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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 22d

📝 Interested in applying to RC? Join us to learn & ask questions about what attending is like: spending 6 or 12 weeks sharpening your programming skills and following what excites you in a collaborative community!

We’re hosting an info session Mon, Oct 6th from 12:30-1pm ET

RSVP: luma.com/mn3kjnkj

Recurse Center Info Session · Zoom · Luma

Thinking about applying to a Recurse Center (RC) batch? If you want to spend 6 or 12 weeks building what excites you (compilers! games! languages! research!…

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 22d

If you're interested in spending 6 or 12 weeks programming at the edge of your abilities, flexing your volitional muscles, and creating what excites you, our applications are now open for our Winter 1 (Nov 3rd) and Winter 2 (Jan 5th) batches!

Apply here: www.recurse.com/apply

Applying to RC - Recurse Center

The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.

www.recurse.com

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you to everyone who came out!

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 22d

🟢 This month we held Breakpoint: An Evening of Projects and Demos!

10 Recursers and alums demo'ed their work, including games, camera-based apps that read your feelings and scramble your face, a NY shadow-henge finder, a Chinese idiom finder, a fractal painter, custom programming language, & more!

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Aug 28

Missed our last info session? We're hosting another on Wed 9/3 at 5 pm ET!

If you're thinking of spending 6 or 12 weeks building whatever excites you most, join us!

You’ll get to ask questions and hear directly from faculty and current Recursers about their experiences.

RSVP: luma.com/z6ccwozs

Recurse Center Info Session · Zoom · Luma

Thinking about applying to a Recurse Center (RC) batch? If you want to spend 6 or 12 weeks building what excites you (compilers! games! languages! research!…

luma.com

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thinking about applying to a Recurse Center (RC) batch? If you want to spend 6 or 12 weeks building what excites you (compilers! games! languages! research! machine learning! art!) within a community of thoughtful, curious peers, come join our info session this Thursday!

lu.ma/86a0fqdn

Recurse Center Info Session · Zoom · Luma

Thinking about applying to a Recurse Center (RC) batch? If you want to spend 6 or 12 weeks building what excites you (compilers! games! languages! research!…

lu.ma

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eva khoury @evakhoury.bsky.social · Aug 22

The video on Mote is up! Finally someone's using the GPU for what it should be used for: zillions of squirming simulated life forms in miraculously self-regulating ecosystems. Exploding membranes. Herds of tiny herbivores and encroaching fungi. Smells.

Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Aug 22

🦠Watch Peter Whidden's first public talk on Mote: an interactive ecosystem simulation!

Mote uses a custom GPU-based physics engine to model hundreds of thousands of organisms, leading to fascinating emergent phenomena: a sandbox that is part game, part research.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju0...

Localhost: Peter Whidden's Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation

YouTube video by Recurse Center

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Aug 22

Localhost is a series of technical talks in NYC given by members of the RC community.

RC is the retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow. Dedicate your time to programming in a focused, supportive, and energizing environment.

Learn more: www.recurse.com

The Recurse Center

The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.

www.recurse.com

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Aug 22

🦠Watch Peter Whidden's first public talk on Mote: an interactive ecosystem simulation!

Mote uses a custom GPU-based physics engine to model hundreds of thousands of organisms, leading to fascinating emergent phenomena: a sandbox that is part game, part research.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju0...

Localhost: Peter Whidden's Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation

YouTube video by Recurse Center

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Brianna McHorse @bmchorse.com · Jul 24

This is a thoughtful post that echoes conversations I've had IRL with colleagues and friends. Also:

"You should use AI-powered tools to complement or increase your agency, not replace it."

^ This is where I've landed for my own work so far.. Should help me do & think *more* deeply, not less.

Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 23

We spent two months talking with RC alums and thinking deeply about how LLMs are changing programming and learning.

Here’s what we learned, and how we're currently thinking about AI at RC: t.co/ddFj486ch8

https://www.recurse.com/blog/191-developing-our-position-on-ai

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 23

We spent two months talking with RC alums and thinking deeply about how LLMs are changing programming and learning.

Here’s what we learned, and how we're currently thinking about AI at RC: t.co/ddFj486ch8

https://www.recurse.com/blog/191-developing-our-position-on-ai

t.co

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 18

🎥 Afterwards, the recording of the talk will be made available on our YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/@RecurseCenter

Recurse Center

Recurse Center talk recordings. RC is the retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow. Work at the edge of your abilities, develop your volitional muscles, and learn generously.

