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Medium mentions (2248)

• Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice

  Https://medium.com/@alt.cap/time-to-get-fit-an-open-letter-from-altimeter-to-mark-zuckerberg-and-the-meta-board-of-392d94e80a18 /s. Or no /s? Idk anymore. You decide. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Phishing scammers impersonate AH employee to drain crypto wallets

  My god. Even a marketing article comparing it to Google Meet. https://medium.com/@VorionApp/vortax-vs-google-meet-what-are-the-key-differences-d0ac3fc3f385. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• Apple is finally bringing RCS messaging to the iPhone

  > the contrast lower down on the screen is fine Apple say no.[1] [1] https://medium.com/@krvoller/how-iphone-violates-apples-accessibility-guidelines-6785172eb343. - Source: Hacker News / 7 days ago

• Abbott gets FDA clearance for 2 over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors

  Meanwhile China cured diabetes but no one will talk about that https://medium.com/@hrnews1/communist-china-just-cured-diabetes-and-americas-insulin-industry-is-not-happy-about-it-a4d3612566a6. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

• Malicious VSCode extensions with installs discovered

  Actual Medium post as shared by the creator of the fake VSCode Extension: We Hacked Multi-Billion $ Companies in 30 Minutes with a VSCode Extension https://medium.com/@amitassaraf/the-story-of-extensiontotal-how-we-hacked-the-vscode-marketplace-5c6e66a0e9d7 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40624000). - Source: Hacker News / 8 days ago

Smalltalk mentions (28)

• Old version of offline Scratch that had a secret OS

  Also, it's not really an "operating system", nor was it implemented by the ST. It's just part of Squeak (you got the name right), the "engine" Scratch 1.x was made with (which lets you edit the code in the same window it's running in). Source: about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Alternatives to organizing code in files and folders?

  Just downloaded https://squeak.org/ to play around with this concept. I wonder if there is already a modern tool/suite for Node/Python inspired by Smalltalk... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• What are some important differences between the popular versions of OOP (e.g. Java, Python) vs. the purist's versions of OOP (e.g. Smalltalk)?

  AFAIK the major SmallTalk distributions are https://squeak.org/ and https://pharo.org/. I've heard that Pharo is more complex and "practical", while Squeak is more educational and beginner-friendly. But both stick to their roots with "everything is an object or method", extreme reflection, and integrated runtime/IDE. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What software stack to select for this boot to code computer?

  Your concept looks nice, it reminds me a bit of the Lisperati: https://www.hackster.io/news/the-lisperati1000-is-a-cyberdeck-terminal-dedicated-to-lisp-programming-bb564f2ffcff So, did you consider Lisp or maybe Smalltalk? Plan 9 or Inferno might also be options. Plan 9 comes in different variants, the "classic" one (with a Raspberry Pi port by Richard Miller) or 9front, an Inferno porting tutorial can be found at... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Squeak Morphic Layers

  This repository contains multiple projects closely related to (hardware-accelerated) rendering in Squeak/Smalltalk. Source: over 1 year ago