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If you've been thinking about submitting a talk for posit::conf(2026), but you're a little nervous about the process, I have the ~15 min video for you! youtu.be/aKN8qlLjld4
@rachaeldempsey.bsky.social & I stayed late on the #DSHangout to answer some Qs, & two veteran conf-talkers shared their exp
@rachaeldempsey.bsky.social & I stayed late on the #DSHangout to answer some Qs, & two veteran conf-talkers shared their exp
What is it like submitting an abstract for posit::conf()?
YouTube video by Posit PBC
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you've been thinking about submitting a talk for posit::conf(2026), but you're a little nervous about the process, I have the ~15 min video for you! youtu.be/aKN8qlLjld4
@rachaeldempsey.bsky.social & I stayed late on the #DSHangout to answer some Qs, & two veteran conf-talkers shared their exp
@rachaeldempsey.bsky.social & I stayed late on the #DSHangout to answer some Qs, & two veteran conf-talkers shared their exp
Also apropos: hils.substack.com/p/help-my-hu....
help! my husband is addicted to Claude Code.
the first, and possibly last, writerbuilder advice column
hils.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Also apropos: hils.substack.com/p/help-my-hu....
Have you also been noticing the many anecdotal reports of folks burning out on Claude code in their evenings and weekends? Like it’s fun but additive and easy to get sucked in.
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Have you also been noticing the many anecdotal reports of folks burning out on Claude code in their evenings and weekends? Like it’s fun but additive and easy to get sucked in.
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Please clarify: is that a genz 💀, millennial 💀, or boomer 💀?
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Please clarify: is that a genz 💀, millennial 💀, or boomer 💀?
I really hope that this comes to pass
it is already possible, right now, to get 100tok/sec out of 100 watts of air-cooled local inference, and the output is surprisingly good
LLM architecture gains will compound against improved silicon over the next five years to produce serious leverage, WHICH WORKERS CAN OWN OUTRIGHT
LLM architecture gains will compound against improved silicon over the next five years to produce serious leverage, WHICH WORKERS CAN OWN OUTRIGHT
If you're a person who thinks "billionaires are evil -> billionaires own big tech -> frontier labs dominate the LLM space and are owned by billionaires -> LLMs is evil" then I am sympathetic to it. However the correct prescription is not to destroy LLM technology but to expropriate it.
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I really hope that this comes to pass
What stops you from using ragg like positron does?
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
What stops you from using ragg like positron does?
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I built an R package that turns Shiny apps into UIs that render directly inside Claude Desktop or ChatGPT.
It's called shinymcp. Drop-downs, plots, tables all inline in the chat.
github.com/jameshwade/shinymcp
It's called shinymcp. Drop-downs, plots, tables all inline in the chat.
github.com/jameshwade/shinymcp
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I built an R package that turns Shiny apps into UIs that render directly inside Claude Desktop or ChatGPT.
It's called shinymcp. Drop-downs, plots, tables all inline in the chat.
github.com/jameshwade/shinymcp
It's called shinymcp. Drop-downs, plots, tables all inline in the chat.
github.com/jameshwade/shinymcp
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It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the current pace of change in technology.
A useful counterpoint:
There are STILL organizations using ArcMap for their GIS even though ArcGIS Pro has been out for over a decade.
Technology moves fast; capacity for adoption, not always.
A useful counterpoint:
There are STILL organizations using ArcMap for their GIS even though ArcGIS Pro has been out for over a decade.
Technology moves fast; capacity for adoption, not always.
February 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the current pace of change in technology.
A useful counterpoint:
There are STILL organizations using ArcMap for their GIS even though ArcGIS Pro has been out for over a decade.
Technology moves fast; capacity for adoption, not always.
A useful counterpoint:
There are STILL organizations using ArcMap for their GIS even though ArcGIS Pro has been out for over a decade.
Technology moves fast; capacity for adoption, not always.
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When you're editor of stuff you get to see the chaos of your colleagues' file-naming conventions, and what a gift that is.
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
When you're editor of stuff you get to see the chaos of your colleagues' file-naming conventions, and what a gift that is.
