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/
"God doesn't know, and the devil isn't telling." xkcd.com/2867/
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chronometre: A new package (pair) demo for R and Python
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
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#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
chronometre: A new package (pair) demo for R and Python
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
"Tell me you are not currenty in the Bay Area without telling me you are not currently in the Bay Area" challenge met.
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"Tell me you are not currenty in the Bay Area without telling me you are not currently in the Bay Area" challenge met.
chronometre: A new package (pair) demo for R and Python
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
chronometre: A new package (pair) demo for R and Python
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
Efficient yet simple object exchange between R and Python
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats #rcpp #python #datascience
I am a NY Times subscriber (for just the 'online paper') so I am wee bit conflicted about the NY Times permanently trying to upsell me essentially each of the 'successful initiatives' you list.
I admire the business acumen, but remain a customer, not a shareholder.
I admire the business acumen, but remain a customer, not a shareholder.
February 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I am a NY Times subscriber (for just the 'online paper') so I am wee bit conflicted about the NY Times permanently trying to upsell me essentially each of the 'successful initiatives' you list.
I admire the business acumen, but remain a customer, not a shareholder.
I admire the business acumen, but remain a customer, not a shareholder.
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this dude rules
“Le Grand Dérangement” and being targeted for your language leaves memories.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUOKOtT...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUOKOtT...
Jourdan Thibodeaux on Instagram: "Nothing great is built on hate. I sincerely hope you watch this until the end and do some deep thinking. Seems like a lot of people have forgotten where we come from....
26K likes, 2,218 comments - jourdanthibodeaux on February 1, 2026: "Nothing great is built on hate. I sincerely hope you watch this until the end and do some deep thinking. Seems like a lot of people ...
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February 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
this dude rules
You are also allowed to spike it a little with whiskey, rum, brandy, ... or alike. Non-fancy ones for cocktails will do. The combination can be quite nice on a cold day.
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
You are also allowed to spike it a little with whiskey, rum, brandy, ... or alike. Non-fancy ones for cocktails will do. The combination can be quite nice on a cold day.
The first set of the concert performed the record to celebrate its 50th anniversary --- and as the album starts off with the title track, the show started COOKING. If someone recorded that opener ... it was truly amazeballs. Funk from the band along with amazing vocals. Just lovely.
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The first set of the concert performed the record to celebrate its 50th anniversary --- and as the album starts off with the title track, the show started COOKING. If someone recorded that opener ... it was truly amazeballs. Funk from the band along with amazing vocals. Just lovely.
Last evening's "outcore" of the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" at the CSO by José James featuring Lizz Wright along with Marcus Machado (g), BIGYUKI (p), Ben Williams (b), and Jharis Yokley (dr) closed it out with "What's Going On". Timely.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Last evening's "outcore" of the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" at the CSO by José James featuring Lizz Wright along with Marcus Machado (g), BIGYUKI (p), Ben Williams (b), and Jharis Yokley (dr) closed it out with "What's Going On". Timely.
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With a little bit of help from friends ... namely a good pinch of dry yeast as my sourdough is in the process of restarting. Last loaves were very 'meh'. This one looks promising. #breadsky
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
With a little bit of help from friends ... namely a good pinch of dry yeast as my sourdough is in the process of restarting. Last loaves were very 'meh'. This one looks promising. #breadsky
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For our recent package releases, I’ve been using a lightweight, AI-friendly R workflow built around `littler` and 4 new tinyverse-inspired development packages we released today!
#rstats #tinyverse #ClaudeCode
cornball.ai/posts/tinyve...
#rstats #tinyverse #ClaudeCode
cornball.ai/posts/tinyve...
The Tinyverse Development Toolchain
Every R package we’ve released over the past two weeks was built with the same set of tools. Today we’re making those tools public.
The sidequest eraCLI coding tools like Claude Code (and even llamaR!...
cornball.ai
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
For our recent package releases, I’ve been using a lightweight, AI-friendly R workflow built around `littler` and 4 new tinyverse-inspired development packages we released today!
#rstats #tinyverse #ClaudeCode
cornball.ai/posts/tinyve...
#rstats #tinyverse #ClaudeCode
cornball.ai/posts/tinyve...
rfoaas 2.3.3: Limited Rebirth
A RESTful interface for R to the excellent FOAAS service
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#rstats
A RESTful interface for R to the excellent FOAAS service
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#rstats
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
rfoaas 2.3.3: Limited Rebirth
A RESTful interface for R to the excellent FOAAS service
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats
A RESTful interface for R to the excellent FOAAS service
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
littler 0.3.23 on CRAN: More Features (and Fixes)
Everybody's favourite way to rock R at the command-line and in scripts
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#rstats
Everybody's favourite way to rock R at the command-line and in scripts
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#rstats
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
littler 0.3.23 on CRAN: More Features (and Fixes)
Everybody's favourite way to rock R at the command-line and in scripts
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats
Everybody's favourite way to rock R at the command-line and in scripts
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02...
