Ethan White

@ethanwhite.weecology.org

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Environmental data scientist/professor using technology to understand nature. #rstats, Python, open data, open source. he/him

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Reviewer comment: "Note: The following are optional technical questions that arose during my review. They do not affect my recommendation to accept this paper"
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On the left "Your Problem" showing a bull sized scary looking hippo. On the left "Your Problem Broken Into Pieces" showing 4 pictures of the incredibly cute baby hippo Moo Deng. The analogy is that the sub problems are smaller and less scary, not that the sub problems are all miniature versions of the overall problem (because yes; last year someone online felt the need to question whether I understood how problem decomposition works).
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Bearded person (me!) wearing a t-shirt that says “Sept 21”
A selfie of me showing the screen in my classroom in the background displaying a giant 500 Internal Server Error page
Ving Rhames saying “same old Ethan”
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Image of trees from overhead in forests in Alabama, Virginai, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. Bounding boxes are shown around each tree with their species indicated by the color of the box.
April 17, Day of action for higher education. Join us! QR code that links to https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
Ethan White (a weary, middle aged, college professor) eating a pastry from Baker Baker. If you live in Gainesville FL you should really get pastries from Baker Baker
1. Add instructions to use WSL 2 for lessons taught in the shell 2. Continue using RStudio for R lessons, but monitor the development of Positron 3. Update Python instructions to use miniforge 4. Add instructions to install VS Codium/VS Code for Python lessons 5. Teach the fundamentals of environment management in novice Python lessons
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Picture of me wearing a white hoodie with the words “It’s almost over” printed on the front
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Left side - "Your problem" Image of an angry hippopotamus. Right side - "Your problem broken down into pieces" 4 cute pictures of Moo Deng an adorable baby pygmy hippo Angry hippo image from: https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/angry-hippo-again-huber-tom/43184827
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Rivulets making ridges at the beach
Exercise from my Data Carpentry course: To determine if a file named thesis_data.csv exists in your working directory you can use the code to get a list of available files and directories: 1. Use the %in% operator to write a conditional statement that checks to see if thesis_data.csv is in this list. 2. Write an if statement that loads the file using read_csv() only if the file exists. 3.Add an else clause that prints "OMG MY THESIS DATA IS MISSING. NOOOO!!!!" if the file doesn’t exist. 4. Make sure your actual thesis data is backed up.
Screenshot of a quote tweet by @ethanwhite on Nov 1, 2022 stating: "The @UF Board of Trustees has made it clear where it stands, and it is in opposition to the faculty and students that make the University of Florida what it is. Regardless of how the new president performs, the damage done to the institution by this decision will echo for years." The quoted tweet from @UF says "The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to select U.S. Sen. Dr. Ben Sasse as UF’s president-elect."
Selfie with coffee cup
Screenshot of https://everwatch.weecology.org. Map showing the general location of the colony, CypressCity. Time-series showing the total counts of all birds in that colony weekly during the February-April for 2000-2023. A zoomed in image showing individual bird detections on top of the imagery.
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In response to the arrests made of protesters this evening at the University of Florida campus, below is a statement that is attributable to UF spokesman Steve Orlando: “This is not complicated: The University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children — they knew the rules, they broke the rules, and they'll face the consequences. For many days, we have patiently told protesters — many of whom are outside agitators — that they were able to exercise their right to free speech and free assembly. And we also told them that clearly prohibited activities would result in a trespassing order from UPD (barring them from all university properties for three years) and an interim suspension from the university. For days UPD patiently and consistently reiterated the rules. Today, individuals who refused to comply were arrested after UPD gave multiple warnings and multiple opportunities to comply.”
UF UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA Division of Student Life Allowable Activities Speech Expressing viewpoints Holding signs in hands Prohibitive Items and Activities no amplified sound no demonstrations inside buildings No littering No camping No sleeping No unmanned signs No blocking egress No building structures (chairs, stakes, benches, tables) No camping, including tents, sleeping bags, pillows, etc. No disruption No threats No violence No weapons Any other items and/or activities deemed to be non-compliant with policy and regulations by university officials Consequences for Non-Compliance Individuals found responsible for engaging in prohibited activities shall be trespassed from campus Students will receive a 3 year trespass and suspension. Employees will be trespassed and separated from employment.
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A cute dog (Shiba Inu) looking at the camera with the words: Nope. Nope. Nope. So. Much. Nope.
Me wearing a sweatshirt that says "It's almost over"
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Map of millions of trees identified to species from remote sensing data at the BART National Ecological Observatory Network site.
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Adam Savage with the quote “I reject your reality and substitute my own”
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Pictures of the BART NEON site with tree crowns indicated by boxes of different colors for different species at three scales: 1) The full site and surrounding region; 2) 500 m x 250 m; and 3) 90 m x 150m. The largest scale exhibits clusters and gradients of different colors. At the middle scale small boxes can be seen clustered by color. At the finest scales tree crowns can be seen surrounded by boxes of different colors.
Dr. Ethan White: Research Funding Approved
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Picture of a dog lying on a couch with what appears to be a power cord plugged into its but.
Trees viewed from above with colored boxes around each tree indicating species. Four subplots, one each for forests in Alabama, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin
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Bluesky search page with a search for "rstats" showing posts by a number of users that include the #rstats hashtag as well as posts with just the word rstats without the #.
Up! squirrel meme (dogs get distracted by squirrel): Must finish reviewing grant... Code!
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