Stephen Gruppetta @s_gruppetta@qoto.org

@ampanmdagaba @treyhunner I somehow suspect that many servers will very soon shift to enabling markdown like qoto.org does

@ampanmdagaba @treyhunner I did have the back ticks when I wrote it in markdown setting (which my editor/server has), and my toot was rendered like this for me and others on my server, but shows as plain text for others

@ampanmdagaba @treyhunner Yes, #QOTO does, which is what I'm on. The problem is that only other QOTO users or those on the (few, I assume) servers who support markdown will see it.

For example, this below will show as a proper code block to qoto.org users, but only them, unfortunately

`print("I love markdown")`

@willmcgugan I read somewhere that there aren't, by design

@klyons I can imagine!

@notat thank you!

@trinsec in an external service I was looking at. I assume it's not a standard naming, then!

@trinsec so does that mean that only QOTO members are likely to see the markdown, and everyone else just sees the plain text?

@walterbogers Thank you. Hope you enjoy it. To be honest, most of the _real-world_ 3D plotting I've needed in the past was static. This is dynamic 3D plotting which, arguably, is less common (although of course it's useful for 4D data!)

Not sure whether you're only meant to get a single shot at an #introduction, but I'll extend on mine a bit now that I'm starting to find my feet here

My main focus is on communicating about #programming, specifically #Python. That includes teaching!

However, my first career was as a physicist

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After studying #Maths and #Physics and then getting my PhD in Physics from Imperial College, London, I went down the _normal_ route of a few postdocs, an academic fellowship, and then a lectureship.

Most of my science work centred around novel retinal imaging technology with the primary aim of early disease diagnosis, plus a bit more about the optics of the eye.

I learnt to code as part of my PhD work and then relied on programming (mostly MATLAB, at the time, before the Python-era) for all of my research work, from simulation and modelling, to running the lab experiments, to analysing the data.

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When I left academia, I decided to focus on teaching programming to both children and adults.

I spend a lot of time creating learning content, including **[The Python Coding Book](https://thepythoncodingbook.com)** and regular articles on the blog.

I also run **[codetoday](https://www.codetoday.co.uk)** which runs live lessons for children from age 7 to learn coding in Python (only Python, no kids-platforms. Yes, starting from age 7, you'd be surprised how well they pick the basics up)

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I'll be sharing bits on content regularly here too, typically aimed at intermediate learners (including those aiming to move from beginners to intermediate), including steering towards scientific programming and related fields.

OK, I've abused #QOTO's longer character limit too much, so I'd better stop!

#newbie question: Is a _private_ toot the same as _followers-only_?

It's nice to be able to post using **markdown** - it will also make posting code more natural

`print("Hello, Mastodon!")`

Although I've noticed that on the iOS app I'm using (the official one), markdown is not rendered. It is on the web platform.

Not sure about other apps…

_PS: I believe this is not a feature on all servers…_

@martinpeck `turtle` is a fun module to use, beyond the basic _draw a few squares_ type of tutorials you find.

I use it a lot for teaching and I try to push it to its limits and use it to teach more advanced topics, too

@martinpeck both projects were fun to write (both the code itself and the articles!)