Elio Campitelli
@eliocamp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I study the ocean of air we live in. I aspire to live a life inspired by love and guided by knowledge. I use #Rstats a bunch.
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Reposted by Elio Campitelli
Meanwhile, in Australia..
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Meanwhile, in Australia..
I think I'm starting to hate renv.. I'm trying my best to NOT use posit package manager to troubleshoot an issue and my renv.lock keeps using it. I have a different mirror in options("repos") I've set options(renv.config.ppm.enabled = FALSE) so why does it keep using that mirror!? #rstats
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I think I'm starting to hate renv.. I'm trying my best to NOT use posit package manager to troubleshoot an issue and my renv.lock keeps using it. I have a different mirror in options("repos") I've set options(renv.config.ppm.enabled = FALSE) so why does it keep using that mirror!? #rstats
Woah. This is wild. I'd never seen a piece of software explicitly discouraging installing through snap.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Woah. This is wild. I'd never seen a piece of software explicitly discouraging installing through snap.
The state of software today. A modern phone cannot instantly load a couple of alarms.
This is not a clock app, this is a cock-up.
This is not a clock app, this is a cock-up.
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The state of software today. A modern phone cannot instantly load a couple of alarms.
This is not a clock app, this is a cock-up.
This is not a clock app, this is a cock-up.
Nothing is more disappointing in tech today that the absolute clusterfuck that is transfering files between devices. This should be a solved problem in {current year}, but it's clear that the big companies don't want you to have any solution that doesn't involve your data going through their […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Nothing is more disappointing in tech today that the absolute clusterfuck that is transfering files between devices. This should be a solved problem in {current year}, but it's clear that the big companies don't want you to have any solution that doesn't involve your data going through their […]
A taxi to and from the airport is now expensive than hiring a car for the day. #melbourne
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A taxi to and from the airport is now expensive than hiring a car for the day. #melbourne
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Reposted by Elio Campitelli
The other day I was in a colleague's office and saw her get a cookie consent dialogue and press "accept all". I was shaken to the core.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The other day I was in a colleague's office and saw her get a cookie consent dialogue and press "accept all". I was shaken to the core.
Isn't it interesting how the party that is all about freedom, "lean government" and a low regulatory environment pushes for a communist-like planned economy when it comes to immigration? […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Isn't it interesting how the party that is all about freedom, "lean government" and a low regulatory environment pushes for a communist-like planned economy when it comes to immigration? […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Reposted by Elio Campitelli
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115569820207257167
One of the things we don't talk about enough is how to secure the peaceful transition of power in open source projects.
We've all seen BDFLs turn into mad kings.
There are innumerable projects which have collapsed when the founder left […]
One of the things we don't talk about enough is how to secure the peaceful transition of power in open source projects.
We've all seen BDFLs turn into mad kings.
There are innumerable projects which have collapsed when the founder left […]
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115569820207257167
One of the things we don't talk about enough is how to secure the peaceful transition of power in open source projects.
We've all seen BDFLs turn into mad kings.
There are innumerable projects which have collapsed when the founder left […]
One of the things we don't talk about enough is how to secure the peaceful transition of power in open source projects.
We've all seen BDFLs turn into mad kings.
There are innumerable projects which have collapsed when the founder left […]
Reposted by Elio Campitelli
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
Considering whether to bike 1 hour or so to the beach for a chance to see the aurora in #melbourne. One of the rare cases in which it would've been convenient to own car.
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Considering whether to bike 1 hour or so to the beach for a chance to see the aurora in #melbourne. One of the rare cases in which it would've been convenient to own car.
Reposted by Elio Campitelli
I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Dragon fruit has the worst taste/looks ratio of any fruit I know
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Dragon fruit has the worst taste/looks ratio of any fruit I know
I now wish I gave a fuck about the Olympics just so I could boicot them.
https://masto.ai/@transworld/115527881303838321
https://masto.ai/@transworld/115527881303838321
Transgender World (@transworld@masto.ai)
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13467845 #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
masto.ai
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I now wish I gave a fuck about the Olympics just so I could boicot them.
https://masto.ai/@transworld/115527881303838321
https://masto.ai/@transworld/115527881303838321
Today in hired car news: very weird behaviour on the Toyota we took to the Mornington Peninsula. The car would detect speed limits from streetsigns. Strangely, it would both beep loudy if I ever went even 1 km/h over the limit and offer to press a button to set the cruise control to 5 km/h over […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today in hired car news: very weird behaviour on the Toyota we took to the Mornington Peninsula. The car would detect speed limits from streetsigns. Strangely, it would both beep loudy if I ever went even 1 km/h over the limit and offer to press a button to set the cruise control to 5 km/h over […]
Moved to #australia to learn to make steamed dumplings and use chopsticks.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Moved to #australia to learn to make steamed dumplings and use chopsticks.
"Our next speaker requires no introduction.."
*Proceeds with a minute-long introduction*
#academicchatter
*Proceeds with a minute-long introduction*
#academicchatter
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Our next speaker requires no introduction.."
*Proceeds with a minute-long introduction*
#academicchatter
*Proceeds with a minute-long introduction*
#academicchatter
Them: oh, you've got a PhD, you must be really smart.
Me: I forgot my poster at the airport.
#academicchatter
Me: I forgot my poster at the airport.
#academicchatter
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Them: oh, you've got a PhD, you must be really smart.
Me: I forgot my poster at the airport.
#academicchatter
Me: I forgot my poster at the airport.
#academicchatter
Today I give a presentation on a bash tool for #hpc but the HPC cluster is down for maintenance. So guess who had to set up a local PBS installation on their laptop.
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Today I give a presentation on a bash tool for #hpc but the HPC cluster is down for maintenance. So guess who had to set up a local PBS installation on their laptop.
Well, after spending two days trying to work around that cocking netcdfd + sf + quarto issue (1) , it seems the solution is to kick #quartodev to the curb and go back to good old rmarkdown.
#rstats
1. https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13634
#rstats
1. https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13634
Document fails to render when reading NetCDF files and using sf. · Issue #13634 · quarto-dev/quarto-cli
I have: searched the issue tracker for similar issues installed the latest version of Quarto CLI formatted my issue following the Bug Reports guide Bug description When trying to render a document ...
github.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Well, after spending two days trying to work around that cocking netcdfd + sf + quarto issue (1) , it seems the solution is to kick #quartodev to the curb and go back to good old rmarkdown.
#rstats
1. https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13634
#rstats
1. https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13634