Dirk Eddelbuettel
@eddelbuettel.com
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/
Pinned
Linus Torvalds posted the Visio/SFC ruling pdf on mastodon (alt txt), calling it a "GPLv2 affirmation" concluding that the kernel covers software without direct implications for userspace software. This matches the #rstats situation: R itself is GPL-2+, but does not impose on licenses of user code.
December 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Linus Torvalds posted the Visio/SFC ruling pdf on mastodon (alt txt), calling it a "GPLv2 affirmation" concluding that the kernel covers software without direct implications for userspace software. This matches the #rstats situation: R itself is GPL-2+, but does not impose on licenses of user code.
Earlier today I listened to a podcast where someone described their work "using a new AI method such as clustering".
The relevant Wikipedia page has citations from the 1930s.
And how is your day going?
The relevant Wikipedia page has citations from the 1930s.
And how is your day going?
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Earlier today I listened to a podcast where someone described their work "using a new AI method such as clustering".
The relevant Wikipedia page has citations from the 1930s.
And how is your day going?
The relevant Wikipedia page has citations from the 1930s.
And how is your day going?
Eleven months down. Leaves 1127 days. One day at a time.
Some months feel longer than others. Recently all of them do. But we are moving on, one day a time.
Some months feel longer than others. Recently all of them do. But we are moving on, one day a time.
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Eleven months down. Leaves 1127 days. One day at a time.
Some months feel longer than others. Recently all of them do. But we are moving on, one day a time.
Some months feel longer than others. Recently all of them do. But we are moving on, one day a time.
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A damning indictment of Ken Martin and Democratic Party leadership. Yes, the autopsy will piss people off (especially those who led the Biden and the Harris campaigns). That's the point. Their failures were catastrophic for the country. Dems also need to show voters they get it and are reforming.
NEWS: The DNC is killing off its 2024 autopsy.
DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is Killing Its Autopsy of What Went Wrong in 2024
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A damning indictment of Ken Martin and Democratic Party leadership. Yes, the autopsy will piss people off (especially those who led the Biden and the Harris campaigns). That's the point. Their failures were catastrophic for the country. Dems also need to show voters they get it and are reforming.
Has anybody written an 'agent' (or 'script' as we used to call it) detecting incoming SMS messages containing
Reply STOP to End
and which immediately replies with 'STOP' ?
#getOffMyLawnAlready
Reply STOP to End
and which immediately replies with 'STOP' ?
#getOffMyLawnAlready
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Has anybody written an 'agent' (or 'script' as we used to call it) detecting incoming SMS messages containing
Reply STOP to End
and which immediately replies with 'STOP' ?
#getOffMyLawnAlready
Reply STOP to End
and which immediately replies with 'STOP' ?
#getOffMyLawnAlready
dang 0.0.17: New Features, Plus Maintenance
A collection of a few small helper functions
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats
A collection of a few small helper functions
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
dang 0.0.17: New Features, Plus Maintenance
A collection of a few small helper functions
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats
A collection of a few small helper functions
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats
RcppArmadillo 15.2.3-1 on CRAN: Upstream Update
R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rcpp #rstats
R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rcpp #rstats
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
RcppArmadillo 15.2.3-1 on CRAN: Upstream Update
R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rcpp #rstats
R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rcpp #rstats
MIT's famous 'Missing Semester' course (for the Independent Activities Period in January is back.
missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/
missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
MIT's famous 'Missing Semester' course (for the Independent Activities Period in January is back.
missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/
missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/
BH 1.90.0-1 on CRAN: New Upstream
Boost C++ header goodness for R
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #rcpp
Boost C++ header goodness for R
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #rcpp
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BH 1.90.0-1 on CRAN: New Upstream
Boost C++ header goodness for R
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #rcpp
Boost C++ header goodness for R
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #rcpp
"Measles. An old-fashioned word. People do not say much any more. But we increased it, 5,000%, 10,000%, 15,000%. The likes of which nobody has seen before. Measles."
For once he would not even be lying.
For once he would not even be lying.
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Measles. An old-fashioned word. People do not say much any more. But we increased it, 5,000%, 10,000%, 15,000%. The likes of which nobody has seen before. Measles."
For once he would not even be lying.
For once he would not even be lying.
Our cat is smelling the bacon (while I prepare two 'Flammkuchen' aka 'tarte flambée'). We did not share with her though.
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Our cat is smelling the bacon (while I prepare two 'Flammkuchen' aka 'tarte flambée'). We did not share with her though.
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The great McCoy Tyner, born today in 1938.
“I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.”
“Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼
“I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.”
“Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The great McCoy Tyner, born today in 1938.
“I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.”
“Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼
“I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.”
“Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼
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The University of Nebraska is closing their statistics department. Especially if you're all in on AI this is so short-sighted. It's like launching the first spacecraft into outer space and being like "welp time to close astrophysics and rocketry and only teach classes on buckling up your seat belts"
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The University of Nebraska is closing their statistics department. Especially if you're all in on AI this is so short-sighted. It's like launching the first spacecraft into outer space and being like "welp time to close astrophysics and rocketry and only teach classes on buckling up your seat belts"
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New in Health Affairs last week, we evaluated the impact of New York’s Basic Health Program (BHP) on pregnancy-related insurance coverage: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New York’s Basic Health Program Increased Subsidized Insurance Coverage From Preconception To The Postpartum Period | Health Affairs Journal
Prepregnancy access to care and continuous health insurance coverage from preconception to postpartum are modifiable drivers of maternal health. The Basic Health Program (BHP) provision of the Afforda...
www.healthaffairs.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New in Health Affairs last week, we evaluated the impact of New York’s Basic Health Program (BHP) on pregnancy-related insurance coverage: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
r^4 post #056: Running r-ci with R-devel
Adding R-devel to r-ci is a one-liner
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #continuousintegration
Adding R-devel to r-ci is a one-liner
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #continuousintegration
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
r^4 post #056: Running r-ci with R-devel
Adding R-devel to r-ci is a one-liner
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #continuousintegration
Adding R-devel to r-ci is a one-liner
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #continuousintegration
Episode 412 of 'Never Argue with an (Astro)Physicist'.
Everybody should read "More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity" by @adambecker.bsky.social because he cuts decisively through the crap.
www.amazon.com/More-Everyth...
Everybody should read "More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity" by @adambecker.bsky.social because he cuts decisively through the crap.
www.amazon.com/More-Everyth...
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Episode 412 of 'Never Argue with an (Astro)Physicist'.
Everybody should read "More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity" by @adambecker.bsky.social because he cuts decisively through the crap.
www.amazon.com/More-Everyth...
Everybody should read "More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity" by @adambecker.bsky.social because he cuts decisively through the crap.
www.amazon.com/More-Everyth...
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Me talking about my book: karenchristensen.substack.com/p/how-cars-m...
How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It
Daniel Knowles of the Economist talks about his book Carmaggedon
karenchristensen.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Me talking about my book: karenchristensen.substack.com/p/how-cars-m...
"Oh, I can't believe it
And people are strange
Our president's crazy
Did you hear what he said?"
Talking Heads
Making Flippy Floppy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNM...
And people are strange
Our president's crazy
Did you hear what he said?"
Talking Heads
Making Flippy Floppy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNM...
Making Flippy Floppy (Live)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Oh, I can't believe it
And people are strange
Our president's crazy
Did you hear what he said?"
Talking Heads
Making Flippy Floppy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNM...
And people are strange
Our president's crazy
Did you hear what he said?"
Talking Heads
Making Flippy Floppy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNM...
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
Episode 527 of why you never want to rely on a commerical service to host something for you 'forever'. As many people have eloquently stated before, better to register your own domain for control (at ~ $10/year) and use hosting at GitHub Pages, Netlify, Cloudflare, ...
#rstats #digitallife
#rstats #digitallife
📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service.
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Episode 527 of why you never want to rely on a commerical service to host something for you 'forever'. As many people have eloquently stated before, better to register your own domain for control (at ~ $10/year) and use hosting at GitHub Pages, Netlify, Cloudflare, ...
#rstats #digitallife
#rstats #digitallife
Timeless hover too: "Tired of waiting on hold? Use our website to chat with one of our live agents, who are available to produce words at you 24/7!"
![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Timeless hover too: "Tired of waiting on hold? Use our website to chat with one of our live agents, who are available to produce words at you 24/7!"
Because of "science" I was "forced" to produce a control group batch with regular flour (also measured by cup not scale). Turned out rather nicely. The hype on the recipe is real.
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Because of "science" I was "forced" to produce a control group batch with regular flour (also measured by cup not scale). Turned out rather nicely. The hype on the recipe is real.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
duckdb-mlpack 0.0.5: Added kmeans, version helpers, documentation
Bringing mlpack machine learning to duckdb SQL
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#duckdb #datascience #mlpack
Added kmeans, version helpers, documention
Bringing mlpack machine learning to duckdb SQL
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#duckdb #datascience #mlpack
Added kmeans, version helpers, documention
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
duckdb-mlpack 0.0.5: Added kmeans, version helpers, documentation
Bringing mlpack machine learning to duckdb SQL
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#duckdb #datascience #mlpack
Added kmeans, version helpers, documention
Bringing mlpack machine learning to duckdb SQL
dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/12...
#duckdb #datascience #mlpack
Added kmeans, version helpers, documention