Will Robertson

@willadams These days computers are fast enough that you don't really need to strip comments (i.e. isolate them from the code) for efficiency, but combining and rearranging source in larger packages is a necessary feature once a package becomes beyond a certain size

@wspr Have you ever considered someone using your environ package to do Literate Programming à la tex.stackexchange.com/questions/4723…

@willadams Sorry I don't check here too often these days since Twitter turned to X :) I used gmdoc for a while with some of my smaller packages but ultimately went back to doc/docstrip for its flexibility (even if the syntax is a bit verbose)

you: is there anything more subjective than "ugly fabric?" me: following from first principles, here are the sociological, cultural, and historical reasons why your sport coat fabric is considered bad taste

@oogie_fletzet Is it anti-Jew by implication or is there a hidden message here that I don't get? (I am really not trying to act dumb, I swear)

@wspr It's anti-jew

since talking about nazis is allowed here, can someone please explain to me what this means? Is it pro nazis or anti cults or …?

I posted a brog about summary of my creations of September 2023 and my current situation Monthly blog | September 2023 keishiroueki.net/blog-en

How have I not seen this before?

I taught myself the lost art of cable lacing from a NASA document to make a pretty box! I designed and 3D printed a custom socket to tighten banana plugs, and a nesting comb system to perfect the layout. Learned a lot!

Ok this is so cool. I was reading a paper which included a table. I wanted to reproduce that table in my LaTeX document. So I took a screen shot of it, pasted it into ChatGPT, and asked ChatGPT to give me the LaTeX code for it. And it did.

@Azumanga @LongFormMath Accessibility has been a problem for some time. The LaTeX team are working on it: youtu.be/nbqrvplhO8o?si…

@LongFormMath LaTeX generated PDFs are not at all accessible by blind people (it's not PDF's fault, word-generated PDFs are fine). I wonder if using ChatGPT to revert those PDFs back to text might end up being the best way for blind people to read maths papers?

Zoom! Enhance! Zoom! Enhance!

I am transferring the contents of an iPhone XS (2018) to an iPhone 15 (2023) and the "Time remaining" calculation is as bad as copying files from floppy disks in the '90s

@rosshm16 Team Force Platform all the way Damned Kistler ruining it for everyone: kistler.com/INT/en/3d-forc…

At this rate, it will be easier to use Overleaf than a desktop app…

Out of office has engaged. (pro tip - set it two days early and two days after your return to help ease in and out of a work absence) time is a constant - work is not

I’d always wanted to see one of these in real life: an incredible Chinese ‘banquet’ composed of natural stones that resemble food! I had seen the occasional photograph of similar banquets, but this was better than any of them. What a feast!

@olibradley @TomChivers @brianklaas I think it’s this way in Australia too, at least very common (my bathroom has not a single power outlet nor light switch)

@TomChivers @brianklaas That is the reason, but we seem to be the only country that cares about it?

I love this @brianklaas essay about becoming a British citizen. On this point: I assumed the "bathroom lights either have switches outside the room or a string" thing is for fear of condensation somehow causing an electric shock? But I've never checked forkingpaths.co/p/my-life-in-t…

@cmirza @gak_pdx I have a Mac Studio at work and it is fantastic. Very tempted by a Mac mini for home. The option to pair them with any screen(s) you like is worth the lack of the all-in-one option IMO

@gak_pdx Starting to look like Studio Display + Mac mini/Mac Studio is the 'replacement'.

My 27" iMac is getting fritzy after 5 years, which is about as long as I ever keep a computer... Would be happy to replace it; this is ideal for my needs, but alas - only that stupid 24" thing is available. Where the hell is the bigger iMac?

@LoneRangifer It looks to me that the Dick Smith website is just the Kogan website with different branding… all the same stuff at all the same prices Anyway, I agree!!

I kind of miss the days when retail was straightforward and you knew what every shop sold. Now it seems like everyone sells everything. I just went to the Dick Smith website to look at rice cookers, and the algorithm is like, do you want to buy a B flat trumpet? 🎺

@docum3nt Yes, happy to… I just keep forgetting when I sit down in front of my work computer :-)

@wspr Would you be in a position to share the code for the math example and the booktabs example?

Some recent LaTeX experiences that made me happy: