éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed […]
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Hello #fediverse! Thanks to my new DFF grant, I'm now looking to hire a PhD student to join me at AAU in Aalborg 🇩🇰 to work on "usable decentralization", i.e. on making distributed and federated cloud services accessible to the everyday user. For more details, see link below, and please don't […]
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hci.social
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Hello #fediverse! Thanks to my new DFF grant, I'm now looking to hire a PhD student to join me at AAU in Aalborg 🇩🇰 to work on "usable decentralization", i.e. on making distributed and federated cloud services accessible to the everyday user. For more details, see link below, and please don't […]
I am ever so slightly embarrassed, feeling a little foolish basically.
I have a Pebble classic (the original one). I stopped using it some time ago because the screen would end up corrupted after several hours of operation. I went out and bought a Garmin but still used the Pebble now and again […]
I have a Pebble classic (the original one). I stopped using it some time ago because the screen would end up corrupted after several hours of operation. I went out and bought a Garmin but still used the Pebble now and again […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I am ever so slightly embarrassed, feeling a little foolish basically.
I have a Pebble classic (the original one). I stopped using it some time ago because the screen would end up corrupted after several hours of operation. I went out and bought a Garmin but still used the Pebble now and again […]
I have a Pebble classic (the original one). I stopped using it some time ago because the screen would end up corrupted after several hours of operation. I went out and bought a Garmin but still used the Pebble now and again […]
A few minutes ago, I was reading the editorial in the January issue of the Clarkesworld magazine, the last bit of content in the issue, when I received an email notifying me of February's issue being available for download! Great timing. Happy days.
I've just put it on my Kobo and now get to […]
I've just put it on my Kobo and now get to […]
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fediscience.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
A few minutes ago, I was reading the editorial in the January issue of the Clarkesworld magazine, the last bit of content in the issue, when I received an email notifying me of February's issue being available for download! Great timing. Happy days.
I've just put it on my Kobo and now get to […]
I've just put it on my Kobo and now get to […]
@aoanla It's in a script and indeed nothing actually gets displayed (which is what I want). It seems as if Plots.jl creates a QT object of some sort, expecting to display it, but that object gets killed (or an attempt to kill it is made) when the plot object goes out of scope.
January 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
@aoanla It's in a script and indeed nothing actually gets displayed (which is what I want). It seems as if Plots.jl creates a QT object of some sort, expecting to display it, but that object gets killed (or an attempt to kill it is made) when the plot object goes out of scope.
Good morning. Anybody here using the Plots.jl package for Julia? I am trying to generate some plots in files without having them display on the screen. I have a sequence of
````
plt = plot(...)
plot!(plt, ...)
plot!(plt, ...)
savefig(plt, filename)
````
which invariable leads to errors while […]
````
plt = plot(...)
plot!(plt, ...)
plot!(plt, ...)
savefig(plt, filename)
````
which invariable leads to errors while […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Good morning. Anybody here using the Plots.jl package for Julia? I am trying to generate some plots in files without having them display on the screen. I have a sequence of
````
plt = plot(...)
plot!(plt, ...)
plot!(plt, ...)
savefig(plt, filename)
````
which invariable leads to errors while […]
````
plt = plot(...)
plot!(plt, ...)
plot!(plt, ...)
savefig(plt, filename)
````
which invariable leads to errors while […]
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If you have ever visited Hyde Park, London, please take the five minute survey from the above link, as a visitor. Help us get high quality segregated cycle lanes on Bayswater road! #london #BikeTooter
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
If you have ever visited Hyde Park, London, please take the five minute survey from the above link, as a visitor. Help us get high quality segregated cycle lanes on Bayswater road! #london #BikeTooter
Reposted by éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
Bike Farmer has just dropped the most important vid.
If you want to feel a little hope for the world, this is a reminder of how humans can be humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZp0_b64R_E
#fascism #biketooter #ice #trump
If you want to feel a little hope for the world, this is a reminder of how humans can be humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZp0_b64R_E
#fascism #biketooter #ice #trump
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Bike Farmer has just dropped the most important vid.
