Bret Victor

@worrydream

making the proverbial “hell of an expensive Etch-a-Sketch” for your grandchildren

Joined February 2011

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  1. Disobedient tangram (tldr version)

  2. well aren't you pleased as punch

  3. Neither "Glass" nor "Spectacles" will enable people to see the way out of global crises. Stop bullshitting. Build what the world needs.

  4. Don't panic. Don't despair. Build. If you call yourself an engineer, it's time to step up and start engineering.

  5. Modelica is such a fascinating in-practice example of truly declarative components that have no "inputs" or "outputs", just relationships.

  6. Really nice introduction to Modelica by , including a demo of a literal "npm for scientific models."

  7. Bret Victor followed , , and 2 others
    • @tristanharris

      Ex-Product Philosopher @ Google working on . Ethical tech/design impacting a billion ppl's lives and giving them back agency.

    • @ncasenmare

      I play with play! Now an Fellow at . (they/them) And to cover my ass, retweets are not endorsements. thank you have good day

  8. Carver Mead has a new website, and it has everything.

  9. Hi. Does this give you feelings? Here's what you can do:

  10. The typesetter wipes his brow with his sleeve, takes a swig of whisky, unlocks a box labeled THE BIG INTEGRAL.

  11. "Grandpa, why did Hazel-rah die?" "Back then, everybody grew old and died, even the rich and powerful." "Grandpa, it's hot and I'm hungry."

  12. If you want a vision of the future, imagine a million tweets talking past one other, forever.

  13. I've reached the point where I assume that any citation in any written work is, as likely as not, a misunderstanding.

  14. (Ironically, it seems like Bluespec is actually pretty easy to learn, and extends naturally from Verilog?)

  15. Kind of refreshing to see marketing copy that emphasizes patience and learning curve instead of instant expertise.

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