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LabPlot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/u/blindbunny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blindbunny</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/LabPlot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabPlot</span></a> isn't exactly an open-source <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a>, but it is a an open-source and cross-platform tool for visualizing and analyzing data.</p><p>It focuses on creating interactive scientific plots and offers features like curve fitting, Fourier and Hilbert transforms, data manipulation, and live data support.</p><p>Computing with e.g. <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Maxima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maxima</span></a> is also possible with interactive notebooks available in LabPlot.</p><p>You can see a list of LabPlot features here:<br>➡️ <a href="https://labplot.org/features" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">labplot.org/features</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Fabrizio Musacchio<p>🧠💻 A team from the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, cimcyc.bsky.social) published a <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> guide aimed at students in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> and <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/cognitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognitive</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a>. This evolving set of <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/tutorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tutorials</span></a> offers a curated collection of conceptual reflections, practical examples, and methodological recommendations. The material is available in <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a>, and <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a>.</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://wobc.github.io/programming_book/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wobc.github.io/programming_boo</span><span class="invisible">k/</span></a><br><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/CognitiveScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveScience</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a></p>
El Duvelle<p>The new <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matlab</span></a> version (2025a) doesn't keep my favorites pinned and that's very annoying</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/JustComplaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustComplaining</span></a></p>
Alfonso Siciliano<p>Just discovered the true meaning of the name Alfonso, straight outta North Carolina:<br>Alfonso = ALgorithm FOr Non-Symmetric Optimization 😄 😁 😆 <br>Source: <a href="https://github.com/dpapp-github/alfonso" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/dpapp-github/alfons</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Onomastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Onomastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/name" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>name</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matlab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/optimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/joke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a></p>
Bose-Einstein-Kondensat<p>A portable low-cost <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arduino</span></a>-controlled <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polymerase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polymerase</span></a> chain reaction device:</p><p>-4-well aluminum heating block<br>-heated lid<br>-heating/cooling rates: 1.78/1.52 °C/s<br>- temp. accuracy: ± 0.55 °C<br>-cost: US $120<br>-requires <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00635" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00</span><span class="invisible">635</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DIYbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYbio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lab</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/instruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instruments</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a></p>
Redish Lab<p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matlab</span></a> seems to be mostly recovered. Anyone installed new downloads or add-ons successfully? Anyone noticed any problems?</p>
Prof. Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a> in Teilen immer noch down: Seit über einer Woche hat die Programmiersprache/Berechnungsumgebung nun schon mit einem <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ransomware</span></a>-Vorfall zu kämpfen - was ziemlich übel ist, weil nicht nur die Online-Anwendungen, sondern auch interne Mitarbeitersysteme betroffen waren. Und wenn man darüber nachdenkt, dass weltweit ca. 6.500 Unis das Tool nutzen, kann man sich die Auswirkungen auf die Forschung durchaus vorstellen.</p><p><a href="https://status.mathworks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">status.mathworks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mathworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathworks</span></a></p>
Ralph-Uwe Börner<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MathWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathWorks</span></a> server issues have persisted for days, affecting licensing and downloads. This highlights how dependent many academic workflows are on proprietary systems.</p><p>Consider alternatives that remain available regardless of vendor status:</p><p>🔹 Julia – built for numerical computing<br>🔹 Python – widely used, with strong scientific libraries</p><p>Both are open-source and resilient.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuliaLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuliaLang</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a></p>
Redish Lab<p>@mathworks - how is *downloads* not the first thing you restored? 🤬 </p><p>All the other stuff is gravy. If you have downloads, people can install their own license servers and run matlab. How is this not the first thing fixed?</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matlab</span></a> </p><p>ps. Does anyone have a link to @mathworks so we can actually talk to them?</p>
Jason Bowen 🇺🇦<p>The MathWorks outage is the perfect time to look at GNU Octave! No license servers to deal with for FLOSS! <a href="https://octave.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">octave.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Even if it's not helpful right now during the outage, consider it for future work to avoid stoppage the next time the MathWorks hostage server goes down. </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/mathworks_ransomware_attack_leaves_ondeadline/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/05/27/mat</span><span class="invisible">hworks_ransomware_attack_leaves_ondeadline/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/octave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octave</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnu</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/proprietarysoftwaresucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietarysoftwaresucks</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/mathworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathworks</span></a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matlab</span></a></p>
Alien BOB<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> I don't know what web sites you are talking about? I can access my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MathWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathWorks</span></a> online <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a> resources just fine, for instance <a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">matlabacademy.mathworks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or <a href="https://matlab.mathworks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">matlab.mathworks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
fuomag9<p>Finally all my hate torwards <a href="https://kiwi.fuo.fi/tags/matlab" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#matlab</a><span> is resolved<br><br>RE: </span><a href="https://cyberplace.social/users/GossiTheDog/statuses/114575894465221852" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://cyberplace.social/users/GossiTheDog/statuses/114575894465221852</a></p>
El Duvelle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@adredish" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adredish</span></a></span> I am also currently using <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matlab</span></a> for my analyses.. I used to prefer <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> but last time I tried to install it to get some spike sorting code to run I had to admit that all the problems with incompatible versions made it almost not worth it.</p><p>The only other alternative I've seen people use would be R, and these people usually claim that it can do anything that Python (or Matlab) does, but in reality I've never seen them use it for anything else than plot graphs and do stats. So I don't know if it can really be a replacement.</p><p>I also tried Octave a long time ago, it was not as good as Matlab but maybe it has improved now? I don't know how they deal with updates and toolboxes..</p><p>So I'm also interested to see what alternatives do people use for <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> analyses!</p>
Ole-Morten 🚀👨‍🚀🌻<p>When <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matlab</span></a> doesn't work, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matlab</span></a> also doesn't work.</p><p>The combination of C++ (with lots of templates) AND Matlab can't possibly be good for my sanity, blood pressure, og general health.</p>
Janne Moren<p>Anyone knows what's going on with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matlab</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mathworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mathworks</span></a> lately? Seems a lot of their services have been down for days now.</p>
Bart Janssens 🇧🇪<p>Looks like things are going a bit poorly for <a href="https://sociabl.be/tags/MatLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatLab</span></a> 😲 </p><p><a href="https://status.mathworks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">status.mathworks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
windsor<p>I'm surprised to hear they're still teaching MATLAB to civil engineering students in college. I learned MATLAB in college the late 2000s, but it was proprietary and expensive so I never used it.</p><p>STEM students should definitely be learning Python instead of MATLAB. It can do anything MATLAB can do, and is free and accessible.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a></p>
El Duvelle<p>Good <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a> practices question for <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Documentation</span></a>:</p><p>Are there some general guidelines on what info to put in the comment at the top of each code file? Like date, author, basic description of what the code does? Maybe something about dependencies? Are there templates for this somewhere (e.g. for <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matlab</span></a> or <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> if that matters)?</p>
Chuck<p>Any <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/octave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octave</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/matlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matlab</span></a> users here? I'm generating a plot and it's coming out with whitespace before the Y axis and after the end of the plot, which is rather annoying. Is there a parameter to either stretch the plot to fill the frame or to shrink the frame to the dimensions of the plot?</p>
Henrik Bengtsson<p>For those who say that it's okay for a software tool to use all CPU cores by default:</p><p>Here's a stalled shared compute server with 48 cores. The java, python3.12 and MATLAB processes run at 4800%, meaning they looked at the number of physical cores available on this machine and decide it's a good idea to hijack them all for their own purposes 🤷 </p><p>Users are rarely aware - advanced ones might, but they would also know how to override the default</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parallel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parallel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MATLAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATLAB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a></p>