Elliptic curve news!

The elliptic curve

y² + xy = x³ - 27006183241630922218434652145297453784768054621836357954737385 x + 55258058551342376475736699591118191821521067032535079608372404779149413277716173425636721497

has rank at least 29.

https://web.math.pmf.unizg.hr/~duje/tors/rk29.html

cpp11 0.5.0 is on CRAN 🥳

The main thing to note is that we've removed all non-API R calls, so if you use cpp11 you should no longer get any NOTEs when submitting to CRAN!

This was actually a pretty large release for cpp11, with many bug fixes and improvements, so check out the NEWS to learn more! #rstats

https://cpp11.r-lib.org/news/index.html

Today is the anniversary of the release of the Shugart Minifloppy SA400, the first 5.25" floppy disk drive. August 27, 1976.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugart_Associates#Beginnings

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #storage #floppydisk #tech #vintagetech #computinghistory #hardware #magneticmedia #floppydrive #floppy #Shugart

Tidyverse::gong_dev_day 💫

@hadleywickham and @Posit team thanks for everything 💜

#tidyversedeveloperday
#positconf2024

i took a quick break at #PositConf2024 and accidentally wrote a quarto revealjs plugin. A little late but super useful!

Fast and simple way to highlight a specific area of the slide using a spotlight

https://github.com/EmilHvitfeldt/quarto-revealjs-spotlight

So cool! A one-pixel-wide font that exploits subpixels.

(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/slGDHG3oyt)