David E. Silva
@dataesilva.bsky.social
Assistant Professor
School of Emerging Media and Technology
School of Communication Studies
Kent State University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-6575
data, R, Python, technology and society
School of Emerging Media and Technology
School of Communication Studies
Kent State University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-6575
data, R, Python, technology and society
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We’re growing, and we want you with us!
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research is a global community of researchers demanding transparency and supporting public understanding about the societal impacts of technology. (1/4)
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research is a global community of researchers demanding transparency and supporting public understanding about the societal impacts of technology. (1/4)
May 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We’re growing, and we want you with us!
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research is a global community of researchers demanding transparency and supporting public understanding about the societal impacts of technology. (1/4)
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research is a global community of researchers demanding transparency and supporting public understanding about the societal impacts of technology. (1/4)
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I know it's petty, but describing things as machine learning when they existed for a long time as part of statistics is a red flag for me. k-means is machine learning, regression is machine learning, t-tests are machine learning, everything is machine learning.
Strikes me this bit from the TBI's new report is redolent of a wider, ongoing tendency to de-emphasise (and therefore normalise) the essential ideology of the far right, but hey-ho. (Source: institute.global/insights/pol...)
January 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I know it's petty, but describing things as machine learning when they existed for a long time as part of statistics is a red flag for me. k-means is machine learning, regression is machine learning, t-tests are machine learning, everything is machine learning.
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I wrote a bit about what it was like for me to join the tidyverse team to maintain ggplot2!
If you have used #ggplot2 in the last couple of years you owe a great deal to @teunbrand.bsky.social who is behind most of the new features and fixes.
Read about his journey to become a part of the ggplot2 core team here:
Read about his journey to become a part of the ggplot2 core team here:
Joining the ggplot2 team - Tidyverse
I joined the ggplot2 team and would like to share the experience.
www.tidyverse.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I wrote a bit about what it was like for me to join the tidyverse team to maintain ggplot2!
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🚨 After years of development, the new version of #rstats tmap (4) is now available on CRAN! 🎉 Huge thanks to author Martijn Tennekes and all contributors.
🔧 Install: `install.packages("tmap")`
📚 Vignettes: https://buff.ly/4aAYNbq
📖 Book Chapter: https://buff.ly/43TokaF
#maps #tmap #rspatial
🔧 Install: `install.packages("tmap")`
📚 Vignettes: https://buff.ly/4aAYNbq
📖 Book Chapter: https://buff.ly/43TokaF
#maps #tmap #rspatial
January 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨 After years of development, the new version of #rstats tmap (4) is now available on CRAN! 🎉 Huge thanks to author Martijn Tennekes and all contributors.
🔧 Install: `install.packages("tmap")`
📚 Vignettes: https://buff.ly/4aAYNbq
📖 Book Chapter: https://buff.ly/43TokaF
#maps #tmap #rspatial
🔧 Install: `install.packages("tmap")`
📚 Vignettes: https://buff.ly/4aAYNbq
📖 Book Chapter: https://buff.ly/43TokaF
#maps #tmap #rspatial
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hello, my name is sam altman with an important transmission.
you may be familiar with my product, mega-plagiarizer 9000.
i have compelling evidence that the chinese have plagiarized the mega-plagiarizer 9000 in creating their rival mega-plagiarizer.
this is unacceptable and will teach me nothing
you may be familiar with my product, mega-plagiarizer 9000.
i have compelling evidence that the chinese have plagiarized the mega-plagiarizer 9000 in creating their rival mega-plagiarizer.
this is unacceptable and will teach me nothing
January 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
hello, my name is sam altman with an important transmission.
you may be familiar with my product, mega-plagiarizer 9000.
i have compelling evidence that the chinese have plagiarized the mega-plagiarizer 9000 in creating their rival mega-plagiarizer.
this is unacceptable and will teach me nothing
you may be familiar with my product, mega-plagiarizer 9000.
i have compelling evidence that the chinese have plagiarized the mega-plagiarizer 9000 in creating their rival mega-plagiarizer.
this is unacceptable and will teach me nothing
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Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding:
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
January 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding:
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
Reposted by David E. Silva
Python 1.0.0, released 31 years ago today:
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
Python 1.0.0 is out!
groups.google.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Python 1.0.0, released 31 years ago today:
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
Reposted by David E. Silva
Making a pentium /// suffer
January 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Making a pentium /// suffer
Reposted by David E. Silva
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January 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This project tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education, or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information. Read more about the tracker and related... Or contribute to the database.
#science
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I think modern computer software was a mistake and we should go back to our roots of developing for limited hardware.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I think modern computer software was a mistake and we should go back to our roots of developing for limited hardware.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.