@mentat.za.net
Researcher at UC Berkeley, mainly focused on Scientific Python. South African raising kids in the Californian mountains. Otherwise lives in Emacs & org-mode. Enjoys running, philosophy, history, and building things with others.
mystmd 1.6 is out!
Static exports should now work with hosting services like GitHub Pages, RTD, etc. Give it a try and let us know if you run into difficulties.
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You can also now preview doc builds in PRs via CircleCI, following this template: github.com/stefanv/myst...
@mystmd.org 1.5 is out, along with an updated web theme!
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Improved site footers, hidden entries and external URLs in table of contents, better UI for in-browser execution plus improved docs and bug-fixes.
Headshot of Peter Fackeldey with the text "Awkward Array: manipulating nested, variable-sized data with NumPy-like idiom"
New seminar just announced! BIDS welcomes Peter Fackeldey (@pfackeldey.bsky.social) to campus on June 6. Don't miss his talk "Awkward Array: manipulating nested, variable-sized data with NumPy-like idioms"
events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/2...
#DataAnalysis #NumPy
I have had One Tab installed for a long time! But, afaik, it does not export links to markdown or org format.
🚀Last week, the #ScientificPython Developer Summit brought together 32 package maintainers from across the ecosystem at eScience UW in Seattle!
✨It was a great opportunity to collaborate on improving the tools that power scientific Python research.🧑🏽💻
Thanks to everyone that joined! 🧡
Wouldn't it be nice if someone went through to highlight the newly un-redacted parts of previous JFK reports? I got you! Let me introduce you to `diff-jfk`
Indeed, so I prefer alibris.com — many of our local second-hand stores sell via them.
Libro is a fantastic audiobook service: it's like Kindle, except that your *local bookstore* gets a portion of the profit each time you buy an audiobook.
three people at the top of hill with the San Francisco Bay in the background and the NetworkX logo overlayed
Take a peek at the NetworkX developers' retreat with Jarrod Millman, a key member of the leadership team!
bids.berkeley.edu/news/fast-an...
#NetworkX #OpenSource #PythonPackage
I see a lot of kids are into Roblox is well, but I can't figure out what it is exacty 😬
Why major in philosophy?
- can be smug after only 2-3 classes
- only major where you finish knowing less than when you started
- generally better beards than psychology
- can't find a job, but then again what even is a job?
If you have access to a mac, another option that provides the helpful learning environment I mentioned: developer.apple.com/swift-playgr...
Maybe something like love2d.org which runs on lua? I spotted Löve in the Lisp Game Jam (itch.io/jam/spring-l...). I wouldn't recommend for a newcomer, but for your own fun you can also use Löve via fennel-lang.org
I'm not sure we'd disagree :) The first language I showed my son was Logo via turtleacademy.com. I think the environment in which you learn a new language makes a big difference (easy access to examples, reference material). Python has some difficult concepts, and is becoming more complicated.
Recently found out that some people are actually READING all the books that they buy to put on their shelf??
Seems unbelievable but apparently it's true.
Not to be outdone on the procrastination *ahem* I mean productivity front, I adapted @charlbotha.com's org-timer pomodoro solution for waybar: mentat.za.net/blog/2025/01...
bsky.app/profile/char...
To escape tab hell (once again), I wrote an extension to back up my list of Chrome / Chromium tabs into an org / markdown text file. Once that's done, I can close them all! And, of course, I'll get back to them "when the time is right".
mentat.za.net/blog/2024/11...
just discovered litecli (github.com/dbcli/litecli), it feels like a big improvement over the default SQLite REPL (autocompletion! support for multiline queries! syntax highlighting!)
During #PGP key-signing session with @mentat.za.net we just learned that keys.openpgp.org must strip third party signatures from public keys which complicates #WebOfTrust
keys.openpgp.org/about/faq#th...
This is such a pity, because #openpgp keyserver's WKD as a service is great!
PGP key discovery via Web Key Directory (WKD) aka setting it up so your #email clients can automatically find your #PGP public key by friend @mentat.za.net
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