#rstats
Alt text: "There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader."
![Comic. Conjecture: It’s possible to construct a convincing proof without words, pictures, or content of any kind. Proof: [empty box] [caption] Proofs without words are cool, but we can go further.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiaukmlmzx6xhbcjej4rq5axkf7a25sjywnvodd53dgnebmt4ver5a@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Alt text: "There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader."
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🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update.
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
What's new in the world of Generalized Additive Models
YouTube video by Bottom of the Heap
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February 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
🚨 GAMs have moved on—so it’s time for an update.
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
On March 3, 2026 (17:00–19:00 CET) I’ll be livestreaming an updated introduction to Generalized Additive Models in R
📺 YouTube livestream link: youtube.com/live/A9U8e1K...
#RStats #mgcv #GAMs #gratia #statistics 🧪
But there is nothing wrong with allowing authors to add details. And when nothing is provided it does in fact redirect back to the CRAN page!
E.g. my little zigg package has doi.org/10.32614/CRA... and that faithfully redirects to cran.r-project.org/package=zigg. What's not to like?
E.g. my little zigg package has doi.org/10.32614/CRA... and that faithfully redirects to cran.r-project.org/package=zigg. What's not to like?
zigg: Lightweight Interfaces to the 'Ziggurat' Pseudo Random Number Generator
The 'Ziggurat' pseudo-random number generator (or PRNG), introduced by Marsaglia and Tsang (2000, <<a href="https://doi.org/10.18637%2Fjss.v005.i08" target="_top">doi:10.18637/jss.v005.i08</a>>)...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:21 AM
But there is nothing wrong with allowing authors to add details. And when nothing is provided it does in fact redirect back to the CRAN page!
E.g. my little zigg package has doi.org/10.32614/CRA... and that faithfully redirects to cran.r-project.org/package=zigg. What's not to like?
E.g. my little zigg package has doi.org/10.32614/CRA... and that faithfully redirects to cran.r-project.org/package=zigg. What's not to like?
I also find it confusing! Before posting, I compared what `citation("ggplot2")` produces (which follows the `CITATION` file) versus a small package of mine which I knew has no such file. For the latter R did indeed create a new citation record with DOI on the fly. Maybe ask on r-package-devel?
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I also find it confusing! Before posting, I compared what `citation("ggplot2")` produces (which follows the `CITATION` file) versus a small package of mine which I knew has no such file. For the latter R did indeed create a new citation record with DOI on the fly. Maybe ask on r-package-devel?
You can override the automagically generated entry with an explicit one. If present, it wins. It appears team ggplot2 put an explicit one here three years ago which is now moderately scale so maybe time to file an issue if you want.
github.com/tidyverse/gg...
github.com/tidyverse/gg...
ggplot2/inst/CITATION at main · tidyverse/ggplot2
An implementation of the Grammar of Graphics in R. Contribute to tidyverse/ggplot2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
You can override the automagically generated entry with an explicit one. If present, it wins. It appears team ggplot2 put an explicit one here three years ago which is now moderately scale so maybe time to file an issue if you want.
github.com/tidyverse/gg...
github.com/tidyverse/gg...
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Rcpp 1.1.1 on CRAN: Many Improvements in Semi-Annual Update
Seamless R and C++ Integration
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#rstats #rcpp
/cc @enchufa2.es @kevinushey.bsky.social
Seamless R and C++ Integration
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#rstats #rcpp
/cc @enchufa2.es @kevinushey.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Rcpp 1.1.1 on CRAN: Many Improvements in Semi-Annual Update
Seamless R and C++ Integration
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01...
#rstats #rcpp
/cc @enchufa2.es @kevinushey.bsky.social
Seamless R and C++ Integration
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01...
#rstats #rcpp
/cc @enchufa2.es @kevinushey.bsky.social
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Here is a better angle of this sign. I originally received this from a friend, but it came from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Here is a better angle of this sign. I originally received this from a friend, but it came from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
SVN commit r89366 brought two new and very interesting accessor for CRAN state internals and history to #rstats 'R-devel'.
We can probably build on these: history of 'actions', and history/state of 'issues'.
We can probably build on these: history of 'actions', and history/state of 'issues'.
February 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
SVN commit r89366 brought two new and very interesting accessor for CRAN state internals and history to #rstats 'R-devel'.