If you want to feel a little hope for the world, this is a reminder of how humans can be humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZp0_b64R_E
#fascism #biketooter #ice #trump
If you want to feel a little hope for the world, this is a reminder of how humans can be humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZp0_b64R_E
#fascism #biketooter #ice #trump
Finally! A sunny day. Crisp clear weather, lovely for an early morning 20 km cycle ride around Crawley.
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #crawley #sussex
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #crawley #sussex
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Finally! A sunny day. Crisp clear weather, lovely for an early morning 20 km cycle ride around Crawley.
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #crawley #sussex
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #crawley #sussex
@MegaMichelle Nah, still the same religious war as all others are ephemeral and not worth investing any mind-share on them. ;-)
#emacs #vim
#emacs #vim
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 PM
@MegaMichelle Nah, still the same religious war as all others are ephemeral and not worth investing any mind-share on them. ;-)
#emacs #vim
#emacs #vim
I'm a little (well, quite a bit) annoyed at the illustration (by Eleanor Shakespeare) for Jonathan Freedland's column in today's Guardian: it is meant to show the US in the western hemisphere of the planet but the territory drawn includes significant parts of Canada (Vancouver, the whole Niagara […]
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fediscience.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I'm a little (well, quite a bit) annoyed at the illustration (by Eleanor Shakespeare) for Jonathan Freedland's column in today's Guardian: it is meant to show the US in the western hemisphere of the planet but the territory drawn includes significant parts of Canada (Vancouver, the whole Niagara […]
Today's weather forecast: "Light rain" followed by "Heavy drizzle" and then "Overcast", "Light rain", "Light rain showers". I love weather forecast terms. How does "Heavy drizzle" differ from "Light rain"?
Anyway, after yesterday's disappointment at not going out on my bike, I jumped at the […]
Anyway, after yesterday's disappointment at not going out on my bike, I jumped at the […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Today's weather forecast: "Light rain" followed by "Heavy drizzle" and then "Overcast", "Light rain", "Light rain showers". I love weather forecast terms. How does "Heavy drizzle" differ from "Light rain"?
Anyway, after yesterday's disappointment at not going out on my bike, I jumped at the […]
Anyway, after yesterday's disappointment at not going out on my bike, I jumped at the […]
It's clear that the US president still does not understand how tariffs work. Or is simply lying again?
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It's clear that the US president still does not understand how tariffs work. Or is simply lying again?
"Canada should be grateful." 🤮
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
"Canada should be grateful." 🤮
@jfparis It is indeed. One lie after another. And Godwin's Law (or its corollary) has been invoked as well. You're not missing anything.
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
@jfparis It is indeed. One lie after another. And Godwin's Law (or its corollary) has been invoked as well. You're not missing anything.
So the US president claims that China has no wind farms. China in fact has the largest wind power generator in the world (cf. Forbes and other sources). #fakenews #climatecrisis #renewableenergy #windpower
January 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM
So the US president claims that China has no wind farms. China in fact has the largest wind power generator in the world (cf. Forbes and other sources). #fakenews #climatecrisis #renewableenergy #windpower
@drdelle Glad to hear!
Cold, I can put up with, especially if sunny although, to be fair, it seldom if ever gets below -5 °C here! However, when it's chucking it down, riding is just plain miserable. I don't mind when it's drizzly or spitting as the waterproofs keep me dry.
I do ride whatever […]
Cold, I can put up with, especially if sunny although, to be fair, it seldom if ever gets below -5 °C here! However, when it's chucking it down, riding is just plain miserable. I don't mind when it's drizzly or spitting as the waterproofs keep me dry.
I do ride whatever […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 AM
@drdelle Glad to hear!
Cold, I can put up with, especially if sunny although, to be fair, it seldom if ever gets below -5 °C here! However, when it's chucking it down, riding is just plain miserable. I don't mind when it's drizzly or spitting as the waterproofs keep me dry.
