“And that, kiddo, was how I found myself in front of interrogators from Homeland Security…”
06.03.2026 19:51
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“And that, kiddo, was how I found myself in front of interrogators from Homeland Security…”
“I got my AI agent to respond to *your* AI agent using my paper and my cited research as basis… When you can be bothered reading and reviewing my manuscript please get back to me with genuine questions”
I know how I would *like* to respond…
:runs away:
That sounds horrific.
When things are bleak, art and creativity is even more important. Surely.
Actually - they just mean “from 10 years ago”
If there’s a question in the title of a podcast episode or YouTube video, the answer is invariably “No”.
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Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors?
Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value.
Thanks!
Remember, it's only technically Orwellian if it's from the Orwell region of England, otherwise it's just sparkling authoritarianism
Or until NONMEM falls behind in terms of support or upgrades.
But I think you’re probably right. The odds are NOT in your favour here.
I may also be talking about use of desktop R
Trying to shift a community by appealing to their sense of “what’s best…” is feeling like a futile game.
I’m beginning to think that the only way to change practices is to do it better, faster, more efficiently and with fewer late-breaking catastrophes (“SHIT, my data changed! I’m f**ked…”). Do it. Show them. Have people ask “How come you’re doing this so well?”
Other brave people have taken up the fight. Few have come back from the battle field. Those that do have bullet holes mostly on the wings and fuselage.
“But NONMEM can’t read parquet files, Danielle. We’ve always worked with csv’s and they’ve been fine…”
I was today years old when I learned about tidyr’s uncount function. #rstats
tidyr.tidyverse.org/reference/un...
I always tell my students: The best model isn’t the most accurate. It’s the one you can explain clearly to a decision-maker who wasn’t in the room when it was built.
#DataScience #MachineLearning #AI #RStats
Do better, be better. Improve your personal best. Don’t compare yourself to others. Improve the things you can influence in 2026. Be kind to yourself. Optimize for your own sanity / joy if you can. Spread kindness and let others know you appreciate them.
Wishing y’all platitude du jour for 2026. “Life is a jobby (shit) sandwich and every day is another bite” as Billy Connolly pointed out. All the New Year platitudes are just platitudes. But honestly, I wish you the best for the New Year.
Counting things is hard…
Hahahahhahahahahahaha…
Data be uncertain.
I think the problem might be in whether you count mini roundabouts. Not sure if the other places mentioned in the survey would have mini roundabouts. Definitely not a thing in the US, but I have no idea about Canada or Australia.
I’ll take a look at the repo…
My second highlight of 2025 was getting young Edward / Ted / Teddy (fox-red Labrador). He’s a special wee guy.
My biggest achievement of 2025 was getting The Lazy Producer album released along with v1 of the accompanying book. It has been “work in progress” for (literally) ***YEARS***.
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