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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Apparently the disinformation war now has Canada in its crosshairs. This web site is built to counter erroneous claims about Canada. It is fully sourced and verifiable. https://canadaisnotbroken.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Apparently the disinformation war now has Canada in its crosshairs. This web site is built to counter erroneous claims about Canada. It is fully sourced and verifiable. https://canadaisnotbroken.org
I went to Birling Gap today. It was quite windy and a bit cold but it's always worth visiting there for the views. There were a few brave tourists enjoying those views and taking many selfies (of course).
#birlinggap #sevensisters #whitecliffs #eastsussex […]
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#birlinggap #sevensisters #whitecliffs #eastsussex […]
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December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I went to Birling Gap today. It was quite windy and a bit cold but it's always worth visiting there for the views. There were a few brave tourists enjoying those views and taking many selfies (of course).
#birlinggap #sevensisters #whitecliffs #eastsussex […]
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#birlinggap #sevensisters #whitecliffs #eastsussex […]
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[Post-doc job ad in Edinburgh]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
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fediscience.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
[Post-doc job ad in Edinburgh]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
📢 #ScienceJobs Really interesting #researchdata analytics post-doc with Thanasis Tsanas, https://www.darth-group.com, analysing #sleep and circadian data for mental health research.
This is part of the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project that our BioRDM also works […]
Reposted by éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Reposted by éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
Million dollar idea: Secure bike lockers in the middle of London that you can rent by the month.
#london #BikeTooter
#london #BikeTooter
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Million dollar idea: Secure bike lockers in the middle of London that you can rent by the month.
#london #BikeTooter
#london #BikeTooter
Calvin & Hobbes don't often talk about cycling but every now and again...
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2025/12/07
#calvinandhobbes #cycling #BikeTooter
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2025/12/07
#calvinandhobbes #cycling #BikeTooter
Establishing a secure connection ...
www.gocomics.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Calvin & Hobbes don't often talk about cycling but every now and again...
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2025/12/07
#calvinandhobbes #cycling #BikeTooter
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2025/12/07
#calvinandhobbes #cycling #BikeTooter
In Jack Baty's latest (excellent) post, he says:
"Org-mode is [...] essentially useless outside of Emacs"
What is this **outside of Emacs** he mentions? Is this some metaphysical concept I am not aware of?
https://baty.net/posts/2025/12/my-use-obsidian-for-a-month-experiment-lasted-7-days/ […]
"Org-mode is [...] essentially useless outside of Emacs"
What is this **outside of Emacs** he mentions? Is this some metaphysical concept I am not aware of?
https://baty.net/posts/2025/12/my-use-obsidian-for-a-month-experiment-lasted-7-days/ […]
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fediscience.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In Jack Baty's latest (excellent) post, he says:
"Org-mode is [...] essentially useless outside of Emacs"
What is this **outside of Emacs** he mentions? Is this some metaphysical concept I am not aware of?
https://baty.net/posts/2025/12/my-use-obsidian-for-a-month-experiment-lasted-7-days/ […]
"Org-mode is [...] essentially useless outside of Emacs"
What is this **outside of Emacs** he mentions? Is this some metaphysical concept I am not aware of?
https://baty.net/posts/2025/12/my-use-obsidian-for-a-month-experiment-lasted-7-days/ […]
Cycled along part of the Downs Link today. It was a grey day but not raining and relatively warm (12 or so degrees C). Mind you, it was quite windy (and it was a head wind, of course) along the coast.
I took the train to Brighton. From the rail station, I […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
I took the train to Brighton. From the rail station, I […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Cycled along part of the Downs Link today. It was a grey day but not raining and relatively warm (12 or so degrees C). Mind you, it was quite windy (and it was a head wind, of course) along the coast.
I took the train to Brighton. From the rail station, I […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
I took the train to Brighton. From the rail station, I […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Ready for today's session at EmacsConf: mpv running, irc (via erc, of course) channels open, browser window with links to discussions for the talks, all within exwm. Cannot be more Emacs than this. 😉
Looking forward to it.
#emacs #emacsconf #emacsconference #exwm #erc
Looking forward to it.
#emacs #emacsconf #emacsconference #exwm #erc
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ready for today's session at EmacsConf: mpv running, irc (via erc, of course) channels open, browser window with links to discussions for the talks, all within exwm. Cannot be more Emacs than this. 😉
Looking forward to it.
