datavzrd: Rapid programming- and maintenance-free interactive visualization and communication of tabular data : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
[1] : New open-source tool makes complex data understandable : https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-source-tool-complex.html
Without a study area/focus, kinda difficult to recommend "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"[0].
What about a trip to discipline of choice version of MIT's media lab[0]. Take the applied and deconstruct the theory. Use the theory deconstructed to build new applications. Pal Alto's 'media lab' of the day worked for inspiration for Apple.
Tuning in to the music side, research history of The Beetles. "Now and Then" theme song for checking out what was innovative then vs. now. aka studio setup/figure out how to do what want vs. today's equivalent 'iPhone pocket studio'. Suppose with the relevant background, could research the friction between a music teacher instructing students with an electrical engineering background. Was that The Beetles downfall?
[0] : https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf [1] : https://www.media.mit.edu/
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For less quantum mania, and more visual, go semiotics & architecture:
Semiotics as a Guide for Architectural Formation : https://www.be.unsw.edu.au/si tes/default/files/upload/UtzonSymposium/FERWATI%20.pdf
Function and Sign: The Semiotics of Architecture : https://marywoodarchtheory.wo rdpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/function-and-the-sign-the-semiotics-of-ar ch_u-eco.pdf
Architectural Semiotics Decoding the Language of Space : https://www.re-thin kingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a11019-architectural-semiotics-decodin g-the-language-of-space/
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