Jacob Williams
@degenerateconic.bsky.social
Orbital mechanic & programmer. #Fortran aficionado. 🚀
https://degenerateconic.com
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It has given me great joy that finally, after all these decades, #macOS now allows me to change the default color of folders to be the actual color of folders.
October 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It has given me great joy that finally, after all these decades, #macOS now allows me to change the default color of folders to be the actual color of folders.
www.anaconda.com/press/announ... Oooo, this is interesting. conda-build is a frustrating tool to use. No bug I've ever submitted to them has ever been fixed (and issues get closed automatically by their stupid stale bot). Maybe this will improve things? #conda #pixi
Anaconda Announces Partnership with Prefix.dev to Bring Next-Generation Functionality to conda-build | Anaconda
Empowering builders and enterprises with 3-5x faster package creation while strengthening the entire open source ecosystem AUSTIN, TX (July 9, 2025) — Anaconda Inc., the leader in advancing AI with op...
www.anaconda.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
www.anaconda.com/press/announ... Oooo, this is interesting. conda-build is a frustrating tool to use. No bug I've ever submitted to them has ever been fixed (and issues get closed automatically by their stupid stale bot). Maybe this will improve things? #conda #pixi
May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reposted by Jacob Williams
Let's talk about #Fortran and why so many people think of it as a old language. Maybe because it started in the 1950s. Or maybe because it doesn’t look like Python.
But here’s the thing: Fortran has evolved.
Today, you can write code such as:
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But here’s the thing: Fortran has evolved.
Today, you can write code such as:
[1/5]
April 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Let's talk about #Fortran and why so many people think of it as a old language. Maybe because it started in the 1950s. Or maybe because it doesn’t look like Python.
But here’s the thing: Fortran has evolved.
Today, you can write code such as:
[1/5]
But here’s the thing: Fortran has evolved.
Today, you can write code such as:
[1/5]
jsonspice: a #Python library to monkeypatch #SpiceyPy to allow #JSON kernels.
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GitHub - jacobwilliams/jsonspice: Python library to monkeypatch SpiceyPy to allow JSON kernels
Python library to monkeypatch SpiceyPy to allow JSON kernels - jacobwilliams/jsonspice
github.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
jsonspice: a #Python library to monkeypatch #SpiceyPy to allow #JSON kernels.
github.com/jacobwilliam...
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LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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New blog post: Root Finding with modern #Fortran. #Brent #Chandrupatla
degenerateconic.com/root-finding...
degenerateconic.com/root-finding...
Degenerate Conic | Root Finding
degenerateconic.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
New blog post: Root Finding with modern #Fortran. #Brent #Chandrupatla
degenerateconic.com/root-finding...
degenerateconic.com/root-finding...
It's almost #AdventOfCode time! Follow my progress here: github.com/jacobwilliam... until I give up and question all my life choices. #Fortran #AOC2024
GitHub - jacobwilliams/AoC-2024: Advent of Code 2024 with Modern Fortran
Advent of Code 2024 with Modern Fortran. Contribute to jacobwilliams/AoC-2024 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:23 PM
It's almost #AdventOfCode time! Follow my progress here: github.com/jacobwilliam... until I give up and question all my life choices. #Fortran #AOC2024
Where my #Fortran and #Astrodynamics people at?
October 5, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Where my #Fortran and #Astrodynamics people at?