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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm glad to see #ModelHardwareStandard #MHS in research preview and humbled to have played a small role getting it out of the door at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social .

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Anthropic {bot} @anthropicai.xmirror.bot · 27/08/2026

Today, we're kicking off the first phase of the research preview for Model Hardware Standard (MHS): a new standard for AI agents to safely operate physical equipment in scientific research and advanced manufacturing. (1/2)

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I agree though that right now in Julia it is too easy to use a function that can return missing and not account for that possibility.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

At times one would something like Rust's treatment of Optional. In Rust, you must account for both possible return types. That said the lack of a distinct data-focused "missing" or "NA" distinct from "null" or "nothing" is really problematic in parts of the Python ecosystem (Numpy).

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I have a love and hate relationship with that. It usually boils down to either propagating or ignoring it until it is in a place where I can address it. That said it is much better than not having it all. I wouldn't mind some static checking they forces me to deal with it though.

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John Bogovic @bogovicj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

@davisvbennett.bsky.social gave a great talk on the present and future of #zarr, including extending the core github.com/zarr-develop... and #metadata.

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Morgan Schwartz @msschwartz21.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#geff v1 is released! 🎉 GEFF is a zarr-based Graph Exchange File Format with special support for tracking applications in Python and Java. Thank you to all the amazing developers who contributed at the Janelia 2025 Trackathon! liveimagetrackingtools.org/geff/

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I had to actually look up which channel number ABC is just to watch #scrubs . Who subscribes to Hulu anymore?

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I think @yann-lecun.bsky.social has a strong point about autoregressive large language models not being the path forward. This is the clearest illustration of why the I have seen.

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JuliaCon 2026 @juliacon.org · 06/02/2026

@kevinbonham.com, Rasmus Henningsson, Elisabeth Rösch, and Jakob Nybo Andersen are running a minisymposium on "Julia for Biology" at JuliaCon 2026! Find out more at pretalx.com/juliacon-202... and submit your talk to juliacon.org/2026/cfp #julialang #biology

Computing has a rich history in biological discovery, and the needs of biologists are continuing to drive algorithm development in multiple domains. Close alignment between developers and deep biological domain expertise is crucial in this field and a programming language such as Julia provides an ideal platform for such tight collaborations that require a range of access points to the software. Julia provides interactive and notebook-based interfaces commonly used by experimentalists whilst also giving algorithm developers the opportunity create more complex workflows and structures, and optimize performance as needed.

In this minisymposium, we aim to highlight ways in which computational biologists* are using Julia to advance our understanding of living systems, in academia and industry, while also contributing to the package ecosystem and core language on multiple fronts.

"Computational biology" is a broad tent. Topics presented include algorithms for text matching and search (bioinformatics), modeling and machine learning (systems biology and quantiative pharmacology),statistics and data science (experimental analysis, epidemiology), and imaging and geospatial statistics (microscopy), among others.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We're excited @hhmijanelia.bsky.social to see how the partnership between @anthropic.com and @hhmi-science.bsky.social and @alleninstitute.org will lead to better AI in the life sciences.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The alleged negligence by the IRS was conducted in 2020 via contracts signed by the first Trump administration. You cannot sue the government because of your own incompetent administration of the same government.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

DART is very underappreciated. The system has such potential.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#JuliaLang in the browser looks fun. I'm happy to see the next chapter of this.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Darn it, Cameron. Why did you remind me about that one thing in middle school? What layer do I have to hack to forget that.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Successor is a strong word, and I'm not sure Julia is there yet. It is definitely a modern incarnation of a language for science, mathematics, and engineering. Where other modern competitors sacrificed performance, Julia puts effort to excel in that area.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

That's frustrating. My usual solution to this problem is just to use the rentable city bikes. I usually bring a helmet with lights attached.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We got a vote that will probably not succeed to maintain healthcare insurance subsidies. It will be abundantly clear who is responsible for raising premiums for small business owners and independent contractors.

