Derick Florian (he/him) @derickflorian@qoto.org

I have a couple of post-bootcamp candidates who interviewed (very) well for our junior role at CoverageBook, but we couldn't hire, does anyone want a warm intro?

Slide into my DMs?

(Boosts helpful!)

Some more tiny truck #paintings. This set is more focused on quiet scenes. I also included a #cat in each which will be a thing going forward. Again in #acrylagouache. I also included my ongoing cyclops archeological mini series within the larger #keitruck series.

Stock Alert (CN): RPi CM4 - 8GB RAM, 32GB MMC, With Wifi is In Stock at Seeedstudio https://rpilocator.com?instock #CM4

When u have no idea what ur doing but u don’t let that stop u

Please don't check any NYT sites/apps or play Wordle tomorrow, Dec 8, from midnight-midnight EST. The newsroom is doing a one-day walkout because they've been without a contract for 2 years, and we're supporting them.

Second Life source code now on Github: https://github.com/secondlife

Just got laid off from BuzzFeed and I’m truly heartbroken. I have so much passion for writing and to get this news right before Christmas is truly devastating. If anyone is looking for a writer—I’m available for hire. 🙁 #tuesday

The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company

https://youtu.be/B9FzVhw8_bY

a weird video but the song itself is very good.

#FavoriteMusic 26/

New book day! After a couple of intense year's my partner's book is now out in the wild, UK & US publications.

'Escape From Model Land, how mathematical models can lead us astray and what we can do about it'

With models (financial, environmental, public heath etc) so influential in our lives this entertainingly written book is really important for modellers themselves and decision makers increasingly reliant on models.

#newbook #book #books #science #climate #reading #modelling

I go through lots of graph paper, so to save a little money I made a LaTeX template to print my own. It was so handy that @duetosymmetry and I turned it into a LaTeX package.

There are various grid styles (graph, quadrille, hex, iso, dot grid, etc), and both custom and pre-defined color schemes.

Use it to easily print your own paper, or to make pdf page templates for your favorite tablet note-taking app.

Github: https://github.com/mcnees/LaTeX-Graph-Paper
CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/gridpapers?lang=en

I'm surprised no one has tried this yet.

(Looking forward to ChatGPT generating new right-wing conspiracy theories for us; they can't be any less plausible than the ones we've already got.)

Don't make me tap the sign

Folks, I want to boost your lovely posts, I really do but I won’t if you don’t write image descriptions (alt text) so people who use screen readers can also experience them.

It doesn’t take long to write one.

And if you’re posting an image of text and you have an iPhone, you can select the text from the image with a long press and copy/paste it.

Even Linux has apps that do this (like Frog: https://tenderowl.com/work/frog/)

#accessibility #a11y #fediverse #altText #images #screenReader #mastodon

Want to privatise the NHS? Think again!

MineClone2 version 0.81.0 (free Minecraft-like) for Minetest out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/mineclone2-version-0810-free-minecraft-like-for-minetest-out-now/ #FreeGame #OpenSource #Linux

I'm attempting #AdventofCode in #elm this year, which I will admit has been quite a challenge so far. #FunctionalProgramming is so weird!!! Hoping I start to see the light soon.

Answers here: https://github.com/bielsnohr/elm-advent-of-code

Asking a favor from #opensource #oss friends

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Feel free to boost! Thank you for your time!