"The unfortunate truth about data is that nothing much can be done with it, until we theorize about what caused it" (Richard McElreath)
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"The unfortunate truth about data is that nothing much can be done with it, until we theorize about what caused it" (Richard McElreath)
Strange but efficient way of updating values on a list in R.
Makes sense after you're explained how object copies work.
kaizen-r.github.io/posts/2026-0... #rstats
I guess a near next step on AI is allowing ads on chats.
You pay chatgpt/gemini for being mentioned when conversations are about the subject you pay for.
And the AI recommends you in a natural way, like "have you heard of Leonardo Hansa? He shares nice content on data on his newsletter..."
forcats is my second favorite R library I never use.
My favorite one is still purrr.
forcats.tidyverse.org/articles/for...
#rstats
Contemplating format for my Statistical Rethinking course in January. In recent years, felt too many students can't keep up, fall behind in 2nd half. Maybe I should offer two sections: beginner, advanced. Beginner is first half of content, at half speed. Advanced is 2nd half, also half speed. ?
Meme del señor a punto de ser ahorcado que mira a su compañero de patíbulo y le pregunta: "¿Es la primera vez?"
Se cae Cloudflare y páginas web de todo el mundo se caen.
Españoles:
https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2025-11-18/un-problema-en-la-nube-deja-sin-funcionar-a-x-canvas-y-otros-programas.html
Every time I open PowerPoint I think:
"So we're living in the era of Artificial Intelligence"
The belief that numbers offer a single, objective description of reality overlooks a crucial truth: data does not speak for itself. Every dataset results from choices, which inevitably reflect implicit, and sometimes ideological, assumptions.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.03628
@freakonometrics.bsky.social
Lately the sentence I say the most is "I don't remember"
I didn't know about Hey. It seems nice but I'm not there yet. I'll be trying Proton Calendar for sometim. I've used their email service but don't manage to feel comfortable with the calendar
What alternative to Google Calendar do you like?
Notion, Proton...?
#android
#app
#calendar
#productivity
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Have you read this by @anthropic.com ?
Any explanation for dummies?
Are they saying that not-so-random number sequences might hide info only readable by AI?
alignment.anthropic.com/2025/sublimi... #llm
Have you ever loved saving money so much that you've WALKED from an airport to the city center?
I hope they all do
On a ML Explainability course, the author compares one concept with coeffs on a linear regression.
Then says: “if you don't know about linear regression forget about this comparison”.
My question: how on earth someone who doesn't know about linear regression is studying ML?
#ML #stats
#statistics #mathsky
Happy early summer weekend, #stats!
«América se tragaba a Europa.
»—Nos comen. Somos pobres, muy pobres. Unos miserables que solo entendemos de tomar el sol.»
La Regenta, Leopoldo Alas, Clarín (1884)
We should first define 'dead' for answering the question below.
As examples:
- Is Pascal dead?
- Is Fortran dead?
- Is SPSS dead? (alas this one isn't)
I'm reading lately lots of posts by R users claiming R is not dead.
Does it mean that R is almost dead?
#rstats
On bubble plots, what should the bubble size variable be associated to: the radius or the area?
#dataviz
En algunas empresas de consultoría se piden las dos cosas 😂
Help internet where can I buy this hoodie
Estimates are distributions, points are decisions (Richard McElreath)
20 #pandas one-liners. No idea about some of them, and seem pretty elegant
www.nb-data.com/p/20-pandas-...
Via #TLDRData #python
While attending online meetings, today I'm listening to Marin Marais by Brandon Acker and Craig Trompeter in the background.
It's the only thing worth it in today's meetings.
Some people say AI will take out my job...
Looking forward to it! 🎉
The poor thing it's going to get so bored that it'll beg me to give it back.
