Meni
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Looking for advice from the #rstats community!
I'm was asked by my spouse to teach her R for her research analysis. She has zero programming experience and currently uses Excel.
Main question: Do I start her with tidyverse or base R?
Any tips or resources are welcome!
I'm was asked by my spouse to teach her R for her research analysis. She has zero programming experience and currently uses Excel.
Main question: Do I start her with tidyverse or base R?
Any tips or resources are welcome!
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Looking for advice from the #rstats community!
I'm was asked by my spouse to teach her R for her research analysis. She has zero programming experience and currently uses Excel.
Main question: Do I start her with tidyverse or base R?
Any tips or resources are welcome!
I'm was asked by my spouse to teach her R for her research analysis. She has zero programming experience and currently uses Excel.
Main question: Do I start her with tidyverse or base R?
Any tips or resources are welcome!
How would you answer the following: Let's say my spouse and I have 6 boys. Can I say something statistically about our inherent (unknown) probability of having a boy or a girl?
ChatGPT got this partially wrong at least on my first attempt
ChatGPT got this partially wrong at least on my first attempt
October 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
How would you answer the following: Let's say my spouse and I have 6 boys. Can I say something statistically about our inherent (unknown) probability of having a boy or a girl?
ChatGPT got this partially wrong at least on my first attempt
ChatGPT got this partially wrong at least on my first attempt
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PSA for anyone beginning to use #wasm #webR to share R code snippets: We have a new short URL for the webR app: webr.sh!
webR - R in the browser
Interactive R environment running in your browser. Execute R code, create plots, and analyze data without installing anything.
webr.sh
August 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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My thoughts on the crucial importance of methodology on self-reported AI performance on mathematics competitions, and my policy on commenting on such reports going forward: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1148814...
Terence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz)
It is tempting to view the capability of current AI technology as a singular quantity: either a given task X is within the ability of current tools, or it is not. However, there is in fact a very wid...
mathstodon.xyz
July 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My thoughts on the crucial importance of methodology on self-reported AI performance on mathematics competitions, and my policy on commenting on such reports going forward: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1148814...
I played around a bit with song generators and "songwriting" with ChatGPT and noticed that there are lyrics that repeat a lot.
July 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I played around a bit with song generators and "songwriting" with ChatGPT and noticed that there are lyrics that repeat a lot.
@switchedonpop.bsky.social we need a "Learning to love Ed Sheeran" episode
June 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
@switchedonpop.bsky.social we need a "Learning to love Ed Sheeran" episode
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GitHub MCP suffers from the lethal trifecta for prompt injection: access to private data, exposure to malicious instructions + the ability to exfiltrate information
Be really careful with this stuff: attackers can trick your "agent" into stealing your private data simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/...
Be really careful with this stuff: attackers can trick your "agent" into stealing your private data simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/...
May 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
GitHub MCP suffers from the lethal trifecta for prompt injection: access to private data, exposure to malicious instructions + the ability to exfiltrate information
Be really careful with this stuff: attackers can trick your "agent" into stealing your private data simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/...
Be really careful with this stuff: attackers can trick your "agent" into stealing your private data simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/...
Learning R after several years of working with Python.
Should I begin with Base R, or jump straight into the tidyverse?
From skimming through blogs and tutorials, it seems like tidyverse has become the standard in the R community and that Base R is rarely used directly. Is that impression accurate?
Should I begin with Base R, or jump straight into the tidyverse?
From skimming through blogs and tutorials, it seems like tidyverse has become the standard in the R community and that Base R is rarely used directly. Is that impression accurate?
April 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Learning R after several years of working with Python.
Should I begin with Base R, or jump straight into the tidyverse?
From skimming through blogs and tutorials, it seems like tidyverse has become the standard in the R community and that Base R is rarely used directly. Is that impression accurate?
Should I begin with Base R, or jump straight into the tidyverse?
From skimming through blogs and tutorials, it seems like tidyverse has become the standard in the R community and that Base R is rarely used directly. Is that impression accurate?
I want to update my RSS feed with interesting blogs. I would love to hear some recommendations. Areas of Interest – Data Science. Machine learning (applied and research). Privacy (applied and research). Statistics. Data visualizations.
I'm open for recommendations in general.
I'm open for recommendations in general.
March 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I want to update my RSS feed with interesting blogs. I would love to hear some recommendations. Areas of Interest – Data Science. Machine learning (applied and research). Privacy (applied and research). Statistics. Data visualizations.
I'm open for recommendations in general.
I'm open for recommendations in general.
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💡 Tip: every statement looks more impressive when you add "Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis" in front of it.
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the algorithm runs in time O(n² log³ n)."
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the coffee machine on level 2 needs a descaling."
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the algorithm runs in time O(n² log³ n)."
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the coffee machine on level 2 needs a descaling."
March 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
💡 Tip: every statement looks more impressive when you add "Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis" in front of it.
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the algorithm runs in time O(n² log³ n)."
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the coffee machine on level 2 needs a descaling."
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the algorithm runs in time O(n² log³ n)."
"Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, the coffee machine on level 2 needs a descaling."
