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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt

@code4thought.bsky.social

Code for Thought is a community podcast for researchers who code or who want to learn how to code. Launched in Jan 2021, it is now available in English, German and - since September 2024 - in French. https://codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Indeed, there are many people who either develop software, analyse and study data or work on complex infrastructure in research. It's a broad church these days and it would be great to hear from you.

12.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL for Code in Research The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

In the 4th episode of #forCodeInResearch, the companion podcast for the UCL C++ course, Klaus Iglberger and I touch on polymorphism and what it means for C++. A wide ranging subject. To see if we do it justice, check it out on your podcast app, YouTube podcast or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

11.02.2026 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An important question/issue for all of us who try to build #OpenScience and #FOSS environments that can last.

10.02.2026 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[EN] Making Software Count - Simon Hettrick, Jack Atkinson, Will Swansborough-Aston - Code for Thought English Edition: making software, digital data and other artefacts count in research evaluations has always been a challenge. But there are plenty of people and initiatives like the https://...

This week on #code4thought: @simonhettrick.bsky.social , Jack Atkinson, Will Swansborough-Aston and I talk about what it takes to make research software (and other output) equal to scientific papers. Out now on your podcast app, YouTube and codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...

10.02.2026 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ein Blick ΓΌber den Tellerrand (2): Bibliotheken, BΓΌcher und Begriffe - Registergeknister Dies ist der zweite Teil unseres kleinen Exkurses: Nachdem wir Register bei der Orgel besprochen haben, mΓΆchten wir den Begriff des "Registers" noch mal auf zwei andere Weisen betrachten.Im ersten Tei...

Eine neue Folge des #registergeknister Podcasts des SFB1412 (Linguistik) der Humboldt Uni/Berlin. Diesmal ΓΌber das Thema woher der Begriff Register kommt und welche Rolle er in Bibliotheken spielt. Zu hΓΆren jetzt auf Euren Podcast apps oder direkt bei registergeknister.buzzsprout.com/2227743/epis...

06.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to get my own Feathers bottle out there. But I'd be a mere copycat.

05.02.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Merci pour cet excellent Γ©pisode.

05.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks for highlighting this, I will check it out.

05.02.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL for Code in Research The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

In our 3rd of #forCodeInResearch episode, the podcast for the UCL C++ course, Klaus Iglberger & I talk about exceptions & what you can do when things don't go to plan. How can you prevent errors from happening? Out now on your podcast app, YouTube podcast or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

04.02.2026 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Code for Thought Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it.Β  Languages: English, German, French

After a short break, #code4thought is back with a new season. And a birthday season, too, because the podcast is 5 years old! Today's trailer gives you an idea of what lies ahead between now and end of June. Out now on your podcast app, YouTube and codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

03.02.2026 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Release myst-to-react@1.1.1 Β· jupyter-book/myst-theme This brings in several UI and UX improvements that were noticed after the last minor release! Bugs fixed Hover preview cards to documents with metadata now work! #772 (@choldgraf, @bsipocz, @rowan...

πŸ›³οΈ New release of myst-theme ! This is a patch release to fix a bunch of UI/UX bugs that we uncovered after the last minor release. Thanks to everybody for testing and quick feedback!

github.com/jupyter-book...

29.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ’¬ In our latest blog post #SSIFellow @mdsimpson.co.uk tells us more about delivering his β€œConveRSE - Let’s Talk About Mental Health” talk at The Alan Turing Institute. Find out more about it and read the full story at www.software.ac.uk/blog/mental-...

15.01.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Das ist ja toll. Vielen Dank fΓΌr die Info.

29.01.2026 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear, it's that time again πŸ˜€ . If you are a free & open source software aficionado make your way to Brussels.

