Mark Galassi @markgalassi@mastodon.technology

@conservancy keep the info coming! it's been almost 10min with no updates!

@allison can you post a link to the dissertation?

https://sites.google.com/view/serious-programming/ -- next workshop on May 7+8 -- come learn to program in Python on Linux

I'm trying to incrementally improve a large C++ architecture gone amok. I finally came up with the feeling that they used C++ objects as a single huge FORTRAN common block. #C++asFORTRAN #C++sucks

I finally set up the hooks in #emacs to use visual line mode instead of auto fill mode, and turn off re-justifying paragraphs. Some will probably stop cursing me. #fullcircleto40charmonitors

RT @floydian_sleep@twitter.com

What is something that seems like a common thing to have done but you haven't done yet?

I'm 25 and I've never flown (not even domestic)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/floydian_sleep/status/1343563394608103424

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RT @lichess@twitter.com

The sexism in chess goes right to the top. Full article: https://lichess.org/blog/X9i1gRUAAJzOKpd0/invisible-pieces-women-in-chess

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lichess/status/1338878038482837505

RT @GMHikaru@twitter.com

#QueensGambit is, without a doubt, the best portrayal of both the chess world and game that I have ever seen.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GMHikaru/status/1326385661511946243

RT @EFF@twitter.com

There is simply no place for patent trolls in government-funded research. #OAWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/open-access-must-be-rule-not-exception

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1319035231354093571

RT @NateSilver538@twitter.com

Pretty good chance of a cancellation now I'd think. https://twitter.com/MikeBalsamo1/status/1318337004220915713?s=19

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1318340294832771072

has anyone updated the graph from 2015: https://github.blog/2015-03-09-open-source-license-usage-on-github-com/ ?

september 26+27 I teach my python+gnu/linux programming course for youth in santa fe. pass it on! https://sites.google.com/view/serious-programming/

RT @anthrolog@twitter.com

[9/9] What do you think? Let us know! The preprint is now under review, so comments are welcome 🙏

Personally, I hope students in particular find the primer helpful --- below are some of the books I consulted in the process, so you don't have to read them 😉

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anthrolog/status/1298940200513662976

RT @anthrolog@twitter.com

[8/9] This raises questions about the digital infrastructure around research, e.g. software for management of teaching content, research funds. Should we as a community insist on #FOSS #FLOSS systems, or rely on proprietary ones instead? You can probably guess our take on this 🤔

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anthrolog/status/1298940197514686464

RT @anthrolog@twitter.com

[7/9] The key lesson is that #FOSS #FLOSS promotes collaboration and helps ensure the longevity of software, including #reproducibility of results that rely on that software. When it comes to research as knowledge production + dissemination, everyone wins with software freedom 🏆

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anthrolog/status/1298940195581169664

RT @anthrolog@twitter.com

[6/9] We then present the #GNU Scientific Library (GSL) as a case study, discussing the landscape of resources for scientific computing in the '90s, when #GSL was created, and lessons learnt from it since. @markgalassi@twitter.com is one of the creators of #GSL 💾

👉 https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anthrolog/status/1298940193546829825