But seriously get the vaccine because there’s pretty strong evidence it protects against dementia too
February 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
But seriously get the vaccine because there’s pretty strong evidence it protects against dementia too
The good news is that the older you get the shorter a life time is
February 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The good news is that the older you get the shorter a life time is
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maybe my favorite all time correlation
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
maybe my favorite all time correlation
My reading of the documentation implies only within the project directory and I’ve never seen it outside without explicitly asking permission. But that said it feels like the permission system is vibe coded and has a lot of unusual behaviour (but mostly erring on the side of caution)
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
My reading of the documentation implies only within the project directory and I’ve never seen it outside without explicitly asking permission. But that said it feels like the permission system is vibe coded and has a lot of unusual behaviour (but mostly erring on the side of caution)
WTF
US women are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after than the 3 leading obstetric causes of death: hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, sepsis. From 2018 to 2021, pregnant women had a 37% higher firearm homicide rate than nonpregnant women. healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/02...
Firearm homicide rates higher among pregnant women than nonpregnant women, study shows
U.S. women are more likely to be killed during or soon after pregnancy than the three leading causes of maternal death, study shows.
healthjournalism.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
WTF
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From the Cooking community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Cooking community
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February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Only 48 hours? Don’t boast! 😀
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Only 48 hours? Don’t boast! 😀
So much great advice in this thread!
I've been in SF for four days and on each day I've had multiple conversations where people (self included) express deep feelings, fear, wonder and worry about their skills being replaced or (this is less named explicitly but an assumed driver I think) no longer valued by others. Big threats to feel
February 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So much great advice in this thread!
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A succinct and useful list of rules for teaching data science, including some of my favourites: "teach with real data" and "have students do projects".
#databs #datasky
#databs #datasky
"Ten simple rules for teaching data science": arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874
A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
Ten simple rules for teaching data science
Teaching data science presents unique challenges and opportunities that cannot be fully addressed by simply borrowing pedagogical strategies from its parent disciplines of statistics and computer scie...
arxiv.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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Secret club meets tmrw. Stay late after the Hangout. (Bring your Qs abt submitting talks for posit::conf(2026)! @rachaeldempsey.bsky.social and I will spill the beans. I mean, we'll help. Probably!
Seriously, though, see you tomorrow 😂 conf talks can be transformative!!
#databs #rstats #python
Seriously, though, see you tomorrow 😂 conf talks can be transformative!!
#databs #rstats #python
February 5, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Secret club meets tmrw. Stay late after the Hangout. (Bring your Qs abt submitting talks for posit::conf(2026)! @rachaeldempsey.bsky.social and I will spill the beans. I mean, we'll help. Probably!
Seriously, though, see you tomorrow 😂 conf talks can be transformative!!
#databs #rstats #python
Seriously, though, see you tomorrow 😂 conf talks can be transformative!!
#databs #rstats #python
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inspired by CLAUDE.md, I’ve started putting markdown files named after coworkers into work code repos so I can remind them to stop doing shit to the codebase that annoys me
for some reason they’re all mad at me now, which means ill be adding commands to JEREMY.md for an attitude adjustment
for some reason they’re all mad at me now, which means ill be adding commands to JEREMY.md for an attitude adjustment
February 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
I mean, are they really cheaper or easier to produce than just sourcing the right thing from a mass distributor? it's sweet but doesn't seem Pareto efficient, and I feel like that's important to the revolution
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
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I'll be teaching a short intro to Shiny workshop for @rladiesremote.bsky.social on February 17! Registration details are below, or you can register by going here: meetu.ps/e/PQt4g/ypHs... #shiny #rstats #databs
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I'll be teaching a short intro to Shiny workshop for @rladiesremote.bsky.social on February 17! Registration details are below, or you can register by going here: meetu.ps/e/PQt4g/ypHs... #shiny #rstats #databs
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Folks, have you been overwhelmed by ~All This~ and wanting a gentle compassionate space to think about agentic coding??
Good news: if you're in SF & have free time tomorrow afternoon you can come hang out with me and @anthrocypher.bsky.social in a popup casual learning event ❤️
luma.com/rdw3dq4h
Good news: if you're in SF & have free time tomorrow afternoon you can come hang out with me and @anthrocypher.bsky.social in a popup casual learning event ❤️
luma.com/rdw3dq4h
Claude Code (Cr)afternoon · Luma
Have you seen people rave about Claude Code, and wondered whether agent-assisted coding is for you?
We're people who both work in and around software teams,…
luma.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Folks, have you been overwhelmed by ~All This~ and wanting a gentle compassionate space to think about agentic coding??
Good news: if you're in SF & have free time tomorrow afternoon you can come hang out with me and @anthrocypher.bsky.social in a popup casual learning event ❤️
luma.com/rdw3dq4h
Good news: if you're in SF & have free time tomorrow afternoon you can come hang out with me and @anthrocypher.bsky.social in a popup casual learning event ❤️
luma.com/rdw3dq4h