I do ride whatever […]
Cold, I can put up with, especially if sunny although, to be fair, it seldom if ever gets below -5 °C here! However, when it's chucking it down, riding is just plain miserable. I don't mind when it's drizzly or spitting as the waterproofs keep me dry.
I do ride whatever […]
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Unhappy with myself: didn't go out for a ride this morning. The weather is simply miserable. I hate January. ☹️
#BikeTooter #ukcycling
#BikeTooter #ukcycling
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Unhappy with myself: didn't go out for a ride this morning. The weather is simply miserable. I hate January. ☹️
#BikeTooter #ukcycling
#BikeTooter #ukcycling
RE: https://mastodon.online/@clarkesworld/115929395687987900
It is incredibly challenging to pick my favorites from the past year. So many good stories. It would have been much easier to select the few I didn't particularly enjoy.
I've yet to read this month's issue... must get to it! […]
It is incredibly challenging to pick my favorites from the past year. So many good stories. It would have been much easier to select the few I didn't particularly enjoy.
I've yet to read this month's issue... must get to it! […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
RE: https://mastodon.online/@clarkesworld/115929395687987900
It is incredibly challenging to pick my favorites from the past year. So many good stories. It would have been much easier to select the few I didn't particularly enjoy.
I've yet to read this month's issue... must get to it! […]
It is incredibly challenging to pick my favorites from the past year. So many good stories. It would have been much easier to select the few I didn't particularly enjoy.
I've yet to read this month's issue... must get to it! […]
@mark I did an Emacs reboot last year. As part of that process, I moved from using org mode with babel to elisp directly. However, this month I went back to using org mode again to manage my Emacs init files, for two reasons: the one you mention and the easier navigation due to better […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM
@mark I did an Emacs reboot last year. As part of that process, I moved from using org mode with babel to elisp directly. However, this month I went back to using org mode again to manage my Emacs init files, for two reasons: the one you mention and the easier navigation due to better […]
@jfparis It's the little wins that matter!
The rain (heavy) caught me yesterday (in London) on my morning commute but I was prepared (full waterproofs) so no big deal. 🙂
The rain (heavy) caught me yesterday (in London) on my morning commute but I was prepared (full waterproofs) so no big deal. 🙂
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
@jfparis It's the little wins that matter!
The rain (heavy) caught me yesterday (in London) on my morning commute but I was prepared (full waterproofs) so no big deal. 🙂
The rain (heavy) caught me yesterday (in London) on my morning commute but I was prepared (full waterproofs) so no big deal. 🙂
@caesai Llevo 12 años leyendo libros en e-readers de Kobo. He comprado 4 en total; no porque se me hayan estropeado sinó que he ido dando Kobos viejos a miembros de mi familia. En este momento uso un Kobo Sage. Me encanta, en particular los botones físicos que tiene para poder leer con una mano […]
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fediscience.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:47 AM
@caesai Llevo 12 años leyendo libros en e-readers de Kobo. He comprado 4 en total; no porque se me hayan estropeado sinó que he ido dando Kobos viejos a miembros de mi familia. En este momento uso un Kobo Sage. Me encanta, en particular los botones físicos que tiene para poder leer con una mano […]
First ride of the year (not counting cycling on a fixed bike indoors). Cold and damp but no actual precipitation. Feel good and I'm glad I vanquished the inertia that was tempting me to stay in.
I'll hopefully get out most days this week, weather permitting.
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #cycling
I'll hopefully get out most days this week, weather permitting.
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #cycling
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
First ride of the year (not counting cycling on a fixed bike indoors). Cold and damp but no actual precipitation. Feel good and I'm glad I vanquished the inertia that was tempting me to stay in.
I'll hopefully get out most days this week, weather permitting.
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #cycling
I'll hopefully get out most days this week, weather permitting.
#BikeTooter #ukcycling #cycling