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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 23h

In this episode of #forCodeInResearch for the #UCL course on Python in research, we continue our journey through #Git with my guests Sam & Eirini. We'll talk about important features such as branching & merging. Out now on your #podcast app, YouTube podcast or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

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The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 3d

Join me this week on #code4thought [EN] for a trip to the stars: with sound recordings from the Voyager probes by NASA. Program scientist Dr Bill Kurth explains what the sounds tell us about our planets (and more). Out on your podcast app, YouTube podcast or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 7d

It's been reposted a few times, but worth doing it again. I just signed up for the lecture and hope to get a good dose of food for thought on the day: 20 Nov 2025.

Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 9d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

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La Science, CQFD @sciencecqfd.bsky.social · 8d

#Hommage. La primatologue Jane Goodall, grande spécialiste des chimpanzés, nous a quitté hier. Nous avions eu la chance de la recevoir dans l'émission à l'occasion d'un grand entretien en 2022, que l'on vous propose de (re)découvrir ici : tinyurl.com/2j3dpg5t sur @franceculture.fr

Jane Goodall, un singe peut en cacher un autre

Les travaux de la primatologue Jane Goodall ont bouleversé les sciences de la nature, non seulement en ce qui concerne nos connaissances sur les animaux et notre rapport à eux, mais elles ont aussi pe...

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 8d

New term, new course and new companion podcast episodes #forCodeInResearch. After C++ it's Python for Research Software Engineering at #UCL (COMP233). Out first session: the Git version control system.
Out now on your #podcast app, YouTube podcast or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

UCL for Code in Research

The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 10d

Edition française #code4thought [FR]: ma rencontre avec @levrier.bsky.social de la @labnf.bsky.social et son application - Pandorae. Chercheur en science politique, devenu développeur logiciel. Sur toutes les appli podcast, YouTube ou codeforthought.buzzsprout.com
Je vous souhaite une bonne écoute!

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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 14d

126 millions de milliards d’opérations en virgule flottante par seconde : c’est la capacité du supercalculateur Jean Zay 4 depuis mai 2025.
Une puissance énorme entièrement au service de la science.

Reportage @cnrs.fr :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jdj...

Jean Zay 4 : Accélérer l'IA I Reportage CNRS

YouTube video by CNRS

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 14d

This is exciting news. I did access the @archive.org a few times to get hold of books and articles long out of print. Long may it continue

Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 17d

Open Source in Nuclear Fusion? Meet Remi Delaporte-Mathurin, organiser of OSSFE ossfe.org and scientist at MIT in this week's episode of #code4thought [EN]. On your podcast app, YouTube podcast & codeforthought.buzzsprout.com.
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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 20d

Ahh another round of the annual Open/Free Source Fest looms. Calendars on the ready, please...

FOSDEM @fosdem.bsky.social · 21d

FOSDEM 2026 - FOSDEM 2026: 31st January and 1st February

Brussels / 31 & 1 January 2026

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 20d

We wrapped up our fourth day of the Open Science Summer School 2025 ✅ Although the public lectures are over, registered participants still have one more day to benefit from the workshops and interactive sessions! You can find slides and recording of the public lectures here: osf.io/x639j/files/...

Female facilitator Reema Gupta wearing a brown jersey and blue jeans stands as she helps a female participant sitting behind her grey laptop wearing glasses and a brown top. Visible on the table in front of them are a mug with coffee, an empty glass, green and pink Post-It notes, a computer mouse, and a microphone.

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 20d

Before/when you go into the weekend: why not listen to the latest episode [EN] of #code4thought with my 3 guests Esther, Mike and Niko who talk about their @softwaresaved.bsky.social fellowships. On your podcast app, YouTube podcast & codeforthought.buzzsprout.com. en.tipeee.com/code-for-tho...

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 22d

Eine neue Folge von #RegisterGeknister dem Linguistik podcast der @humboldtuni.bsky.social (SFB1412): diesmal über die Frage wie soziale Signale unser Sprechen beeinflussen. Jetzt auf Euren Podcast Apps, registergeknister.buzzsprout.com/2227743/epis... oder über wissenschaftspodcasts.de

Blazer oder Hoodie: Wie soziale Signale unser Sprechen formen. - Registergeknister

Was hat die Kleidung unserer Gesprächspartner*innen damit zu tun, wie wir mit ihnen reden? In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit den Forscherinnen aus dem Projekt C02 des Sonderforschungsbereichs. Sie...

