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New comment by kisonecat in "Root System Drawings"

kisonecat — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:04:38 +0000

I was expecting diagrams of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_system

(There are so many plant metaphors in mathematics!)

New comment by kisonecat in "TikZJax: Embedding LaTeX Drawings in HTML"

kisonecat — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:46:33 +0000

Indeed, you can find my calculus videos at https://www.youtube.com/kisonecat

But maybe for a coding audience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVtlD22Y8SQ is more entertaining.

New comment by kisonecat in "TikZJax: Embedding LaTeX Drawings in HTML"

kisonecat — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:44:04 +0000

As the author of TikZJax, I can certainly apologize for not making more progress on this.

I need to get back to this project! I'd very much like to clean up the build process.

New comment by kisonecat in "TikZJax: Embedding LaTeX Drawings in HTML"

kisonecat — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:40:44 +0000

Author of TikZJax here...

I'm endlessly distracted by other things at work, but I believe this same idea could also be used to provide real-time compilation of TeX'd documents as they're typed. Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo had suggested wanting something like a real-time Overleaf to teach his classes at https://eulercircle.com/ Interrupting and resurrecting the TeX-in-the-browser would let you render a document as it is typed.

New comment by kisonecat in "TikZJax: Embedding LaTeX Drawings in HTML"

kisonecat — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:36:19 +0000

Resurrecting this workflow was one of the funniest things in implementing TikZJax.

New comment by kisonecat in "TikZJax: Embedding LaTeX Drawings in HTML"

kisonecat — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:35:12 +0000

Matt Klaber?! If so, great to run into you!

I mean, I'm guessing from "klabetron"... Unfortunately I don't think my "kisonecat" gives much clue to "Fowler".

New comment by kisonecat in "The Future Is Niri"

kisonecat — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:12:17 +0000

As a 40-something year old person who used ratpoison more than 21 years ago... Yeah, I feel super old now.

New comment by kisonecat in "Rediscovering Quaternions"

kisonecat — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:42:30 +0000

AG maybe isn't so connected to software, but HoTT connects to the "functional programming" crowd. https://youtu.be/MVtlD22Y8SQ is me doing some examples.

New comment by kisonecat in "Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life"

kisonecat — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:55:25 +0000

I wouldn't say I'm organized, but org-mode is the only tool I've ever really used to keep track of what I am doing. I've been using org-mode for >= 15 years.

New comment by kisonecat in "The Language Construction Kit (1996, 2012)"

kisonecat — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:26:48 +0000

This document was hugely influential to me. It got me interested in linguistics (one of the "immaterial sciences" alongside math, comp sci). My username includes "kisone" which is from the conlang I made as a kid. It is wonderful to see it again and I hope folks still enjoy it!

New comment by kisonecat in "Every HTML Element"

kisonecat — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:13:40 +0000

I'm terrified of opening a paren andforgetting to close it! How terrifying to find a tagged paren that cannot be closed!

"please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming"

s</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:41:30 +0000</p> <p>I'm a college prof in the US and know that term.</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Test"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:40:23 +0000</p> <p>I suspect the author uses a qwerty keyboard.</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:37:08 +0000</p> <p>He has made me extremely enthusiastic for heat pumps.</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "2400 phone providers may be shut down by the FCC for failing to stop robocalls"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:41:33 +0000</p> <p>I don't feel like I've gotten fewer spam calls.<p>My favorite spam call was someone wanting to make a cash offer on the Ohio State University building that my office is in.</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Remembering Cyberia, the first ever cyber cafe"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:36:11 +0000</p> <p>Being born in 1981, the mid-2000s feel very weird to me too -- partly being in grad school in that time (and so somewhat isolated from the broader world) and yeah the rise of cell phones.</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Wayland: I3 to Sway Migration – Anarcat"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 17:02:22 +0000</p> <p>I tried moving to Wayland and hyprland last year, but I couldn't get Zoom to handle screen sharing (specifically window sharing). I wonder if this has improved at all?</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Discrete Mathematics – An Open Introduction, 4th edition"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:35:29 +0000</p> <p>The HN community might be interested in the XML-based tech used to produce this book, namely <a href="https://pretextbook.org/" rel="nofollow">https://pretextbook.org/</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Thu, 09 May 2024 18:41:14 +0000</p> <p>Totally evokes the good memories I have of "Google Wave" as a way for folks to collaborate on rich documents. Super cool.</p> </article> <article> <h1>New comment by kisonecat in "Dear Tim Cook: Be a Decent Human Being and Delete This Revolting Apple Ad"</h1> <p>kisonecat — Thu, 09 May 2024 18:40:00 +0000</p> <p>That Apple ad feels more like an Advernado ad -- "We can solve any problem that you think up, and find any purchase that you require, the... iPad... is a full solution..." crushing everything.</p> </article> </main></body></html>