Today's best forgotten R function: readr::type_convert() The middle ground between watching {readr} explode on out-of-spec CSVs, and reading everything as a character.

On the verge of madness to understand why emojis were not showing up in plots in a {pagedown} report (custom format), in a {targets} pipeline launched via a Shiny app, in a Docker container (SVG/PNG devices). 3 weeks later: found out that Ubuntu has poor support for Noto Color Emoji. #rstats

You don't need Claude Code if you have Angine de Poitrine 🔺

Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

I'm increasingly proud to have written and published things before LLMs existed.

My top 5 ggplot2 4.0.0 updates (well hidden in the NEWS) and their usage: #rstats (there's so much to unpack!) 🙌

Most companies don’t need deep learning. They need clean joins, honest metrics, and interpretable results. Startups often chase GPU clusters before fixing their CSVs. #DataScience #MachineLearning #AI #RStats

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

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More than 10 years of R, and this still caught me off guard... #rstats vec <- c("foo", "bar") list_vec <- list() for (i in vec) { list_vec[[i]] <- \() paste("vec is:", i) } list_vec[[1]]() # "vec is: bar" list_vec[[2]]() # "vec is: bar"

#rstats Replacing my organization's {pagedown} templates with #quarto + Typst... Everything going smooth so far! Much easier than LaTeX + instant compilation (from a .typ though, not a .qmd) 🙌