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James Tauber

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Using computers to better understand languages, texts, and music. Python, Web, Corpus Linguistics, Data Visualization, Philology, Ancient Greek, Music Theory, Tolkien, Space, Health. Perseus DL, Greek Learner Texts Project & Digital Tolkien Project!

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · Nov 3

Intro for new followers: I'm a long-time (i.e. old) Python and Web developer. Now mostly apply that to digital humanities and corpus linguistics with focus on historical languages (especially Ancient Greek) and Tolkien. Also education, data visualization, music theory, and a handful of other things.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 6h

and so Ryland 0.15.0 is now released with an Obsidian-specific markdown processor :-)

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 7h

Laid out a roadmap for the Ryland Obsidian project: github.com/jtauber/ryla...

The first item will require another Ryland release.

GitHub - jtauber/ryland-obsidian-template: a template for publishing an Obsidian vault using Ryland

a template for publishing an Obsidian vault using Ryland - jtauber/ryland-obsidian-template

github.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 12h

Dropping the extension was the right thing to do as the Python-Markdown people say it’s that extensions that’s misbehaving. It was honestly just a few lines to do it myself.

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 12h

Just wait for my reading environment plans 😀

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 13h

And Ryland 0.14.0 is released, swapping out how YAML frontmatter is handled to enable the Ryland Obsidian work.

github.com/jtauber/ryland

GitHub - jtauber/ryland: A simple static site generation library

A simple static site generation library. Contribute to jtauber/ryland development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 13h

The root cause of the issue is that the (external) full_yaml_metadata extension breaks the (built-in) wikilinks extension. Given how simple the external extension is, I might be best off just not using it and have Ryland handle yaml frontmatter itself.

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Project Amaze! @projectamaze.com · 1d

projectamaze.com/beanbag/53/

Beanbag #53 | Project Amaze!

Some textual facts about Ms. Xi

projectamaze.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

Shell prompt reading:

uv python install 3.14

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

already had to file an issue with Python-Markdown :-)

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

still LOTS more to do before it's usable but I've started a repo template for publishing Obsidian vaults using Ryland: github.com/jtauber/ryla...

GitHub - jtauber/ryland-obsidian-template: a template for publishing an Obsidian vault using Ryland

a template for publishing an Obsidian vault using Ryland - jtauber/ryland-obsidian-template

github.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

We currently plan to distinguish up to six types of passages. The primary texts (in the larger font) we call P-texts. When Christopher gives fragments in a smaller font we call them S-texts. We distinguish quotations of P-texts from S-texts giving alternative readings. Plus other distinctions.

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

Not sure how manual your counting was but you may be interested to know I’m working on indexing/search of BLT that will distinguish Tolkien and Christopher. Announcement on 27th.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

I know the feeling well!

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 1d

Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS colours at all', then the first part of this article series, by Kevin Powell, is for you.

piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...

A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part one

piccalil.li

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 1d

So you’re saying there’s a chance….

lindsey ✨ @lcgordon.bsky.social · 1d

how to win a nobel physics prize 🔭✨☄️

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Project Amaze! @projectamaze.com · 2d

projectamaze.com/beanbag/52/

Beanbag #52 | Project Amaze!

Cesium-137 is a radioactive isotope which produces gamma rays hazardous to many species yet apparently ineffective when studying the nature of Astrophage.

projectamaze.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

I think you just read it 😀

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 2d

Only a terrible human being would phone Loeb in the middle of the night pretending to be the Nobel committee and tell him they can’t give him the Physics prize because the aliens won’t let them.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

And fun fact: the first post on that blog is about you 😀

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

That’s why I said “icky” rather than make any specific allegations.

James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

I use it for jktauber.com and just host on GitHub pages.

J. K. Tauber

at the intersection of computing, linguistics, philology, and learning science

jktauber.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

Or you could use my static site generator, Ryland, which comes with a blog template

github.com/jtauber/ryla...

GitHub - jtauber/ryland-blog-template: a template for a blog built using Ryland

a template for a blog built using Ryland. Contribute to jtauber/ryland-blog-template development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

Other biographies like Gribbin’s apparently discuss but I don’t know if he only source was Moore. A lot of references I’ve read are to www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty... which quotes both Moore and Gribbin. It led to TCD renaming things so it seems to have been taken seriously.

How Erwin Schrödinger indulged his ‘Lolita complex’ in Ireland

Nobel Prize-winning physicist, who spent 17 years in Ireland, was a serial groomer of girls

www.irishtimes.com

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 2d

Schrödinger was pretty icky even then so I'm hoping for not much association tbh

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