steph
@urschrei.eurosky.social
Alleged geographer at the ⋂ of cities, technology, and climate adaptation. A reluctant polygon enthusiast, I occasionally work on computational geometry and spatial data algorithms, which I promise almost never to discuss.
Ah, the Emily St John Mandel.Hello model.
October 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Ah, the Emily St John Mandel.Hello model.
Jack Aubrey was so good at conic sections
October 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Jack Aubrey was so good at conic sections
Yeah it has been amazing – it has been really good at finding edge cases in geo (which already had excellent coverage, and like two decades of JTS tests that were ported over).
October 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Yeah it has been amazing – it has been really good at finding edge cases in geo (which already had excellent coverage, and like two decades of JTS tests that were ported over).
It’s in Kent, on the south coast, next to Dungeness. Derek Jarman’s rad black-painted cottage is there. It is a super weird-feeling place (in a good way).
October 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It’s in Kent, on the south coast, next to Dungeness. Derek Jarman’s rad black-painted cottage is there. It is a super weird-feeling place (in a good way).
Suspect I will be using this a great deal.
October 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Suspect I will be using this a great deal.
Hegel is the new multi-language property-based testing tool from the authors of Hypothesis (mainly David MacIver). docs.rs/hegeltest/la.... Hypothesis does shrinking extremely well (probably better than any other proptest library) and is generally very good.
hegel - Rust
Hegel is a property-based testing library for Rust. Hegel is based on Hypothesis, using the Hegel protocol.
docs.rs
October 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Hegel is the new multi-language property-based testing tool from the authors of Hypothesis (mainly David MacIver). docs.rs/hegeltest/la.... Hypothesis does shrinking extremely well (probably better than any other proptest library) and is generally very good.
Have you tried Hegel (and their skills)?
October 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Have you tried Hegel (and their skills)?
hyperpolitics is it bsky.app/profile/jack...
Turns out, the author just ... made them up 🤷♂️. I can't get over this. It really doesn't seem ok to me for someone to draw some squiggles, claim that they're illustrative of something in the real world, then act as though it's akin to evidence. The vibes you feel aren't data!
October 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
hyperpolitics is it bsky.app/profile/jack...
Of paramount importance (obtained in dried form, rehydrated – truly the labours of Hercules) for Rösti.
October 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Of paramount importance (obtained in dried form, rehydrated – truly the labours of Hercules) for Rösti.
I want to add the “oh my god” meme here, but every time I go to edit it I start laughing uncontrollably (it is my favourite) so you’ll just have to imagine it
October 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I want to add the “oh my god” meme here, but every time I go to edit it I start laughing uncontrollably (it is my favourite) so you’ll just have to imagine it
Nobody tell Professor Bender about this incredibly banal convention in cybernetic thought, lest an even larger Parrot is posited.
October 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Nobody tell Professor Bender about this incredibly banal convention in cybernetic thought, lest an even larger Parrot is posited.
I don’t miss: “the infobahn”
October 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I don’t miss: “the infobahn”
Oh I know I was just making a joke, the guy in the middle remains mysterious.
October 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Oh I know I was just making a joke, the guy in the middle remains mysterious.
Scholz calling in from his new attic conversion, apparently.
October 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Scholz calling in from his new attic conversion, apparently.
Oh that is lovely to hear.
October 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Oh that is lovely to hear.
Well exactly. At the very least, he’s hopefully found a substantial new audience. TEOE is prominently on display in the window of Hodges Figgis as we speak!
October 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Well exactly. At the very least, he’s hopefully found a substantial new audience. TEOE is prominently on display in the window of Hodges Figgis as we speak!
He simply has to win!
October 2, 2026 at 12:46 PM
He simply has to win!
Depends on the context; you could soften it a bit with “could I request” which will work in Britain, but may be wasted nuance for North America.
October 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Depends on the context; you could soften it a bit with “could I request” which will work in Britain, but may be wasted nuance for North America.