jimjamslam

jimjamslam, 14 days ago to sveltejs

Do you like #sveltejs? Do you like #quartopub? Sverto 1.0 is here! https://github.com/jimjam-slam/sverto/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Easily include Svelte-powered #datavis in your Quarto docs and have them seamlessly react to your Observable JavaScript!

This new release is much easier to use, and I’ll be showing it off at #positconf2024!

A picture of a scatter plot, showing a time series of temperatures. The scatter plot shifts from a red-orange colour scheme to a blue-green one and back again.

jimjamslam, 17 days ago to random

Once upon a time, you either accrued #studentdebt in Australia through HELP because you didn't earn enough to repay it, or you paid your debt down because you were earning more.

But in 2020, a new group of people appeared: the ones being asked to repay their HELP debt, even as indexation pushes them further up river.

Our @360info_global analysis of taxpayer data found that 1 in 3 HELP loans "went backward" last year despite mandatory repayments: https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/10/inflation-pushes-student-help-debts-up-despite-repayments/

The government's new pre-Budget policy will reduce this to about 1 in 10, but as long as we have lower repayment rates, this class of of people is here to stay.

jimjamslam, 28 days ago to random

The #PositConf2024 schedule is out! I'll be presenting on using Sverto and other ways to make animated web graphics in #QuartoPub, and my colleague Andrew Bray will be presenting Closeread, a Quarto scrollytelling extension that we've been cooking up!

➡️ Sverto: https://reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/positconf24/publiccatalog/page/publiccatalog/session/1712004520411001rz6v
➡️ Closeread: https://reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/positconf24/publiccatalog/page/publiccatalog/session/1712004041983001s1h4

jimjamslam, 3 months ago to random

Thanks very much to the folks at Guardian Aus for the kind words about isithotrightnow.com in its The Crunch newsletter today!

If you missed the upgrade, now's a good time to check in: it's Bloody Hot across Australia's south-east today — including, for the first time this year, in Melbourne. The upgrade has been a labour of love for Steefan Contractor, Mat Lipson and I!

A distribution plot of Melbourne's historical temperatures in late February, shaded from blue on the left to red on the right. Today's current average temperature of 28.7°C falls within the Bloody Hot region.

jimjamslam, 4 months ago to random

Hey, congratulations on that new #rstats package! Or, maybe well done on keeping that old package maintained! Either way, have you thought about letting your users try it out in the browser straight away? It's really easy with WebR and #QuartoPub!

https://jamesgoldie.dev/writing/your-new-r-package-webr/

andrew, 6 months ago to random

people good with VS Code / #QuartoPub: is there a way to change the font and/or font size for .qmd files in visual editor mode in VS Code? For now I've just been zooming in/out, but that changes the whole VS Code UI