Update: We've got multiple people working on #SafeguardingResearch ✊

We set up a forum to coordinate everything, please consider joining:
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/

If you know of any publicly available resources in need of preservation, please let us know. Easy way to propose URLs to archive: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/wL4NNzKWUfZ+GrPV4deTxNgr0MoAvLgOA33eLC2ATUU/
(no account/login needed, hosted by CryptPad in France)

Boost and share with colleagues 🚀

#DigitalPreservation #antifascistDH #antifascistArchives #ArchivelPractice

Python 1.0.0, released 31 years ago today:

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.misc/c/_QUzdEGFwCo/m/KIFdu0-Dv7sJ

--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?

--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?

--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?

Maybe you should try Python, the next generation object-oriented
scripting and prototyping language, with a *readable* syntax. Python
has been used by hundreds of happy users all over the world during the
past three years, and is now ready for prime time.

New dithering method dropped

I call it Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering and I've released it as open source along with this explainer video of how it works.

Explainer video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPqGaIMVuLs

Source repository:
https://github.com/runevision/Dither3D

#gamedev #vfx

Video now posted for Cynthia Huang's talk, Visualising Category Recoding Graphs in Data Harmonisation

https://youtu.be/Ro6gUVAM-Gk

Excited to introduce D-Tour: A game-inspired approach to understanding data dashboards! 📊

Our research team has developed an interactive method for dashboard onboarding that adapts to user expertise and is inspired by open-world video games.

- Flexible learning paths for users of all levels
- Efficient authoring for dashboard creators
- Improved engagement with data visualizations

Learn more at the ongoing #ieeevis 2024 conference!

Post: https://niklaselmqvist.medium.com/taking-a-d-tour-7a847dceb2be
PDF: https://data.jku-vds-lab.at/papers/2024_d_tour.pdf