Malcolm 朝精 Barrett
@malcolmbarrett.malco.io
Ph.D., epidemiology. research software engineer @ Stanford Health Policy. living in Ann Arbor. open-source data science. causal inference. doing poems on aircrafts. approximately Bayesian. formerly Posit, Apple, AmeriCorps. 心を燃やせ。sic semper tyrannis.
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all my writing is trending toward good
December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
all my writing is trending toward good
Reposted by Malcolm 朝精 Barrett
The ability to specify colours with a 3-digit hex (e.g. "#12A" as equivalent to "#1122AA"). It was the first patch I was involved with, so it's especially dear to me! It's also makes changes to C code.
github.com/r-devel/r-pr...
With @oberman.bsky.social @malcolmbarrett.malco.io @gws.phd
github.com/r-devel/r-pr...
With @oberman.bsky.social @malcolmbarrett.malco.io @gws.phd
3-digit hex colors · Issue #74 · r-devel/r-project-sprint-2023
Discussed in #73 Originally posted by pmur002 August 30, 2023 A post on fosstodon suggests adding support for "#RGB" colours in R (in addition to existing "#RRGGBB" colours. This may not be an urge...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The ability to specify colours with a 3-digit hex (e.g. "#12A" as equivalent to "#1122AA"). It was the first patch I was involved with, so it's especially dear to me! It's also makes changes to C code.
github.com/r-devel/r-pr...
With @oberman.bsky.social @malcolmbarrett.malco.io @gws.phd
github.com/r-devel/r-pr...
With @oberman.bsky.social @malcolmbarrett.malco.io @gws.phd
hold on, I didn't get visited by one last year. Am I now obligated to provide a spirit?
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
hold on, I didn't get visited by one last year. Am I now obligated to provide a spirit?
honestly the most important discovery here is the similarity between air jordan and lambda. I don't think I'll be able to unsee that
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
honestly the most important discovery here is the similarity between air jordan and lambda. I don't think I'll be able to unsee that
Winter is an affront to all cats
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Winter is an affront to all cats
My gramma always said if you want to sleep better have a glass of warm milk and time-order your dag
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My gramma always said if you want to sleep better have a glass of warm milk and time-order your dag