John W. Eaton jwe@identi.ca
Original author and current maintainer of GNU Octave, Free Software advocate, and all around great guy.
2013-05-22T19:33:36+00:00 To: Public
Oh my. People who write things like the openssl configure script should really not be allowed anywhere near software.2013-04-28T15:40:03+00:00 To: Public
I would say: "If I see another mention of "Big Data" in the media I'm gonna puke." but I fear that would mean a lot of puking in my future.2013-04-23T03:10:44+00:00 To: Public
Reproducible research, anyone? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/opinion/krugman-the-excel-depression.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssrozzin likes this.
2013-04-01T07:03:23+00:00 To: Public
That's it, I'm done working on Octave: http://ur1.ca/d89co2013-03-29T21:38:51+00:00 To: Public
Debugging the debugger.2013-03-26T16:27:35+00:00 To: Public
OK, let's do something interesting now.Evan Prodromou likes this.
2013-03-26T13:19:48+00:00 To: Public
Why doesn't min ('str1', 'str2') return a character string? #matlabfail.2013-03-25T16:17:20+00:00 To: Evan Prodromou, Public
Enjoyed talking with @evan yesterday at libre planet. I assume his drive home was uneventful.Evan Prodromou likes this.
2013-02-20T15:52:30+00:00 To: Public
I started working on Octave 21 years ago today, never imagining that I would still be working on it this many years later, but here we are.rozzin likes this.
2013-02-19T02:42:54+00:00 To: Public
Checking out GUB. Can it be made to build binaries for 64-bit MinGW?2012-05-02T22:24:28+00:00 To: Public
Thanks for the gratis network connection, anonymous android user!voted for "other"
2012-03-30T17:58:36+00:00 To: Evan Prodromou, Public
2011-06-23T02:06:58+00:00 To: Public
Posting an update with no subscribers is like a tree falling in the forest with no one around to hear it fall.