Sam Albers
@bigbadsam.bsky.social
Data Science at Hakai Institute. Ex: Anaconda, Voltron Data and bcgov. Interested in all things data. And hockey. And open source hydrology. And plots. Did I mention plots?
Feels like Bluesky is starting to cook.
My translation of a viral Japanese meme summarizing decades of U.S. complaints about Japan not buying enough American cars (while not making the kind of cars Japanese consumers actually want):
April 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Feels like Bluesky is starting to cook.
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This is the way.
R+Docker, we use an R pkg project structure (R/, man/, tests/, inst/) plus additional top-level folders like `exec/` for docker-executable scripts, `dev/` for devel/sandbox scripts, `reports/` for one-time reports, and `local/` for gitignored large files.
app.R, plumber.R etc go at the top level.
app.R, plumber.R etc go at the top level.
February 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is the way.
Now everyone is racing to the bottom 🙃
New York lawmakers are considering a change to the state's special elections law that would keep Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat open for months, a move backed by Hakeem Jeffries as a way to deny Republicans’ already bare-bones House majority of a crucial vote.
Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House
New York lawmakers may give Gov. Kathy Hochul more time to schedule special elections, a move backed by the House Democratic leader that could keep a key seat vacant for months.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Now everyone is racing to the bottom 🙃
Rivers is building! github.com/riverscuomo
riverscuomo - Overview
Rocking the code, coding the rock. Flutter, Python, Google Apps Script, Flask.
https://discord.gg/mr-rivers-neighborhood
- riverscuomo
github.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Rivers is building! github.com/riverscuomo
Reposted by Sam Albers
👏 agents 👏 are 👏 just 👏 programs 👏
Here is why I consider AI agents nothing more than software. I'm talking specifically about the pieces of software that do things in a pipeline to complete a task. Let's take booking a flight to Vancouver as an example task.
January 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
👏 agents 👏 are 👏 just 👏 programs 👏
Reposted by Sam Albers
Let's ring in the new year with one of the greatest string quartets ever composed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=plAT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=plAT...
RAVEL — Quartet in F major
YouTube video by Curtis Institute of Music
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Let's ring in the new year with one of the greatest string quartets ever composed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=plAT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=plAT...
Reposted by Sam Albers
Not shipping a “perfect” product to customers (upgrading later), teams working with “error budgets” and having deadlines to meet (that customers expect):
Sounds like software development! Except it’s not: it’s developing a lithography machine inside ASML.
From Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink
Sounds like software development! Except it’s not: it’s developing a lithography machine inside ASML.
From Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink
January 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Not shipping a “perfect” product to customers (upgrading later), teams working with “error budgets” and having deadlines to meet (that customers expect):
Sounds like software development! Except it’s not: it’s developing a lithography machine inside ASML.
From Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink
Sounds like software development! Except it’s not: it’s developing a lithography machine inside ASML.
From Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink
Reposted by Sam Albers
Do you know of any #rstats teams who could use some help in 2025?
I'm a freelance consultant with 10yrs of experience in #DataSci, #DataOps, and #SysAdmin for related tools. Open to many types of engagements (project-based, temp staff, etc). Reply, DM, or email (bio) any leads or questions!
I'm a freelance consultant with 10yrs of experience in #DataSci, #DataOps, and #SysAdmin for related tools. Open to many types of engagements (project-based, temp staff, etc). Reply, DM, or email (bio) any leads or questions!
December 27, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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nbsanity now has a bookmarklet
nbsanity.com
It's a static server that renders public Jupyter notebooks with Quarto
nbsanity.com
It's a static server that renders public Jupyter notebooks with Quarto
nbsanity | Jupyter Notebook Viewer
A modern way to render and view Jupyter notebooks directly from GitHub
nbsanity.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:36 AM
nbsanity now has a bookmarklet
nbsanity.com
It's a static server that renders public Jupyter notebooks with Quarto
nbsanity.com
It's a static server that renders public Jupyter notebooks with Quarto
Reposted by Sam Albers
Some of the names that I considered for the tidyverse were sleekverse, deftverse, and dapperverse!!
November 27, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Some of the names that I considered for the tidyverse were sleekverse, deftverse, and dapperverse!!
Did everyone just _move_ here or does everyone just maintain a hundred accounts now?
November 12, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Did everyone just _move_ here or does everyone just maintain a hundred accounts now?