Nathan Jeffery
@ctrl-n.bsky.social
Professional nerd, amateur artist, and gamer. RStats, Shiny, Quarto, etc. Opinions = mine. He/him 🌈
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I need you to know that your contribution, your voice, your perspective, your way of explaining something, YOUR whatever, is valuable.
Just because "it's been done before" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Nothing is new, everything's been done! But not by you. Yet.
#databs #rststs #python
Just because "it's been done before" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Nothing is new, everything's been done! But not by you. Yet.
#databs #rststs #python
September 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Please stop spamming #rstats with your bots
Use a descriptive tag so we can can choose to follow, and not have to trawl through so much churn
I can't see any option other than blocking the accounts, I'm interested in CRAN updates (and others) but gee, it should be about humans and actual ideas
Use a descriptive tag so we can can choose to follow, and not have to trawl through so much churn
I can't see any option other than blocking the accounts, I'm interested in CRAN updates (and others) but gee, it should be about humans and actual ideas
August 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Please stop spamming #rstats with your bots
Use a descriptive tag so we can can choose to follow, and not have to trawl through so much churn
I can't see any option other than blocking the accounts, I'm interested in CRAN updates (and others) but gee, it should be about humans and actual ideas
Use a descriptive tag so we can can choose to follow, and not have to trawl through so much churn
I can't see any option other than blocking the accounts, I'm interested in CRAN updates (and others) but gee, it should be about humans and actual ideas
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Anyone an idea where I can find the source code of ardata.fr/ggiraph-book/ ? The github link on the website is dead. #ggplot2 #rstats #ggiraph. Thanks!
ggiraph-book
ardata.fr
August 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Anyone an idea where I can find the source code of ardata.fr/ggiraph-book/ ? The github link on the website is dead. #ggplot2 #rstats #ggiraph. Thanks!
I agree with a lot of this, especially that the AI bros calling it "PhD level intelligence" shows a fundamental lack of understanding about what intelligence is.
On that topic, see the original post.
But slightly on a tangent: while we're having this conversation, we need to avoid the false
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On that topic, see the original post.
But slightly on a tangent: while we're having this conversation, we need to avoid the false
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Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.
August 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I agree with a lot of this, especially that the AI bros calling it "PhD level intelligence" shows a fundamental lack of understanding about what intelligence is.
On that topic, see the original post.
But slightly on a tangent: while we're having this conversation, we need to avoid the false
1/
On that topic, see the original post.
But slightly on a tangent: while we're having this conversation, we need to avoid the false
1/
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
August 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Serious shout out to these reps because organizing at least 51 out of 62 people to do something that risks fines and threats of arrest is not nothing, especially now.
Red state reps go so hard. 💖
Red state reps go so hard. 💖
Per the @texastribune.org, a sufficient number of Dems in the Texas state House are headed out of state to break quorum, which would at least temporarily deprive Republicans of the ability to pass a new gerrymander. (At least 51 of 62 Dems need to be absent.)
Texas House Democrats to flee the state in bid to block GOP’s proposed congressional map
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map Democrats have condemned as a political power grab.
www.texastribune.org
August 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Serious shout out to these reps because organizing at least 51 out of 62 people to do something that risks fines and threats of arrest is not nothing, especially now.
Red state reps go so hard. 💖
Red state reps go so hard. 💖
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If you couldn't reach me in the last couple weeks, it's because I've been with @v0max.bsky.social in California in federal court... www.courthousenews.com/meta-violate...
August 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you couldn't reach me in the last couple weeks, it's because I've been with @v0max.bsky.social in California in federal court... www.courthousenews.com/meta-violate...
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I love when I can see the work in a piece of art. Practical effects in film, brush strokes on canvas, strange sounds in music, "impossible" visuals in games. It puts me in conversation with the artist. That's why - ethics aside - art created with AI is just so disappointing. There's no work to see.
August 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I love when I can see the work in a piece of art. Practical effects in film, brush strokes on canvas, strange sounds in music, "impossible" visuals in games. It puts me in conversation with the artist. That's why - ethics aside - art created with AI is just so disappointing. There's no work to see.
I'm sad and angry that the CPB is the latest casualty in the burn -everything-decent show that is the Trump administration.
But I will outlive Trump (and, God willing, Trumpism). And it will take decades, but we will survive, and we will rebuild.
But I will outlive Trump (and, God willing, Trumpism). And it will take decades, but we will survive, and we will rebuild.
