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> "In 1925 Ireland fell back on 09-20 not 10-04" This type of work is so awesome

the whole massive battery pack attached to your face isn't that appealing? Me neither 🫠 Though this one time on an itl flight someone was wearing one watching tv and i was a smidgen envious

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sebffischer.bsky.social @sebffischer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i'm waiting for the day where all i have to carry is a pair of glasses and a keyboard in my bag.

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Yesterday, we released a new version of anvl: github.com/r-xla/anvl. You can use it to implement numerical algorithms in R and run it on CPU and GPU. The R Code is compiled, so you do not have interpreter overhead, and it also allows you to automatically compute gradients #rstats

github.com

GitHub - r-xla/anvl: Accelerated array computing and code transformations for R

Accelerated array computing and code transformations for R - r-xla/anvl

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as an aside...why aren't we talking about {plumber2} as a full-stack web-dev approach??? 👇🏼 plumber for server-side-rendered websites is high key awesome gallery.ricochet.rs/app/penguins... #rstats

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I think we, the #rstats community, are sleeping in the _server.yml standard! "how do you deploy the app?" is just `pkg:::launch_server()` plumber2.posit.co/articles/ser...

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thank you for this! This is just the fuel I needed to get to bump up the SMTP integration for @ricochet.rs on the roadmap.

Josiah @josiah.rs · 26/09/2026

Going to try this tomorrow!

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i also don't accept 'use duckdb with httpfs extension" as a viable answer 🤣

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Is there a way to perform range requests and reading of parquet files over http in R? I can only find support for s3 and file systems... #rstats

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Using a similar approach of using GeoParquet and the new ArcGIS ParquetLayer support from we're getting good performance with {arcgizviz}—though still not quite 4 seconds! 😅 GeoParquet and GeoArrow are the future 🚀 #rstats #rspatial

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Draft PRs shouldn't be in the default "open view" 👀

how would you decide between when to use a haversine or geodesic measure? I got some learning to do in this space for sure

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That’s the…point! Badumtsssss 🥁

Your friendly neighbourhood RSE @tinashemtapera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Alas we cannot know everyone’s use case. Best to support it than not at all imo. Nonetheless efficiency and performance benefits everyone regardless of size. Smaller machines can use bigger data

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Arguably, the naive user who doesn’t yet know that 3.2m points is too many, will no longer have to wait as long anymore

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New to me: “The aim of geoarrowWidget is to facilitate fast transfer of geospatial data between R memory and the browser using GeoArrow memory layout. It also provides JavaScript bindings for reading GeoParquet files from remote URLs.” r-spatial.github.io/geoarrowWidg... #RStats ⬇️⬇️⬇️

r-spatial.github.io

Attach (Geo)Arrow and/or (Geo)Parquet Data to a Widget

Provides functions and necessary JavaScript bindings to quickly transfer spatial data from R memory or remote URLs to the browser for use in interactive HTML widgets created with the htmlwidgets R pac...

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 24/09/2026

I cannot emphasize enough how excited I am about {geoarrowwidget} and {deckglgeoarrow}. 3.2 **million** points in 4 seconds. #rspatial #rstats

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Washington Irving @irvingwashington22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

With a grant deadline rapidly approaching, it is of course time to update my version of RStudio. And I should I also probably update my macOS at the same time. #rstats

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 24/09/2026

i love when i read a blog on a completely random subject and it uses #rstats Fun read on floating points librestats.com/2015/04/17/f...

librestats.com

wrathematics

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 24/09/2026

this is phenomenal. 2024+ has been so good for metal music an absolute resurgence. It's like almost as good as the 2012-2015 era imo

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update i just got a baby account with not enough karma. not enough poasting 🫡

not even a little bit spicy lol. I'm 30 now. Spice hurts my tummy www.reddit.com/r/rstats/com...

would _really_ love to see collaboration between rv, rig, and rpx. Each of these tools are trying to solve a similar problem, but in their own bespoke way.

Ideally, if I could have my cake without baking it (thank you for your work!!!) I’d like to see all of these tool developers approach R core with a proposal for a canonical way of representing project dependencies so—at minimum, the same file format could be used across the tools.

Then perhaps a follow up that can go over how we can improve CRAN mirror structures to have more robust version deps version history etc so that everyone can leverage the same structure.

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can't hold me back! convo moved to....LinkedIn chat! 🙃

ryan scharf @ryanscharf.com · 23/09/2026

tried dipping my toes into the r/rstats subreddit by leaving (what i thought was) a thoughtful comment. It immediately was removed by a mod 🫠🫣

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THERE ARE MULTIPLE PIPES??

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could the signs also come with a compass so we know where "east of here" and "west of here" are? 🫣

ive found that when i start the project myself, implement the foundation and building blocks and have a good vision, thats when it works the best. other times ive found myself "vibe coding" for hours to only delete the thing after w my head bowed in shame

Josiah @josiah.rs · 22/09/2026

to me: map() is "do the thing and give it to me!" walk() is "do the thing but dont care about result" (called a side effect)

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What does it take to sustain R? Join R Consortium, R Core & R Foundation Oct 6 to discuss the people, infrastructure & community behind R. 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM London Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats

Graphic for upcoming R Core and R Foundation panel discussion - Oct 6, 2026

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 22/09/2026

looks almost like egui 🔎👀

Josiah @josiah.rs · 22/09/2026

you know what Americans have too much of? Health care! 🫠🥲

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 21/09/2026

the low effort "prompt engineering" with complete AI gibberish prose has really been getting to me. I also have been gaslighting myself about my own writing, too which bugs me.

tj mahr 🤘 @tjmahr.com · 21/09/2026

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like, you get to cruise along and I have to pay the “does this make sense at all” fee for it

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tj mahr 🤘 @tjmahr.com · 21/09/2026

I get depressed when I review something and it seems AI-assisted (as in well written but shallow and making weird jumps in spots). Why am I wasting my time putting in thought that wasn’t given in the first place

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 21/09/2026

this! People feel even more empowered to *not* collaborate than before because "claude can just do it"

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Josiah @josiah.rs · 21/09/2026

the tiling divider??? *chef's kiss*