Bob is a "retired" scientist, still active in zoological research. He audits data for a scientific journal publisher and has published coding tutorials on the Linux Rain blog.

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Open data brain

How to clean up your data in the command line

Command-line auditing cannot affect the database, because it works with data liberated from its database prison.
Bob Mesibov 25 May 2018
Open source code for a better food system, code with grass image

Why I code and don't get paid for it

I turn 70 on my next birthday, and it's well known that people my age aren't computerate, at least...
Bob Mesibov 10 Jul 2015 16 comments

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Commented on 12 Jul 2015
Why I code and don't get paid for it
I couldn't agree more with everything you've said, but there are some serious barriers to break through. Here are three I've found in Australia: 1) IT policies within schools, government agencies and enterprises are often...
Commented on 12 Jul 2015
Why I code and don't get paid for it
Try replacing tech in your comment with 'music' or 'art' or 'mathematics' or 'science' or 'woodwork': Music is not for everyone. The goal has never been for everyone to play music anymore than it has been for everyone to be...
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