Visruth Srimath Kandali
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Cal Poly Statistics student interested in statistical computing/learning and its applications. Especially interested in R, Julia, Stochastics, and Bayesian methods.
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Footnote 1: "Similar to Cogito v2, we fork off the open-licensed Deepseek base model from November 2024 and run post-training in-house for Cogito v2.1."
Wasn't V3 released in December? Is there another model in forgetting or is this a typo?
Wasn't V3 released in December? Is there another model in forgetting or is this a typo?
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Footnote 1: "Similar to Cogito v2, we fork off the open-licensed Deepseek base model from November 2024 and run post-training in-house for Cogito v2.1."
Wasn't V3 released in December? Is there another model in forgetting or is this a typo?
Wasn't V3 released in December? Is there another model in forgetting or is this a typo?
Tbf the ease of use of S3 is unparalleled; I still remember being so shocked when @kellybodwin.com wrote something like `print.obj <- \(x) print("Hello")` and showed me that was all it took to define a print method for `obj` classed objects. I was only used to Java OOP so S3 seemed like mayhem.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tbf the ease of use of S3 is unparalleled; I still remember being so shocked when @kellybodwin.com wrote something like `print.obj <- \(x) print("Hello")` and showed me that was all it took to define a print method for `obj` classed objects. I was only used to Java OOP so S3 seemed like mayhem.
Absolutely. I was very pleased to see ggplot 4 using S7 and I hope that encourages more devs to use S7 for new projects. The interop is good too (S7 is built on S3 iirc). I see no reason to bite the bullet and use R6 or S7 for new projects--stricter, but saner.
"If it hurts, do it more often"
"If it hurts, do it more often"
bliki: Frequency Reduces Difficulty
"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Absolutely. I was very pleased to see ggplot 4 using S7 and I hope that encourages more devs to use S7 for new projects. The interop is good too (S7 is built on S3 iirc). I see no reason to bite the bullet and use R6 or S7 for new projects--stricter, but saner.
"If it hurts, do it more often"
"If it hurts, do it more often"
Yeah I'm with Wilke--NSE is just so nice.
I think S7 is the correct next OOP system in R and is sufficiently strict; I think the natural next (in a long while, probably) step would be type hints and their ilk, but I do agree that as-is, R OOP is not fun and Python is much better in that regard.
I think S7 is the correct next OOP system in R and is sufficiently strict; I think the natural next (in a long while, probably) step would be type hints and their ilk, but I do agree that as-is, R OOP is not fun and Python is much better in that regard.
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Yeah I'm with Wilke--NSE is just so nice.
I think S7 is the correct next OOP system in R and is sufficiently strict; I think the natural next (in a long while, probably) step would be type hints and their ilk, but I do agree that as-is, R OOP is not fun and Python is much better in that regard.
I think S7 is the correct next OOP system in R and is sufficiently strict; I think the natural next (in a long while, probably) step would be type hints and their ilk, but I do agree that as-is, R OOP is not fun and Python is much better in that regard.
Gemini 4, obviously
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Gemini 4, obviously
IDK nothing seems outta pocket or sus to me
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
IDK nothing seems outta pocket or sus to me
Ender's? I was going to put that as a counterpoint--Speaker for the Dead is my favorite in the series. The rest of the sequel/prequel/sidequel whatever are meh but Speaker is a must read.
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ender's? I was going to put that as a counterpoint--Speaker for the Dead is my favorite in the series. The rest of the sequel/prequel/sidequel whatever are meh but Speaker is a must read.
Not on Switch--Sable. I've heard very good things about Xenoblade too.
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not on Switch--Sable. I've heard very good things about Xenoblade too.
Fair enough. Thank you for the Patreon link.
October 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Fair enough. Thank you for the Patreon link.
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All of this is to say that any method for choosing a seed is equally adequate provided that seed is reported and the resulting pseudo-random number generator output is used properly.
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
All of this is to say that any method for choosing a seed is equally adequate provided that seed is reported and the resulting pseudo-random number generator output is used properly.
Any chance of collating this into a blog post? I'd like to be able to point to your writing instead of bumbling through a haphazard, ad hoc line of reasoning if I now have to explain why `set.seed(0)` is fine actually.
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Any chance of collating this into a blog post? I'd like to be able to point to your writing instead of bumbling through a haphazard, ad hoc line of reasoning if I now have to explain why `set.seed(0)` is fine actually.
Leather editions of Sprawl are coming out? Did I miss an announcement I need these!
October 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Leather editions of Sprawl are coming out? Did I miss an announcement I need these!
Every few days I gotta rehash a similar argument: apply to grad school or Silksong + Hades II...
September 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Every few days I gotta rehash a similar argument: apply to grad school or Silksong + Hades II...
Note that more Stan R packages are currently in the process of being reviewed and added!
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Note that more Stan R packages are currently in the process of being reviewed and added!
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to me, the main downside of vibe coding is that now there’s a quick phrase you can use to disown your work and avoid responsibility
September 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
to me, the main downside of vibe coding is that now there’s a quick phrase you can use to disown your work and avoid responsibility
I need these; do you take kidneys?
September 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I need these; do you take kidneys?
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Hmm ok it's probably worth another look then. It seemed very stylish and some of the characters/plot were interesting so I'm probably being too harsh.
September 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Hmm ok it's probably worth another look then. It seemed very stylish and some of the characters/plot were interesting so I'm probably being too harsh.
Reminds me of Pantheon, where their response to a DDOS is to pull out memory, GPUs, etc. from their personal computers. I've heard good things but couldn't watch past that since it was supposed to be tech(?)
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reminds me of Pantheon, where their response to a DDOS is to pull out memory, GPUs, etc. from their personal computers. I've heard good things but couldn't watch past that since it was supposed to be tech(?)
_Or_? I see no need to compromise...
Just wait for my stealth Quantum AI Blockchain IOT ChatGPT-wrapper startup to go public and make trillions of dollars.
Just wait for my stealth Quantum AI Blockchain IOT ChatGPT-wrapper startup to go public and make trillions of dollars.
August 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
_Or_? I see no need to compromise...
Just wait for my stealth Quantum AI Blockchain IOT ChatGPT-wrapper startup to go public and make trillions of dollars.
Just wait for my stealth Quantum AI Blockchain IOT ChatGPT-wrapper startup to go public and make trillions of dollars.