geospacedman

nixCraft, 3 months ago to random

Without using any numbers, how old are you? 🤔

gvwilson, 3 months ago to random

Outline of SQL tutorial has hit the "100 queries" goal https://gvwilson.github.io/sql-tutorial/ still have at least six diagrams to draw, and would like appendices showing how to use DuckDB to do the same things (easy) and how to use permissions etc. in PostgreSQL (hard because setup and re-run). Help always welcome: please see https://gvwilson.github.io/sql-tutorial/contributing/ for the contributors' guide.

Cmastication, 4 months ago to random

doing my corp internet security training and I'm reminded of a few stories.

CW: Old man telling stories follows.

in 1998ish I was a grad student. Even though I was in the ag Econ department I was interested in all things tech. So I learned about promiscuous mode on ethernet and ran some random sniffing software. At that point authentication for POP email was not encrypted, but was plain text. in one day of sniffing I had email creds for everyone on my floor.

Cmastication, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

New insider trading question coming to your compliance quiz soon:

nixCraft, 4 months ago to random

Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/ 🤡

nixCraft, 4 months ago to random

Maestro is a Unix-like kernel and operating system written from scratch in Rust https://blog.lenot.re/a/introduction #Unix

nixCraft, 4 months ago to random

Ugh 😤 ip command is the most significant change in Linux since they deprecated the ifconfig, a standard command on unix-like systems such as macOS, freebsd, and others. Check out my ip command guide https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-ip-command-examples-usage-syntax/ for more info.

geospacedman, 5 months ago to random

So tempted to get this printed on a t-shirt...

nixCraft, 5 months ago to random

What is the most overhyped technology of all time?

Cmastication, 5 months ago to random

I could not remember printenv command today, but I had chatGPT open, so I blurted "print all environment variables" which is what I would type in Google. So, well, it did. It printed the environment variables of the virtual machine it has access to for running python code.

Cmastication, 5 months ago to random

the modern data stack's "metric store" is just rebranding 1995's OLAP cube.

<change my mind.gif>

robinlovelace, 5 months ago to python

This is magic, #Python and #RStats auto installed in seconds on GitHub Actions, which runs all the code in the literate programming system Quarto, renders the results, and deploys them. Technology for reproducible research has come a long way over last decade, and it's accelerating 🚀

video/mp4

Cmastication, 6 months ago to random

Me last Wednesday: I should write a book on doing data science using ChatGPT

Me on this Wednesday: I should write a book on doing data science using AI chat bots.

I’m not the only one rethinking commitment to Openai tooling…

nixCraft, 6 months ago to random

😂

nixCraft, 6 months ago to random

You know it’s bad when I can’t tell if this is parody or legit 😅 this is the way 😉

tveskov, 6 months ago to random Danish

Handy chart

hrbrmstr, 6 months ago to random

If you use #RStats #RStudio dailies (let's be clear; their appeal to the snakes is severely misguided tho may bring in 💰) and are missing ligatures (like all sane coders would)…

i use https://github.com/anthonynorth/rscodeio for my RStudio theme and modified it, thusly:

.ace_scroller {  
 font-variant-ligatures: discretionary-ligatures;  
 font-feature-settings: "dlig" 1;  
}  

to get the attached with the awesome new Monaspace fonts.

simon, 6 months ago to random

OK, I have a somewhat baffling (to me) Mastodon question. How do I link to a thread?

I want to link to a fantastic thread by @mhoye - but if I link to the first post in that thread - https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/111335603309582734 - I get a page with a single post on it and other people's replies, with no indication it's part of a larger thread from the same author

Am I missing something here?

tomhengl, 6 months ago to random

How disturbing are the trends in modern academic publishing business (especially the aggressive MDPI)? https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-10-31/public-funds-being-swallowed-up-by-scientific-journals-with-dubious-articles.html
Bottom line is: aim at quality first i.e. better write 1-2 quality full-length papers, than multiple fast-tracked 1/3 length papers; spam aggressive e-mail invites; insist on open peer-review and customized (broken-down) APCs (any round-number APC e.g. 2500 USD comes directly from a greedy businessmen's mind NOT from a professionally worked-out cost-recovery calculus).

pwaring, 7 months ago to random

Public sector: Gosh it's really hard to find good developers.

Devs: What's the salary?

PS: 20% below market rates.

Devs: Can we work remotely?

PS: Min 2 days/week in the office.

Devs: Any cool interesting technology?

PS: Does an ageing AIX mainframe count?

Cmastication, 7 months ago to random

My open source code is free… like syphilis.