28.01.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@internetarchive.eu Happy 2026! We briefly spoke before re a podcast episode for Code for Thought about the important work you do. I understand you're extremely busy, but I thought I try to see if it's possible to find some time? I hope all is well, and thanks for all the work you do. Peter

28.01.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL for Code in Research The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

Our journey through C++ takes us to data types & the curious world of pointers in this 2nd episode of #forCodeInResearch, the podcast for the C++ course at #UCL. My guest in this episode is Marc Hartung. Listen to it on your podcast app, YouTube podcast or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

28.01.2026 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What is "bit rot"? How safe are your data? Researching this for future episodes on the subject brought me to the Centre of Computing History in Cambridge www.computinghistory.org.uk where I talked to Adrian Page-Mitchell, who showed me a "decaying" laser disc (BBC Domesday project).

27.01.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Notebook.link

We are thrilled to introduce notebook.link, a platform that lets you create, share, and run Jupyter notebooks instantly in your browser.

Powered by JupyterLite and WebAssembly, it supports Python, R, C++, and a full in-browser terminal experience.

πŸ“– Read the full story: medium.com/@QuantStack/...

22.01.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Many thanks for sharing the link. I will read it with great interest

23.01.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL for Code in Research The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

Welcome to the 1st episode of the podcast #forCodeInResearch. The companion podcast for the course on C++ at #UCL. With my guests Marc & Klaus I look into the beginnings of C++, how it evolved & why people are using it. Listen to it on your podcast app, YouTube or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

21.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday Wikipedia

16.01.2026 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Excited that my module Digital Research Practices (www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...) is featuring in this year's @ucl.ac.uk Summer School programme. Please share with interested students. #studyabroad #research #digitalskills

13.01.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[EN] Sounds from outer space - the Voyager Programme - with Bill Kurth - Code for Thought English Edition: My guest Bill Kurth and I will go on a space exploration of a special kind: the Voyager probes. Launched in 1977 just a few weeks apart they have now reached interstellar space. ...

Season 11 of #code4thought will start on 3 Feb. In the meantime, why not catch up with one of the 195 episodes. E.g. the one on Voyager and Sound in Space codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis...

13.01.2026 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

C'est mignon

09.01.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kurz vor Weihnachten gab's noch die letzte Folge von #code4thought der 10.Serie - und diesmal ΓΌber den Supercomputer Jupiter am @fz-juelich.de . Meine GΓ€ste waren Andreas Herten und Benedikt von St. Vieth . Zu hΓΆren auf allen podcast apps, YouTube podcast oder direkt

05.01.2026 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Code for Thought Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it.Β  Languages: English, German, French

Just days after the @softwaresaved.bsky.social announced the fellows for 2026, meet Deborah Udoh, Jyoti Boghal and Sangeeta Bhatia from this year's cohort. Find out what they've been up to in this episode [EN] of #code4thought, out on your podcast apps, YouTube & codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

16.12.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to all our newbies (some of you I've known for a bit). And just in time, there will be a #code4thought episode with 3 SSI fellows from *this* year's (2025) cohort coming out next week Tuesday.
Thanks to the @softwaresaved.bsky.social for making it possible & all the best to the new fellows!

11.12.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Release Highlights for scikit-learn 1.8 We are pleased to announce the release of scikit-learn 1.8! Many bug fixes and improvements were added, as well as some key new features. Below we detail the highlights of this release. For an exha...

A new version of scikit-learn has been released πŸ₯³ check out the highlights: scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_...

Thanks everyone who contributed to this release!

Let me know what you think of the experimental GPU support

11.12.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL for Code in Research The companion podcast for courses on programming from the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College of London, UK.

Python and performance? In this last episode of #forCodeInResearch, the companion podcast for the #UCL course on Python, I talk to Itamar Turner-Trauring how to make Python code faster/more efficient. On your podcast apps, YouTube or uclforcodeinresearch.buzzsprout.com

11.12.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just published: frWhisper, a model finetuned for verbatim transcription of spoken French.

#ASR #overcomeAIbias #olderVoices #French

HuggingFace
huggingface.co/aihpi/FrWhis...

GitHub
github.com/hanno-muelle...

Project presentation LangAge corpora

www.uni-potsdam.de/de/romanisti...

10.12.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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