(send-mad-lovin (@LispNYC) (all-hackers)) since 2002. 🎥 https://xitter.cf/t.co/hU5XZkkHZ1

New York, NY
Joined July 2010
John Cowan is a prominent computer scientist and language enthusiast known for leading Scheme Language standards, contributing to XML as part of the W3C and improving global text handling through the Unicode Consortium.
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Recently, John has faced significant life changes due to health challenges and personal loss. With the support of his family, he has relocated from New York City to Virginia and is preparing for a more permanent move to the Washington, DC area.
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He has brought clarity and precesion to the English language by publishing a modernized revision of "The Elements of Style" and writing the comprehensive reference grammar of the constructed language Lojban.
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For those of you who do not know, esteemed Lisper, John Cowan, is unwell and in recovery.
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We encourage you to donate to and/or share this GoFundMe campaign to help with the cost of John's move from NYC to Virginia, and the family move into more accessible accommodation once that's possible. 🙏 🔗gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-su…
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Happy [belated] Grav-mass! stallman.org/grav-mass.html 🎄👩‍🔬👨‍🔬
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tyring out nixvim
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When “code is law”, we must be careful. 🙏 ⁦@Cardano⁩ empowers us to safely develop smart contracts. 🔐 We at ⁦@web3enabler⁩ hope to bring ADA payments simply and safely to @salesforce. 💰⭐️🌎 👉 Check out our ⁦@Catalyst_onX⁩ proposal. cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea…
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Bravo, @heowbert!
Our boy Heowie is heading to the 2024 Clojure Conference! 2024.clojure-conj.org/ He'll be packing some uLisp sticks and will want to talk about our new Logseq-based website functional.sc #Clojure #Lisp #uLisp #logseq
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Bad take: programming with macros is bad because it requires you to learn all those new programming patterns. Good take: programming without macros is bad because it requires you to learn all those new programming patterns AND how to compile and decompile them by hand.
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Join us WED Oct 2nd for "Budget Microcontroller Projects - How uLisp Simplifies Programming" Learn how to program a NeoTrinkey using #uLisp from your phone or laptop even if you're new to #LISP or microcontrollers! #chstech @reforge_CHS mtup.link/e/EheGgA
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I proudly represented ⁦@LispNYC⁩ at yesterday’s ⁦@owasp⁩ meetup. :) #cybersecurity #artificialintelligence
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We’ve all had things go wrong on our computers. I’m so proud to work at @MutualKnowledge with @fare, who’s helped many of us mitigate many threats. fare.tunes.org/computing/rec… 🙏 #cybersecurity
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We’re pleased to share a recording of Brandon Bloom’s talk on term rewriting on our YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=ADR3HavB… Many thanks, @pierredelacaze, for your lifelong leadership from across the world! 🌎
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🚀 Discover the essence of Object-Orientation with François (@phanaero) at #LambdaConf2024! Learn how OO can be simplified into two functions and explore the intricate relationships between objects, instances, and prototypes. 🎟️ Register at lambdaconf.us/
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