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@colinsmatt11 have you been looking over my shoulder at work?

I have been annoyed at the informal prevalence of proprietary MatLab among some of my colleagues, and didn't realize that R is a direct alternative for most problem-spaces. I much prefer the opensource mode of R. Some useful comparisons:
https://www.educba.com/matlab-vs-r/
https://statanalytica.com/blog/r-vs-matlab/

There are methods of coding that are complete paradigm shifts. Algol-style was my default, such as Java, C, JavaScript, and distantly, Python. Then I learned functional programming, completely changing my approach to problems.

And then there is CSS, which is itself a completely different experience. Different debugging, development, and problem[solving] space.

Two types of simplicity: the monolith (emphasis MONO) and the Linux approach, single-purpose composable. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1555760740652371968.html

Back to a language with state and syntax -- #css "how do I linebreak within flex display?" Answer seems to be `flex-direction "column"`

@icedquinn github thought it could do that with "Pull Request". One of my students asked me recently, "doesn't merge request make more sense?"

@redstarfish I know I can follow accounts at those other places, but can I log in with one of my Fediverse accounts?

Comparing visual git tools -- because how could you compare with #emacs #magit?
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5338960/Git-Comparing-Visual-Studio-2022-with-MeGit-EGit-a

@kev @FirewallDragons Hey! I just checked that out, too! I got it from the library, at least for the title sake

@verita84 That sounds like something unique! Decentralization of code. That sounds like a winning idea!

Looking into https://gitea.io/en-us/ to see how it compares to GitLab and SourceHut. Anyone have details, particularly for the non-git services offered?

@talpa @lupyuen Does it support CICD in any way? How about mailing (issue management)? I am interested. We already moved from Hub to Lab, but Lab is sadly hub-like sometimes.

@icedquinn email composition, LaTeX style. Reminds me of a Grad Student explaining LaTeX to me, griping how you basically have to program your papers (like that was a bad thing)

In so many ways tech is catching up with #Clojure: JavaScript getting some immutability, React improving hot-loading and tree comparisons, and other stuff, Python with interactive kernel (REPL). What are ways you see #Clojure maintains its lead?

@tennoseremel@mstdn.io ah! so it was just missing because it had other classes, too? That makes sense!

@tennoseremel@mstdn.io right you were! Just get rid of that `class=` nonsense and it worked

While we're talking about online pay grievances, on a lighter note, who decided to swap "make and model"? I mean, no one says "I drive a Forester Subaru" or "Ranger Ford"... why would you do this?

@aral as a webdev, I can confirm. People like to pretend that there is just one browser these days, sort of the extreme bounce-back from those years of IE-support-hell. But I also do most of my work in FireFox.