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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jul 22

mystmd 1.6 is out!

Static exports should now work with hosting services like GitHub Pages, RTD, etc. Give it a try and let us know if you run into difficulties.

github.com/jupyter-book...

You can also now preview doc builds in PRs via CircleCI, following this template: github.com/stefanv/myst...

Release v1.6.0 · jupyter-book/mystmd

What's Changed 📖 A few miscellaneous documentation updates by @rowanc1 in #2154 📖 Remove out of date readme note by @rowanc1 in #2155 🔗 Fix URLs in table of contents directive by @brianhawthorne i...

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jun 24

@mystmd.org 1.5 is out, along with an updated web theme!

github.com/jupyter-book...

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Improved site footers, hidden entries and external URLs in table of contents, better UI for in-browser execution plus improved docs and bug-fixes.

Release [email protected] · jupyter-book/mystmd

(full changelog) Enhancements made 🗾 HTML Image Width #2111 (@rowanc1, @changeset-bot) 👽 Handle external URL specified in TOC #2102 (@stefanv, @fwkoch, @choldgraf, @mfisher87, @rowanc1, @changeset...

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · May 21

New seminar just announced! BIDS welcomes Peter Fackeldey (@pfackeldey.bsky.social) to campus on June 6. Don't miss his talk "Awkward Array: manipulating nested, variable-sized data with NumPy-like idioms"
events.berkeley.edu/BIDS/event/2...

#DataAnalysis #NumPy

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · May 23

I have had One Tab installed for a long time! But, afaik, it does not export links to markdown or org format.

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scientific-python.org @scientific-python.org · May 19

🚀Last week, the #ScientificPython Developer Summit brought together 32 package maintainers from across the ecosystem at eScience UW in Seattle!

✨It was a great opportunity to collaborate on improving the tools that power scientific Python research.🧑🏽‍💻

Thanks to everyone that joined! 🧡

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Paul “π” Ivanov - @[email protected] @paulivanov.bsky.social · Mar 28

Wouldn't it be nice if someone went through to highlight the newly un-redacted parts of previous JFK reports? I got you! Let me introduce you to `diff-jfk`

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Mar 13

Indeed, so I prefer alibris.com — many of our local second-hand stores sell via them.

Alibris.com: Save on New, Rare & Used Books - Movies & Music

Shop over 150 million new & used books, used textbooks, rare, out-of-print books, plus music & movies from independent sellers worldwide.

alibris.com

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Mar 13

Libro is a fantastic audiobook service: it's like Kindle, except that your *local bookstore* gets a portion of the profit each time you buy an audiobook.

laurenandcatss.bsky.social @laurenandcatss.bsky.social · Mar 13

Also I think Libro.fm

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores

Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

Libro.fm

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Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) @ucbids.bsky.social · Mar 12

Take a peek at the NetworkX developers' retreat with Jarrod Millman, a key member of the leadership team!
bids.berkeley.edu/news/fast-an...

#NetworkX #OpenSource #PythonPackage

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jan 13

I see a lot of kids are into Roblox is well, but I can't figure out what it is exacty 😬

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Jan 9

Why major in philosophy?
- can be smug after only 2-3 classes
- only major where you finish knowing less than when you started
- generally better beards than psychology
- can't find a job, but then again what even is a job?

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jan 9

If you have access to a mac, another option that provides the helpful learning environment I mentioned: developer.apple.com/swift-playgr...

Swift Playgrounds - Apple Developer

Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that helps you learn and explore coding in Swift, the same powerful language used to create world-class apps for the App Store.

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jan 9

Maybe something like love2d.org which runs on lua? I spotted Löve in the Lisp Game Jam (itch.io/jam/spring-l...). I wouldn't recommend for a newcomer, but for your own fun you can also use Löve via fennel-lang.org

LÖVE - Free 2D Game Engine

love2d.org

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jan 9

I'm not sure we'd disagree :) The first language I showed my son was Logo via turtleacademy.com. I think the environment in which you learn a new language makes a big difference (easy access to examples, reference material). Python has some difficult concepts, and is becoming more complicated.

Turtle Academy

turtleacademy.com

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Jan 8

Recently found out that some people are actually READING all the books that they buy to put on their shelf??

Seems unbelievable but apparently it's true.

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Jan 9

Not to be outdone on the procrastination *ahem* I mean productivity front, I adapted @charlbotha.com's org-timer pomodoro solution for waybar: mentat.za.net/blog/2025/01...

bsky.app/profile/char...

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Dec 20

Now, with Firefox: github.com/stefanv/tabs...

GitHub - stefanv/tabs2text: Chrome & Firefox extension to export list of tabs in Markdown / Org format

Chrome & Firefox extension to export list of tabs in Markdown / Org format - stefanv/tabs2text

github.com

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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · Nov 14

twitter.com/levelsio/sta...

@levelsio on X: "MEGA update: 🥳 IT WORKS: we now have a working dial up internet connection on a virtual Windows 3.11 computer running inside a browser over a virtual modem that talks via Websockets to a PPP daemon! So you can open https://t.co/RRYOCWrpFY, open the computer, browse the web https://t.co/pXEC81krM4" / X

MEGA update: 🥳 IT WORKS: we now have a working dial up internet connection on a virtual Windows 3.11 computer running inside a browser over a virtual modem that talks via Websockets to a PPP daemon! So you can open https://t.co/RRYOCWrpFY, open the computer, browse the web https://t.co/pXEC81krM4

twitter.com

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Stéfan van der Walt @mentat.za.net · Nov 14

To escape tab hell (once again), I wrote an extension to back up my list of Chrome / Chromium tabs into an org / markdown text file. Once that's done, I can close them all! And, of course, I'll get back to them "when the time is right".

mentat.za.net/blog/2024/11...

Exporting List of Chromium Tabs · Stéfan's blog

How to export a list of all Chrome / Chromium tabs, per window, per tab group.

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Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · Nov 7

just discovered litecli (github.com/dbcli/litecli), it feels like a big improvement over the default SQLite REPL (autocompletion! support for multiline queries! syntax highlighting!)

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Charl P. Botha ♡ code, data-*, Emacs, running, humans @charlbotha.com · Nov 3

During #PGP key-signing session with @mentat.za.net we just learned that keys.openpgp.org must strip third party signatures from public keys which complicates #WebOfTrust

keys.openpgp.org/about/faq#th...

This is such a pity, because #openpgp keyserver's WKD as a service is great!

OpenPGP

Email encryption. For all operating systems. Standing the test of time.

openpgp.org

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Charl P. Botha ♡ code, data-*, Emacs, running, humans @charlbotha.com · Nov 7

PGP key discovery via Web Key Directory (WKD) aka setting it up so your #email clients can automatically find your #PGP public key by friend @mentat.za.net

mentat.za.net/blog/2024/11...

PGP key discovery via Web Key Directory (WKD) · Stéfan's blog

How Web Key Directory works for discovering PGP keys associated with a given email address, and how to set up your own.

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