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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Jul 10

Side note from @kellybodwin.com - as @healthandstats.bsky.social can attest, I told them that the typical pronunciation is "data table" and that I'm the weird one for saying "data dot table"!

But... looks like my version has stuck... oops. 😜

NumFOCUS @numfocus.bsky.social · Jun 10

Our next new exciting NumFOCUS Sponsored Project: data.table! data.table (pronounced: data-dot-table) provides a high-performance version of base R’s data.frame with syntax and feature enhancements! We’re thrilled to have data.table be the newest NumFOCUS project. rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table/

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Jul 10

Link here: numfocus.org/project/data...

#rdatatable #opensource

data.table - NumFOCUS

Thanks to the flexibility of its underlying rendering engine, WWT is used in projects ranging from astrophysics research to education, public outreach, and simply sharing the wonder of the universe.

numfocus.org

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Jul 10

Huge news from us today: data.table is now a @numfocus.bsky.social sponsored project!!!

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Details: rdatatable-community...

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Feb 26

Friends near Madrid, check out this upcoming #rdatatable event!

A Zoom option is also available, if you want to join from afar.

www.meetup.com/grupo...

(Presentation will be in English.)

94 - Reunión Grupo de R: Jueves 27 de febrero de 2025, Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

**Nota:** La presentación será en inglés. Reunión presencial y online. *** **Title:** Using and contributing to the data.table package for efficient big data analysis *

www.meetup.com

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · Dec 4

Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!

stata2r.github.io

Translating Stata to R

Learning R coming from Stata

stata2r.github.io

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hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @hrbrmstr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Dec 10

#rstats {dbi.table}: Database Queries Using 'data.table' Syntax
Query database tables over a 'DBI' connection using 'data.table' syntax. Attach database schemas to the search path. Automatically merge using FK constraints. Supports DuckDB!

Looks interesting! […]

Original post on mastodon.social

mastodon.social

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Julian Ricardo @booolio.bsky.social · Dec 3

I used the collapse package to get my answer for day 1, part 2 #rstats #AdventofCode

Code in R to answer day 1 part 2 of the Advent of Code

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Kelly Bodwin @kellybodwin.com · Dec 1

I'm gonna try to do at least some #adventofcode in #rdatatable this year!

(Spoiler for Day One in second post here... the whole solution fits in a single post! 😱)

David Robinson @drob.bsky.social · Dec 1

Who is doing #rstats Advent of Code this year? ❄️🎄

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Nov 15

Finally: If you're interested in getting more involved in the development of #rdatatable itself, we welcome new contributors!

github.com/Rdatatable/d...

We have a new governance document and development process, with more great infrastructure and community building steps on the horizon. 💛

🧵 fin.

GitHub - Rdatatable/data.table: R's data.table package extends data.frame:

R's data.table package extends data.frame:. Contribute to Rdatatable/data.table development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Nov 15

We especially welcome submissions of packages for the "Seal of Approval" (yuk yuk) - an official, dev team approved list of packages that relate to #rdatatable

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/pos...

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Announcement: The ‘Seal of Approval’ – Blog

rdatatable-community.github.io

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Nov 15

Second, we welcome guest posts to our blog, The Raft.

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/

Feel free to PR the Github or email us at rdatatable@gmail.

github.com/rdatatable-c...

(Fun Fact: a Raft is a group of sea lions, the official mascot of #rdatatable!) 🦭

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Announcement: The ‘Seal of Approval’ – Blog

rdatatable-community.github.io

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Nov 15

First and foremost, let's talk 💵.

We have great funding opportunities for travel over the next couple years! If you're thinking of submitting an #rdatatable related talk, apply to be an "Ambassador" and have your trip covered:

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/pos...

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Announcement: The data.table Ambassadors Travel Grant – Blog

rdatatable-community.github.io

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Nov 15

I promise we're not spammy! We mostly just post when there are new announcements about #rdatatable, or new blog posts, or to boost other people's data.table related stuff.

Want to get involved? We'd love to have you! Read on...

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hey y'all,

Since the #rstats clan seems to migrating in force, just thought I'd re-introduce this account.

It's run by @kellybodwin.bsky.social on behalf of the #rdatatable NSF grant project - read more here:

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/pos...

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Welcome to the data.table ecosystem project! – Blog

rdatatable-community.github.io

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Sep 27

Check out the latest package to be granted the Seal of Approval: {collapse} by Sebastian Krantz!

{collapse} is a partner package, that implements various data transformation and statistical analysis tasks using ultra fast C/C++ implementations.

rdatatable-community...

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Jul 8

🦭 Are you a data.table fan, or maybe just data.table curious?
🇦🇹 Are you attending #useR2024?
🎁 Do you like free stuff?

Come grab dinner with us at 18:30 on Tuesday at the Tracks & Tastes Cafe (maps.app.goo.gl/xwKJ...) - and try out some package contributions!

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Jun 5

Next stop: #useR2024 @user-conf.bsky.social in Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹

👩‍🏫 A full day data.table workshop from Paola and Elio
🦭 Talks from Tyson, Kelly, and Doris about #rdatatable and the NSF grant
🍸 A community happy hour and dev sprint, with raffle giveaways

Stay tuned!
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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Jun 5

Kicking off an exciting 2024 Summer Conference Season today with a little teaser lightning talk by @kellybodwin.bsky.social at #SDSS2024 ⚡

Slides 👇
kbodwin.github.io/20...

(At SDSS? Find me at the poster sesh for hex stickers and maybe other goodies!)

So much more to come....
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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Apr 24

We're on LinkedIn now! Join us if that's your jam:

www.linkedin.com/com...

#rdatatable
#joinALLthesocials

data.table Community | LinkedIn

data.table Community | Dedicated to growing the {data.table} ecosystem

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Feb 29

Assigning values to columns looks and feels different in {data.table} compared to base R data frames.

Why, and how does this make {data.table} so much faster? 🤔

Toby breaks it down for us in the latest Tips & Tricks blog post:

🔗 rdatatable-community...

#rstats #rdatatable

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Feb 27

Hey friends, remember that data.table Community Survey from a couple months ago? 💭

📊 The results are in! 📊

Check it out here👇
rdatatable-community...

Huge thanks to Aljaž Sluga for designing the survey and summarizing the results! 💛 🦭

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Feb 7

💬 "I would like to use data.table but I prefer a pipeline workflow"

Is this you? You're in luck!

Check out Elio Campitelli's guest blog on The Raft about how to pipe in data.table:

🔗 rdatatable-community...

#rstats #rdatatable #datascience

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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Feb 5

We have our first new data.table feature release in years! 🎉🎉🎉

🔗 Blog post about the process and the new release: https://bit.ly/3Owg0c6

Huge thanks to all the hard working open-source devs who came together to make this happen. 💛

#rstats #datascience #rdatatable
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data.table Community Team @rdatatable.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚀 Houston, we have a governance document! 🚀

The data.table developers community has come together to define new roles, norms, and procedures for maintaining the data.table package:

🔗 https://bit.ly/49p6SOm

and, it's already been put to work, because...
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data.table/GOVERNANCE.md at master · Rdatatable/data.table · GitHub

R's data.table package extends data.frame:. Contribute to Rdatatable/data.table development by creating an account on GitHub.

bit.ly

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