Aldo
@xynx.bsky.social
M.A in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences at Columbia University
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How do I ensure reproducibility when I send an R script to others? Nowadays Python has uv's inline metadata, but I don't know the equivalent for R. (To be honest, I've never set up a virtual environment per project in R.)
May 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How do I ensure reproducibility when I send an R script to others? Nowadays Python has uv's inline metadata, but I don't know the equivalent for R. (To be honest, I've never set up a virtual environment per project in R.)
I am currently learning web development from The Odin Project to build my own data visualization on the web. But at this point, I am divided between sticking to learning the web dev fundamental from the ground-up or taking the easy road by relying on AI.
May 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I am currently learning web development from The Odin Project to build my own data visualization on the web. But at this point, I am divided between sticking to learning the web dev fundamental from the ground-up or taking the easy road by relying on AI.
Now everyone’s talking about MCP. How does one even keep up with all this AI advancing so rapidly?
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Now everyone’s talking about MCP. How does one even keep up with all this AI advancing so rapidly?
Now that I am actively looking for a new opportunity, I wrote a blog post reflecting on my regret of not starting a brag document sooner.
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On Brag Document | Farhan Hutabarat – Weakly Informative
Document I wish I had started earlier.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Now that I am actively looking for a new opportunity, I wrote a blog post reflecting on my regret of not starting a brag document sooner.
weaklyinformative.com/posts/2025-0...
weaklyinformative.com/posts/2025-0...
Should I do #AdventOfCode using Javascript this year?
December 1, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Should I do #AdventOfCode using Javascript this year?
I managed to implement zoom and pan functionality using Observable Plot. However, it becomes very laggy when zooming over a rasterized map.
November 25, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I managed to implement zoom and pan functionality using Observable Plot. However, it becomes very laggy when zooming over a rasterized map.
Can I run multiple and Stan models (>24 hours) on a remote server without keeping my laptop connected? Currently using {future} & {analogsea} for parallelization on DigitalOcean droplets. #rstats
November 17, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Can I run multiple and Stan models (>24 hours) on a remote server without keeping my laptop connected? Currently using {future} & {analogsea} for parallelization on DigitalOcean droplets. #rstats
At this point I am too afraid to ask a follow-up question in the GitHub discussion because I will definitely look too dumb to understand this whole Observable Framework
November 9, 2024 at 4:51 PM
At this point I am too afraid to ask a follow-up question in the GitHub discussion because I will definitely look too dumb to understand this whole Observable Framework
I think I spent more time here than on X
November 8, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I think I spent more time here than on X
Reposted by Aldo
We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
November 7, 2024 at 11:33 AM
We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
Reposted by Aldo
I have to learn JavaScript now because sooner or later I will need the skill, especially for data visualization on the web
November 1, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I have to learn JavaScript now because sooner or later I will need the skill, especially for data visualization on the web
Hi, I wanna learn more about game theory. Would really appreciate if any of you have recommendations where to start!
September 4, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Hi, I wanna learn more about game theory. Would really appreciate if any of you have recommendations where to start!
I finally secured an off campus housing. Can’t believe NYC housing market is *this* brutal.
July 29, 2023 at 10:45 AM
I finally secured an off campus housing. Can’t believe NYC housing market is *this* brutal.
Refreshing Columbia Housing Portal mindlessly until a unit show up
July 15, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Refreshing Columbia Housing Portal mindlessly until a unit show up
On another episode of yours truly learned new term called ijbol 💀
July 11, 2023 at 11:39 AM
On another episode of yours truly learned new term called ijbol 💀
I don’t know if Bluesky can thrive, but I will stay here longer.
July 6, 2023 at 7:18 AM
I don’t know if Bluesky can thrive, but I will stay here longer.
I just moved here and now Meta dropped a Twitter-like competitor named Threads?
July 6, 2023 at 2:01 AM
I just moved here and now Meta dropped a Twitter-like competitor named Threads?
Finding housing in New York is a compromise between affordability, safety, and proximity.
July 5, 2023 at 1:20 AM
Finding housing in New York is a compromise between affordability, safety, and proximity.
Feeling dissatisfied with today's tennis session.
July 4, 2023 at 4:23 AM
Feeling dissatisfied with today's tennis session.
Reposted by Aldo
trying to bash out a blog post quick
July 3, 2023 at 8:21 PM
trying to bash out a blog post quick
Now that I moved here, should I post more often?
July 3, 2023 at 7:03 AM
Now that I moved here, should I post more often?