Yes! I visited Rijksmuseum a few years ago with a close friend and I liked the painting "The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance" very much. I downloaded the high quality scan from the painting's museum web page[1] and got it printed onto a canvas to hang in our apartment. We really enjoy its presence with my wife!
Nice! Imagine the second meaning going back to Arabic and now it's a full loop! It can even override the original meaning given enough time and popularity (not especially for "zero", but possibly for another full-loop word).
Interesting and lovely to see ekşi sözlük getting mentioned on HN (even though I remember seeing ssg on HN before if I remember correctly).
I'm curious if there are any similar (in the vein of Douglas Adams' "Guide to the Galaxy") websites with a geographically wider adoption, basically its English version.
I remember İTÜ Sözlük changing its brand to Instela to go somewhat global. But looks like they failed.
I also remember seeing a "Guide" in some Douglas Adams related website, but it wasn't really an active website as far as I remember.
Was that the case for you? I'm especially curious about the exams if there were any, because it's probably hard to keep the whole context in mind as a student and to evaluate students for the teacher.
Years ago, under the influence of Lisp romanticism late into my university years, I worked on a domain-specific language for designing and analyzing control systems as my senior design project, using Hy! Just checked, it's been five and a half years to be specific. Really, time flies.
This looks great! I'll play around with it more later this week.
A thought: I suppose Virtual Pool is a pretty popular game/simulation in the billiards circles. Maybe you can get insights for keyboard/mouse interaction and graphical interface.
I remember playing Virtual Pool and I really liked the way they designed the interactions with the game.
Pre-shot routines come into play to help with that I think. To take every shot with the same level of seriousness and preparation, whatever the position is.
For the last few years, I want to play pool more and more, but going to a club is such a drag for me. Especially when alone. A home with a pool table would be great.
A few frames of six-ball every few hours as a break from work...
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi