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Expert analysis: Why the Caroline Flack case placed CPS in a difficult position - Mark Brooks

A sober take on a terrible situation. The case itself had serious implications for how victims of abuse are believed, even if they don't wish to report the abuse (which often can be the case because an abuser can convince the victim that the abuse isn't real, or there's a reasonable cause).

#law

·yorkshirepost.co.uk·Feb 24, 2020

Expert analysis: Why the Caroline Flack case placed CPS in a difficult position - Mark Brooks

Think Julia: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

Free online book about getting to know Julia.

#book #julia #programming

·benlauwens.github.io·Feb 24, 2020

Think Julia: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

On the performance and design of BioSequences compared to the Seq language | BioJulia

Interesting article that compares Seq to Julia, and in doing so results in speed improvements in a bioinformatics library for Julia.

#julia #dna #programming #bioinformatics

·biojulia.net·Feb 15, 2020

On the performance and design of BioSequences compared to the Seq language | BioJulia

Agile as trauma

Great article that nicely puts into words many of the things I find problematic about agile.

#agile

·doriantaylor.com·Feb 11, 2020

Agile as trauma

UoE Cafés nutritional information

Portal that provides access to the nutritional information of all meals at the UoE cafes.

#food #health

·uoecafes.mysaffronportal.com·Jan 31, 2020

UoE Cafés nutritional information

Excalidraw

Simple online drawing tool that generates diagrams that appear to be hand-drawn.

#tools #drawing

·excalidraw.com·Jan 30, 2020

Excalidraw

Browse good first issues to start contributing to open source - The GitHub Blog

Github are doing more to make it easier to find good issues to get you into contributing to projects. I like this idea and should make a point of looking at the possible contributions of projects I make use of a lot.

#programming #free-software #open-source

·github.blog·Jan 23, 2020

Browse good first issues to start contributing to open source - The GitHub Blog

A Makefile for Emacs Packages « null program

Good blog post that talks about effective use of Makefiles when building and managing Emacs Lisp code.

#emacs #lisp #elisp #programming

·nullprogram.com·Jan 22, 2020

A Makefile for Emacs Packages « null program

GNU Guile v3.0.0

Guile v3.0.0 has been released.

#gnu #scheme #lisp

·gnu.org·Jan 16, 2020

GNU Guile v3.0.0

Emacs Lisp Animations

Potentially useful and fun introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp, that actually gives results people might enjoy.

#programming #lisp #emacs #elisp

·dantorop.info·Jan 13, 2020

Emacs Lisp Animations

Tips for communicating with someone with BPD

This seems like an excellent overview on how to navigate communicating with someone with BPD when their disorder is in control.

#mental-health #bpd

·bpdcentral.com·Jan 11, 2020

Tips for communicating with someone with BPD

Epic twitter thread about the genetics of cat coats

#genetics

·twitter.com·Jan 7, 2020

Epic twitter thread about the genetics of cat coats

Different methods of arranging circles

Fascinating tweet (and thread) that shows all the different ways you can arrange a collection of circles without them overlapping.

#geometry

·twitter.com·Dec 29, 2019

Different methods of arranging circles

Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors

A critical review of a book about sleep that I've seen lots of people uncritically rave about.

#health #sleep #science

·guzey.com·Dec 24, 2019

Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors

Things to know about mental health.

Twitter thread that invited people who have mental ill health, or disorders, to explain things that neurotypical types might not know, understand, or appreciate.

#mental-health #twitter

·twitter.com·Dec 23, 2019

Things to know about mental health.

Bot Sentinel Dashboard ‹ Bot Sentinel

Tool for helping work out if a twitter account is a bot or not.

#twitter #bot

·botsentinel.com·Dec 21, 2019

Bot Sentinel Dashboard ‹ Bot Sentinel

The Fundamental Problem in Python 3 | The Changelog

#programming #python

·changelog.complete.org·Dec 20, 2019

The Fundamental Problem in Python 3 | The Changelog

The Incredible Disaster of Python 3 | The Changelog

#programming #python

·changelog.complete.org·Dec 20, 2019

The Incredible Disaster of Python 3 | The Changelog

Surviving Domestic Abuse

Some excellent advice on moving from being a victim, to being a survivor, of domestic abuse.

#abuse #mental-health

·hiddenhurt.co.uk·Dec 17, 2019

Surviving Domestic Abuse

Happy Hues - Curated colors in context.

Handy website that gives some great examples of colour palettes for web design (and other kinds of design too, I guess).

#design #web #css

·happyhues.co·Dec 13, 2019

Happy Hues - Curated colors in context.

licensing - What can I assume if a publicly published project has no license? - Open Source Stack Exchange

Useful thread about what you should take away from a repository that's available on a forge (especially GitHub) and which has no obvious licence.

#legal #software #programming

·opensource.stackexchange.com·Dec 13, 2019

licensing - What can I assume if a publicly published project has no license? - Open Source Stack Exchange

A crash course in machine learning

Google's crash course in machine learning.

#programming #machine-learning #ai

·developers.google.com·Dec 10, 2019

A crash course in machine learning

Going further with Scottish Gaelic

Some good advice on progressing with learning Scottish gaelic.

#scotland #gaelic

·twitter.com·Dec 8, 2019

Going further with Scottish Gaelic

How did the 5 bases get their names

Neat little twitter thread that outlines how the five bases (4 DNA and U for RNA) got their names.

#biology #bioinformatics #genetics

·twitter.com·Dec 5, 2019

How did the 5 bases get their names

0.30000000000000004.com

Handy web page that explains the issue of floating point numbers, as it relates to different programming languages.

#programming

·0.30000000000000004.com·Dec 3, 2019

0.30000000000000004.com

How can we expect borderline personality disorder patients to trust mental health services when the staff don’t trust them? | The Independent

One of the worst aspects of BPD, when it comes to getting help for those who suffer it.

#mental-health #bpd

·independent.co.uk·Nov 30, 2019

How can we expect borderline personality disorder patients to trust mental health services when the staff don’t trust them? | The Independent

Contract for the Web

Website for the contract for the web

#web #politics #law

·contractfortheweb.org·Nov 25, 2019

Contract for the Web

EmacsConf 2019 - Videos

Videos from the 2019 online EmacsConf

#emacs

·emacsconf.org·Nov 24, 2019

EmacsConf 2019 - Videos

How to remove condescending language from documentation

Interesting post talking about how we can improve language in documentation so that it's more inclusive. The tool that it links to is new to me. I've tried it and there's a lot of false positives, but as long as you don't take a "this should be totally lint-free" approach to using it it could help with tweaking things.

#documentation #inclusiveness

·dev.to·Nov 24, 2019

How to remove condescending language from documentation

python - PyLint "Unable to import" error - how to set PYTHONPATH? - Stack Overflow

Very handy solution to the problem of making a project you're working on available to its own tests. While this tends not to be an issue for linting from the command line (I use a Makefile and sort the PYTHONPATH when doing the linting), but from within Emacs with flycheck it can be more awkward.

#programming #python #pylint

·stackoverflow.com·Nov 22, 2019

python - PyLint "Unable to import" error - how to set PYTHONPATH? - Stack Overflow