davidbraze

davidbraze, 4 months ago to random

within the last year or so @Posit has taken a big tranche of venture capital. VC wants one thing: a massive return, 10x minimum. there are two ways to get that. first is to take a company public. I don't think that's likely here. second is a buy out by a major player like Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, or another of that ilk. I guess this is what posit's sugar daddy is likely angling for. this isn't unprecedented in the #rstats world. who else remembers Revolution R?

https://mastodon.social/@awong234/111751453549394950

luckytran, 1 month ago to random

It appears that some universities are banning masks of any kind at sites where they are holding their graduation ceremony. This is ableist, exclusionary, and completely unacceptable.

(Photo: Dr. Mary Donegan)

Sign at UCONN listing prohibited items which includes masks of any kind

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

"Americans are forced to live with a risk of car crash death roughly three times higher than Canadians and Australians, five times higher than Brits and Germans, and nine times higher than Norwegians. It’s also worth pointing out that globally, car crashes are a major cause of death, killing more people than homicides and suicides combined"

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/8/25/23844717/america-safe-air-travel-car-safety-accidents

davidbraze, 5 months ago to random

just stopping by to say that #MicrosoftTeams still sucks

davidbraze, 10 months ago to linuxmint

Well, I updated #linuxMint to 21.1 and the cinnamon/mint menu became v slow and laggy

Turns out that somewhere along the line the screen reader was turned on and I didn't notice because I keep volume muted

turning off screen reader fixed menu responsiveness

davidbraze, 10 months ago to microsoft

Around 2019 #Microsoft made Teams available on #linux

Is that no longer a thing?

davidbraze, 11 months ago to random

An awful lot of "storytelling with data" is plain storytelling

The data is just window dressing, at best

davidbraze, 9 months ago to emacs

Hello #emacs

Is there a convenient built-in function that works like cycle-spacing, but for blank lines?

tia

davidbraze, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to linux

dusted off a 2015 vintage Dell optiplex mini tower that had been sitting idle for about 4 years, plugged in a wifi card and installed #linux #linuxMint (originally ran Windows 10)

it works like a champ

dunno yet what I'm going to do with it though

#rightToRepair

davidbraze, 10 months ago to random

I still haven't learned to never try a #git rebase when I'm tired...

davidbraze, 10 months ago to random

lack of access to information has never been the main problem

the ability to filter it from the sea of irrelevance, and occasional blobs of floating sewage, is what's in short supply

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

Hello #rstats folks

Is anyone aware of an R package wrapping ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer API?

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api

davidbraze, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to emacs

Hi #emacs folks,

I'm wanting to show/see svg graphics in eww

(image-type-available-p 'svg) returns t

eww, works, but svg images are not shown, though eww does not complain about them and other image types are shown as expected

to be a bit more specific, I want to show svg graphics created and served by the httpgd #rstats package

I am able to connect to the server and view graphics using firefox, so the httpgd service itself works

I'm running emacs 28.2 on linux mint

What am I missing?

davidbraze, 8 months ago to connecticut

what a shit show

government at all levels took its eye off the ball

" #covid vaccines have been limited in states around the country, including #Connecticut ... manufacturers have informed DPH that this is not a supply issue but rather shipping problems are responsible for delays"

https://www.ctpost.com/connecticut/article/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-cvs-walgreens-18397111.php

davidbraze, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

So, how many people were laid off by @posit_pbc in its most recent cuts?

What proportion of their total workforce?

What team(s)?

#rstats

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

Hello @Posit

Does your blog supply an RSS feed? I can't find one

https://posit.co/blog/

#rstats

davidbraze, 10 months ago to connecticut

The state of #Connecticut needs to set up it's own #Mastodon server

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/07/07/twitter-gives-state-websites-the-silent-treatment/

davidbraze, 10 months ago to connecticut

#Connecticut's population of folks in their 20s and 30s increased, while population of children under age 11 decreased

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/connecticut-kid-population-decline-18272080.php?src=nhrhppromostrip

davidbraze, 1 month ago to random

Do you really think MS takes better care of your company's data than they do of their own?

"a (Microsoft) server ... exposed passwords, keys, and credentials of Microsoft employees to the open internet, as the company faces mounting pressure to bolster its software security. "

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24126057/microsoft-azure-server-internal-passwords-exposed-cybersecurity

davidbraze, 10 months ago to connecticut

In #Connecticut, bird hunting is allowed, even encouraged, at a state bird sanctuary, which is also within just a few hundred feet of a densely populated neighborhood

Go figure

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/west-haven-neighbors-seek-hunting-ban-bird-17761764.php

davidbraze, 9 months ago to ebikes

seems to me that laptop computers, and power banks, pose the same fire hazard as #ebikes

maybe those should also be banned from dorm rooms

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/08/28/op-ed-teach-fear-or-responsibility-on-college-campuses/

davidbraze, 8 months ago to random

There are some things I don't care for about #TraderJoes business model, but I do appreciate the absence of loyalty cards and data tracking

davidbraze, 9 days ago to random

the truth makes strong rigging