Absolutely the best Reddit hot take on data skills.
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JD Long ✅
@Cmastication@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Ag economist, quant, and stochastic modeler. Avid user of Py, R, AWS and colorful metaphors. Coauthor of O’Reilly’s R Cookbook. I love building things and talking to people. Committed to weekly Sparky the Dog content.
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My 15 year old just said, “those olds are so cute”.. Gentle reader, she was looking at Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar. And now my feet are dangling because the floor dropped away and I’m here, mouth agape, dealing with time’s nonlinear flow. And these punkass kids.
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@geoffjentry@hachyderm.io people: the source of, and solution to, all our business problems.
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@guilevi@dragonscave.space @DToher@mastodon.online this is 100% because of UI decisions to make it easy & encourage use. I’ve written more descriptions in the last week than I did the last 13 years on Twitter because of these nudges.
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@geoffjentry@hachyderm.io no doubt! I just saw one on Reddit that was “How can I get a job where I just do spreadsheets and don’t have to deal with managers or management?” Similar energy.
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@66Betty@mastodon.social I still haven't recovered. This kid is going to be the death of me.