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R.I.P. LaTeX@TUG
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Vielen Dank an @… und @…

Okay, after some major refactoring and moving some info around it looks much better. Actions are now beside the spell name, and the LaTeX is somewhat more readable. Should be much easier too add spells and feats to the document without thinking too much. #Pathfinder2E #ttrpg

Visualizing 2x2 Normal-Form Games: twoxtwogame LaTeX Package
Luke Marris, Ian Gemp, Siqi Liu, Joel Z. Leibo, Georgios Piliouras
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16985

Visualizing 2x2 Normal-Form Games: twoxtwogame LaTeX Package
Normal-form games with two players, each with two strategies, are the most studied class of games. These so-called 2x2 games are used to model a variety of strategic interactions. They appear in game theory, economics, and artificial intelligence research. However, there lacks tools for describing and visualizing such games. This work introduces a LaTeX package for visualizing 2x2 games. This work has two goals: first, to provide high-quality tools and vector graphic visualizations, suitable fo…

I just created a new Gist to remind myself on how to create index entries that refer to glossary definitions.
https://gist.github.com/juandesant/0101a49fae94069e970484aa8609c0e3

Create glossary and index entries in LaTeX
Create glossary and index entries in LaTeX. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Finishing work up on a new Pathfinder 2E character. Got the background "finished", wrote the spell and feats out. I still have work I want to do on the background, but it's good enough for the GM. #ttrpgs #Pathfinder2E

In some fields, like economics and finance, authors tend to use long variable names comprising one or more full words. These variables often look odd if not outright ugly when set in LaTeX. The same is true of common acronyms used as variables or functions in equations. This post looks at why these terms often look bad in LaTeX equations and how to write them correctly in the LaTeX code so they look good.

Handling Long Variable Names in LaTeX Math - Words by Wes
In some fields, such as economics and finance, authors tend to use long variable names comprising one or more full words. And oftentimes, these variables look odd if not outright ugly when set in LaTeX. The same is true of common financial acronyms, often used as variables or functions in…

#Typst ist einfacher als #LaTeX - GNU/Linux.ch
https://gnulinux.ch/typst-ist-einfache

# MACRO: oxeast (eval (let ((result "") (slug "# begin_export latex\n\\only<%d>{\\includegraphics[width=.9\\linewidth]{../oxeast%d.png}}%%\n# end_export\n")) (dotimes (i (string-to-number $1)) (setq result (concat result (format slug (1 i) (1 i))))) result))
{{{oxeast(14)}}}

Wow, I just accidentally discovered that #matplotlib allows some limited latex in label strings. At least $x$ works!
#python

Woah, I found a bug in latex!! If you make a (web) type by writing \em{} instead of \emph{} the entire paragraph is displayed in italic.
Latex does not have bugs normally.. 😅

Learning #LaTeX properly with A Guide to LaTeX and electronic publishing, 4/e by Kopka and Daly.

I am more fluent in LaTeX than in plotmath expression. If you are the same, latex2exp will make your life easier. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/latex2exp/vignettes/using-latex2exp.html

VERY disappointed in GitHub refusing to support the LaTeX `\colorbox` (outright banned) or `\textcolor` macros (seemingly only very limited support) or any CSS solution to allow one to create colored text in Markdown files... I was hoping to create color swatches as shown in the attached preview (in VSCode), but just none of this works on GitHub...
(And yes, I understand there're some potential accessibility issues, but there're more social solutions to address these than an ou…

umbrella/packages/meta-css at develop · thi-ng/umbrella
⛱ Broadly scoped ecosystem & mono-repository of 190 TypeScript projects (and 155 examples) for general purpose, functional, data driven development - thi-ng/umbrella

@… I agree that LaTeX isn't the future, but I don't think it's only virtue signaling. Sure, LaTeX is part of some disciplinary cultures, but the publishing workflows are also technically and organizationally dependent on authors being able to produce “camera-ready” papers.

@… I agree that LaTeX isn't the future, but I don't think it's only virtue signaling. Sure, LaTeX is part of some disciplinary cultures, but the publishing workflows are also technically and organizationally dependent on authors being able to produce “camera-ready” papers.