Roughly 70% of money allocated from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which announced Friday it will shut down, went directly to 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations across the country.
At OPB, federal funding represented around 9% of our operating budget.
At OPB, federal funding represented around 9% of our operating budget.
Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its funding cuts
The elimination of funds to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its closure end nearly six decades of fueling the production of renowned educational programming, cultural content and emergency alerts about natural disasters. Most of the funding allocated by CPB went to local public media stations.
www.opb.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm sad and angry that the CPB is the latest casualty in the burn -everything-decent show that is the Trump administration.
But I will outlive Trump (and, God willing, Trumpism). And it will take decades, but we will survive, and we will rebuild.
But I will outlive Trump (and, God willing, Trumpism). And it will take decades, but we will survive, and we will rebuild.
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Every #Rstats user should read this post from @jennybryan.bsky.social.
Especially beginner to intermediate-level ones.
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...
Especially beginner to intermediate-level ones.
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...
Project-oriented workflow
Advice on workflows for developing R scripts. How to think about whether an action belongs in the script or elsewhere.
www.tidyverse.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Every #Rstats user should read this post from @jennybryan.bsky.social.
Especially beginner to intermediate-level ones.
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...
Especially beginner to intermediate-level ones.
www.tidyverse.org/blog/2017/12...
Love this feature!
July 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Love this feature!
Just this morning, data exploration saved me in working with a spreadsheet that was supposed to contain 4 semesters of data but only contained 3. (The fourth semester tab was a copy of the third semester tab.)
It was a normal and innocuous mistake, but it would've caused problems down the line!
It was a normal and innocuous mistake, but it would've caused problems down the line!
Many aspiring data scientists skip EDA and jump to modeling. In my UCLA Extension course, I emphasize: if you don't understand the data, no algorithm can save you. Data exploration is not optional—it's foundational.
#DataScience #MachineLearning @uclaextension.bsky.social #rstats
#DataScience #MachineLearning @uclaextension.bsky.social #rstats
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just this morning, data exploration saved me in working with a spreadsheet that was supposed to contain 4 semesters of data but only contained 3. (The fourth semester tab was a copy of the third semester tab.)
It was a normal and innocuous mistake, but it would've caused problems down the line!
It was a normal and innocuous mistake, but it would've caused problems down the line!
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Friends don't let friends collect data without adding data validation.
From Rebekah Jacob 😉
From Rebekah Jacob 😉
July 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Friends don't let friends collect data without adding data validation.
From Rebekah Jacob 😉
From Rebekah Jacob 😉
My #tidytuesday this week:
How often are four common materials used in MTA art?
(Constructive feedback is appreciated. I did this in about 1/2 an hour and I'm in the middle of a move and a job search, so please also be patient with any mistakes)
Happy to share my code if anyone is curious 😀
How often are four common materials used in MTA art?
(Constructive feedback is appreciated. I did this in about 1/2 an hour and I'm in the middle of a move and a job search, so please also be patient with any mistakes)
Happy to share my code if anyone is curious 😀
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My #tidytuesday this week:
How often are four common materials used in MTA art?
(Constructive feedback is appreciated. I did this in about 1/2 an hour and I'm in the middle of a move and a job search, so please also be patient with any mistakes)
Happy to share my code if anyone is curious 😀
How often are four common materials used in MTA art?
(Constructive feedback is appreciated. I did this in about 1/2 an hour and I'm in the middle of a move and a job search, so please also be patient with any mistakes)
Happy to share my code if anyone is curious 😀
Facepalm
July 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Facepalm
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Hugely agree with Richard here. IMO, the root of most problems in "reproducibility" is that "we" too often treat study design, statistics, and data skills as specialists concerns, rather than as the core of so many areas of science.
statsepi.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...
(my take/Richard's take)
statsepi.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...
(my take/Richard's take)
July 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hugely agree with Richard here. IMO, the root of most problems in "reproducibility" is that "we" too often treat study design, statistics, and data skills as specialists concerns, rather than as the core of so many areas of science.
statsepi.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...
(my take/Richard's take)
statsepi.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...
(my take/Richard's take)
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People PAID MONEY to download ringtones.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
People PAID MONEY to download ringtones.
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about what folks should know about using LLMs to generate #rstats: I've summarised the feedback with a few of my thoughts at gist.github.com/hadley/77d42...
llms-for-R.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about what folks should know about using LLMs to generate #rstats: I've summarised the feedback with a few of my thoughts at gist.github.com/hadley/77d42...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”