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sje

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Computational Neuroscientist interested in development of the nervous system.

hashtags I follow: #Neuroscience #RightsRetention #Emacs #Rstats #julialang

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sje, to random
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Mac homebrew users might wish to check their version of xz; mine was 5.6.1 (one of the affected versions).

brew upgrade xz

will return it to 5.4.6

sje, to guix
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Here are some great tutorials on using Nix with R versions. Thank you @brodriguesco

https://www.brodrigues.co/tags/nix/

and videos, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3t83-2aNwY

I just tried getting started with and despite the great systems crafters material provided by @daviwil on Guile, found installation of Nix was much easier, and seems to have more up-to-date package ecosystem than Guix.

Worth a look @lgatto

sje,
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@brodriguesco @daviwil @lgatto

p.s. nice to see you using ESS Bruno 🙂

sje,
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@lgatto @brodriguesco @daviwil

yes, the +100 reason attracting me to guix is guile. Nix language is a headache for sure.

sje,
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@lgatto @brodriguesco @daviwil

hi Bruno,
thank you for making the video showing the httpgd package. I managed to get a proof-of-concept for using httpgd to view plots directly within Emacs, rather than using a web-browser.

https://github.com/sje30/ess-unigd

I still think the httpgd solution within a web browser is neat, and probably more useful for now than Emacs, but this was an itch I've had for ESS for many years.

sje,
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@brodriguesco @lgatto @daviwil

I added some installation notes if you'd like to try it:

https://github.com/sje30/ess-unigd

sje, to emacs
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Nice blog collection here containing talks, e.g.

Modern Emacs
New tools that make Emacs better and faster

by

Marie-Hélène Burle

https://mint.westdri.ca/emacs/wb_emacs_new_tools_slides#/title-slide

sje, to random
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UK academics:

Guess what... our 3 year deal with Elsevier expires at the end of 2024.

The bad news: there is an optional 1-year extension baked into the contract. If you have the energy, lobby your local library to ask them not to simply renew. Here's what I wrote to my librarian:
(follows).

sje, to random
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Research seminar (hybrid Cambridge/online, free registration required):

27th Feb 15:00-16:30 GMT

When you can’t use your own work as you choose…and what to do about it

Speakers:
Christina Angelopoulos (Faculty of Law, Cambridge)

Sally Rumsey (cOAlitionS) @sallyrumsey

Samuel Moore (Cambridge University Library) @Samuelmoore

Moderated by Rupert Gatti (Trinity College)

Come find out more about rights retention!

https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/41423/

#RightsRetention

CC: @rmounce @petersuber

nrennie, to random
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Do you create PDF documents using Quarto? Currently using LaTeX but curious about this new, fast and easy to use thing called Typst?

Read my latest blog post comparing using Quarto with LaTeX vs Typst to make pretty looking PDF documents! 👀

Link: https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/making-pdf-with-quarto-typst-latex/

sje,
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@nrennie nice post, thank you.

I also have been exploring it -- liking very much the fact that it is very responsive. Agree with the concern about math typesetting.

@scheidegger had a nice talk too with a great title!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t30sqFch2v0

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A computer you're not empowered to fix is destined for the trash dump.

sje,
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@daviwil @sqrtminusone

oh no, sorry to hear this.

Curiously, I was wondering if anyone in the systems crafters world had much experience with mini pcs? are any of them much more useful in this regard?

sje,
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@daviwil @sqrtminusone

me too. Am thinking of trying out guix and having a little fresh machine would be good.

sje,
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@lgatto @daviwil @sqrtminusone

would something like this be a good choice? (I know very little).

Compatibility with Guix is high on my list. as is quiet.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MeLE-Quieter-4C-Alder-Lake-Full-Functioned/dp/B0CP3YL6J7/?

currently on sale for 250 pounds seems like a good deal.

sje,
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@daviwil @lgatto @sqrtminusone

ah, showing my ignorance, does guix do a lot of rebuilding (like Gentoo from the old days)?

sje,
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@daviwil @lgatto @sqrtminusone
got it.

perhaps I'll wait for a beefier. machine. Am keen to try guix.

telescoper, to random
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Reject the Rankings!

Please spread the link to this open letter as widely as possible. I'm sure there are many people out there who would be more than happy to sign!

http://telescoper.blog/2024/01/05/reject-the-rankings/

sje,
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@telescoper signed!

lhp, to random
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Yeah, so turns out if you just graft a scheme interpreter onto a Wayland desktop, the entire concept of workspaces can be removed from the codebase and re-implemented in the config / "user space".

sje,
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@lhp

hi,

is this part of a project to write a wayland wm in guile? I'm hoping to explore dwl-guile and riverwm over the holidays.

Thanks for your guides to riverwm by the way, I think I'll be referring to them a lot during my testing.

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https://www.continuum.umn.edu/event/year-of-open-science-2023-webinar-conversation-about-open-science-with-dr-stephen-j-eglen/

As part of Year of Open Science 2023 I'll be in conversation with University of Minnesota on Thursday... come join in the fun. Registration is free.

#openscience #codecheck #rightsretention

scheidegger, to random
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Small teaser for my talk tomorrow on Quarto and Typst. (This template really was shockingly easy to make, and using it is almost just a matter of installing the template and "format: poster-typst")

sje,
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@scheidegger

Hi Carlos, are your slides available by any chance?

sje,
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@scheidegger

thanks!

but that URL is giving me 404 -- is the repo still private?

sje,
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@scheidegger

aha, thanks.

I share your enthusiam for typst.

MikeMahoney218, to python
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TOMORROW! @scheidegger joins us at ESIP's Rants & Raves to talk about , about bridging the gaps between and , and about the sharp edges of software. If you've ever wanted to collaborate across the divide, this talk is for you.

Anyone interested is welcome to join! Find out more information at:
https://www.esipfed.org/get-involved/collaborate/iti

And find the Zoom link and other information on our calendar (mouse over "IT&I"):
https://www.esipfed.org/get-involved/community-calendar

sje,
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@scheidegger @MikeMahoney218 thanks for sharing. Great slides.

sje, to random
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University of Glasgow is the latest UK university to launch an institutional rights retention policy.

Congratulations Glasgow!

For further details, see: https://sje30.github.io/rrs/rrs.html or go direct to

https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/strategy/ourpolicies/publications-policy/

cian, to random
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I find it hard to write in overleaf.

There, I said it

sje,
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@albertcardona @cian @neuralreckoning @curvenote

much newer, but this I think looks promising:

https://typst.app/

sje,
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@neuralreckoning @albertcardona @cian @curvenote

html is on the 'to do' list soon I think.

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