So, the plan for Summer of Mycorrhiza is as follows.

The long-awaited 1.15 version will be released this summer, featuring all the various changes that were done since 1.14 (2023-04-07). It shall be called “Cumulative Summer 2024 Update”.

Track the progress here: https://github.com/bouncepaw/mycorrhiza/issues/216

I don't want to postpone 1.15 too much.

And then 1.16 shall follow. I hope it will feature the coolest refactoring. It might take another year. Did you know that Mycorrhiza's codebase is a mess?

Last week i read a few articles about scientific studies that seem to show that

- people forget everything they learn in school, unless they already know it from general osmosis
- people also forget everything they learn in university, but it doesn't matter because people don't go there to learn but to get a degree
- scientists (especially sociologists) do not understand statistics, not even statisticians
- the likelihood of a paper passing peer review is only lightly correlated to the quality of the paper

I guess the first thing explains why it seems to matter so little (after a decade) whether you send a kid to a regular school or do something like homeschooling or montessori. Although it's hard to say if this applies to all kinds of schooling or just to the current degree-based system.

This research shows that aptitude for learning foreign languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic maths knowledge.

"These results provide a novel framework for understanding programming aptitude, suggesting that the importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education environments."

Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages. Prat, et.al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60661-8

#TeachingTechTogether

LemonardoSoftDrinks/CherryCola: 100% natural Cherry Cola recipe based on Open Cola recipe.

LemonardoSoftDrinks/CherryCola: 100% natural Cherry Cola recipe based on Open Cola recipe.

Cherry Cola recipe is based on the OpenCola recipe. Original recipe was modified to create 100% natural cola without any artificial ingredient. We removed sugar, caffeine and caramel color from the recipe, replaced phosphoric acid with lemon juice, and used chokeberry juice as a coloring agent and added cherry juice to make cherry cola.

Рецепт нашей вишнёвой колы создан на основе рецепта OpenCola — торговой марки, уникальной тем, что её рецепт приготовления находится в свободном доступе. Любой может приготовить этот напиток самостоятельно, а также изменять и улучшать его рецепт, так как он распространяется под лицензией GNU General Public License.

Мы убрали из рецепта сахар, кофеин и карамельный колер, ортофосфорную кислоту заменили вишнёвым и лимонным соком, а в качестве красителя использовали сок черноплодной рябины. За счёт этого, наша вишневая кола не только вкусная, но и полезная для здоровья!

Красота абсолютная! Я купил и выпил. На вкус так себе. Больше этот конкретный напиток брать не буду. Наверное, я хочу сахар.

#floss, #food

Hits-of-Code Instead of SLoC

Hits-of-Code Instead of SLoC

How about we measure the amount of times programmers touch the lines. Instead of counting the number of lines we’ll count how many times they were actually modified—we can get this information from Git (or any other SCM). The more you touch that part of the aircraft—the more effort you spent on it, right?

I called it Hits-of-Code (HoC) and created a small tool to help us calculate this number in just one line.

What a nice idea! I installed this program and ran it on Betula and Mycorrhiza codebases. For Betula it's 26350 HoC, for Mycorrhiza it's 137208 HoC. Yeah, Betula is still comparatively young! Hey, what about Mycomarkup? 23443. Oh wow, just a little less than Betula. I expected a small number.

#programming, #statistics