Eric R. Scott
@leafyericscott.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Scientific Programmer & Educator at University of Arizona (@cct_datascience) | Mentor for @Posit Academy | Ecologist | Tea geek | whimsy enthusiast
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How do I politely explain to someone that you can't increase your sample size by just linearly interpolating values?
#statistics
#statistics
July 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How do I politely explain to someone that you can't increase your sample size by just linearly interpolating values?
#statistics
#statistics
Can I do anything with tulsi besides dry it for herbal tea? I have so much right now!
#gardening #cooking #tulsi
#gardening #cooking #tulsi
July 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Can I do anything with tulsi besides dry it for herbal tea? I have so much right now!
#gardening #cooking #tulsi
#gardening #cooking #tulsi
Is there a way to get an RSS feed of just toots I’ve bookmarked? #fediverse #rss
July 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is there a way to get an RSS feed of just toots I’ve bookmarked? #fediverse #rss
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BBC Verify - Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs - once home to tens of thousands of people - levelled in the past few weeks […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
BBC Verify - Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs - once home to tens of thousands of people - levelled in the past few weeks […]
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The bigots are screaming that a few thousand Afghans have been let into this country.
Afghans that made the mistake of helping out the British and now the ungrateful British Peasant would rather they died in Afghanistan than 'pollute' their precious culture of Fish and Chips and lying to […]
Afghans that made the mistake of helping out the British and now the ungrateful British Peasant would rather they died in Afghanistan than 'pollute' their precious culture of Fish and Chips and lying to […]
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mastodon.social
July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The bigots are screaming that a few thousand Afghans have been let into this country.
Afghans that made the mistake of helping out the British and now the ungrateful British Peasant would rather they died in Afghanistan than 'pollute' their precious culture of Fish and Chips and lying to […]
Afghans that made the mistake of helping out the British and now the ungrateful British Peasant would rather they died in Afghanistan than 'pollute' their precious culture of Fish and Chips and lying to […]
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For those of you who run lab groups, consider creating a lab handbook if you don’t already have one. Ideally something all members can contribute to with philosophies, policies, procedures, tips, etc! This could be as simple as a shared google doc or something a little fancier. Need a template […]
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fosstodon.org
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For those of you who run lab groups, consider creating a lab handbook if you don’t already have one. Ideally something all members can contribute to with philosophies, policies, procedures, tips, etc! This could be as simple as a shared google doc or something a little fancier. Need a template […]
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Hey @nature.com What's up with your share buttons? Can we please also get 🦋 and 🦣 options to not exclusively promote the network of the guy who has done more than most to harm US science?
July 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hey @nature.com What's up with your share buttons? Can we please also get 🦋 and 🦣 options to not exclusively promote the network of the guy who has done more than most to harm US science?
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⇒ Please help me find #genai truth-telling sites! ⇐
In the past I've come across several websites that effectively debunk #generativeAI hype.
However, now that I actually need them, to help me make the case at work for strong oversight of the company's GenAI use, I can't find any of them.
It […]
In the past I've come across several websites that effectively debunk #generativeAI hype.
However, now that I actually need them, to help me make the case at work for strong oversight of the company's GenAI use, I can't find any of them.
It […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
July 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
⇒ Please help me find #genai truth-telling sites! ⇐
In the past I've come across several websites that effectively debunk #generativeAI hype.
However, now that I actually need them, to help me make the case at work for strong oversight of the company's GenAI use, I can't find any of them.
It […]
In the past I've come across several websites that effectively debunk #generativeAI hype.
However, now that I actually need them, to help me make the case at work for strong oversight of the company's GenAI use, I can't find any of them.
