data scientist / engineer of sorts at @voltrondata. odds, ends, #rstats, 🐍
Joined June 2008
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2 Feb 2023
I’d happily pay a bit more in taxes to fund more quality content like this thread. Funny, educational, cute…let’s fund the NPR of social media
1 Feb 2023
Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
ALT An ermine, with summer brown coat, stands upright at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
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11 Jan 2023
Update: my sister gave me an electric snuggy for Christmas and it’s a great 80% solution
13 Oct 2022
I really wish there was a way to kotatsu-fy my desk
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5 Jan 2023
Introducing Apache Arrow ADBC: a database access standard for Apache Arrow.
arrow.apache.org/blog/2023/0…
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18 Nov 2022
someday R will consistently programmatically output JSON the way I intend without a battle
but someday is not today
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6 Nov 2022
Laying off 50% of your company is a great way to reduce headcount by 80%
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13 Oct 2022
So it turns out "any sufficiently large if statement is indistinguishable from AI" wasn't a shitpost after all arxiv.org/abs/2210.05189
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13 Oct 2022
I really wish there was a way to kotatsu-fy my desk
Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
13 Oct 2022
Many brave engineers have tried but none have succeeded… building the perfect abstraction on top of Kubernetes and Docker for data scientists… “this abstraction shall never expose the underlying layers”, these brave teams proclaimed
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Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
17 Sep 2022
A PSA since it seems like not everyone is aware-- there is a 2nd booster shot (so 4th shot total), this one is specifically for omnicron, and it is generally available free.
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Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
25 Aug 2022
Simplify database connectivity for both clients and vendors with our new blog post on the benefits of @ApacheArrow ADBC and Flight SQL. Learn how - voltrondata.com/news/simplif…
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Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
26 Aug 2022
One of the newest features in the latest @ApacheArrow #rstats release (v 9.0.0, published 2022-08-10) is the `show_exec_plan()` function - similar to dbplyr's `explain()` or `show_query()`.
Here's a short blog post explaining some of the concepts! 🏹
thisisnic.github.io/2022/08/…
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Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
18 Aug 2022
{arrow} @ApacheArrow #rstats 🏹📦 9.0.0 is on CRAN! A 🧵 on what's in this release, covering the last 3 months of work. As always, see arrow.apache.org/docs/r/news… for the full details.
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29 Jul 2022
It’s been a joy to meet so many Twitter friends and GitHub heroes at #RStudioConf2022; to the many I missed, next time!
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27 Jul 2022
In the interest of avoiding widespread panic we’re not moving away from hexagons for package stickers. posit isn’t a package so it gets a different shape #rstudioconf
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Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
25 Jul 2022
Come join me tomorrow on the #rstudioconf2022 Discord for a cozy AMA on the couch 🍵🛋️
I'm down to chat about:
🔓#OpenSource
🎓data science edu
💸careers
PLUS:
🏹@ApacheArrow
🚀@VoltronData
⤵️ #rmarkdown
🍀@quarto_pub
BONUS:
🏋️fitness
🧴skincare
🇮🇹Italian food
🐧penguins
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Edward @alistaire@fosstodon.org retweeted
24 Jul 2022
Hello #rstats folks! My team is hiring! Please read the job description & apply if interested. DM me if you have questions—and if you're headed to #rstudioconf2022, come talk to me about the role (I'll post what I'm wearing each day to help locate me).
jobs.apple.com/en-us/details…
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20 Jul 2022
TIL `caffeinate -t 3600` -> keep your computer from sleeping for an hour