2026-07-21T06:33:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae Peter Cock https://nostr.ae/npub12h2c0zwf4h2pzn9utp97p0yw0x9t7j7qe2gr7avgncdgydy63zhqseg5yu https://fediscience.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/276/271/183/652/126/original/00d1737bf6937f65.jpg https://fediscience.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/276/271/183/652/126/original/00d1737bf6937f65.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsymaza868v674959jfdm2f0ksf483qqy3nwcl3v8gn32dpqltqrcczyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2uawmweg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkwcthwuqcetuh87evksvx5tud30qxuh69j40q8ced5p3v968wggknqw7d'>nevent1q…qw7d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More news on #DundeeUni latest cut plans, including:<br/><br/>&#34;Our academic provision will stay broadly the same, but there are proposals to suspend degrees to varying levels in some subjects, most notably Mathematics, Languages and Philosophy.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;There is no change to our undergraduate course provision for September 2026 entry, and any student who starts in September will be able to finish their degree at Dundee.&#34;<br/><br/>#Dundee #Mathematics #languageEducation #Philosophy <a href="https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/5520326/dundee-university-suspend-degrees-merge-departments/">https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/5520326/dundee-university-suspend-degrees-merge-departments/</a> 2026-06-18T21:57:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspkwcthwuqcetuh87evksvx5tud30qxuh69j40q8ced5p3v968wggzyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2u5mnm46 #DundeeUni in the news again - another 190 FTE job cuts coming in another round of voluntary redundancies <a href="https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/education/5517948/live-blog-dundee-university-job-cuts/">https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/education/5517948/live-blog-dundee-university-job-cuts/</a><br/><br/>&#34;The total headcount at the university fell from 3,432 in August 2024 to 2,757 in May this year – a reduction of 675 jobs.<br/><br/>The bulk of these are due to two previous voluntary severance schemes.&#34; 2026-06-16T12:19:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdeqny5l4w6grq96dztm63293vg555a4khvfp8fw25zejs2jnerkszyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2u7qlag9 On the back door privatisation of the NHS by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> “Doctors&#39; union may yet save the NHS from Palantir“ <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/#robo-mengele">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/#robo-mengele</a> - talks up #OpenSAFELY“the latest iteration of Goldacre&#39;s Trusted Research Environment (TRE), arguably the most successful patient record research tool ever conceived.” <a href="https://www.opensafely.org/">https://www.opensafely.org/</a> - a very cool project, I applied for a post these (didn’t get it). 2026-02-12T10:14:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr6dhud3yd3ft3ngcmv4jtstfr66uk73q52ndkrh8k3jq4xe2s9lqzyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2u3gpz8z Yikes! <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-uk-research-councils-suspend-funding-opportunities">https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-uk-research-councils-suspend-funding-opportunities</a> “Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities. <br/>Temporary block on grant applications by #MRC, #BBSRC and #EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts” #ScienceIsVital 2026-02-01T00:26:20+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp6snsjd8lmqywc0z7nuqhppt96x7wypazx87px9w5mvkfu6tynyczyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2uhsygv3 I do like it when people I follow use #hashtags for their posts - particularly when I can then filter out topics like hobbies or sports stuff I have no interest in (like Eurovision or football). I try to tag my own posts in part so you can do this too. 2025-10-24T10:51:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs07sspwn8nuuxcmr7ar5ku6jsfjava9ecuw00d24hhgwqyzvc4w6szyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2u3hqmtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyszfghq9redvh4s3qdwgrph3l4905tmq7k3paj06n4a6j764mtc2489mv'>nevent1q…89mv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>any that I’ve asked in the past did too, but sometimes they knew people using the JIS kana layout. I suspect more manufacturers will stop labelling Japanese keyboards with the JIS kana keycaps, and just focus on romaji (with the extra keys of course). 2025-02-05T01:30:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9kjl4slu402qsav7j8u50v4unwjdncdx98d09r3v4q766hrpq38czyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2uzx6x7m How do people usually type in #Japanese on a computer #Keyboard? I&#39;m particularly curious about usage of other options like JIS-X6004, #NicolaThumbShift, #NewStickney, … 2025-02-04T20:53:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz02vl6zvnrsmy5vgxfye6qyrxx4gr4ev5tjraxfchrjnuhtqhu8czyp2atpufexkagy2vh3vyhc9u3euc406tcr9fq0m43z0p4q35n2y2u2wv99p I&#39;m liking typer for defining #Python commad line interfaces (#CLI) except for a limitation <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/typer/issues/554">https://github.com/fastapi/typer/issues/554</a> it inherits from click <a href="https://github.com/pallets/click/issues/484">https://github.com/pallets/click/issues/484</a> that it can&#39;t handle options with arbitrary numbers of inputs.<br/><br/>i.e. What argparse did with nargs=&#34;*&#34; or nargs=&#34;+&#34; <a href="https://docs.python.org/dev/library/argparse.html#nargs">https://docs.python.org/dev/library/argparse.html#nargs</a><br/><br/>Unfortunately this makes adopting typer or click impossible without breaking existing tool&#39;s API - or fragile workarounds pehaps? 2024-11-02T20:59:57+01:00