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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:

@ericsfraga@fediscience.org
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Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺.

Author of

Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering

Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Joined October 31, 2022
Web:
https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/
Julia book:
https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/niobook/
Software:
https://github.com/ericsfraga/Fresa.jl
ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-6082

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Jul 27, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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I use exwm (the Emacs window manager) on a Debian stable system.

As far as I can tell, I have customised everything I can to bring up either eww or firefox when I need to browse the web (eww preferred but some sites need a graphical interface with javascript, e.g. my bank).

Annoyingly, for some reason, opening a URL sometimes brings up librewolf. I cannot see anywhere in my config that references librewolf.

Does anybody have any suggestion on how to figure out why librewolf is being run instead of either eww or firefox?

Thanks!

PS - yes, maybe I should switch to librewolf instead of firefox... but that's for another day.

#exwm #Emacs #eww #firefox #librewolf #Debian

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 28, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @maartje@blahaj.social
@maartje@blahaj.social @ayke@blahaj.social I do choose watch faces that are less demanding (e.g. no per second updates). 🙂
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 28, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @ayke@blahaj.social
@ayke@blahaj.social @maartje@blahaj.social Ten days in with PT2 and I've still got 42% battery left so good for at least two weeks.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 15, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @norbert@gruene.social
@norbert@gruene.social I'm so impatiently waiting for mine: expected delivery Tuesday next week! 🙂
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 08, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @tompearce49@mastodon.scot
@tompearce49@mastodon.scot They're cut from the same cloth. 🤮
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 08, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @tompearce49@mastodon.scot
@tompearce49@mastodon.scot The TV gets turned off any time he appears. I cannot stand listening to him. 🤮
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 08, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Just got my electricity stats from the energy company. April was a good month. Imported 34 kWh (average of just over 1 kWh per day) but exported 284 kWh (almost 10 kWh per day)!

#SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 07, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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I will be examining a PhD student soon. I have to read their thesis. I brought out my reMarkable e-ink tablet to use it to read and annotate the thesis. So much better than using a laptop or (even worse) printing it out and carrying 200+ pages around...

I am continually impressed with this tablet. I have the first version which I bought when they first came out (10 years ago now?). I hadn't used it in a few months so it seems that there have been software updates. When I turned it on, several updates installed automatically.

The system works perfectly and now has new features and better performance. Kudos to the company for providing all updates to all of their different models, even the very oldest ones. 👍👏

In my dreams, my (similar age) mobile phone (stuck on Android 8) would have this kind of support. Ha.

#reMarkable #AcademicChatter

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 07, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @EF@mastodon.bsd.cafe
@EF@mastodon.bsd.cafe @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Canada introduced the same requirement 7 or 8 years ago. Seems to be spreading. 😡
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 07, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @matt_ellery@mastodon.social
@matt_ellery@mastodon.social Thanks. I do know all of that and hence why I still continue to exercise my right to vote. I just have never heard a really compelling rationale for this process to take place at all. In any case, it's simply me tilting at windmills and only something I comment on whenever there's a vote... A form of venting. ;-)
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 07, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @draxil@social.linux.pizza
@draxil@social.linux.pizza It's the inconsistencies in the choice of valid ID forms that really bothers me: older person's bus pass okay but not the young person's bus pass, for instance, even though same level of proof required to get both of these types of bus passes. A form of (non-geographic) gerrymandering, methinks.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 07, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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UK Politics Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
Voted! But what a palaver: show polling card, they ask for name and address (even though these are printed on the polling card), show ID ("what kind of ID is this?" when I give them my bus pass), write down voting ballot numbers next to my name (secret vote; what's that?), go and vote (but only one person at a time although the stand caters for 4 at a time with dividers for privacy). #UKLocalElections
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 07, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @msbellows@c.im
@msbellows@c.im @billgoats@bitbang.social Libby doesn't mention any device when I use Libby directly (e.g. through their web site). When I borrow from the Kobo directly, Libby is not really visible: just the list of books I can borrow.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 06, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @msbellows@c.im
@msbellows @billgoats I can borrow books from the library directly from my Kobo. No need for an app etc. It does make use of Libby.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 05, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @MagentaRocks@mastodon.coffee
@MagentaRocks@mastodon.coffee @julesbl@mastodon.me.uk I'm on the waiting list at my library for this one! 17th in the queue with an estimated 7 week wait which is fine as I have plenty of other books to read. #MurderBot #Books
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 05, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @ian@phpc.social
@ian@phpc.social Thanks. And, yes, sometimes it's helpful to have the seconds displayed.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 05, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @ian@phpc.social
@ian@phpc.social I'm so impatiently waiting for mine... Which watch face is that? Looks simple and effective.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 05, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @nick@bath.social
@nick@bath.social Thanks. I do think it's a stopping train but will try to confirm.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 05, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Anybody here have any experience on taking a bicycle (full size) on the Guildford-Gatwick route (via Redhill) with Great Western Railway?

