All my highlights from Math for English Majors by #BenOrlin, he of the lovely #Maths apology blog and even lovelier stick figures
https://janusworx.com/reading/math-for-english-majors-ben-orlin/
#Arts #Math #Mathematics #Books #Reading
#BenOrlin, #maths, #arts, #math, #mathematics, #books, #reading
Upgraded to #Emacs 30.1!
a couple of slight hiccoughs compiling. but all’s well that ends well.
forgot to do a make -j 4 compiling emacs today. I now appreciate multi/parallel processing so much more :)
“the best way to have it is by talking, which is an unbelievably high-bandwidth communication channel compared to those little text boxes.
In other words, code should be pair-reviewed as well as pair-programmed. For example, Aisha and Chiku could get on a screen-share and look at the code together, asking questions, making suggestions, explaining ambiguities, and highlighting potential problems.
Tone of voice and even facial expressions convey a lot of extra information that would otherwise be lost, and somehow, people are always gentler and more respectful to each other in person than they are when typing messages back and forth.
…
Pair review like this isn’t always possible, though, so when a code review happens textually, that means we need to *take even more care about what we say and how we say it* ” (emphasis, mine)
— John Arundel, on code review in “Death of a thousand nits”
https://bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/code-review
Tone of voice and being kinder than you need to be is something I’ve hammered into my young mentees, since … well, ever since I’ve had young mentees
Also grateful to @pradhvan, @mandarvaze and #AnjaliPardeshi for being kind to me when I worked with them!
“I had let the constant onslaught of bad news convince me that unless I singlehandedly turned the tide, there was no point in trying.
No. I wouldn’t ask that of anyone else, I shouldn’t ask it of myself.
I’ll tell a stupid joke. I’ll tell a story making an obscure reference that not even a tenth of my readers will get. I will tell a shaggy dog story with an atrocious pun. And if even one person’s day has been made brighter by it, it’s worth doing.
And who knows, I might write something that is wise, or profound, or uplifting too.
I have decided to be kinder to myself, and to keep writing. I’ve reached double digits so far in February, and I’m having fun with it.”
The Music Video starts with an implied car accident
#Earworm du jour
Good bye my love, #Ailee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRWyDl26Qt0
No, I don’t understand a word.
I just love it for the haunting run of the repeated “You” by the backup singers
#Kobo #Elipsa friends on #Bookstodon
How safe is installing #NickelMenu on you Kobo?
Does it break with firmware updates?
Does it break the Kobo at the same time?
What’s been your experience?
Thank you all!
Editing to add, I’m doing this, because I want textshots more often now. and I’ve gotten tired of shooting the page with my phone
#kobo, #Elipsa, #bookstodon, #nickelmenu
We await signs of a wider malaise.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/a_big_ai_build_has/
Here’s What is Stopping Us From Using Free Software
https://janusworx.com/work/heres-what-is-stopping-us-from-using-free-software/
#mjbWrites** **#FOSS
cc: @schubisu
My version of Keep Calm and Carry On
#books, #reading, #life, #coping