RE: https://fosstodon.org/@keithp/116252622120232088
Me, too. This could be handy.
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Eugene Wallingford
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I'm a computer science professor at a mid-sized university interested in how people create abstract tools like programs and arguments. OOP, design patterns, programming languages.
captain acab 
cover Simon's face with your finger and it looks like Garfunkel has a sick mustache
It seems faintly absurd to have to say explicitly but, whatever tools you use, your work will be better if you know what you are doing and understand why you are doing it.
-- @kjhealy in "Data Visualization, Second Edition", self-quoted at
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/03/06/data-visualization-second-edition/
-- @kjhealy in "Data Visualization, Second Edition", self-quoted at
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/03/06/data-visualization-second-edition/
Data Visualization, Second Edition
I’ve written a second edition of Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction, which ideally should come out with Princeton University Press later this year. As with the first edition, a full draft of the book is available at https://socviz.co. The production process is just getting started so there’s no new cover yet, and there isn’t a link to pre-order. But (also like last time) I’ve put up a link to a form that lets you add your email if you’d like to be notified when it’s available to buy. You’ll only get one email (from me personally, not a marketing department) if you do; no spam or anything.
Astronomical spring and meteorological spring are important, of course, but tomorrow is the most important day of March: sartorial spring, when Prof. Wallingford flips the bit and switches into shorts for the year.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/116196946798856361
I agree with this post.
This is the dream: train an LLM on the 20+ year cache of the session notes, assignments, and readings I've created for my classes, then use it to generate lectures, talks, and presentations. I'll replace myself and get out my hammock.
WebRacket: a Racket to WebAssembly compiler
Richard Gabriel (@Rpg) goes hard all those years ago: "Maybe that's the difference between reading/writing papers and reading/writing code. ... CALL/CC is a tenure-seeker's dream come true."
This explainer on structuralism by @marick is pretty good.
https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2026/02/04/structuralism.html
Structuralism
Structuralism was an intellectual movement most active a couple of decades after World War II, but I think it’s something people with a certain intellectual temperament gravitate to. I certainly did when I was younger, though I no longer do. I need a short summary of it that I can refer to. I could just drop a link to Wikipedia or the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, but I want to highlight certain features that are important to how I think of it.
Major League BaseballAfter Teasley's passing, Greason is last living player from Negro League era https://www.mlb.com/news/bill-greason-last-living-player-from-the-negro-league-era Bill Greason’s life is one of a kind.
He grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr. in 1930s Atlanta. Greason served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and witnessed the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945. He made it as #MLB
He grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr. in 1930s Atlanta. Greason served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and witnessed the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945. He made it as #MLB