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Can ChatGPT pass an entire degree?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
There’s been a lot of opinion and talk about the impact of AI on education for a while, so a colleague and I set about to test ChatGPT against an entire BSc in Physics.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
There’s been a lot of opinion and talk about the impact of AI on education for a while, so a colleague and I set about to test ChatGPT against an entire BSc in Physics.
Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees - IOPscienceSearch
Can ChatGPT pass a physics degree? Making a case for reformation of assessment of undergraduate degrees, Kevin A Pimbblet, Lesley Morrell
iopscience.iop.org
December 5, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Can ChatGPT pass an entire degree?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
There’s been a lot of opinion and talk about the impact of AI on education for a while, so a colleague and I set about to test ChatGPT against an entire BSc in Physics.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
There’s been a lot of opinion and talk about the impact of AI on education for a while, so a colleague and I set about to test ChatGPT against an entire BSc in Physics.
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I think it is kind of wild that we take entire courses on academic writing (including punctuation) and statistics, but at least in my time nobody ever taught how to code academically, let alone how to style code. I think that is rapidly changing now and standards are really shooting up, but still.
December 12, 2024 at 8:04 AM
I think it is kind of wild that we take entire courses on academic writing (including punctuation) and statistics, but at least in my time nobody ever taught how to code academically, let alone how to style code. I think that is rapidly changing now and standards are really shooting up, but still.
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Nobody lives here: a global perspective
Map by Helen McKenzie shows areas of the world with less than one person per square kilometer.
Map by Helen McKenzie shows areas of the world with less than one person per square kilometer.
December 8, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Nobody lives here: a global perspective
Map by Helen McKenzie shows areas of the world with less than one person per square kilometer.
Map by Helen McKenzie shows areas of the world with less than one person per square kilometer.
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
LaTeX user: The whole spacing and size are wrong, you should have been using \bigcup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
LaTeX user: The whole spacing and size are wrong, you should have been using \bigcup
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 23, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
LaTeX user: The whole spacing and size are wrong, you should have been using \bigcup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
LaTeX user: The whole spacing and size are wrong, you should have been using \bigcup
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⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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I made one for stats papers
November 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I made one for stats papers
All the Slack users - how can I stop my coworkers from creating a new chat with the specific combination of people they want to address at this very moment, instead of working with channels and mentions?
My Slack sidebar had turned into a combinatorial nightmare
My Slack sidebar had turned into a combinatorial nightmare
November 17, 2024 at 11:12 AM
All the Slack users - how can I stop my coworkers from creating a new chat with the specific combination of people they want to address at this very moment, instead of working with channels and mentions?
My Slack sidebar had turned into a combinatorial nightmare
My Slack sidebar had turned into a combinatorial nightmare
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I made a thing!
I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev
It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃
Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something
I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev
It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃
Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something
Nightsky | hctr.dev
See live conversations from all over Bluesky as a dynamic night sky
nightsky.hctr.dev
November 16, 2024 at 11:05 PM
I made a thing!
I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev
It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃
Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something
I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev
It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃
Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something
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Another easy thing you can do: If you want your BlueSky posts mirrored to Mastodon, it's as simple as following @ap.brid.gy
Yes, really! Just hit follow and it will create a Mastodon mirror. E.g., mine is at mastodon.social/@stein.ke@bs...
Yes, really! Just hit follow and it will create a Mastodon mirror. E.g., mine is at mastodon.social/@stein.ke@bs...
November 17, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Another easy thing you can do: If you want your BlueSky posts mirrored to Mastodon, it's as simple as following @ap.brid.gy
Yes, really! Just hit follow and it will create a Mastodon mirror. E.g., mine is at mastodon.social/@stein.ke@bs...
Yes, really! Just hit follow and it will create a Mastodon mirror. E.g., mine is at mastodon.social/@stein.ke@bs...
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I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
November 11, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:
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I made a starter pack for learning theory people to gather some people around the topic. There are too many names on here that I don't know so I only added a few I do. If you believe you should be on this list, let me know. I will add people with accurate profile descriptions.
go.bsky.app/21nFz12
go.bsky.app/21nFz12
November 10, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I made a starter pack for learning theory people to gather some people around the topic. There are too many names on here that I don't know so I only added a few I do. If you believe you should be on this list, let me know. I will add people with accurate profile descriptions.
go.bsky.app/21nFz12
go.bsky.app/21nFz12
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remember alphachip, a 2021 google paper that claimed that their RL-based methods outperformed the state-of-the-art methods for chip macro placement?
according to new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's been allegations of fraud 👀
cacm.acm.org/research/ree...
according to new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's been allegations of fraud 👀
cacm.acm.org/research/ree...
Reevaluating Google’s Reinforcement Learning for IC Macro Placement – Communications of the ACM
cacm.acm.org
November 9, 2024 at 9:57 PM
remember alphachip, a 2021 google paper that claimed that their RL-based methods outperformed the state-of-the-art methods for chip macro placement?
according to new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's been allegations of fraud 👀
cacm.acm.org/research/ree...
according to new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's been allegations of fraud 👀
cacm.acm.org/research/ree...
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November 10, 2024 at 7:17 AM