Ayoub
a-youb.bsky.social
Ayoub
@a-youb.bsky.social
Automation enthusiast
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For the German election we wanted to use a cartogram of German election districts but didn't find anything good, so we created our own. Here's a little nerd thread how the final algorithm worked 🤓 🧵 #gis #cartogram #election #datavis #cartography
February 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Frankfurt Airport is among the world's first to adopt the use of walk-through security scanners. Following a year long test period, German police have authorized their full-scale use.
Frankfurt Airport rolls out walk-through security scanners
Frankfurt Airport is among the world's first to adopt the use of walk-through security scanners. Following a year long test period, German police have authorized their full-scale use.
www.thelocal.de
February 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Germany’s economy is in trouble. Or is it? As I try to explore in this week’s @economist.com, there are bright spots that you may not hear much about. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Can Germany’s economy stage an unexpected recovery?
The situation is dire, but there are glimmers of hope
www.economist.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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We’re building a new static type checker for Python, from scratch, in Rust.

From a technical perspective, it’s probably our most ambitious project yet. We’re about 800 PRs deep!
January 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Metals 1.5.0 has been released! 🦦

- inlay hints for worksheets
- error reports improvements
- stability fixes

Try it out in your favourite editor!

scalameta.org/metals/blog/...
Metals v1.5.0 - Strontium | Metals
We're happy to announce the release of Metals v1.5.0, which brings an array of bugfixes and improvements as we keep working on Metals stability.
scalameta.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Heat pumps offer vast energy efficiency gains.

They are 4x more efficient than gas boilers.
January 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I've released a little library for terminal interaction in Scala 3. It support JVM, native, and JS + browser (via xterm.js).

github.com/creativescal...
GitHub - creativescala/terminus: Terminal interaction for Scala
Terminal interaction for Scala. Contribute to creativescala/terminus development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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It gives me great pleasure to announce a 3 part course on Functional Programming in Scala at Bay Area Scala Meetup.

The events are online, for details of date and time and to RSVP to the events visit our luma calendar here:

lu.ma/scala

#FunctionalProgramming #Scala #BayArea #SFScala
Bay Area Scala · Events Calendar
View and subscribe to events from Bay Area Scala on Luma. Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts: Learn, Code, Share! Tech talks, book clubs, hackathons for Scala & functional programming lovers. Grow your skill...
lu.ma
January 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Welcome to Sweden where the ferry is electric (from Denmark) and DC charging is available during your trip ~€0,50/kWh!
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
🇩🇰🇸🇪
x.com/electricfeli...
January 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:

1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works

2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info

3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of

GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.

techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims | TechCrunch
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
techcrunch.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Nothing to see here, definitely not a great opportunity for Scala devs.

www.reddit.com/r/scala/comm...
From the scala community on Reddit: [Hiring] 8 Scala positions at SwissBorg
Explore this post and more from the scala community
www.reddit.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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To start off 2025 and our new Blueky account, we are pleased to announce the release of #Scala.js 1.18.1 (instead of the expected 1.18.0). This is mostly a bugfix release. It also contains internal improvements that will support future enhancements. www.scala-js.org/news/2025/01...
Announcing Scala.js 1.18.1
Harness the Scala and JavaScript ecosystems to develop robust apps for browsers, serverless, and Node.js.
www.scala-js.org
January 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM