jackattackson

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How hard is it to make a film/movie of sorts? (mostly by ones-self) in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The tough thing with creative endeavors is that you really just need the motivation to start and continue making anything, it can be inexpensive stuff. The important thing is output and making it a regular thing.

That being said, gearing up for a new hobby is always fun if you can afford it. But you can absolutely make short films on an iPhone.

The Original Lemmings in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Woww I had a CD-ROM of Lemmings and I always felt so sad for the lil guys. Thank you for sharing that link!

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How to build a guided tour for your Tableau dashboard (thevizcollective.starschema.com)
 

Saw this posted elsewhere and thought maybe somebody would find it useful. This could improve the user onboarding experience but might take too much extra effort to apply to every dashboard.

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CAP Theorem Simplified (youtu.be)
just took a gram of shrooms in c/trees@lemmy.world
The cashier cat in c/animalswithjobs@lemmy.world
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

cashier cat is not having it today :|

Common Loon Family in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a bit of a common loon myself

YSK: There is a bot spam posting reddit content, and blocking it will improve your experience sorting by All in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

Same here, we can build this community the old fashioned way by just sharing and engaging ❤️

Worth learning vim/emacs? in c/programming@beehaw.org
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Same - I regularly use vim on servers when I have to, but I can only remember some super basic commands. Most of my coding is done in a basic text editor like Sublime Text or Notepad++ or an IDE.

I do get the appeal of becoming fluent in Vim or emacs and theoretically attaining giant productivity gains. Although for me at least, text editing is not where all my time is wasted. I lose my productivity the old fashioned way: attending unnecessary meetings and wasting time solving the wrong problems.

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Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (US Army Corps of Engineers 1944) (publicdomainreview.org)
 

these colorful maps show how the Mississippi River banks moved around over time

& they are so beautiful I want to put them up on the wall as art

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this data speaks for itself (lemm.ee)
 
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Finally, a true Aperiodic Monotile! (youtu.be)
 

A chiral aperiodic monotile David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss, 2023

https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/spectre/

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What is Data Lineage? (airbyte.com)
 

I get questions like this a lot:

  • Where did this data come from?
  • How do I know I can trust the source?
  • What types of QA checks were applied to this data?

Data lineage is such a chronic issue in data engineering. This blog post from Airbyte gives a good overview & mentions some interesting products/projects that can maybe help out with data lineage.

Unfortunately, I have limited flexibility to purchase or install tools for this in my current role. Anyone rolled their own solution for this?

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Design Thinking Bootleg (Stanford) (dschool.stanford.edu)
 

(pdf download at the bottom of the linked page)

Often the most challenging part of data engineering is figuring out what problem to solve in the first place.

The resources Stanford put in this Design Thinking Bootleg might have something that can help you work with others and build towards a well-designed solution.

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Popularity of Tableau Since Salesforce Acquisition (2019) (lemm.ee)
 

I absolutely love Tableau - I've been using it virtually daily for about 10 years. I feel like it's been less and less widely-used since Tableau Software was acquired by Salesforce. At my org (and many others) leadership are pushing for PowerBI since it's cheaper (get what you pay for in my opinion).

Just curious if anyone else is feeling this / what tools you're exploring these days. I wish some open source project like Apache SuperSet would turn into a viable Tableau replacement but it's just not the same.

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Array programming with NumPy (www.nature.com)
 

For Python developers, the NumPy array is a widely used data structure in data science / data engineering.

Thought this paper was a good resource to learn a bit more about the history and core concepts of NumPy.

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Do you use Spotify DJ? (lemm.ee)
 

Curious if other Spotify users are using the DJ feature. Can't decide if I like it or not yet.

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (missing.csail.mit.edu)
 

I found this content super helpful and I frequently share this with new coworkers getting started in data / dev.

Unclassified FBI Document: Ability to legally access Secure Messaging App Content and Metadata (January 2021) in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! I really want to get my family on Matrix now.

We have not been able to find a solid chat/video call app that the entire family (various ages and tech aptitude) can effectively use. We've been bouncing around to various apps since COVID lockdowns started. We had been using Slack for a while but the video calling in Slack is unusable now.

Unclassified FBI Document: Ability to legally access Secure Messaging App Content and Metadata (January 2021) in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] jackattackson@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I'm wondering the same thing.

I am a long time signal user but I just started using Matrix yesterday and now I'm very curious about whether Signal or Matrix is better somehow in terms of security/privacy.

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