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yzh

@yzh@fosstodon.org

Bioinformatician in academia; recovering sysadmin. Perl :perl:, C :c_language:, and R :rstats: programmer. One day I'll learn Rust :rust:. I barely toot. I use :arch:, btw. He/him.

#Perl #cprogramming #Rstats #bioinformatics #linux

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drincruz, to nyc
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folks, was that... an earthquake?

yzh,
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@drincruz Yup! Felt here on the UES!

yzh, to random
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From @theintercept: A Real Social Security Office Gave Me a Flyer With a Scam Phone Number On It

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/17/social-security-scam-nyc/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

> The Social Security office was real, but it had been infiltrated: I got a flyer with a scam Social Security phone number on it.

yzh, to Amazon
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"You can now treat your cough, cold, and flu with Amazon Clinic, the company’s latest expansion into the healthcare space Wednesday that begs the question: Why is Amazon now my doctor?"

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-clinic-latest-sign-us-healthcare-has-failed-us-1850962581

ZachWeinersmith, to comics
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Ambition
Bonus panel: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ambition-2

yzh,
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@ZachWeinersmith Great hidden panel twist!

CultureDesk, (edited ) to books
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Space — in a two-bedroom apartment, at least — is finite, and shelf space even more so. Author Lewis Buzbee writes about the difficulty of getting rid of books, keeping what is only essential. "I don’t get rid of them, per se; rather, I set them afloat, in search of new homes," he says. What's your philosophy on keeping, or liberating, your library?

https://flip.it/S2B0g4

yzh,
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@CultureDesk I try to hold onto favorites, reference books, and books I haven't gotten around to yet. The lie I tell myself is that one day I'll get to them. Consequently, there are many books I have yet to get to 😅

acousticmirror, to random
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So why is English-only? Simple: the admins only speak one language.So other languages are "a problem".

FFS, get off that instance, it's fediblock-fodder. Fascist instances should be defederated.

Exchange between @mairin and the admin, @kev: "@kev @victorvicpal This is an issue of humannes. A person's language is a core piece of their identity. @mairin so. Leave. Then. FFS. @vistorvicpal"

yzh,
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@acousticmirror I'm on fosstodon, but I don't really have any attachment apart from that. I'm wondering if this is just an overreaction to admins honestly having to deal with the very real problem of moderating content on a popular site. Or am I being naive believing that argument from them? I just really don't feel like migrating again...

happykhan, to random

As the old saying goes, carp per diem.

yzh,
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@happykhan oh I know this one: a carp per diem keeps the medicus away

internetarchive, to random
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🎯✅ "the Internet Archive has a big collection of Flash games, and you can search the entire archive to find even more." https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-play-old-flash-games-ruffle/

yzh,
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@internetarchive There's also the Flashpoint Archive (https://flashpointarchive.org/)

gregpak, to random
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Got home after being out of town and promptly fried my backup hard drive by accidentally plugging it back into the wrong power source. The plug area of the enclosure smells like burned rubber. Hopeful that it's just the enclosure and I can open it up and save the actual hard drive.

yzh,
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@gregpak oh no! I hope you didn't actually need the backup!

hybridhavoc, to random
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I'm sure this has been asked before but what are some favorite Android apps?

yzh,
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@hybridhavoc My current favorites are ReadEra https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.readera and Librera https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foobnix.pdf.reader.

Librera can use ODPS libraries and is also available on F-Droid.

Both apps offer a paid "pro" version with more features.

popsci, to random

Pooping too irregularly—or often—may be linked to cognitive problems. https://t.co/hpFkbu0ttS

yzh,
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@popsci the short link says "butts".

ChrisPirillo, to random
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i'm so old that i grew up in the pre malone era

yzh,
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@ChrisPirillo I'm so old, I like this joke.

ramokromok, to random
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Not sure if my Domain has been properly updated since the server move, can someone have a look at this and see if it works for them?

https://ramokromok.com/source-code-for-microsoft-basic-for-the-dragon-64-available-on-github

yzh,
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@ramokromok says unavailable for me right now.

fasterthanlime, to random
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y'all, look at these numbers, I'm doing it

yzh,
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@fasterthanlime 🔥

sekenre, to random
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I have also been known to program in

Here's a puzzle for y'all:

What does this code block print?

yzh,
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@sekenre @chrisjrob I'm not an expert at all in how the Perl interpreter works, but I do work with Perl a lot. I think the sigils are what makes what's going on in code like that pretty much unambiguous. One of the reasons I like Perl, and the use of sigils, a lot.

I think if you understand enough Perl, and how the sigils change to indicate the type of data, you'll think it's pretty straightforward.

pluralistic, to random
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Spotted in a toilet stall in JFK terminal 8, for your tablet-viewing-whilst-shitting needs

yzh,
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@cstross @goodthinking @pluralistic THIS is why people say you write horror.

awenspark, to books

yzh,
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@awenspark Sigh, boosts...

gregpak, to random
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Shout out to every New Yorker whose usual method of relieving stress is going for a walk to get a little... fresh air.

:-(

yzh,
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@gregpak The air is fresher inside today! 🥲

oatmeal, to random
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Good morning. You look like you could use a little therapy today.

(P.s. If you get a good one, post it below.)

https://theoatmeal.com/pages/horrible_therapist?q=q_disneyland&a=a_strapon&t=t_police_helicopters

yzh,
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@oatmeal https://theoatmeal.com/pages/horrible_therapist?q=q_return_calls&a=a_herpes&t=t_ooh_nipples

chuckwendig, to random

today's question is

HOW DARE YOU?

yzh,
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@chuckwendig How dare I? How dare YOU?!

ovid, to random
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Found my next Halloween costume.

yzh,
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@ovid Hello, new nightmare

yzh,
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@ovid Nooooooooo

Elendol, to random
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Turns out they didn't delete my data when they deleted my account on the HPC. I got an email asking me if it was okay to delete my multiple Tb of data. 2.5% of the HPC storage apparently 😬

yzh,
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@Elendol 👏 yes, the bioinformatics way

oysteib, to random
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The word for 'knife' in some languages. Interestingly, the Germanic word appears in Catalan, from Germanic languages of the early middle ages (Frankish?) - and has at some point been loaned into Basque as well.

I was watching "The Subtle Knife" when I made this - obviously, the name of "Mrs. Coulter" was no coincidence.

Cue puns about Latvian knives now.

yzh,
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@oysteib Fascinating, thanks for that! I just spent far longer than I should have going down this rabbit hole with very much amateur linguist skills. It's interesting that the original author outright dismisses the possible Latin origin of "falx", and there's no explanation offered in the excerpt. My guess is that the word most likely originated from the same place the word for axe in Spanish "hacha" came from and settled in Portuguese as "faca".

yzh,
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@oysteib of course, I'm basing that on a combined total of about 3 hours of Googling...

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