Evan @darth_mall@vis.social

feels bad knowing your country is lead by the sort of person who would definitely hide their zombie bite until it was too late

Hey #DataViz folks! I'm looking for short-term contract opportunities as soon as possible, to get me through to my next project. I usually work in Python and javascript (D3+vanilla), but am comfortable learning new tools.

Here's my current portfolio: http://kristinhenry.github.io/

Work ↓ http://feed.grantcuster.com/post/20190406T183029396Z I made a notebook about translating the Inter font metrics into pixel measurements. It should be helpful for lining stuff up. from https://observablehq.com/@grantcuster/inter-font-metrics-in-pixels

After digging into Grammarly's privacy policy, this Reddit user decided to uninstall. Why? He found that Grammarly...

1. Collects everything you type into the browser w/the extension
2. Can store that data indefinitely
3. May share it with 3rd parties https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/b0y95z/why_i_removed_grammarly_chrome_extension_and/

Please stop using <abbr> with a title attribute. Just expand it in the text. Like you would in print. https://developer.paciellogroup.com/blog/2019/03/short-note-the-abbreviation-appreciation-society/

tqdm is such an amazingly useful python library, I feel like I am on the verge of being actually furious about not knowing about it until like a month ago for some reason https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm

Oh my goodness I've just learned a thing about The Matrix that causes it to make a lot more sense: In the original script the humans were used as neural network compute clusters by the Machines and as a crucial component of The Matrix itself.

Which is why humans who were aware of the simulation could control aspects of The Matrix - their minds were part of its foundation.

Unfortunately the test audiences had trouble understanding this concept so the studio changed the human role to "batteries".

galaxies of words! this is the coolest visualization of word meanings that a neural net learned from the internet
http://aiweirdness.com/post/183803561307/on-this-blog-ive-posted-a-lot-about-neural

Handy tip for writing video scripts: Babbling into voice memos for a while and then transcribing it is so much faster than trying to write words that won’t sound weird when you say them out loud to a camera.

OMG @sophiewarnes you are awesome for sharing this: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/azjti7/leonardo_dicaprio_refuses_to_date_a_woman_over_25/

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