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 18

It won't be streamed live, but we will have the recording available on our YouTube channel shortly after!

www.youtube.com/@RecurseCenter

Recurse Center

Recurse Center talk recordings. RC is the retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow. Work at the edge of your abilities, develop your volitional muscles, and learn generously.

www.youtube.com

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 18

Localhost is a series of technical talks in NYC given by members of the Recurse Center community.

This talk will be the first public glimpse into Mote's motivations, capabilities, and future vision.

RSVP via Luma here: lu.ma/cee99o8y

Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation · Luma

Come to Recurse Center's August Localhost! Localhost is a series of technical talks in NYC given by members of the Recurse Center community. For every event,…

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us on August 13 for Localhost!

🦠 Peter Whidden will present Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation with hundreds of thousands of organisms. His custom GPU physics engine models many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing fascinating emergent phenomena.

RSVP below ⬇️

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Sudhanshu @busysp.bsky.social · Jul 15

This was an awesome talk! I am glad I was able to attend it in person.

Both @omar.website and @cwervo.bsky.social knocked it out of the park.

Definitely worth checking out for folks 😉interested in HCI and Physical Computing.

Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you to everyone who came to our last Localhost talk with @cwervo.bsky.social and @omar.website!‬

They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀

Watch the recording below:

Omar and Andres demonstrating the folk Gadget by projecting light onto pieces of paper with code and tags printed on it.

Omar demonstrating the folk Gadget by aiming a triggered, handheld device and projecting light onto pieces of paper with code and tags printed on it.

Andrés and Omar at a podium presenting a slide with many pictures that says "What is Folk Computer?"

A shot of the crowd at the Recurse Center's Brooklyn hub. About 95 people are watching the talk.

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 14

🎥 Watch the talk online:

youtu.be/hrXEtG3JILo?...

Localhost: Omar and Andrés on the Folk Computer Gadget

YouTube video by Recurse Center

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you to everyone who came to our last Localhost talk with @cwervo.bsky.social and @omar.website!‬

They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀

Watch the recording below:

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jul 1

⭐️ We're hiring a Career Facilitator!

This is a full-time, onsite role in Brooklyn with meaningful work, good benefits, great colleagues, clear goals, and a healthy culture.

Please share with kind, extroverted, and curious colleagues who have a background and interest in recruiting!

bit.ly/4nku9ZI

Career Facilitator | Recurse Center

Join the Recurse Center as a Career Facilitator. Work as a recruiter and transform lives by helping people direct themselves.

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jun 25

They've been working on a portable Folk system that is a single, self-contained, handheld device: the 'Folk gadget'. They'll show it off, talk about its origins and about challenges in building and operating it, and explain some ideas for it that they're excited about!

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Folk is an alternative to traditional mouse-and-keyboard or touchscreen computing: it (typically) uses a camera and projector mounted above a table. 'Programs’ within Folk are individual pieces of paper, written in a custom reactive programming language.

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jun 25

Join us on July 7 for Localhost!

Omar Rizwan + Andrés Cuervo made Folk Computer — an open-source physical computing system that escapes the screen using a camera, projector, paper, and custom programming language.

Now they'll present a new device: the Folk Gadget!

RSVP here 👉 lu.ma/sxqm12i0

Poster that says "Localhost Omar + André on the Folk Computer Gadget with an octopus using the gadget (a handheld projector) to project squares onto a series of papers.

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eva khoury @evakhoury.bsky.social · Jun 16

Jessie's Localhost recording is up on youtube now! If you're curious about how one might DIY an augmented, smart kitchen scale that automates the hard stuff and keeps the fun part of baking, well.... ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jun 16

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlvg...

Localhost: Jessie Grosen on Hyperscale

YouTube video by Recurse Center

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jun 16

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlvg...

Localhost: Jessie Grosen on Hyperscale

YouTube video by Recurse Center

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Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you to everyone who came to our last Localhost, Jessie Grosen on Hyperscale: an augmented kitchen scale that keeps track of the recipe for you! If you've ever wanted to make a hardware project that gives you joy, now is the time! 🧁🐙

Couldn't make it to the talk? Watch the recording below! ⬇️

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