Last weekend, I finally managed to get round to upgrading Ubuntu from version 19.10 to the long-term support release 20.04 on my workhorse laptop. To be precise, I’m using the Kubuntu flavour since I’m more of a KDE guy myself. I usually do a fresh install on those occasions, instead ... [Read more...]

This is the first post in a new series featuring translations between R and Python code for common data science and machine learning tasks. A Rosetta Stone, if you will. I’m writing this mainly as a documented cheat sheet for myself, as I’m frequently switching between the two ... [Read more...]

This is the first post in a new series featuring translations between R and Python code for common data science and machine learning tasks. A Rosetta Stone, if you will. I’m writing this mainly as a documented cheat sheet for myself, as I’m frequently switching between the two ... [Read more...]

The first four months of 2020 have been dominated by the Coronavirus pandemic (aka COVID-19), which has transformed global life in an unprecedented way. Societies and economies struggle to adapt to the new conditions and necessary contraints. A reassuringly large fraction of governments around the world continue to take evidence-based approaches ... [Read more...]

The first four months of 2020 have been dominated by the Coronavirus pandemic (aka COVID-19), which has transformed global life in an unprecedented way. Societies and economies struggle to adapt to the new conditions and necessary contraints. A rea... [Read more...]

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This week I decided to get started with the R shiny package for interactive web applications. As an absolute beginner, I want to document my learning journey in the hope that it will be useful for other first-time shiny users. This post assumes some... [Read more...]

This week I decided to get started with the R shiny package for interactive web applications. As an absolute beginner, I want to document my learning journey in the hope that it will be useful for other first-time shiny users. This post assumes some basic familiarity with R and the ... [Read more...]

The tidyverse ecosystem is steadily growing and adapting to the needs of its users. As part of this evolution, existing tools are being replaced by new and better methods. As useful as this flexibility is to the strength of the system, sometimes it can be hard to keep track of ... [Read more...]

The tidyverse ecosystem is steadily growing and adapting to the needs of its users. As part of this evolution, existing tools are being replaced by new and better methods. As useful as this flexibility is to the strength of the system, sometimes it can be hard to keep track of ... [Read more...]

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