condwanaland

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by condwanaland 2y ago
This is a false dichotomy. There is more than enough room for both languages, and R is not attempting to replace python
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by condwanaland 2y ago
Love to see things built with bookdown, which is such an awesome R package (although it's successor, Quarto, is much better and simpler)
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by condwanaland 2y ago
Tyler, your work in R is always incredible! I love reading about what you've been creating - a lot goes over my head but it's always a blast to read
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by condwanaland 3y ago
R has got great parts to it. It has the two best libraries for general data manipulation (dplyr and data.table), which blow equivalents in other languages away. It has the best plotting library (ggplot2). And the RMarkdown and Shiny ecosyst
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by condwanaland 3y ago
I use Quarto with .qmd files. I use the plugin for VS Code but you can also do the rendering straight through the command line. Absolutely love it, didn't need to configure much, it just worked out of the box.
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by condwanaland 3y ago
I wish they did though. 80% of my day job is (admittedly non-traditional) ETL. It's done in 100% PySpark. More composable than SQL. Have plenty of utility functions wrapped up (which are far easier than stored procedures) in libraries.
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by condwanaland 3y ago
Yes, but these secondary markets have been fine because they still require a large primary market. A library can only lend as many copies as it purchases. Someone selling their copy can only sell the copy they purchased. These secondaries a
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by condwanaland 3y ago
No, because the book was still bought in the first place. In all your examples someone still bought a book which helped ensure the creators of it got paid. Using piracy from the beginning ensures nobody gets paid.
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by condwanaland 3y ago
No, he's been upfront that he supports Democrat candidates
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by condwanaland 3y ago
Yes but this also takes money away from the author, who put in a ton of work to make that book. It's not as simple as claiming the piracy is 'ethical' just because it circumvents the publisher
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by condwanaland 3y ago
I've owned one of these devices long enough to be grandfathered in when they introduced their subscription plan. I have an odd relationship with it. It's very expensive, and I don't really get enough use out of it for the pri
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by condwanaland 3y ago
You cannot backdoor a device in such a way that only 'certain' people can access it. Once that door is there, people will find an exploit it. The only way to be completely secure is never build the door in the first place.
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by condwanaland 3y ago
I'm sorry, I couldn't stop laughing at "this is only worse outside of the United States"
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by condwanaland 3y ago
I agree that some people would do this. However the proliferation of early access games and pre-ordered/special editions coming with an early access period suggests there is a significant chunk of consumers willing to pay to get someth
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by condwanaland 3y ago
You have another comment somewhere here saying that 80% of companies close within 5 years. You may be making the other sides point...
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by condwanaland 3y ago
I think this is background and person dependent. I find it easier to remember the markdown syntax than the html tags
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by condwanaland 4y ago
I live in NZ. Haven't lived in the US but spent lots of time there for work which included TV in various hotel rooms. One of the biggest and starkest differences I noted was the drug advertising on US TV, both in quantity and content.
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by condwanaland 4y ago
Kindle accepts DRM-free epubs (as of fairly recently). I just email epubs to my Kindle and it works fantastically