Matthew 
@mattasdata@qoto.org
Research Software Engineer | PhD Physics | Author of Super Smart Science: Nuclear Physics Made Easy | Lindy Hop + Yoga + Programming FTW
Joined Apr 2022
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THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Private School
2. Legacy Ivy admission
3. Nepotism hire
4. Seed capital from family money
5. Club memberships
6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghostwriter
7. Journalists who ask “what’s your secret?” and uncritically publish the lame answer
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Put a raindrop anywhere and see where it ends up.
From birdsite
This is an important and fundamental right of workers that we need to protect. Consider signing: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/protect-the-right-to-strike?source=twitter_share_button
@nixCraft why only two choices? Many other shells out there fish being at the top of my current list 🐟
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On #scienceTwitter, my favourite thing were reading and, on rare occasions, writing "paper/preprint threads". From the researchers I followed and through the #Twitter algorithm, this became my most important source for new #research.
While people start to do the same on #Mastodon, I have the feeling that I miss important work bc no algorithm "saves" it for me if I don't watch my timeline constantly.
Two simple solutions would be: a commonly accepted hashtag that everybody uses when writing "paper threads" or a [...] @ a.gup.pe group with a similar adaptation rate.
#Question 1: is there already a mechanism for this that I missed?
#Question 2: What hashtag or group name?
I saw #TootPrint before. Maybe #PaperInAToot? #PaperInAPost? #PaperInAThread? #PaperPost? #MastoPrint?
Suggestions and boosts, please, we need reach for this! 🤓
#TwitterMigration #Science #Scientist @phdstudents @academicchatter @neuroscience @cognition
@nicholdav welcome to #mastodon and great first post! I particularly like the point about the downsides of `from package import (... list of objects ...)` and how that can pollute the namespace. I do tend to still use that style of import statement in non-user facing modules, but even then I can get confused about where a name has come from if I am half way down a massive file. This is mitigated if your code editor has nice inference festures, but best not to rely on that too much, especially for novices that might not be using more advanced tooling.
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grocery store chains: we set record profits this year
retail chains: we've never made so much money
energy companies: we just posted our best quarter on record
news article: who is to blame for inflation? you peasants wanting wages, probably
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Making my first real post on here 😬
And my first real blog post in a while, motivated by a workshop @gvwilson gave on writing
"Four tips for research groups sharing code on how to structure Python packages"
http://blog.nicholdav.info/four-tips-structuring-research-python/
Bit of an #RSEng post.
Would love to hear what ppl think.
@catch_me_coding @kelly_sovacool @benfulton @labarba @astrojuanlu @hdashnow @simon @brianokken @danielskatz @us_rse @tacaswell
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“I have seen over the years, consistently, that people who spend a lot of time on computers don’t get a tenure job in physics,” said Vermaseren.
“It’s more prestigious, maybe, to actually produce physical results than to work on tools,” said Ruijl.
And this is how we keep pushing people towards career death, burnout due to overwork or out of academia entirely.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-crucial-particle-physics-computer-program-risks-obsolescence/
From birdsite
RT @TivadarDanka
This stone tablet from 1800-1600 BC shows that ancient Babylonians were able to approximate the square root of two with 99.9999% accuracy.
How did they do it?
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Team Murena wishes you a spectacular New Year!
Choose freedom and join the movement for privacy!
https://murena.com/
#choosefreedom #NY2023#HappyNewYear #eOS #privacyphone #smartphone #Murena
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The irony.
After not giving a fig about new homegrown variants, the US is suddenly concerned now they might emerge in China.
RT @BNOFeed@twitter.com
NEW: U.S. to require negative COVID test for travelers from China amid concern about possible new variants
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"If you hate watching a billionaire destroy the place you live online, wait till you hear what they’re up to with planet earth." - Meghna Jayanth
Testing out #moaparty cross poster. 1 2 3
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In case you don’t believe the same equations govern #motion in the #atmosphere and the #ocean.
Video by Tristan Heth in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
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Q. Why do mathematicians confuse Halloween and Christmas?
A. Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
Happy Christmas.
Research Software Engineer | PhD Physics | Author of Super Smart Science: Nuclear Physics Made Easy | Lindy Hop + Yoga + Programming FTW
Joined Apr 2022