#emacs #emacsconf #emacsconference #exwm #erc
Looking forward to it.
#emacs #emacsconf #emacsconference #exwm #erc
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"Oh, but they're unobtrusive, you don't have to use the features if you don't want them" isn't good enough. My baseline is "I don't want that crap in programs I use AT ALL". Period. Full stop.
So I will for the foreseeable future remain on Calibre 8.10, the last known version to have no AI […]
So I will for the foreseeable future remain on Calibre 8.10, the last known version to have no AI […]
Original post on mastodon.murkworks.net
mastodon.murkworks.net
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"Oh, but they're unobtrusive, you don't have to use the features if you don't want them" isn't good enough. My baseline is "I don't want that crap in programs I use AT ALL". Period. Full stop.
So I will for the foreseeable future remain on Calibre 8.10, the last known version to have no AI […]
So I will for the foreseeable future remain on Calibre 8.10, the last known version to have no AI […]
Very nice talk by Amin Bandali on gnus in Emacs taking place right now at the Emacs Conference. It helps demystify gnus for those people which may have been put off by the complexity (aka power) of gnus.
The talk should be available now (or soon) at […]
The talk should be available now (or soon) at […]
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fediscience.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Very nice talk by Amin Bandali on gnus in Emacs taking place right now at the Emacs Conference. It helps demystify gnus for those people which may have been put off by the complexity (aka power) of gnus.
The talk should be available now (or soon) at […]
The talk should be available now (or soon) at […]
Reposted by éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
#android is dead and we’d better all leave the ship before it sinks entirely.
Earlier this year #google already took bold steps in moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors, removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time.
Options to […]
Earlier this year #google already took bold steps in moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors, removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time.
Options to […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#android is dead and we’d better all leave the ship before it sinks entirely.
Earlier this year #google already took bold steps in moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors, removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time.
Options to […]
Earlier this year #google already took bold steps in moving the development of several AOSP components behind closed doors, removing the open-source foundations of the project one component at the time.
Options to […]
Exciting times! I got an email from Core Devices asking me to confirm my shipping address and choose the colour (red/black, of course) that I want for the Pebble Time 2 that I pre-ordered.
Now just have to wait, very impatiently, at least 6 or more weeks for delivery. :-(
#Pebble #pebblewatch […]
Now just have to wait, very impatiently, at least 6 or more weeks for delivery. :-(
#Pebble #pebblewatch […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Exciting times! I got an email from Core Devices asking me to confirm my shipping address and choose the colour (red/black, of course) that I want for the Pebble Time 2 that I pre-ordered.
Now just have to wait, very impatiently, at least 6 or more weeks for delivery. :-(
#Pebble #pebblewatch […]
Now just have to wait, very impatiently, at least 6 or more weeks for delivery. :-(
#Pebble #pebblewatch […]
Anybody here know what the bicycle parking is like at Imperial College London, South Kensington campus? I have to attend a meeting afternoon through to late evening and wanted to take my full size bike in lieu of my Brompton (for reasons).
Boosts welcome. Thank you.
#imperialcollege […]
Boosts welcome. Thank you.
#imperialcollege […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Anybody here know what the bicycle parking is like at Imperial College London, South Kensington campus? I have to attend a meeting afternoon through to late evening and wanted to take my full size bike in lieu of my Brompton (for reasons).
Boosts welcome. Thank you.
#imperialcollege […]
Boosts welcome. Thank you.
#imperialcollege […]
A surprising, to me, benefit of riding a single speed bicycle: not having to think about changing gears means I get lost in the moment more. I just *keep on pedalling*, to paraphrase Dora in Finding Nemo. 😀
I find the ride more relaxing even when I have to work harder to get up some of the […]
I find the ride more relaxing even when I have to work harder to get up some of the […]
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fediscience.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A surprising, to me, benefit of riding a single speed bicycle: not having to think about changing gears means I get lost in the moment more. I just *keep on pedalling*, to paraphrase Dora in Finding Nemo. 😀
I find the ride more relaxing even when I have to work harder to get up some of the […]
I find the ride more relaxing even when I have to work harder to get up some of the […]
I went out and got myself two pairs of thick, part Merino wool, socks.
Winter, bring it on!
