@schmidt_fu to my business associates, but you can call me Florian Schmidt.

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Interested in Computer Science, Visualisation, Linux, Data, Podcasts, Politics, Education as well as Nerds and Normal People(TM).

I like to connect people and post and repost in German and English.

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New in Visualization: SVS: The Complex Chemistry of Surface Ozone Depicted in a New GEOS Simulation [svs.gsfc.nasa.gov]
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New in Testing: FEW HICCUPPS « Developsense Blog [developsense.com]
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New in Testing: Modern Best Practices for Testing in Java [phauer.com]
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@33MHz Oh, never mind! I meant the notifications on Github, nothing serious ;-)
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@papierzeit Kannst du mir bitte nochmal die Seite raussuchen, wo es die Infos zu den Teilen und Zusammenbau von Skateboards gab? Frage für meine 3-jährige :-)
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@papierzeit
/usr/bin/more is less!
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"What’s more, from the perspective of our era—when the humanities and social sciences are frequently defunded, dismissed, and derided—it’s surprising to see an unquestioned faith in the essential relationship between “hard” science and social science."
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"For starters, the sheer level of vision on display is quite remarkable, making them at times seem more like science fiction novels than a government report."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/07/what-nuclear-semiotics-are
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@cirrus Great, congratz!
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@33MHz my inbox noticed, indeed! :-)
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Can someone recommend a short book on Object Oriented Programming for people new to software development? Just the core concepts, nothing fancy. And *not* academic!
Preferredly Java, but a good explanation of the core concepts would be more important.
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"And now the last one. The ultimate one."
...pause... *neutral voice*
"A game show, in which candidates are presented a fact and have to answer with a question"
...pause...
"What is, er, *was* Jeopardy! ?"
#wedc
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New in Testing: Multiple Asserts Are OK - Industrial Logic [industriallogic.com]
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"Compared to main path analysis, we conclude that intermediacy offers a more principled approach for tracing the historical development of scientific knowledge."

Looks quite interesting.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08259
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"We propose a new measure, called intermediacy, for tracing the historical development of scientific knowledge."
#science #bibliography #graphtheory
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08259
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@rafaelcosta No issues, I just meant to say hi 😀
It didn't get that your post was about an app 😀
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"Message to my Grandchildren" (English subtitles)
- by @astro_alex Alexander Gerst, literally sent from space!

"Looking at the planet, I think I have to apologize. We will not leave it in the best state..."

https://youtu.be/4UfpkRFPIJk
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@bazbt3 Yeah, it's the same movie they talk about in the interview. It has a trailer inside, so you can pretend you have seen it all ;-)

Pretty depressing stuff BTW, but worth thinking of...
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"I thought “that’s a brilliant title” because, although we are not in any way really like the Soviet Union, there is a similar feeling in our present day."
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/12/06/the-antidote-to-civilisational-collapse
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they knew that the bosses knew they knew that. Everyone knew it was fake, but .. no one had any alternative vision for a different kind of society, they just accepted
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/12/06/the-antidote-to-civilisational-collapse
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Anything old?