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Data analysis by day, stats geekery by night | Exploring the fascinating world of #datascience, #statistics, and all things #Rstats & #python
Tyler Morgan-Wall@StatistikkR It's less plotting in R and more plotting in R using one package in particular: rayshader :)
Check it out here:
www.rayshader.com
I am surprised it took amazon 2 #AWS outages to come with the ingenious idea of actually code reviewing #AI generated code 🤣 Almost as unexpected as the #SpanishInquisition https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/
How did not know that #bash/#zsh automatically keeps track of the $OLDPWD and even offers a shortcut `~-`?
`cd ~-`
Shell variable ~-
After writing the previous post, I poked around in the bash shell documentation and found a handy feature I'd never seen before, the shortcut ~-. I frequently use the command cd - to return to the previous working directory, but didn't know about ~- as a shotrcut for the shell variable $OLDPWD which contains the
"When you need actual logic? You write a script. In a real language. That you can run locally. Like a human being with dignity and a will to live."
What a fun read on the sad reality of #GitHub actions.
https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-02-05-github-actions-killing-your-team/
Data ScienceSometimes (often) one ends up needing to run older versions of R using older versions of packages. Evercran might be just the tool to help with that: https://github.com/r-hub/evercran#readme #RStats #docker #Cran #Rcheology
Stephen TurnerTraining large language models on narrow tasks can lead to broad misalignment www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Playlist of talks from the posit conference https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9HYL-VRX0oTixlfDPCS5RW_F1pccERRe #rstat
posit::conf(2025)
kobriendublin📅 Save the Dates: UseR! 2026 The international #Rstats community will gather in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 from 6–9 July 2026 for the next edition of UseR!, the premier conference for users and developers of the R programming language.
Website: user2026.r-project.org/index2.html
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