mastodon 4.5.18Union data scientist and working parent. Interested in reproducible research methods (#r13y), #RStats, #JuliaLang, living sustainably (bicycling, walking, reducing, and reusing), being outside, and many nerdy hobbies (#TTRPG, #HamRadio).
#Rstats life-changing but abominable hack of the day:
system2("open", ".")
(Replace xdg-open for open if you're on Linux instead of a Mac. This is more useful to the Vim + REPL set than RStudio users. Not guaranteed to actually change your life.)
Edit: thanks @bastistician@fosstodon.org for pointing out that browseURL(".") does the same thing (and probably works on Windows—IDK and fortunately have no way to check).
Call it Friday the 13th the way JSON is out to kill me
If you're in a position to choose between saying "thanks" and saying "sorry", express thankfulness every time.
Can anyone recommend a good LoRa device to use with #Meshtastic if I want to buy, like 10 of them (to give to friends, use at events, keep in my car "just in case")?
I guess now that the tarrifs are struck down it's a good time to move on this.
@troublewithwords@wandering.shop Did you see this article when it went around? https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/24/rise_and_fall_of_cua/
The thing about fixing an intermittent issue with a computer—or really any sort of machine—is... Did You?
Anyway let me take a break from complaining about complexity. I dug into the Willow protocol a bit after seeing the terrific video from @gwil@post.lurk.org: https://worm-blossom.org/#y2026w6
The protocol seems... pretty simple for what it does? This is not a complaint! Maybe I'm overestimating my understanding but the data model feels straightforward and the things you can do with it are powerful.
There IS great stuff going on in software these days but you have to know where to look.
@lzg@mastodon.social Are we not low-key judging people who participate enthusiastically in fast fashion—and getting into mending our own clothes and thrifting harder?
