Posts by smach@fosstodon.org
 (DIR) Post #APXRNjhMvZqJIJaQGe by smach@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-11T17:40:24Z
       
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       From the creator of Mastodon: “People who are arriving now have as much right to be here and bring their own culture as the ones who came before them.” That's a very generous and welcoming outlook! Makes me even happier to be here. https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/109323118267580967
       
 (DIR) Post #ARGV9BJd7WMpcQlTI8 by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-01-02T21:57:55Z
       
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       @bengabriel If you want to play with Shiny inputs and outputs first without coding a full Shiny app infrastructure, you can turn an R Markdown document into a Shiny app. I did a tutorial and video on that for #InfoWorld: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3391381/turn-an-r-markdown-document-into-an-interactive-experience.html #rstats #RShiny #RMarkdown
       
 (DIR) Post #ASmyuHtxGo9dIcnRNg by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-02-18T01:26:53Z
       
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       Quick spot check: 5 of the last 10 images I saw on recent #rstats posts didn’t have alt text. 😞 But good news from @hteasley!“If you made an image post and forgot to add the alt text, you can now go back and fix that . . . Spread the word. #AltText“EDIT: For this to work, your instance has to have upgraded to v4.1.0”https://mastodon.scot/@hteasley/109849939560562182#a11y #Ally
       
 (DIR) Post #ATJOp4wtUdtZlyK3d2 by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-03-05T14:44:28Z
       
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       “Women make up only 9.8% of the people who contribute to open-source software projects. . . . our research found that women’s negative experiences range from minor to severe harassment, sexism, discrimination and misogyny to explicit death threats. Their expertise is challenged, their contributions are not well-received and their roles are diminished.” - Vandana Singhhttps://theconversation.com/the-retention-problem-women-are-going-into-tech-but-are-also-being-driven-out-200625#OpenSource #WomenInTech
       
 (DIR) Post #ATWURnRBYkbRa7FeJE by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-03-12T00:45:13Z
       
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       @alex If the failure of the nation's *16th-largest bank serving tech startups* causes businesses to pull money out of smaller community banks with a completely different portfolio, those businesses aren't paying attention. Smaller & mid-sized banks will likely be touting that they serve different, arguably less volatile sectors.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmM03q0Can1LwWQ7c by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-03-19T16:12:38Z
       
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       @simon Ask a librarian https://blacktwitter.io/@bibliotecaria/109650353375080864
       
 (DIR) Post #AUl7UvqwhDulHN5Lma by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-04-18T00:00:05Z
       
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       Sundown today begins Yom HaShaoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. In this 2-minute video, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recounts the story of his stepfather, Samuel Pisar. Of the 900 children in his school in Bialystok, Pisar was the only survivor.https://youtu.be/p-LqgDkMeQE#YomHaShoah #Mazeldon
       
 (DIR) Post #AVxTW50H67rhS3AbBY by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-05-23T20:37:40Z
       
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       "We are not comfortable asking volunteers and speakers to take what we believe are significant risks to their long term health to come and participate in [DEF CON 31] Skytalks.  #LongCOVID is still a thing, and given how many of our organizers and speakers already have other long term health issues that could be complicated by long-term COVID issues, we feel it irresponsible of us to ask them, or any of us, to assume that risk right now."https://skytalks.info1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #AVxTW5mqBYiHsftNsu by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-05-23T20:44:35Z
       
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       The data show there's still a risk of long-term health damage from even a mild case of Covid. So I try to spend what I consider my 'risk budget' wisely. This helps explain why:"I got long COVID from Omicron, because I was triply vaccinated, public health told me it was mild, and I was convinced I was suffering professionally from lockdown," Chris J. Maddison said on Twitter. "Turns out, in retrospect, my risk was 4%. I'm a statistician. 4% is a catastrophic risk, and I regret gambling."
       
 (DIR) Post #AWMaQWx3MH17uYsEXQ by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-04T23:20:35Z
       
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       “Data analysis with #SQLite and #Python is a video from #PyCon of the full 2hr45m tutorial I gave there last month. The handout notes for that are available online too.” - @simon Video https://youtu.be/5TdIxxBPUSIHandout https://sqlite-tutorial-pycon-2023.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
       
 (DIR) Post #AWmjwDsGwBuyZimfMe by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-17T12:22:10Z
       
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       Generative AI bias can be substantially *worse* than in society at large. One example: “Women made up a tiny fraction of the images generated for the keyword ‘judge’ — about 3% — when in reality 34% of US judges are women . . . .In the Stable Diffusion results, women were not only underrepresented in high-paying occupations, they were also overrepresented in low-paying ones.”#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #LLMs https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-generative-ai-bias/
       
 (DIR) Post #AX1OWkAR3jVYJgdOls by smach@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-24T16:04:11Z
       
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       “Martial Law is underway in Moscow as parks, museums, and shopping malls are closed until further notice.● As per Putin decree. He had had hoped to avoid such a drastic measure during his ‘special military operation’ “. - Jason Corcoran, Irish journalist who covers #Russia Link with video on Twitter https://twitter.com/jason_corcoran/status/1672613900301246465?s=20