#BikeTooter #cycling #ukcycling #wintercycling
Winter, bring it on!
#BikeTooter #cycling #ukcycling #wintercycling
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I went out and got myself two pairs of thick, part Merino wool, socks.
Winter, bring it on!
#BikeTooter #cycling #ukcycling #wintercycling
Winter, bring it on!
#BikeTooter #cycling #ukcycling #wintercycling
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I'd rather drink paint that watch a podcast, especially about Politics but other people do watch them and Zack Polanski is reaching out to those people in a way that Labour aren't, despite all their advisors and consultants.
https://youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
#ZackPolanski #greens #gpew #greenparty […]
https://youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
#ZackPolanski #greens #gpew #greenparty […]
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mastodon.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'd rather drink paint that watch a podcast, especially about Politics but other people do watch them and Zack Polanski is reaching out to those people in a way that Labour aren't, despite all their advisors and consultants.
https://youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
#ZackPolanski #greens #gpew #greenparty […]
https://youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
#ZackPolanski #greens #gpew #greenparty […]
Blasts from the past!
I just found my *TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer* (to give it its full name) in a box while attempting to do some de-cluttering. I thought I'd lost this computer in one of my many moves. I did quite a bit of my PhD (writing mostly […]
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I just found my *TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer* (to give it its full name) in a box while attempting to do some de-cluttering. I thought I'd lost this computer in one of my many moves. I did quite a bit of my PhD (writing mostly […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Blasts from the past!
I just found my *TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer* (to give it its full name) in a box while attempting to do some de-cluttering. I thought I'd lost this computer in one of my many moves. I did quite a bit of my PhD (writing mostly […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
I just found my *TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer* (to give it its full name) in a box while attempting to do some de-cluttering. I thought I'd lost this computer in one of my many moves. I did quite a bit of my PhD (writing mostly […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
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A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
James Iry; Thursday, May 7, 2009
1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not impressed due to the lack of tail call recursion […]
James Iry; Thursday, May 7, 2009
1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not impressed due to the lack of tail call recursion […]
Original post on mathstodon.xyz
mathstodon.xyz
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
James Iry; Thursday, May 7, 2009
1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not impressed due to the lack of tail call recursion […]
James Iry; Thursday, May 7, 2009
1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not impressed due to the lack of tail call recursion […]
Irreal has an interesting post about prefix versus infix notation. This reminds me of (yet another) religious war that was raging in the 1970s: infix versus postfix in the calculator world, with most calculators using infix but HP using RPN (Reverse Polish Notation, postfix). I was firmly in the […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Irreal has an interesting post about prefix versus infix notation. This reminds me of (yet another) religious war that was raging in the 1970s: infix versus postfix in the calculator world, with most calculators using infix but HP using RPN (Reverse Polish Notation, postfix). I was firmly in the […]
Reposted by éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
On the night Putin won the #Brexit referendum in 2016, the £ collapsed and has not recovered since.
Therefore increasing prices and worsening our living standards.
But one guy was happy.
Therefore increasing prices and worsening our living standards.
But one guy was happy.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On the night Putin won the #Brexit referendum in 2016, the £ collapsed and has not recovered since.
Therefore increasing prices and worsening our living standards.
But one guy was happy.
Therefore increasing prices and worsening our living standards.
But one guy was happy.
This is the warmest place in the house when the heating is off: next to the door to the airing cupboard where the hot water tank is located.
#Caturday #catsofmastodon
#Caturday #catsofmastodon
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is the warmest place in the house when the heating is off: next to the door to the airing cupboard where the hot water tank is located.
#Caturday #catsofmastodon
#Caturday #catsofmastodon
-3 °C but lovely and sunny this morning. Practically lost feeling in toes and finger tips so I think I may need thicker socks and better gloves! Body warmed up quickly however. Great ride overall.
#BikeTooter #wintercycling #ukcycling #crawley #sussex #worthway
#BikeTooter #wintercycling #ukcycling #crawley #sussex #worthway
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
-3 °C but lovely and sunny this morning. Practically lost feeling in toes and finger tips so I think I may need thicker socks and better gloves! Body warmed up quickly however. Great ride overall.
#BikeTooter #wintercycling #ukcycling #crawley #sussex #worthway
#BikeTooter #wintercycling #ukcycling #crawley #sussex #worthway