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Peter Cock

pjacock@fediscience.org

<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bioinformatician" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bioinformatician</span></a> / <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ResearchSoftwareEngineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ResearchSoftwareEngineer</span></a> working in Scotland, initially in plant pathology (including nematodes and Phytophthora). <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Python</span></a> programmer, with a focus on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> like <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Biopython" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biopython</span></a>. He/him/his.</p>

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  • Post #4014182

    Today Microsoft #Excel differences on Windows to macOS (missing menus just ribbon) got me thinking: can I not just run a #SpreadSheet in the #Linux #terminal for basic data work and visualisation? I want something akin to the original text only #Lotus123 (which I used for school work on DOS), but ideally with in-terminal graphics for #DataViz. There is https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im (must self compile, not trivial), several apparently abandoned tools like https://www.syntax-k.de/projekt...

  • Post #2203540

    RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/116533830933889307 Throw enough shit at the walls to see what sticks? I do see his point about generating test cases for an API prior to refactoring, likely to have code using it in unintended ways… but I’m not keen #GenAI #slop

  • Post #2139257

    Just added Amos Bairoch&amp;#39;s ISMB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award https://www.iscb.org/iscb-awards/accomplishment-senior-scientist-award to his #wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Bairoch (It was mentioned at the end of his #ISMBECCB2025) keynote talk

  • Post #1092760

    Messing about with my #KeyboardLayout again (that’s half the fun of #QMK or #ZMK etc in a programable #MechanicalKeyboard), this time the mechanism to get capital letters without a dedicated shift key… ⇧ I’m giving #AutoShift another go (long press for capitals), alongside #CapWords (like caps lock, but it turns off at the end of a word), and #MagicCommaShift (comma before letter means shift) 🪄 ⇧