@Tirial

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DegreesPhD: How We Hear MSc: Making Cool Sounds BEng: Computer Stuff
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TirialMay 11
@marcoarment Congratulations on completing! That is a LOT of distance, and you should be very proud. Just hearing you talking about the training, this is exactly why I much prefer running a half marathon vs a marathon. Doing a long run in marathon training takes your whole day in the same way, and I don’t enjoy it.
TirialMay 6
@gruber Loved your line about how On Writing Well and Elements of Style had to be, were required to be, well written. Chef’s Kiss.
Show threadTirialApr 25
Do I want to use something more complete like Nova? I’ve tried and bounced off of vim/neovim a few times in my life, and found it was too much for my taste and use case. I assume @caseyliss and @marcoarment largely live in Xcode (although they haven’t discussed it in awhile on @ATP) but what does @siracusa prefer to use? Just trying to find some low friction options for me to verify the files (again, largely markdown and python) that I am getting claude to generate for me.
Show threadTirialApr 25
... my variable space when I’m debugging scripts. I’m a Mac user, and like @gruber, I definitely prefer a good Mac-assed Mac app. I have honestly never used markdown for anything before, but that is clearly an important part of playing with coding agents. In fact, .md files currently want to open in R on my machine, which, no. So, I’m wondering what would be an easy way to quickly view and edit these kinds of files. Do I want to go with BBEdit (I haven’t used it since 2007)?
TirialApr 25
Ok, I have a question. I’m a fairly experienced coder, and have primarily used Matlab through my academic career, with some use of python when I had a boss who knew how to use it and I was able to get them off Matlab. Now that I have my own research agenda, and I’ve started to playing around with claude code, etc, want something I can easily move between markdown and python with. I’ve historically used Spyder for my python coding, but I’ve never loved it, although I do like being able to see…
TirialMar 19
@gruber Do you ever consider (or have you even done) getting custom key caps for your extended keyboard II, just for the option key, and just to remove the alt?
TirialMar 1
@gruber @jsnell I’m 8 minutes in to the talk show, and this is already my fav podcast episode of the year. You should do more together.
TirialFeb 27
@caseyliss @siracusa @marcoarment I have three dots (…) programmed in my keyboard replacements to swap to an ellipsis (…) I put a few things in there, like № and ≈, so if I want to type them on my phone, I can easily. Some I have in there, but only use on the phone (≠ and ±) because there are option replacements for them. The only real issue I find is some programs refuse to honour them (MS Word is the worst) and I prefer Matlab not to do it (it doesn’t) because three dots has meaning in Matlab
TirialFeb 10
@jsnell Just a bit of feedback for this week’s Upgrade. I don’t think you can really consider Apple/USA the big leagues anymore. 20 years ago, absolutely. As a young engineer at BlackBerry, I dreamed of working for Apple. Today, as a uni lecturer, I get recruited to come to the USA a fair amount (not by Apple) with more resources and money than I could ever have here. There just isn’t any way I would go. There are still some, even many, who would, but way fewer than ever before
TirialJan 23
Casey LissJan 23

I will concede this is an annoyingly good answer to my snarky question.

“Route 66” can reasonably be pronounced “rowt” or “root”. But the point is still fair.