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Adam H. Sparks 
@adamhsparks@rstats.me
mastodon 4.7.3Professor studying/working with biometry, agricultural modelling and data analytics at Curtin University in Western Australia. Former geonerd, now just a nerd, and editor for @rOpenSci@hachyderm.io and Tropical Plant Pathology
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Header photo is of the Kansas Flint Hills in winter.
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Joined October 07, 2023
No ABC, I don’t want to add a kids profile, not now, not “maybe later”. Why can’t I just say “no” here?
I've written up a how-to for using arf and {terminalgraphics} in R.nvim. Glad I did. I discovered a few gotchas that I'd forgotten and now have them recorded and cleaned up my nvim config files at the same time.
So, now you can have the IDE console experience in R.nvim AND the graphics baked in, no X11 or {httpgd} windows to fuss with. The only catch is you have to use Kitty or Wezterm for your terminal emulator.
https://adamhsparks.netlify.app/2026/03/10/further-enhancing-r-nvim-with-arf-and-terminalgraphics/ cc @jimbob@aus.social
Kudos to the @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de team for this how-to mirror your repo, https://codeberg.org/Recommendations/Mirror_to_Codeberg. Moving some of my @rOpenSci@hachyderm.io repos over to Codeberg and mirroring back to GitHub and this made it easy. Thank you.
If you're using @Posit@fosstodon.org's r-lib/actions/setup-r and {pak} (or even if not using {pak} you might switch for this), set `use-public-rspm: true` for your Ubuntu runners on GitHub actions. Took a ~20 minute job down to ~8 by installing binaries, e.g., https://github.com/AAGI-AUS/AAGIQuarto/blob/af32781a3b18eac9216b225b90f9afef524310c3/.github/workflows/publish.yml#L30. #RStats #GitHub #CI
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@transportationtalk@fosstodon.org I’ve tinkered with all three. I like the idea of uvr but my use of arf makes rv easier. I prefer it over renv for being declarative and it just seems to work more smoothly for me.
I’ve ground my coffee and am reading this now.
A brief history of instant coffee - Works in Progress Magazine
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/a-brief-history-of-instant-coffee/
☕️ #Coffee
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@millerdl@mathstodon.xyz welcome! I joined that club 2 years ago when I took the position of “Professor of Biometry and Agricultural Data Analytics” leading a similar team. No one suspects anything yet…
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@rOpenSci@hachyderm.io @maelle@mastodon.social @etiennebacher@mastodon.social @davis@fosstodon.org @steffilazerte@fosstodon.org thanks for this thorough post!
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@curiousrobot@infosec.exchange @spiegelmama@infosec.exchange yep, wearing one of my two pairs now...
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@maelle@mastodon.social @wilfredh@mastodon.social nice! I really like this, liked it so much first thing I looked for after reading this post was this plugin, https://github.com/clabby/difftastic.nvim
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@scottish@datasci.social I've just got one dedicated key on my board that does the native pipe and another that inserts <- for me. Doesn't matter what IDE I'm using.
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@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social @Alejandro_P@mathstodon.xyz you'll probably want to check Neovim as well if this is an issue. I recall some folks balking at it for using AI for code development as well. I never looked into it as it's not shoved in my face when I use it.
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@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social @Alejandro_P@mathstodon.xyz I can’t get it to work in R.nvim. In just an R session, {terminalgraphics} works but not in a split through R.nvim. Still. I use this as well. It’s fast and just opens an XQuartz window for plots, which I don’t do much of lately.
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@vernissage@mastodon.social thank you! Ability to follow hashtags is something I was looking forward to.
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@uncomfyhalomacro@fosstodon.org oh, it’s definitely powerful for a SO type approach and faster and not likely to close you question.
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@SecureOwl funny how I kept misplacing tools where dad couldn't find them for years after I'd moved out of my parent's house. As reported to me by my mother.
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@m@social.tthi.as I appreciate my Tuta mail, but there is just enough friction there to be annoying and I never really viewed email as “private”. I always viewed it as more of a postcard that anyone could read along the way. I just don’t want to be beholden to US tech companies.
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@mackayim2022 we get ours annually in December before travel to the northern hemisphere for Christmas. It's been the same, unupdated vaccine for two years now. It really seems like it's just not important to those that make the decisions, so it's no wonder that uptake is low.
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@davidsirota oh. But I, a middle-class someone who hasn’t lived in the US for 15+ years and am a citizen of another country is the issue with my “offshore” bank accounts for my everyday life. And so have to file taxes every year AND supply all sorts of bank statements or I face huge fines. Got it. Glad to see that the IRS has their priorities straight.
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@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp are Keychron keyboards available in Japan? I’ve had several. No issues with them and they are inexpensive
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@RabBrucesSpider1 feather and missile pricing, I heard it called very recently. Prices go up like a missile and come down like a feather.
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@defuneste@fosstodon.org @Posit@fosstodon.org I listened. I especially enjoyed the bit about what the R community was like on mailing lists and then SO, then Twitter. Hadley’s focus on making the community more inclusive is something I appreciate.
I was disappointed to hear that the R community here isn’t active. I mean, we only have a dedicated instance for this language. But apparently Bsky is superior for engagement. I mean, yeah. Of you don’t put in any effort then leave you won’t have any.
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@defuneste@fosstodon.org @Posit@fosstodon.org heh. Yeah, the imposter syndrome was reassuring.
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@defuneste@fosstodon.org @Posit@fosstodon.org it was also interesting to hear thoughts on AI vs community building through interpersonal interaction. I’ve had this thought too.
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@lwpembleton good luck with the interviews! We honeymooned in Christchurch years ago. I still have a soft spot for that city.
@rperezrosario phanpy on the web mostly, but Tusker on iOS/iPadOS as well
Listening to last night’s Tower of Song when Henry played a clip of J. J. Cale. This distracted me so I’m now listening to “Road to Escondido”. It’s been a minute. 🎶
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@Alejandro_P@mathstodon.xyz @gedankenstuecke@scholar.social dunno. Haven’t tried that one. I’ve not had any issues with Kitty due to Claude.
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@troberts@theblower.au people pay big bucks for interior decorators to provide them with high fashion like this all the time.
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@timixretroplays@digipres.club yeah, I've come up against this paywall lately as well. Incredibly frustrating for a website to demand something like this.
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@Alejandro_P@mathstodon.xyz @gedankenstuecke@scholar.social Alacritty would work as a normal nvim console I believe, with my setup. But I’ve not tried it since it doesn’t support ligatures and I just like using those when programming.
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@Alejandro_P@mathstodon.xyz @gedankenstuecke@scholar.social let me know if you run into difficulties if you try anything. The setup I use works across terminal emulators but only Kitty does in terminal graphics.