@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-31 21:08:13
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Psychic TV:
🎵 Godstar
#PsychicTV
https://coldcave.bandcamp.com/track/godstar-psychic-tv-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/3wKbHzOS4fjZNLvv0MW64W
@datascience@genomic.social2026-04-01 10:00:01
Using fonts in R graphics can be tricky at times. {showtext} aims to make it easier: #rstats
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-03-28 11:10:23
While working through another last rites slew, I was thinking that back in the day there were a number of developers who believed they should add a lot of packages to #Gentoo, in the name of giving users a choice. Like, they were projects whose sole purpose of existence seemed to be to find every piece of software that roughly fit a specific topic, get it to build and package it for Gentoo.
Of course, the long-term effect of that is that there's a lot of unmaintained, often broken packages. "The choice" doesn't really work. Sure, users have a lot of packages to choose from — but they have to actually figure out which of these packages are actually useful (if any).
A few years ago attempting to remove packages also faced some verbal opposition. You shouldn't remove unmaintained or outdated packages, because they still work. You shouldn't remove packages that sometimes fail to build, because some flag combinations still work. You shouldn't remove packages that don't build at all, because the user can visit Forums and find some workaround to make them build 🤦. Or they'll have an ebuild handy to start working on it. And anyway, you shouldn't be removing stuff at all, but fixing it instead.
Sometimes the arguments were straight dishonest too: people literally said we need more packages to lure new users in. Like, it didn't matter to them that the packages didn't really work and that the people trying to use them will get a nasty surprise. They wanted people to say "hey, Gentoo has this software we need, let's start using Gentoo".
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-01-30 12:00:05
physics_collab: Multilayer physicist collaborations (2015)
Two multiplex networks of coauthorships among the Pierre Auger Collaboration of physicists (2010-2012) and among researchers who have posted preprints on arXiv.org (all papers up to May 2014). Layers represent different categories of publication, and an edge's weight indicates the number of reports written by the authors. These layers are one-mode projections from the underlying author-paper bipartite network.
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@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-02-26 17:25:00
@hynek@mastodon.social2026-04-01 07:52:13
dependency cooldowns are all cool and nice until dependabot comes in hot and trying to update reverts some oMg cRiTiCaL rEdOs
Adjacent problem: maybe I want a cooldown for external packages but none for mine? Although the whole topic is moot since devpi doesn't provide upload dates anyways.
our tools still have a LONG way to go, unfortunately. there is no “JUST do this best practice”.
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social2026-02-24 19:12:48
With the boom in AI side projects, I would have expected the number of packages created from 2025 to now to be a bit higher. Especially when you consider that #dotnet solutions have package sprawl (e.g., 1 solution has 20 packages).
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-02-01 02:32:56
#WordWeavers January 29 — Have you ever written a pet into one of your stories?
Several of the Greek gods have pets in Greek #mythology, so yes! Dionysos has pet panthers, for example, Demeter has dragons, and Zeus has fucking Pegasos to carry his thunderbolts, though I have not actually…
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social2026-02-28 16:01:13
If Iran possesses sea-skimming supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, as rumored, and succeeds in sinking a US ship, with concomitant loss of life, I will not know where to park my rage and fury at Trump and his Generals
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-02-25 20:00:04
physics_collab: Multilayer physicist collaborations (2015)
Two multiplex networks of coauthorships among the Pierre Auger Collaboration of physicists (2010-2012) and among researchers who have posted preprints on arXiv.org (all papers up to May 2014). Layers represent different categories of publication, and an edge's weight indicates the number of reports written by the authors. These layers are one-mode projections from the underlying author-paper bipartite network.
This n…
