raphael @gekitsu@mastodon.social
art · archery · bouldering · philosophy · code · tea · cats · chocolate
#introduction
better late than never: hey, i’m raphael. nice to meet you.
i’m a shy, long-time twitter user making a new home on mastodon. i like art, archery, bouldering, cats, chocolate, code, goth music, and tea. (lots of tea!)
during the day, i’m back at uni for a degree in digital humanities. (currently working on a #python library for analysing [pre]historic bow artefacts.)
#introductions
my defining experience on this: in the research group i work for, i got tasked with providing an interface for our XML files that mirrors the look of the word documents they were derived from.
most of the die-hard insisters on hiding all the tags are now at least peeking at the source for clarity, if not using it all the time. many learned enough XPath to use it as their only search interface. and it wasn’t an uphill battle! they saw me use it, asked, copied, shared, and self-taught.
we generally don’t use chauffeurs as specialised driving skill providers. we might drive a vehicle that requires manual shifting of gears. we refuel. we refill wiper fluid. we check oil. we look up what warning lights mean in the manual. we might even take care of cooling liquid or change tyres. we also have an idea when we need to take it to the shop.
i feel that when we say ‘we can’t demand to make everyone into a coder,’ we apply a definition instead of thinking about reasonable expertise.
in the discourse on #decentralization of the web, #indieweb, #users vs #corporations, i keep hearing the point that we can’t aim at making everyone into a coder.
i think that subtly misses the point. our current divide between the web-tech-savvy & the users is a result of the web as a business. but with longer-established tasks, like driving cars, we accepted quite a bit of tech-savviness as an expected level of expertise for ‘end users.’ we need to find that for the web.
i did the doodling thing while watching star trek. #mastoart #pencil #randomfantasystuff
@maloki just in case this hasn’t found its way to you yet: gary bernhardt using a linus email as an example on how not to be a jerk in open source: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/blog/2018/a-case-study-in-not-being-a-jerk-in-open-source
me: hey, i got a little breathing room, i’m actually looking forward to go #climbing more often.
my body: hey you, i got you a little fever on a discount, and also a bonus tendon strain in your left hand.
i really wish you could buy thin soft/sticky rubber strips/sheets with an adhesive backing, to customise the instep of your climbing shoes. i love the fit of mine, but they are almost atrocious at toehooking, and putting some more rubber on there could help that.
a #terminology question, for everyone with good word ideas in #english:
if analysis is the process of going from measurements to interpretations, what would you say is its counterpart, where you go from partial measurements and target interpretations to completed measurements? #help
on a whim, i just installed #i3 to try it on for size. it’s pretty neat – i could get used to this.
although it seems to have a strange time-compressing effect. what do you mean it’s 6:30 am?
# linux #desktop #windowmanagers
weee, i just wrote me a little #python something to automatically configure an argparse parser (with subparsers!) from just a list of functions you want to be exposed to the command line. even parsing (google) docstrings for the parser/argument descriptions.
i dunno, that could even end up being useful enough on its own right to make into a package.
browser privacy/encryption/adblocker plugins: birdsite vs mastodon Show more
current ps4 interest list:
* death stranding (because obviously)
* ghost of tsuhima (because feudal japan. i can’t help myself.)
* dreams (BECAUSE DREAMS! and @caraellison )
otherwise, several things that look technically impressive, but i fail to get any excitement or interest for.
hey #python #devs on mastodon! can you help me out?
i’m developing a small library right now, and am pondering licensing. most python packages i looked at are 3-clause #BSD. (numpy, pandas, lxml…) yet i’m feeling a bit stallmann-y, in an #LGPL way, lately.
i looked at several of the license-explainer sites, yet still am a bit unsure about pros/cons. #halp?
since firefox’s latest fubar of their new tab page, i’ve been disappointed with an extension that makes neat speed dials, but can’t sync them and crashes when trying to export.
so clearly i’ll have to try the nuclear option of new tab override – putting one handmade html file in the extension’s sync storage, including all the svg images and css in the file – before trying another convenient speed dial extension.
the best kind of working: when you’re all in the mindset of having taken the weekend off, but then have a great idea, test around a bit in the REPL, read up on documentation, and are able to write down a detailed plan for how to implement it on monday.
#python #softwareproject #pybow
small update: work on my #python library (collecting analysis methods for archery artefacts) is progressing quite nicely, despite (because?) me taking more days off.
basic functionality is all implemented, but it’s still a bit rough around the edges.
yum. :3 #tea
my godfather: ‘back when we had christmas trees, i always prefered the wonky ones. i looked at them and thought, you have some flaws, but you will make a very fine christmas tree for us. but for several years now, i don’t get any christmas trees at all anymore.’
me: ‘so you went from a vanitas idea – all being is transient and imperfect – to a buddhist concept of christmas trees – all being is nothingness.’
guess who drove to uni for naught, because he managed to forget today were no lectures?
yeah.
