nix on the prefab (unit 12)

From a learning and pedagogical perspective, I would not, not, not want to entertain the notion of downloading a prepackaged virtual machine. The most frustrating thing I can think of, at least in this IRLS672/675 realm, would be a black box experience. Of course I wouldn’t have known any better. But tech life is full [...]

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flavors of in between (for bits)(unit 7)

The current DLib article on DataStaR meshes with something we’re thinking about at my workplace. My topic is In Between Repositories (IBRs), where data bits may live, waiting, either forever or on their way to becoming something else. Granted DataStaR, and much IR work generally, emanates from scholarly need, need to share living work in [...]

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