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My name is Simon Shine. I live in Denmark where I study Computer Science at DIKU. I am also a hobbyist programmer. You can reach me on shreddedglory gmail com.

The sunflower logo is generated by a computer program and an interpreter for its language language that I built during a course.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. ~ Robert Fulghum

I am a vegetarian because animals can think and feel.

Randomness

• My GitHub
• Brainfuck, the drinking game, programming language turned into social activity.
• A pair of dice that never roll 7, invented by Simon Tatham.
• Thompson NFAs by Russ Cox, on efficient implementations of regular expressions.
• Return on Investment, a piece of hacker fiction written by Fyodor.
• Discovering Assumptions by Paul Niquette, a dialogue on heuristics.
• Alien Sensations by Colleen Thomas, my favourite lesbian sci-fi short story.
• The Theory of Interstellar Trade (PDF) by Paul Krugman, on true lightspeed trading.
• Simpletron, the stick of the hour, a joke on constructed languages.
• da-dict.gz, a Danish dict-file compiled from da.speling.org.

Recommended Video Lectures

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Sussman and Abelson, MIT)
• Programming Paradigms (Cain and Jerry, Stanford)