Hi all! I’m a scientist and R programmer based in the UK. I like data, and history, and thrillers. I draw pictures. I play board games, especially chess and Go. I’m learning Chinese. Nice to be here!

I’ve been quite lucky to work in a place with people who are into this kind of thing. Most of the time I play online on OGS – which is fun, but no substitute for a casual in person game.

Yes, they’re so fiddly! I have a full-size set at home. It’s always hard going from that to the dinky little set I keep in the office.

I visited Kyoto before I knew how to play, and walked past a smoke-filled Go/shogi parlour. My dream is one day to go back there, find the oldest, crustiest player in the room, challenge them to a game, and get demolished.

Yes! And as far as I can tell, there isn’t an R community on here to join yet…

Based on my diet when I was there, I’m lucky I didn’t collapse into a neutron star or something.

Alternative weight loss techniques include making the planet spin faster or else hollowing it out entirely, neither of which would have any negative repurcussions as far as I can see.

Linux Mint since 2018. Everything has worked so smoothly, I’ve never felt the need to change.

I need to find a meet-up where I am. I don’t play anywhere near as many in-person games as I’d like.

Not really in the same league, but I just today learned about “doctor”, and it delighted me because I am easily delighted.