James Marshall

Astronomer working with Earth science data systems at GSFC. Posts are my own; I am *not* an official representative of NASA, NOAA... Personal-type posts @Dronak

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Of possible interest: "A Practical Primer on Software Citation in Research"; astronomy is used as an example, but the guidance provided is general. https://t.co/ohOt3kCUu0

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Hmm. About 9 months since I last checked downloads of my dissertation, and it went from "just over 600", as I posted then, to nearing 800 now (774, to be exact), probably 150+ downloads in under a year. I still wonder what's causing this increase so long after it was put online.

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Wow, 197 new and 31 crosses in the astro-ph @arxiv today. I know the holiday weekend likely increased the number, but still, that's a lot of papers. I wonder if it's a record for one mailing/listing.

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Are problems with the @NASAArtemis tracker common right now? I tried in the @NASA app and two desktop web browsers, and the intro tour points at things that aren't on my screen. Anyone know how to fix this, or do we wait for server-side updates? Thanks!

[James Marshall @astrophd]

I just saw this on the arXiv and thought I'd pass it on. It's about why we do astrophysics. https://t.co/01ghjzxjiI

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Today I made one of my random checks on downloads for my PhD dissertation, and it's just over 600 now. Not bad, especially since I'm not really active in the field anymore. People are still finding it (and hopefully it's useful to them).

[James Marshall @astrophd]

I usually try to do some of the #AdventOfCode every year, so I looked for my templates and past code to start from this year but couldn't find it. Still hoping I have it somewhere, but it's not looking good. I may have forgotten to copy it off my work computer at my last task. :(

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Interesting short paper on analog clocks for Mars time using Earth- based seconds (SI units) on the astro-ph @arxiv today; it has links to see working versions online, too. https://t.co/pZ1jfd7NWG

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Today marks 20 years of work for @INNOVIM 🎉 almost all with @NASA but now with @NOAA on a joint program at @NASAGoddard. I've had several contracts, done and learned a lot of things, and hopefully contributed in some way to these agencies helping the US and world. More to come!

[James Marshall @astrophd]

If you'd like to hear Apollo 11 mission audio in real time to celebrate its 55th anniversary, check out https://t.co/DZbSHpzDkm.

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Today marks 19 years with @INNOVIM, almost all at @NASAGoddard. Due to contract changes, I'm now with @NOAA, but this space weather project is joint with @NASA so I still get to be at GSFC, where I've always enjoyed working.

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Every once in a while, I check the number of downloads on my #astronomy PhD dissertation out of curiosity. Since the last time I did so, it passed 500 downloads. Not bad! If you want to see it, it's on the @UofMaryland library system at: https://t.co/HwZaGb1DwZ

[James Marshall @astrophd]

I can't use both personal and business @Google Voice numbers on one mobile phone? That's not great. Is there any way around this?

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Of possible interest: this ~7 minute video about the history of the #Vim text editor. https://t.co/RvosZICljp

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Not for anything, but I feel like the Advent of Code problems are harder than usual this year. I don't usually have this much trouble in the first week (which isn't even over yet).

[James Marshall @astrophd]

As interesting as VimGolf often is, the problem is that you never learn the best tricks unless you're already good enough to score near the top to begin with, so I often feel like I'm missing out on learning something really cool.

[James Marshall @astrophd]

As a follow-up and trying to avoid spoilers, let's just say that it looks like the best scores on this problem only work *because* it's this problem, and they wouldn't apply in a more general case, which seems to be what I and some others have for our solutions instead.

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Trying VimGolf again and this one is crazy. How can you sort a space-separated list of numbers on one line in vim in only 4 keystrokes?! (Best score is 6, but you need 2 to exit.) Nothing I know of or can find about sorting would get that low. https://t.co/y4bRd0RX36

[James Marshall @astrophd]

Not exactly new, but I saw it in the astro-ph @arxiv today: the Astronomy Genealogy Project. Trace your academic lineage! :) If you're there, check your info; if not and you have an astronomy background, consider adding yourself. https://t.co/b1rqv7Yw0w

[James Marshall @astrophd]

@PythonMorsels Is there an easy/good way to decline a revisit suggestion and get another one next week? I retried this exercise few weeks ago (failed again) and it was suggested again last week. I ignored it, but it came up again today. How can I skip this one? Thanks!