We can probably build on these: history of 'actions', and history/state of 'issues'.
We can probably build on these: history of 'actions', and history/state of 'issues'.
American Exceptionalism, continued. "Melania" IMDB rankings by country, updated.
US 1.6 / 10, n = 9.9k
UK 1.0 / 10, n = 1.5k
Canada 1.0 / 10, n = 1.2k
Germany 1.0 / 10, n = 0.9k
Australia 1.0 / 10, n = 0.5k
Overall 1.2 / 10, n = 19k
US 1.6 / 10, n = 9.9k
UK 1.0 / 10, n = 1.5k
Canada 1.0 / 10, n = 1.2k
Germany 1.0 / 10, n = 0.9k
Australia 1.0 / 10, n = 0.5k
Overall 1.2 / 10, n = 19k
American Exceptionalis, "Melania" edition. Per country IMDB ratings score and count:
US 1.5/10, n=8.2k
UK 1.0/10, n=1.2k
Canada 1.0/10, n=1k
Germany 1.0/10, n=0.6k
Australia 1.0/10, n=0.5k
I.e. "what's wrong with us?" No, don't answer that...
US 1.5/10, n=8.2k
UK 1.0/10, n=1.2k
Canada 1.0/10, n=1k
Germany 1.0/10, n=0.6k
Australia 1.0/10, n=0.5k
I.e. "what's wrong with us?" No, don't answer that...
IMDB score of 1.0. A record (in the way you don't want to have a record....). So limits to astroturfing discovered.
And maybe, just maybe, the movie wasn't worth USD 75 million? Who knew. [ Hint: Everybody did. Still just one of 10^umpteen bribes ... ]
And maybe, just maybe, the movie wasn't worth USD 75 million? Who knew. [ Hint: Everybody did. Still just one of 10^umpteen bribes ... ]
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
American Exceptionalism, continued. "Melania" IMDB rankings by country, updated.
US 1.6 / 10, n = 9.9k
UK 1.0 / 10, n = 1.5k
Canada 1.0 / 10, n = 1.2k
Germany 1.0 / 10, n = 0.9k
Australia 1.0 / 10, n = 0.5k
Overall 1.2 / 10, n = 19k
US 1.6 / 10, n = 9.9k
UK 1.0 / 10, n = 1.5k
Canada 1.0 / 10, n = 1.2k
Germany 1.0 / 10, n = 0.9k
Australia 1.0 / 10, n = 0.5k
Overall 1.2 / 10, n = 19k
Good question, and no idea, maybe someone else knows?
I also have not yet checked at Polymarket for odds on "Best Picture" or "Best Actress" Oscars.
I also have not yet checked at Polymarket for odds on "Best Picture" or "Best Actress" Oscars.
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Good question, and no idea, maybe someone else knows?
I also have not yet checked at Polymarket for odds on "Best Picture" or "Best Actress" Oscars.
I also have not yet checked at Polymarket for odds on "Best Picture" or "Best Actress" Oscars.
American Exceptionalis, "Melania" edition. Per country IMDB ratings score and count:
US 1.5/10, n=8.2k
UK 1.0/10, n=1.2k
Canada 1.0/10, n=1k
Germany 1.0/10, n=0.6k
Australia 1.0/10, n=0.5k
I.e. "what's wrong with us?" No, don't answer that...
US 1.5/10, n=8.2k
UK 1.0/10, n=1.2k
Canada 1.0/10, n=1k
Germany 1.0/10, n=0.6k
Australia 1.0/10, n=0.5k
I.e. "what's wrong with us?" No, don't answer that...
IMDB score of 1.0. A record (in the way you don't want to have a record....). So limits to astroturfing discovered.
And maybe, just maybe, the movie wasn't worth USD 75 million? Who knew. [ Hint: Everybody did. Still just one of 10^umpteen bribes ... ]
And maybe, just maybe, the movie wasn't worth USD 75 million? Who knew. [ Hint: Everybody did. Still just one of 10^umpteen bribes ... ]
February 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
American Exceptionalis, "Melania" edition. Per country IMDB ratings score and count:
US 1.5/10, n=8.2k
UK 1.0/10, n=1.2k
Canada 1.0/10, n=1k
Germany 1.0/10, n=0.6k
Australia 1.0/10, n=0.5k
I.e. "what's wrong with us?" No, don't answer that...
US 1.5/10, n=8.2k
UK 1.0/10, n=1.2k
Canada 1.0/10, n=1k
Germany 1.0/10, n=0.6k
Australia 1.0/10, n=0.5k
I.e. "what's wrong with us?" No, don't answer that...