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#introduction Hi! I'm Ryder. I'm a cloud data sci/eng in health in the DC area. I career switched to tech 3 yrs ago -- was in nonprofit mgmt for a decade, went back to school, and launched my dream career - begging the Jupyter kernel to not die at 4pm on a Friday . I think a lot about how to make normie ML work well in prod.
My first love was #Rstats but #aws brought me to #python -- pretty good but always trying to learn more!
Ryder C :python: :rstats: 🔭 🚲<p>Anyone in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rstats</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/aws" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>aws</span></a> world successfully update your Dockerfiles to get R stood up in an ECR lambda container ready for Amazon Linux 2023? For now pegging to AL2 is possible but so much changes in AL2023 that a lot of the existing internet knowledge on the subject doesn't work (yum is removed, dnf is actually microdnf and can't install local packages so wget-ing an R install doesn't let you install it, rpm -i doesn't solve deps on the RPM, etc). Would love to know if anyone has solved this!</p>
Ryder C :python: :rstats: 🔭 🚲<p>In Chicago for Posit::conf! Looking forward! Was supposed to go last year but literally got Covid the day before ☠️ </p><p>Second try’s a charm! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Posit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Posit</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/positconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>positconf</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/positconf2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>positconf2023</span></a></p>
Ryder C :python: :rstats: 🔭 🚲<p>TFW when your last-ditch effort to squash a bug after hours of staring at terraform and python works, *right* when you really need to close up for the day and go eat with your family<br />NO SLEEPLESS NIGHT DOING A DEPLOYMENT IN MY HEAD 💃 🕺</p>
Ryder C :python: :rstats: 🔭 🚲<p>Finally learning decorators in python and they are the weirdest, most delightful trick in the whole language <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>data</span></a></p>
posit::glimpse()<p>We are happy to announce that Quarto 1.3 has been released! 🎉</p><p>Just some of the awesome new features:<br />✏️ Code annotation<br />📒 Multi-format publishing<br />🐍 Jupyter Notebook cell embedding<br /> 📘 Publish Quarto to Confluence</p><p><a href="https://quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2023-04-26-1.3-release/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/202</span><span class="invisible">3-04-26-1.3-release/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/QuartoPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QuartoPub</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RStats</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Python</span></a></p>
Hannah Frick<p>A practical example for how to make your code easier to test (to increase the code quality…): separate the calculations in your code from the actions because the calculations are a lot easier to test! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satrdayslondon2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satrdayslondon2023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satRdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satRdays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a></p>
Max Böck<p>"prompt engineering" - what a sad job. So you spend all day trying to figure out the exact sequence of words that will get the computer to do the thing you want lol</p><p>Wait</p><p>Oh noe</p>
ryderdavid 🔭🚲🪐🌌<p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/aws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aws</span></a> crosspost: super proud of this - I've set up an <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> processing rig in the cloud, using EC2 and S3. When I launch my instance from a snapshot, a script automatically creates a companion 500GB temporary volume, complete with bash scripts for quick pulling of my saved captures from S3 to the instance. When done, I push back to S3; killing the instance destroys the temp volume. Will keep cost optimizing it, but this will be much cheaper than buying a processing laptop!</p>
Caitlin Hudon<p>📢 The 3rd annual Data Mishaps Night lineup has been posted, and we’re in for a killer night of mishap stories! We've got null values, runaway AWS costs, prod takedowns and more.</p><p>🎉 DaMN will kick off at 7pm CST Thursday Feb 23rd, with our Keynote Benn Stancil sharing a few of his experiences with data mistakes, followed by 13 lightning talk mishap stories. </p><p>✅ Sign up now to attend!: datamishapsnight.typeform.com/registration<br>Check out the lineup here: datamishapsnight.com</p>
🌾 ivan 🌱<p>had no idea the 3d filesystem from jurassic park was actual existing software and now i'm questioning every over the top CG hacking scene i've seen</p>
Anthony :verified: 📸<p>Took a bit of a social media break and thinking I'm ready to come back.</p><p>So here's my Re <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>I'm a Seattle-based photographer, AvGeek, comic collector and work in information technology. </p><p>Follow my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WelcomeSigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelcomeSigns</span></a> hashtag to see my photo project of city/town welcome signs.</p><p>Other interests include but not limited to:</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MCU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MCU</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sports</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a></p>
ryderdavid 🔭🚲🪐🌌<p>Managed to get more out of my data!</p>
James Harris<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@hankgreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hankgreen</span></a></span> We do need a new vision. And 90+% of <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> these days is "everything will be terrible forever". If we want a chance at our long-term future being a good one, we need writers to create compelling visions of what that might look like. Star Trek is one; we need more.</p>
Ryder C :python: :rstats: 🔭 🚲<p>Calling all <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jupyter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jupyter</span></a> people! Say you're getting a Kernel died unexpectedly error in Jupyter notebooks or labs. Is there a way to enable kernel logging to see a more verbose error associated with that kernel death?</p>
Isabella Velásquez :rstats:<p>Looking for upcoming <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RStats</span></a> conferences? We compiled a list of them in this blog post! </p><p>Link: <a href="https://rviews.rstudio.com/2023/01/18/some-r-conferences-for-2023/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rviews.rstudio.com/2023/01/18/</span><span class="invisible">some-r-conferences-for-2023/</span></a></p>
ryderdavid 🔭🚲🪐🌌<p>I'm still working on learning the best shoot profile for Pleiades <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/M45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M45</span></a> in <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/bortle9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bortle9</span></a> skies, but I'm really excited about this picture -- it looks like my Celestron AVX mount, polar camera, and guide scope are all really appropriate for each other, and I have a great combo for learning autoguided shots! This guide error looks really really promising -- this is with the medium size <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/svbony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>svbony</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/sv503" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sv503</span></a> 80ED rather than the wider field 70mm I was testing. <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediblock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastinator</span></a> </p><p>A site called Mastinator (<a href="https://mastinator.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastinator.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) has started aggregating and republishing toots without permission. It creates accounts with your handle and follows you to get your toots (e.g., <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastinator.com/u/aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral@mastinator.com</span></a></span>, which, just to make clear, is not me).</p>
ryderdavid 🔭🚲🪐🌌<p>First fully processed stack using my new 70mm doublet and <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PixInsight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PixInsight</span></a> ! <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/M42" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M42</span></a> Orion Nebula, bortle 9. 18x90” exposures, 800 ISO. I have a lot to learn and obviously way more lights to capture to reduce noise but this was the first real success with deep space in light polluted skies and I’m so glad I listened to advice about getting a lighter, shorter FL scope. I still have the slightly longer 560 FL f7 to test out but I am loving shooting at 420/336mm reduced so far. <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
Micah Lee<p>Oh hell yeah. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mozilla</span></a></span> is launching a Mastodon instance in early 2023! I’m very excited for this. Mozilla is really good at what they do. Firefox has over 200M monthly active users, and with any luck they’ll build better support for the fediverse into Firefox itself. Mastodon will greatly benefit from easy to use professionally run instances that can handle massive scaling <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mo</span><span class="invisible">zilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/</span></a></p>
Vicki Boykis<p>👋🍕 <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/normconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>normconf</span></a> main talk recordings are live here! We’ll link them on site too soon, just wanted to get these out. Enjoy! </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXaKIsOZBsu3h2SSKEovRn7rGy7wkUAV" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYX</span><span class="invisible">aKIsOZBsu3h2SSKEovRn7rGy7wkUAV</span></a></p>
. I think a lot about how to make normie ML work well in prod.