r^4 post #058: Reverse Dependencies Made Easy, Fast, Reliable Relying on r2u to make reverse dependency check easy, fast, reliable dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08... #rstats #r2u
Dirk Eddelbuettel
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Code, Data, Analysis, Teaching, Running, Breadmaking ... https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com "God doesn't know, and the devil isn't telling." xkcd.com/2867/
JAGS 5.0.0 is released martynplummer.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/j...
Second attempt at bread from 'Four Water Salt Yeast' by Ken Forkish, but now with reduced hydration and again a pure sourdough / levain variant. Getting there. #breadsky
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
theonion.com
RcppDate 0.0.7: New Upstream Powerful date C++ header library for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rcpp #rstats
r^4 post #057: Condionally Quieten Compilers A trick for quiet local compilation yet no CRAN check nags dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rstats
Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18
In praise of CRAN, well-crafted automation, and well-curated software: the screenshot shows emails for #Rstats submission RcppArmadillo yesterday. Four hours between submission, and publication. Nearly 1300 dependent packages tested aumagically. No issues, so automatic publication. So nice.
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
RcppArmadillo 15.4.2-1 on CRAN: Small Upstream Fixes R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rstats #rcpp
qlcal 0.1.3 on CRAN: Micro Bugfix, Build Tweak QuantLib Business / Exchange Calendaring for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rcpp #rstats
Eighteen months down. Leaves 915 days. One day at a time.
Dirk Eddelbuettel@eddelbuettel.com · 2mo agoSeventeen months down. Leaves 945 days. One day at a time.
In case you enjoyed this two-day (so far) firehose by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social as much as I did, and equally feel that your #Rstats session needs this as a `fortune`-alike tool, fear not. New package `myman` just dropped to offer you `myman()` randow selections. github.com/eddelbuettel...
PSA: CRAN is now nitpickier than your average dissertation committee. `rugarch` by Alexios now carries a deadline because 'From the bibliography engine: I didn't find a database entry for "Bollerslev1996"' and indeed his .bib file has Bollerslev1996a and Bollerslev1996b only. Wild. #rstats
We need 2-3 more writers with a science-y backgrounds to help us turn news chaos into orderly information on @unbreaking.org's infectious disease control, food safety, and medical research funding pages. The commitment is a few hours every couple of weeks. Is this you? 🌱 unbreaking.org/how-to-help/
How to help — Unbreaking
Documenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone.
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Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
We were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Professor Adrian Bowman, a distinguished statistician, longstanding RSS fellow, and valued contributor to the Society for almost five decades. Adrian's contributions to statistics, teaching, and the RSS will have a lasting impact.
Adrian W. Bowman, 1955-2026
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qlcal 0.1.2 on CRAN: Fresh Upstream Updates QuantLib Business / Exchange Calendaring for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rstats #rcpp
Nice vibe of the legendary @theonion.com story "fuck it, we are doing five blades" out in 2004 and hence *many years* before Gillete decides to actually release a five blades razor. FIFA manages to be both @theonion.com and Gillete. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Gianni Infantino hints at expansion to 64-team World Cup before 2030 event
Fifa officials will look at the possibility of expanding the World Cup by another 16 teams before the 2030 event, Gianni Infantino said in an interview
theguardian.com
Norm Matloff (1948-2026) @matloff.bsky.social I was made aware of the post below made by his daughter. We lost another friend and valued long-time contributor the #Rstats community, gone far too soon, and sure to be missed. His memory will be a blessing.
RQuantLib 0.4.28 on CRAN: Small Update Quantitative Finance library bindings for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rstats #rcpp
Liberté, Égalité, Mbappé ... ...is what I naming these three 'boules'. It's a switch for the finals from my usual multigrain loaves. #breadsky
No one knows more about sports than Trump, who also had no clue what a red card is.
Window into the mocking with which foreign media is treating the situation. The latest on the live of Le Monde, France’s paper of record: “We’re being told Trump wants to file an appeal with Infantino alleging that the Belgian team played soccer.”
That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense
“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.”
Rcpp 1.1.2 on CRAN: Usual Improvements in Semi-Annual Update Seamless R and C++ Integration dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07... #rcpp #rstats @kevinushey.bsky.social @enchufa2.es