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 24d

The @softwaresaved.bsky.social fellowship programme is back and I talked to 3 new fellows of the 2025 cohort in this new episode [EN] of #code4thought.
If you want to find out what Esther, Mike & Niko are up to tune into your podcast app, YouTube podcast or simply codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 27d

It's been a busy, and perhaps rough week, but here is something that might catch your interest: my chat on #code4thought with Christian G from UCL about his work at one of the biggest particle physics experiments: ATLAS at CERN. On your podcast app, YouTube or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · 28d

And for this week on #code4thought [EN] we have Christian Gutschow from UCL talking about his work on the huge particle physics detector, appropriately called ATLAS, at CERN. Out since Tuesday (I was at #rsecon25) on your podcast app, YouTube podcast and codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it. Languages: English, German, French

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am on my way - despite the strike in London (might take a while to get there, though).

Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Sep 5

New season of #code4thought started this week with an episode on the @coderefinery.org . To find out more listen to it on your podcast app, YouTube podcast or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...

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[EN] Bring your own classroom - with The Code Refinery - Code for Thought

The Code Refinery has been training researchers on how to write better software since 2016. In this episode Samantha Wittke, Richard Darst and Radovan Bast tell us how it all started, how CodeRefinery...

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Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft @helmholtz.de · Sep 5

Heute um 14 Uhr! #exa_JUPITER

Forschungszentrum Jülich @fz-juelich.de · Sep 4

Morgen ist es so weit!

Wir weihen #exa_JUPITER ⚡️, Europas ersten Exascale-fähigen Superrechner, ein.

📺 Auf Instagram posten wir den Tag über Eindrücke.
👉 Offizielle Live-Streams ab 14 Uhr:
🇩🇪: www.fzj-events.de/stream.html
🇬🇧: www.fzj-events.de/en/stream.html

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Sep 2

1st episode of 2025 winter season of #code4thought: radovan.xyz, Richard & samumantha.bsky.social explain how the coderefinery.org helps researchers get up to speed with the digital/software skills they all need. Out not on your podcast app, YouTube podcast and codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Mike Simpson @mdsimpson.co.uk · Aug 29

In September, I'll be back on the road, bringing my talk to #RSECon25, #RSAA25 and @theturing.bsky.social. I'll discuss what I've been up to so far, the ConveRSE website and future plans for my @softwaresaved.bsky.social Fellowship.

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Mike Simpson @mdsimpson.co.uk · Aug 29

Please check out the site. I want it to be a hub for #MentalHealth information and resources for the research software community. I'd be grateful for any feedback, as well as any suggestions for content, blog posts and other contributions.

mdsimpson42.github.io/converse/

Welcome

ConveRSE - a hub for mental health resources for RSEs.

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Aug 26

The summer break is about to end and #code4thought will be back with the autumn/winter season 2025 on 2 Sep.
Find out what's in store listen with this short trailer codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...
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[EN] Welcome to the autumn and winter season of Code for Thought - Code for Thought

Welcome to Season 10 of Code for Thought. To warm us up for the forthcoming winter and autumn season, here a list of the episodes and content you can look forward to. The season will start in earnest ...

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Aug 21

Summer listening suggestion: #code4thought: A chat with (some of) the people behind @scikit-learn.org 'Software Is People' codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...

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[EN] scikit-learn: Software is People - Code for Thought

scikit-learn is a highly successful and popular Python library for data science and machine learning. It is open source and has a large contributor base. I had the pleasure to meet with some of t...

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Aug 19

#code4thought summer suggestion: remembering Niklaus Wirth and his many contributions to computing, e.g. Pascal. codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...
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[EN] Pascal or the art of keeping things simple - in Memoriam of Niklaus Wirth - Code for Thought

English edition [EN]: Niklaus Wirth is one of the computing pioneers and his work inspired many other technologies and a generation of engineers. In this episode I discuss one of his many contribution...

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