#BikeTooter #Rail #GreatWesternRailway #UKCycling

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 01, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @ericsfraga@fediscience.org
For those that are curious about the National Cycle Network route 21 section which includes the Worth and Forest Ways, see attached screenshot. #BikeTooter #NationalCycleNetwork #NCN21 #Sussex #WorthWay #ForestWay
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · May 01, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Went out for a ride this morning. I started on the Worth Way (old rail line) and, as it was a lovely day, I just kept going, passing through East Grinstead and then down the Forest Way (yet another old rail line). Before I knew it, I was 25 km from home. So 50 km in total which is a lot more than I usually do. Totally knackered... 😀

#BikeTooter #WorthWay #ForestWay #NCN21 #Photography

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 30, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @dani@fosstodon.org
@dani@fosstodon.org Definitely! And thanks.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 30, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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The bluebells are lovely this year (well, most years in fact).

#Photography #BlueBells #Crawley #Sussex

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 30, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Lovely wild garlic growing all along a forest path.

#Photography #WildGarlic #Crawley #Sussex

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 27, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @matt_ellery@mastodon.social
@matt_ellery@mastodon.social @Floppy@mastodon.me.uk @dan@axillae.telent.net @edintone@mastodon.green I'm definitely in Crawley and often in Horsham for shopping etc.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 27, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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This is just plain rude.

Edit: added some hashtags.

#BikeTooter #CycleLane #Blocked #Crawley #Sussex

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 23, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @ohmrun@indieweb.social
@ohmrun@indieweb.social Yeah, been there, done that. :-( Horrible. #BikeTooter
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 23, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @thibaultamartin@mamot.fr
@thibaultamartin@mamot.fr I read using koreader on my Kobo. I believe there are stats hidden away somewhere in the system but I definitely do not see them. Unless you turn the status bar on, the interface is just the text of the book you are reading. The only statistic I care about sometimes is how far through a book I am, just to know whether to keep on reading to finish a book or get some sleep instead. ;-) #Kobo #KOReader
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 15, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @greenpepper22@mastodon.social
@greenpepper22 @notjustbikes @IcyPalm @ClickyMcTicker @arina Totally! Today is cloudy yet I've generated enough surplus power from my solar panels to fill up the battery while working at home and doing laundry etc.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 04, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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RE: @SusiArnott@mastodon.green

For those of you in the UK, don't forget to vote next month! Local elections often have very low turnout but we are at an interesting point in terms of possible outcomes from this election which may have long term impacts on national politics.

Every vote matters.

#UKLocalElections2026

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 02, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @Tevis@mastodon.social
@Tevis Depressing. 😡
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Apr 01, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz
@tusharhero proced is particularly useful for exwm, I find. #Emacs
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 25, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @slowe@mastodon.me.uk
@slowe Thanks!
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 25, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @slowe@mastodon.me.uk
@slowe Failing this, is there an approved package that runs on Linux? Or will I end up not just having to pay for some software but also a computer that runs Windows? Maybe time to close down my small business. 🤬
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 25, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @chiffchaff@tech.lgbt
@chiffchaff @hannah That's close to the £1.72 per litre I saw today when I cycled (😉) past a petrol station in Crawley.
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 22, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @williamnb.eurosky.social@bsky.brid.gy
@williamnb.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy That sounds like a nice combination of routes!
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 22, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Cycled the Downs Link from Christ's Hospital to Brighton via Shoreham-by-sea. A large segment of the route goes alongside the River Adur. We were lucky with the weather for once! Lovely day and a great ride.

#Photograph #Photography #LandscapePhotography #BikeTooter #UKCycling #NationalCycleNetwork #NCN223 #Sussex #DownsLink

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 20, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Happy Caturday to all that celebrate!

Why do people buy cat toys when some brown crumpled paper provides hours of entertainment? 😃

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 17, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Replying to @sacha@social.sachachua.com
@sacha @blainsmith Good example indeed. I'm retired now but all during my research and teaching career, I found that the best programmers were those that had a broader background than just programming and also mathematicians (as maths is really philosophy 😉).
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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Mar 17, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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Excellent article, by Blain Smith (@blainsmith@fosstodon.org), on the need for a broader education, especially for computer programmers:

https://blainsmith.com/essays/humanities-in-the-machine/

Thanks to Sacha Chua (@sacha@social.sachachua.com) for including this in her most recent weekly Emacs news post.

Edit: proper links for people mentioned.

#Emacs #Unix #C

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éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs: @ericsfraga@fediscience.org · Feb 16, 2026
éric 🚲 🇪🇺 :emacs:
@ericsfraga@fediscience.org

Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed at #Brexit 🇪🇺. Author of Nature inspired methods for optimization -- a Julia primer for process engineering Available free on the Interweb at http://tiny.cc/nl5yuz and ebook (PDF) for a price at http://leanpub.com/natureinspiredmethodsforoptimization #Julia #JuliaLang #optimization #NatureInspired #ProcessEngineering #book #ebook

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@ricobeck Love the colours. Beautiful. Oh, and the bike as well. 😉
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