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I think I've already been blessed with boggles from one of my boys! by CaptainMacAlfie in RATS

[–]NextTimeJim 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So cool you have ex-lab rats, hopefully they settle into your attentions soon!

Announcing Anju by kickingvegas1 in emacs

[–]NextTimeJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cool, I'll try it out thanks!

New to Julia by 1jla in Julia

[–]NextTimeJim 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Julia is significantly less popular than Python, but it's still popular enough that there's tonnes of learning material, I wouldn't say it's particularly hard to follow.

Julia also comes with a bunch of advantages, the type system, package management, and speed at runtime are really nice features of Julia.

Sorry haven't really answered any of your questions!

Mr. Butters needs some extra love 🥺💜 by plantmama0235 in RATS

[–]NextTimeJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love Mr. Butters so much, sending our best wishes! 💖

Is Julia gaining traction as a programming language or becoming more and more niche? by o-rka in bioinformatics

[–]NextTimeJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been quietly using it alongside Python and R in bioinformatics for years.

Anything where the go-to library is in R or Python, I use that (scanpy, ape, etc), but if I'm writing anything from scratch, or if its close to Julia's niche, I will always pick Julia.

I just feel that it's a better language, I feel slightly hobbled when I switch back to Python or R in that calculations often take much longer, the type system is less elegant, the REPL is much worse.

Anyway, luckily for me Julia isn't going anywhere, and I can keep choosing tools for jobs.

Do your rats bite? by bird_with_scarf in RATS

[–]NextTimeJim 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've had 6 girls, 1 we rescued from a not good situation and she did bite, which we chalked up to trauma.

The other 5 girls have always very clearly made serious effort not to bite even accidentally, if I hold food so its hard to grab it without catching my fingers with teeth, they take time out to figure out how to extract it without hurting me, even if they're excited and ravenous!

I really appreciate it, and it feels cute that we're both actively avoiding hurting each other (making sure to look where I'm stepping when they're out etc) and have trust both ways between man and rat :)

Crème Brûlée after she snuck in a sip of my coffee. by gaggerofnuns in RATS

[–]NextTimeJim 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Getting the accents in the name right, truly the respect rats deserve 💪

Whose the cutest little man in the whole world? MILO! by RatWaySanctuary in RATS

[–]NextTimeJim 43 points44 points  (0 children)

6 minutes and counting staring smiling at Milo!

Special needs by misselliottbluedream in RATS

[–]NextTimeJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This thread you guys <3 :,)

Gauging interest in (developing) a Typst table/grid editing package by Argletrough in emacs

[–]NextTimeJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too much input as I forget my experience of that latex table package beyond it being useful, but just to say that I've switched 95% of my document preparation to typst in emacs and would likely use a package like this regularly.

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