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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Sep 7

you can send them to Slack for free.

Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Aug 20

🆕 Databot for Positron: an experimental AI agent that speeds up EDA for R & Python—writes code, you approve/run, then it interprets results and suggests next steps. Anthropic API key required. Install: open-vsx.org/extension/po...
#rstats #python #Positron

Open VSX Registry

open-vsx.org

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎉 CODE DROP! The Sperm Plot™ is now open source!

🔗 github.com/gd047/sperm-...

Interactive + static versions ✅
Sample data included ✅
Ready to clone & run ✅

#DataViz #RStats #OpenSource #SpermPlot

GitHub - gd047/sperm-plot-visualization: The Sperm Plot™ - A novel visualization technique for project timeline analysis

The Sperm Plot™ - A novel visualization technique for project timeline analysis - gd047/sperm-plot-visualization

github.com

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jul 28

I couldn't even change the R version in Positron. There isn't a button for rendering a QMD. I don't think I saw anything I liked. I rushed back to RStudio, which feels like home. They just have to add the Assistant (Agent Mode) to RStudio ASAP.

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Plotly version of the graph.

Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jul 26

Patent Alert: The Sperm Plot™ 😂 🧬📊
Novel visualization where project timelines swim upstream toward completion. Each 'swimmer' tracks % progress vs % time elapsed.

#DataViz #Analytics #PatentPending #RStats

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jul 16

Positron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in R blog.stephenturner.us/p/positron-a...
#rstats

Positron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in R

Positron Assistant provides inline completions with GitHub Copilot and chat using Claude 4 Sonnet. Demonstration: using agent mode to create an R package with Roxygen2 docs and testthat unit tests.

blog.stephenturner.us

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jun 22

www.scientificamerican.com/article/math... #math

Mathematicians Come Up with ‘Mind-Blowing’ Method for Defining Prime Numbers

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas of math in an unexpected way

www.scientificamerican.com

Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Apr 25

Give this single a listen: Echoes - Part 1 - Edit (Live at Pompeii - MCMLXXII - 2025 Mix) #PinkFloyd #nowspinning
Upcoming album on May 2
open.spotify.com/album/6RhYZ6...

Echoes - Part 1 - Edit (Live at Pompeii - MCMLXXII - 2025 Mix)

Pink Floyd · Single · 2025 · 1 songs

open.spotify.com

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚀 R has landed in Excel via Anaconda Code!
No external environment or cloud required, no need to install R.

Now you can use both Python and R in the same workbook. 📊

Check it out 👉 www.anaconda.com/blog/anacond...
#rstats #excel #anacondacode #datascience

R Language Support Now in Anaconda Code for Excel | Anaconda

Anaconda Code and integration of R in Excel (as far as we are aware, Anaconda Code is the only integration of R in Excel). We are now the pioneers behind Python in Excel and now R in Excel.

www.anaconda.com

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Apr 12

Pink Floyd 🧩 of 🎭
www.instagram.com/reel/DIMQdRI...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Apr 11

Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Apr 1

The new {dockitect} R package offers a pipe-friendly API to streamline the creation and management of Dockerfiles, enhancing reproducibility and deployment in #rstats projects. Learn more about its features and benefits here:

blog.thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/...

Introducing dockitect: Making Docker Feel More Native to R – TheCoatlessProfessor

blog.thecoatlessprofessor.com

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Mar 27

🔄 From Jupyter to #WebR: I've converted the Grayscale Images lab from @coursera's DSP course. It demonstrates the power of the Haar basis for image transfer.
See how wavelets enable progressive image encoding-lose half your data but keep the picture!🖼️
#Quarto #RStats
gd047.quarto.pub/basis-for-gr...

Basis for grayscale images

gd047.quarto.pub

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Mar 20

🎸 Explore the Karplus-Strong algorithm in #WebR! I've converted a Python implementation to #RStats for synthesizing musical sounds. Play with different notes, create chords, and understand the math behind digital string synthesis🎧 #Quarto #DSP #Synthesizer

gd047.quarto.pub/the-karplus-...

The Karplus-Strong Algorithm

gd047.quarto.pub

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Mar 14

🔄 From Jupyter to #WebR: I've converted and extended the 1st lab from @coursera's Digital Signal Processing course www.coursera.org/learn/dsp1

Compare analog vs digital signal degradation with playable audio examples. 🎧

#Quarto #RStats #DSP

gd047.quarto.pub/transoceanic...

Digital Signal Processing 1: Basic Concepts and Algorithms

Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Digital Signal Processing is the branch of engineering that, in the space of just a few ... Enroll for free.

www.coursera.org

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Mar 10

Absolutely! If you're in R, there's no need to leave your environment—#rpivotTable gives you the same quick filtering and pivoting capabilities as Excel (and more), but keeps everything reproducible and scriptable.

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Mar 10

One fixed time all year? That’s a lose-lose scenario. Either we wake up in the dark for months or waste precious evening daylight. The biannual switch is the best compromise!

Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Mar 5

"Python can do everything R can do!*

*Terms and conditions apply: may actually be running R code behind the scenes 😂
#Rstats #PythonVsR #Statistics

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Feb 23

🔹 Μικρό Λεξικό Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης 🔹

Η ΑΙ δεν είναι απλώς ένα εργαλείο. Είναι μια νέα γλώσσα, μια αφήγηση που διαμορφώνει το παρόν και προαναγγέλλει το μέλλον.

📖 Κατεβάστε δωρεάν το PDF: tinyurl.com/ai-lexic0n

#AI #MachineLearning #ΤεχνητήΝοημοσύνη

Dropbox

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Feb 10

Ctrl + M ≡ %>% (axiom of tidyverse).

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Feb 5

Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (but It’s Useful to Act like It Does)

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is

www.scientificamerican.com

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Feb 1

Since 1987 I use one and only computer game. youtu.be/zIuVPrHXVUE?...

Digger. Level Set: "Baby". Starting Level:6

YouTube video by gd 047

youtu.be

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Feb 1

I don't like the way this font renders 0.

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Yorgos @gd047.bsky.social · Jan 31

I would not dare do such a thing, nor do I intend to stop using %>%.