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miguelraz_t @movraxrax.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Jacob's the real deal in #julialang and your team will be *glad* to hire him!

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Is there a PowerShell cheat sheet or tutorial that you recommend?

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Can we tell them made to the best decision in hiring you, but we really need to see more examples in Julia?

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Most dogma in biology is hubris. Terms like "junk DNA" or non-coding make the assumption that we understand the full scope of how DNA works or what it codes for. It would be like claiming to understand how a computer works by looking only at persistent storage and snapshots of RAM.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I have been thinking about this lately, and I have realized how many other patterns forcing one module per file suppresses. The most egregious is that Python encourages long files rather than short ones. Whereas it may make sense to break things up per driver function or even per function.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I usually do try to talk to them when I see them. They usually do buy a ticket except for that one time they asked the MIT President's Office for free tickets. If you recognize, thank them for buying a ticket and helping them to fund JuliaCon and Julia!

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

There is always a MATLAB employee at JuliaCon Global. I'm not sure if they make it to the "local" JuliaCons though. They want to know what we are up to. Also, most of Julia is liberally licensed. They could probably incorporate it if they really wanted to.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

In short, the VS Code and Pluto experience do differ. However, both offer some ability to do incremental development through a dynamic workflow. VS Code is not inherently reactive at the moment, but with Revise.jl can update method definitions.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Combined with Revise.jl this can be a very powerful development environment. The main legacy issue is changing struct definitions, which is possible in Pluto but not in the general REPL or Revise.jl. Upcoming development versions of Julia do address this, however.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Julia and VSCode workflow can take many forms, including running Jupyter notebooks. There are some attempts to integrate Pluto.jl into VS Code, but those have been inactive. The main Julia VS Code workflow is the ability to execute code from the editor in a running REPL.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

What were you doing previously?

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JuliaCon 2026 @juliacon.org · 26/09/2025

Another day, another sponsor for JuliaCon Local in Paris! #PumasAI brings together technology and science to enable more efficient and seamless drug development workflows. Explore at pumas.ai, or come to their talk next Thursday and see where #JuliaLang comes into play!

An advertisement for PumasAI: "by scientists, for science"

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It was a pleasure watching "Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Twins" - Prith Banerjee, Synopsys (formerly, Ansys) @ #JuliaCon Global 2025 live. Now I get to share it with you! Ansys (now Synopsys) was a Bronze Sponsor for JuliaCon Global 2025.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

How soon does a Kimmel episode appear on Hulu? Can you stream it live?

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I started looking into how to avoid Sinclair media group. Then I realized I had already banned all of WJLA's social media accounts after tiring of their terrible Loudoun County Public School's coverage.

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

After watching Apple TV's Foundation and looking up Terrence Mann's repertoire, I realize we could have had a full blown musical episode in the season finale.

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Guillaume Dalle @gdalle.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It's too late to sponsor this year's edition, but if your firm wants to sponsor the 2026 event in Mainz, do reach out!

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Bruno Rodrigues @brodriguesco.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

New rix release: easily add #Julialang packages to environments now! #RStats @julialang.org

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

@cultrepo.bsky.social is there a way to screen the Python Documentary without YouTube advertisements?

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The blog discusses `@chain` in comparison to R's pipe operators. Julia also has a `|>` operator for pipes.

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Lee Phillips @badphysicist.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

“Practical Julia” is designed to teach scientists how to use the best language for science, with chapters on #physics, #mathematics, #biology, #statistics, and more. amzn.to/3Jn1QdR A review: lwn.net/Articles/966... #julialang

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Practical Julia: A Hands-On Introduction for Scientific Minds

Practical Julia: A Hands-On Introduction for Scientific Minds: 9781718502765: Computer Science Books @ Amazon.com

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Mark Kittisopikul @markkitti.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I think you mean "congestive heart failure."

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