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Code snippets – 2 scale y axes in {ggplot2}

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Inspired by conversations on the NHS-R Slack where code answers are lost over time (it’s not a paid account), and Continue reading: Code snippets – 2 scale y axes in {ggplot2} http://dlvr.it/SlmKK9

February 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages

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One hundred seventy-three new packages made it to CRAN in February. Here are my “Top 40” selections in thirteen categories: Computational Methods, Data, Ecology, Economics, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Medicine, Pharma, Science, Statistics, Time Series, Utilities, and Visualization. Computational Methods dcTensor v1.0.1: Implements semi-binary and semi-ternary matrix methods based on non-negative matrix ... Continue reading: February 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages http://dlvr.it/SljHtV

Floating-point summation and the M1 processor

John C. Nash, Retired Professor, University of Ottawa While I have had little to do with Apple since the early 1980s when they abandoned several products in which a colleague and I had invested time, effort and money, I recently had to take note of the introduction of the M1 ... Continue reading: Floating-point summation and the M1 processor http://dlvr.it/SlfKL0

Data wrangling tricks from the R4DS slack

Every now and then there is a question on the R4DS slack that produces a large number of replies. This case was particularly interesting because the user that had the issue deleted all the original content, the question, the clarifications and so on. ... Continue reading: Data wrangling tricks from the R4DS slack http://dlvr.it/Sld9dk

R in Finance and Accounting Sector in Korea

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Woo June Jung, Founder of the R Korea Group (also on Facebook) recently talked to the R Consortium to discuss his efforts to promote the use of R in Korea.... The post R in Finance and Accounting Sector in Korea appeared first on R Consortium. Continue reading: R in Finance and Accounting Sector in Korea http://dlvr.it/SlbKgN

There’s a black hole in the number line

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The government doesn't want you to know about this, but I have discovered it and I will share this with a few close friends: There is a black hole in the number line, and it's at number 4. Every word in the English language will eventually fall into ... Continue reading: There’s a black hole in the number line http://dlvr.it/SlbKKT

How fast does a compressed file in?

Introduction I received an email over the weekend in regards to my last post not containing the reading in of gz compressed file(s) for the benchmarking. While this was not an over site per-se it was a good reminder that people would probably be... Continue reading: How fast does a compressed file in? http://dlvr.it/SlbK5f