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.
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Agile as trauma
Great article that nicely puts into words many of the things I find problematic about agile.
UoE Cafés nutritional information
Portal that provides access to the nutritional information of all meals at the UoE cafes.
Excalidraw
Simple online drawing tool that generates diagrams that appear to be hand-drawn.
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.
A Makefile for Emacs Packages « null program
Good blog post that talks about effective use of Makefiles when building and managing Emacs Lisp code.
GNU Guile v3.0.0
Guile v3.0.0 has been released.
Emacs Lisp Animations
Potentially useful and fun introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp, that actually gives results people might enjoy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bot Sentinel Dashboard ‹ Bot Sentinel
Tool for helping work out if a twitter account is a bot or not.
The Fundamental Problem in Python 3 | The Changelog
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.
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).
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.
A crash course in machine learning
Google's crash course in machine learning.
Going further with Scottish Gaelic
Some good advice on progressing with learning 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.
0.30000000000000004.com
Handy web page that explains the issue of floating point numbers, as it relates to different programming languages.
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.
Contract for the Web
Website for the contract for the web
EmacsConf 2019 - Videos
Videos from the 2019 online EmacsConf
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.
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.
awesome-for-beginners: A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.
A great repo that contains a list of projects that encourage beginners (in programming, in some language, or perhaps even in a problem domain) to work on issues. All have some sort of "low-hanging fruit" tag for issues that would be a good place to build confidence in contributing.
jgraph/drawio: Source to www.draw.io
Client-side diagram drawing app. Open Source.