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This is a plain-text version of Bret Victor’s reading list. It was requested by hf on Hacker News.

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Highly recommended things!

This is my five-star list. These are my favorite things in all the world.

A few of these works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. ★

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Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am prsimp on github.
• I am prsimp (https://keybase.io/prsimp) on keybase.
• I have a public key whose fingerprint is 7FFD CF3E 20E0 640B 11A5 1ADD 6EF5 2A54 5A11 D7DA

To claim this, I am signing this object:

prsimp

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am prsimp on github.
• I am prsimp (https://keybase.io/prsimp) on keybase.
• I have a public key whose fingerprint is 57E2 6687 B7D6 82E2 3269 28DA BB27 F3C1 896E C178

To claim this, I am signing this object:

prsimp

repeat
	tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to activate
	delay 30
	tell application "System Events" to key code 59
	delay 2
end repeat

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#!/usr/bin/env sh

ruby -e '10.times do; `open "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS9D6w1GzGY"`; end'

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Assumption

You installed rbenv and ruby-build via homebrew.

Simple Upgrade

1. Open a terminal.
2. curl https://gist.github.com/prsimp/4773603/raw/upgrade_385.sh | sh
3. Drink some coffee or do something while Ruby compiles.
4. Profit!

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Assumptions

1. You installed rbenv and ruby-build via homebrew.
2. (Optional) You are listening to Ke$ha.

Simple Upgrade

1. Open a terminal.
2. curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/prsimp/4567288/raw/upgrade_it.sh | sh
3. Drink some coffee or do something while Ruby compiles.