It […]
For those of you who run lab groups, consider creating a lab handbook if you don’t already have one. Ideally something all members can contribute to with philosophies, policies, procedures, tips, etc! This could be as simple as a shared google doc or something a little fancier. Need a template […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For those of you who run lab groups, consider creating a lab handbook if you don’t already have one. Ideally something all members can contribute to with philosophies, policies, procedures, tips, etc! This could be as simple as a shared google doc or something a little fancier. Need a template […]
Reposted by Eric R. Scott
Reposted by Eric R. Scott
This is hugw! Parallel programming with #purrr functions now without any third packages. https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07/purrr-1-1-0-parallel/
#rstats
#rstats
Parallel processing in purrr 1.1.0
The functional programming toolkit for R gains new capabilities for parallel processing and distributed computing using mirai.
www.tidyverse.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is hugw! Parallel programming with #purrr functions now without any third packages. https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07/purrr-1-1-0-parallel/
#rstats
#rstats
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If the stated goal of banning Nvidia chips sales to China is to keep China from eating our AI lunch (as claimed by this administration its efforts , this is truly baffling. My guess is repealing the ban is just another way for the POTUS to undo the work of […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
July 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If the stated goal of banning Nvidia chips sales to China is to keep China from eating our AI lunch (as claimed by this administration its efforts , this is truly baffling. My guess is repealing the ban is just another way for the POTUS to undo the work of […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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Columbia cancelled my class on race and media.
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
July 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Columbia cancelled my class on race and media.
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students.
And more than 3,100 in the waitlist.
Class starts tomorrow.
We MOVE✊🏾
karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
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AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they're faster, study finds https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/ai_code_tools_slow_down/
July 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they're faster, study finds https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/ai_code_tools_slow_down/
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@coatless.bsky.social
Can I ask your advice? Say you wanted to do a shiny app with a leaflet map but you had more data than leaflet can deal with, is there a way to interrogate the gpkg based on current XY via mousemove to only return a subset of the data?
Can I ask your advice? Say you wanted to do a shiny app with a leaflet map but you had more data than leaflet can deal with, is there a way to interrogate the gpkg based on current XY via mousemove to only return a subset of the data?
July 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@coatless.bsky.social
Can I ask your advice? Say you wanted to do a shiny app with a leaflet map but you had more data than leaflet can deal with, is there a way to interrogate the gpkg based on current XY via mousemove to only return a subset of the data?
Can I ask your advice? Say you wanted to do a shiny app with a leaflet map but you had more data than leaflet can deal with, is there a way to interrogate the gpkg based on current XY via mousemove to only return a subset of the data?
TikTok is telling me I have a thing called "polyphonic perception" where you hear all the parts of a song and can, like, switch your focus to different melodies, percussion, etc. For me, the different layers of a complex song almost exist in different physical spaces if that makes any sense. Is […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
TikTok is telling me I have a thing called "polyphonic perception" where you hear all the parts of a song and can, like, switch your focus to different melodies, percussion, etc. For me, the different layers of a complex song almost exist in different physical spaces if that makes any sense. Is […]
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I think about this a lot.
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I think about this a lot.
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#losangeles, the city #Trump has called "lawless" to justify his invasion with secret police and federal troops, is on track to have its lowest #homicide rate in 60 years. https://archive.is/qUkoD
July 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#losangeles, the city #Trump has called "lawless" to justify his invasion with secret police and federal troops, is on track to have its lowest #homicide rate in 60 years. https://archive.is/qUkoD
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Unplug the goddamned AI server farms.
From: @slashdot
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114826852820109427
From: @slashdot
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114826852820109427
Slashdot :verified: (@slashdot@mastodon.cloud)
America's Largest Power Grid Is Struggling To Meet Demand From AI https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/235205/americas-largest-power-grid-is-struggling-to-meet-demand-from-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
mastodon.cloud
July 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Unplug the goddamned AI server farms.
From: @slashdot
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114826852820109427
From: @slashdot
https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114826852820109427
Free app idea:
CanIPark—an app where you take a picture of confusing parking signs and it just displays "YES ✅" or "NO 🚫" and maybe something about how long you can park and if you have to pay.
CanIPark—an app where you take a picture of confusing parking signs and it just displays "YES ✅" or "NO 🚫" and maybe something about how long you can park and if you have to pay.
July 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Free app idea:
CanIPark—an app where you take a picture of confusing parking signs and it just displays "YES ✅" or "NO 🚫" and maybe something about how long you can park and if you have to pay.
CanIPark—an app where you take a picture of confusing parking signs and it just displays "YES ✅" or "NO 🚫" and maybe something about how long you can park and if you have to pay.