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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-...


The radio channels are carried as audio only channels on basic digital satellite and terrestrial, you don't need a "smart" TV. They're all at the back end of the EPG. I think Sky Digital had them from the start, but On/ITV Digital DTT might not have, I think they were added when Freeview launched. Sky used to have the Music Choice service this article mentions as well IIRC.

I think back in the day various BBC Radio channels were alternate sound channels on UK Gold (which BBC Worldwide had a stake in) on analogue Sky, but I might be wrong about that.

Annoyingly, BBC Sounds app isn't available on Apple TV boxes, although I can just use AirPlay I guess...


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


Thank you for sharing this! The intros look like a good follow up to the videos in fireship.io’s “X in 100 seconds series”.


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/


Raspberry Pi is out of stock everywhere. Triple regular price on eBay.

Take Arduino. It’s probably more adopted than microbit.


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)


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