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In their “Object-Oriented Programming is Bad” video, Brian Will mentions a desired reserved word: use (timestamp) that could look something like this: The variables you specify come from the enclosing scope and would be available as copies within a separate … Continue reading →

Always ask for more than what’s initially offered. I recently read an X post from a CEO of a healthcare startup about how she considered giving a candidate 2.5X the offered comp just because he ASKED for it. How can an average job seeker accomplish the same feat? Now, ...

Hey guys, welcome back to my R-tips newsletter. Businesses are sitting on a mountain of unstructured data. The biggest culprit is PDF Documents. Today, I’m going to share how to PDF Scrape text and use OpenAI’s Large Language Models (LLMs) to summarize...

Introduction: how to open a second instance of RStudio Desktop on macOS On macOS when RStudio Desktop is open it can be inconvenient to open a second (or third or fourth) instance of it. If you left click the RStudio Desktop icon nothing happens. I...

xpt Meets xportr! In the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries, it is crucial to maintain a standard structure for data exchange and regulatory submissions, enter xpt datasets! xpt datasets are binary files that are typically created by S...

Hi, how are you? If you've scratched your head over peculiar RStudio errors, puzzling over which panes do what, or wondering if GitHub Copilot can streamline your coding life, you're not alone! RStudio is a powerful tool, but it has its own quirks and complexities. That's why we've compiled this ...

In the vast and ever-expanding universe of data, the ability to not just see but truly understand the stories hidden within numbers becomes paramount. This journey of comprehension isn’t unlike the iconic moment from The Matrix, where Neo, standing amidst the endless possibilities of the digital realm, declares his ...

I am pleased to announce the release of gratia 0.9.0. This release has been over a year in the making and provides many new features as well as a more consistent user experience. Unfortunately, I have had to make a lot of breaking changes; nothing too egregious, but most user-facing functions ...

I’m very happy to announce the addition of 6 new books to the Big Book of R collection, which now stands at about 420 books in total! Thanks to Isabella Velásquez, Emil Hvitfeldt and Metehan GÜNGÖR for their submissions :). If you’d like to help out a little ...

Introduction Quantile normalization is a crucial technique in data preprocessing, especially in fields like genomics and bioinformatics. It ensures that the distributions of different samples are aligned, making them directly comparable. In this...

“In recent years, the Rejection Monte Carlo (RMC) algorithm has emerged sporadically in literature under alternative names such as screening sampling or reject-accept sampling algorithms” First, I was intrigued enough by a new arXival spotted in the Thalys train from Brussels to take a deeper look at it, but soon ...

Key pointsR packages expand functionality but require management. Packages offer essential tools for analysis but can clutter your workspace and cause conflicts.detach() is the basic unloading tool. Start with detach("package:package_name", unload=TRUE) for individual package removal.Bulk unloading can be tricky. Use functions like lapply() or ...

In a recent interview by the R Consortium, Angie Reed, Water Resources Planner for the Penobscot Indian Nation, shared her experience learning and using R in river conservation and helping... The post Aligning Beliefs and Profession: Using R in Protecting the Penobscot Nation’s Traditional Lifeways appeared first on R ...

Announcing Tableau Cloud Support vvtableau In our latest update, we’re excited to announce that vvtableau now supports Tableau Cloud, expanding its capabilities beyond Tableau Server to include the cloud-based platform. This significant enh...