I'm pleased with myself. I'm trying to fake animation in Beamer slides using overlays. Fiddly, 1 line per each of multiple images. In org-mode.
But I've discovered org-mode macros, which can handle arbitrary emacs-lisp, so I can do it with one macro and a single invocation (with the number of images as a parameter).
Layering 3-ish languages (org-mode, e-lisp, Beamer-latex) isn't ideal, but it works. I just put
{{{oxeast 14}}}
in my org file and get t…

#LaTeX did a lot of good but also a lot of harm. One of my "favorite" is that it taught millions to do unbelievably ugly tables (mostly because nobody reads beyond a 1 page tutorial on tables).

ich habe ein 10-seitiges latex dokument mit mehreren sections und bildern und tabellen und pdflatex wirft KEINE fehler 😳

This month’s Notes on Editing newsletter just went out with a trick for putting footnotes in Word’s text boxes, a note on upcoming changes to AP Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style, and an update on new additions to my LaTeX course.
If you’re interested, check it out and maybe sign up for future issues: https://www…

Notes on Editing #13 - Words by Wes
Today's newsletter has an update on my LaTeX course, a trick for inserting footnotes in Word’s text boxes, and a note on upcoming changes to AP Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style.

The worst language I ever had to use is that of TeX/LaTeX. (Perl is a close second. HTML5 CSS Javascript is striving to surpass the two.)
But at least TeX lets you do things you cannot do with any other software.
The worst language IN RELATION TO WHAT IT CAN DO must be the git command line interface. Proof: the sheer number of websites that try to explain how you do even the simplest operations, like creating a branch or uploading your changes. All in vain...

VERY disappointed in GitHub refusing to support the LaTeX `\colorbox` (outright banned) or `\textcolor` macros (seemingly only very limited support) or any CSS solution to allow one to create colored text in Markdown files... I was hoping to create color swatches as shown in the attached preview (in VSCode), but just none of this works on GitHub...
(And yes, I understand there're some potential accessibility issues, but there're more social solutions to address these than an ou…

umbrella/packages/meta-css at develop · thi-ng/umbrella
⛱ Broadly scoped ecosystem & mono-repository of 190 TypeScript projects (and 155 examples) for general purpose, functional, data driven development - thi-ng/umbrella

TIL about #notebooksharing.space
Pretty neat service to share executed #Jupyter #notebooks and annotations with others
It even comes with

#today my joy is unbounded (from below) as I shuffle text from one journal's LaTeX tempate to another, with different things broken in each, obvs. #TeXLaTeX

WikiTexVC: MediaWiki's native LaTeX to MathML converter for Wikipedia
Johannes Stegmüller, Moritz Schubotz
https://arXiv.org/abs/2401.16786 https://

WikiTexVC: MediaWiki's native LaTeX to MathML converter for Wikipedia
MediaWiki and Wikipedia authors usually use LaTeX to define mathematical formulas in the wiki text markup. In the Wikimedia ecosystem, these formulas were processed by a long cascade of web services and finally delivered to users' browsers in rendered form for visually readable representation as SVG. With the latest developments of supporting MathML Core in Chromium-based browsers, MathML continues its path to be a de facto standard markup language for mathematical notation in the web. Convey…

A side effect of my current uni math course is that I've gotten the motivation to learn how to write equations in LaTex, since I'm keeping my notes in markdown. I love killing multiple birds with one stone.

Reducing model complexity by means of the Optimal Scaling: Population Balance Model for latex particles morphology formation
Simone Rusconi, Christina Schenk, Arghir Zarnescu, Elena Akhmatskaya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06522

Reducing model complexity by means of the Optimal Scaling: Population Balance Model for latex particles morphology formation
Rational computer-aided design of multiphase polymer materials is vital for rapid progress in many important applications, such as: diagnostic tests, drug delivery, coatings, additives for constructing materials, cosmetics, etc. Several property predictive models, including the prospective Population Balance Model for Latex Particles Morphology Formation (LPMF PBM), have already been developed for such materials. However, they lack computational efficiency, and the accurate prediction of materi…

From Seaweed to Security: The Emergence of Alginate in Compromising IoT Fingerprint Sensors
Pouria Rad, Gokila Dorai, Mohsen Jozani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02150

From Seaweed to Security: The Emergence of Alginate in Compromising IoT Fingerprint Sensors
The increasing integration of capacitive fingerprint recognition sensors in IoT devices presents new challenges in digital forensics, particularly in the context of advanced fingerprint spoofing. Previous research has highlighted the effectiveness of materials such as latex and silicone in deceiving biometric systems. In this study, we introduce Alginate, a biopolymer derived from brown seaweed, as a novel material with the potential for spoofing IoT-specific capacitive fingerprint sensors. Our…

Friends don't let friends use $...$ to get italics in LaTeX.
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#TeXLaTeX

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