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Samantha Pendleton
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PhD Clinical Informatics | Software Data Engineer @ Uni Oxford | she/they | 🌍 sap218.uk
finally started using f"{var}" instead of "%s" .... not sure why I avoided for so long
July 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Samantha Pendleton
It was great to hear a positive report on yesterday’s BBC R4’s Broadcasting House about the Thames Valley & Surrey Secure Data Environment, which should lead to improved patient outcomes.

📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002c2ht
(from 34m 47s)

@oxpop.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
discovering the ceiling covered with baby spiders and i didn't know there was a spider egg sac
a man with a beard is looking up at the sky with his eyes closed .
ALT: a man with a beard is looking up at the sky with his eyes closed .
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May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
decided to learn Flask 😬😬
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
discovered the cafe at work does a pistachio hot chocolate and it's soooo good ☕
March 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
new feature for Jabberwocky! with the catch function, users can output an HTML of highlighted text! (see thread for example)

github.com/sap218/jabbe...
GitHub - sap218/jabberwocky: NLP toolkit for those nonsensical ontologies
NLP toolkit for those nonsensical ontologies. Contribute to sap218/jabberwocky development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
it's really small but i wrote a python script to "convert" an excel into an SQL schema for work, and thought i would share via a git repo github.com/sap218/excel... as i think it's pretty neat
GitHub - sap218/excel-sequel: make your excel schema into an sql schema
make your excel schema into an sql schema. Contribute to sap218/excel-sequel development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
wrote about my experience w/ LLMs and annotation tasks, to compare against my NLP tool, Jabberwocky Catch. sap218.uk/posts/llms/ (quite the read, but i had fun! also apologies if some info is incorrect)
What's the Catch with ChatGPT?
Validation of NLP tools and comparison to LLMs ChatGPT. Now that I have your attention. This isn’t about ChatGPT specifically but rather about the larger picture: Large Language Models (LLMs). ChatGPT...
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January 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reposted by Samantha Pendleton
New recipe up on my website: hot chocolate

www.gringene.org/hot_chocolat...
Hot Chocolate
www.gringene.org
January 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
had a work meeting at the Science Park so was able to see where the nanopore workflow magic happens ✨ @samstudio8.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
a foggy and cold morning in Oxford 📸
January 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My tree + Daisy dog was mentioned in the @ouhospitals.bsky.social Christmas decorations competition! Happy Holidays! ❄️
December 31, 2024 at 2:49 PM
finally a year with some time to do Advent of Code and 2024's Day 3 i got my first double star!
a man points at a gold star with the words gold star for you
ALT: a man points at a gold star with the words gold star for you
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December 3, 2024 at 11:59 AM