# \#advent-2024

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## [Advent 2024: Day ι (Translate DrRacket interface in your language)](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-translate-drracket-interface-in-your-language/3407)

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**Author:** [@al\_shopov](https://racket.discourse.group/u/al_shopov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-translate-drracket-interface-in-your-language/3407 "2024-12-15T06:18:52Z")

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Hello all, This is a short, practical guide how you can translate the interface of DrRacket in your language. As I am currently studying Scribl - it will be added as a pull request for the documentation in string-const…

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## [Advent 2024: Day 13 (Fern Fractal)](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-13-fern-fractal/3411)

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**Author:** [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-13-fern-fractal/3411 "2024-12-13T12:03:11Z")

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Hello, I saw this fractal many years ago on Usenet in comp.lang.scheme. It was made with turtles, but I made it with complex numbers. You can find the code in the documentation of the simple-svg package made by Chen…

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## [\#langs that Fit in Your Head](https://racket.discourse.group/t/langs-that-fit-in-your-head/3404)

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**Author:** [@countvajhula](https://racket.discourse.group/u/countvajhula)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/langs-that-fit-in-your-head/3404 "2024-12-12T03:42:07Z")

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Here's #langs that Fit in Your Head, a post about writing "small" languages. The irony is that I'm not sure this blog post fits in your head :laughing: . Enjoy, and happy Advent of Racket Day 8!

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## [Advent 2024: Day 4 (In Praise of LACI)](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-4-in-praise-of-laci/3401)

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**Author:** [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-4-in-praise-of-laci/3401 "2024-12-07T19:18:02Z")

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Ouch! A bit late. Here's my "day 4" post on Prabakhar Ragde's "Logic and Computation Intertwined": Merry christmas to all!

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## [Advent 2024: Day 5 (Epicycles Revisited)](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-5-epicycles-revisited/3395)

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**Author:** [@bakgatviooldoos](https://racket.discourse.group/u/bakgatviooldoos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/advent-2024-day-5-epicycles-revisited/3395 "2024-12-05T16:38:12Z")

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Hi, Racket Discourse. Just a quick one for today, since I have been swamped with work all of a sudden... I reused some of my ideas from the year to make a snow globe! The first part of the simulation is basically the …

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## [Creating a colorful HD wallpaper using Racket](https://racket.discourse.group/t/creating-a-colorful-hd-wallpaper-using-racket/3389)

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**Author:** [@JustinZed](https://racket.discourse.group/u/JustinZed)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/creating-a-colorful-hd-wallpaper-using-racket/3389 "2024-12-03T17:09:30Z")

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For today's Advent Calendar, I'm sharing a colorful wallpaper I made for my phone using Racket. There's nothing too deep about it, just a bit of fun, but it does demonstrate a simple way to create a nice rainbow color gr…

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## [Category Theory in Programming](https://racket.discourse.group/t/category-theory-in-programming/3375)

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**Author:** [@NoahStoryM](https://racket.discourse.group/u/NoahStoryM)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/category-theory-in-programming/3375 "2024-12-03T02:47:15Z")

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The full tutorial is here CTP. In this tutorial, I explore the applications of category theory in programming, using Racket to represent abstract mathematical concepts. The completed sections introduce categories, funct…

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## [Scraping XML sitemaps with Racket](https://racket.discourse.group/t/scraping-xml-sitemaps-with-racket/3386)

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**Author:** [@benknoble](https://racket.discourse.group/u/benknoble)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/scraping-xml-sitemaps-with-racket/3386 "2024-12-02T15:55:01Z")

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Advent of Racket, Day 2! The full post describes the "memex" method and a short Racket program to help me review old blog posts. Enjoy!
