Brendan Halpin

Sociologist in Limerick

Mostly playing with unrealistic computer models of real world processes

Emacs, Stata, Shiny & Rstats, Julia, Python

Linux on the desktop since about 1997

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Brendan Halpin
bthalpin@mastodon.social

Expected completion date 2008*

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/10/02/metrolink-rail-line-gets-green-light/

* Well, I bet if you go back far enough there were people projecting completion by 1998.

October 02, 2025
Brendan Halpin
bthalpin@mastodon.social

I upload HTML files to #Brightspace to have more control over my content (writing it in #Emacs #orgmode). It mostly works, but yesterday I discovered BS was corrupting my code examples by applying MathJax indiscriminately.

I think I have a solution, using Javascript to disable MathJax on a per-file basis.

See https://brendanhalpin.net/blog/posts/blogbs/

October 01, 2025
Brendan Halpin
bthalpin@mastodon.social

@HarriettMB @GottaLaff

But Trump is such a good negotiator! Just say, "sure, Donald, if you want it", and he'll strut his triumph. Then do like he does, and never follow through.

(My read is this is largely what the EU did.)

October 01, 2025
Brendan Halpin
bthalpin@mastodon.social

A friendly tip, guys: when you're walking away from shaking hands with Momo Bone Saw, before you wash them (all that blood...) count your fingers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_Comedy_Festival

October 01, 2025