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Very excited to announce the first public release of {orderly}, our reproducible reporting framework for #rstats reside-ic.github.io/blog/ord…
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Very rare to see this level of tayloring nowadays, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great. 🧵 1!/n!
Implement a simple version of symbolic differentiation in a few lines of #rstats - new blog reside-ic.github.io/blog/sym…
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Have you ever wanted to generate random but readable strings? Like for files or folders? Today's Friday #rstats fun is thanks to @rgfitzjohn for the ids package📦 and its wonderful `adjective_animal()` 😻function.
ALT R code demonstrating how to use the ids package to create random readable strings.
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ALT meme that says: "If a matrix wore pants, would it wear them like this, or like this" showing two matrices "wearing" a single pant leg going row-by-row on one, and column-by-column on the other. it's a very dumb joke about row vs column major matrices and I'm sorry
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Made a new little playground this week: integer.exposed: a version of Bartosz Ciechanowski’s great float.exposed site, but for integers
let me know if you notice any bugs!
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How neat. Researchers claim to have found, at long last, an "einstein" tile - a shape that tiles the plane in a pattern that never repeats. First two authors appear to have no academic affiliations. arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798
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We welcome the publication of the government’s Future of Compute report, which recognises that compute is critical to modern research and recommends a co-ordinated, long-term investment in UK compute capability. 1/2
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Bus socks on! Ready to roll!
I will be delay-tweeting my journey so you’ll see everywhere I go, just after I leave so I don’t get bombarded with route suggestions and, you know, safety and stuff. But time to catch some buses…
ALT The bottom of jeans with feet covered in grey socks with red double-deckers buses on then.
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Any ideas on constructing a pilot #RSEng exchange programme that would allow RSEs to spend some time at different research or RSE Groups? Probably two week long exchanges. Any thoughts? Any thoughts on what it will need?
cc @ResearchSoftEng @SoftwareSaved
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OPPORTUNITY: Full-Stack Developer to help translate cutting-edge research into accessible web applications for the control of HIV and antimicrobial resistance @MRC_Outbreak
💼Research Software Engineer
🗓️ 7 November deadline
✏️Find out more & apply
imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descript…
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It's Friday. Have some history.
So you know Hadrian's Wall? Well for over 1000 years everyone thought it was built by someone else.
Until, in 1840, John Hodgson, an unknown Northumbrian clergyman published the LONGEST footnote in history.
Read on... /1
ALT Bookplate engraving of John Hodgson, looking like a daper clergyman with fluffy hair.
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Hot take, regex is a dominant language not because of its intrinsic qualities but because its programs are short enough to be conveniently pasted in any location
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We’re not talking enough about the espresso reproducibility crisis ☕️ cell.com/matter/fulltext/S25…
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📢Join the ARC #RSE team!
We are looking for more Research Software Engineers to join us. If you have skills in web and mobile apps, machine learning or HPC, this could be the job for you.
All the details can be found here: durham.taleo.net/careersecti…
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📢 The Research Software London and South East 2022 workshop is Next Monday (4th July) 📢 We're looking forward to welcoming everyone to South Kensington for a great line up of talks and posters. Last chance to register! rslondon.ac.uk/rslse2022/
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7⃣ Modelling the best interventions 📈
Researchers led by @SherrardEllie & @ThomasChurcher of @MRC_Outbreak created an open-access online tool using real-world data to help policymakers identify the most cost-effective interventions for their setting across sub-Saharan Africa
ALT A bar graph with 'cases averted' on the y-axis and 'intervention' on the x-axis, showing the same five interventions as the above graph
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'The hardest problem in computer science is not being an opinionated jerk about everything.' -- @ntakayama