@alistaire

data scientist / engineer of sorts at @voltrondata. odds, ends, #rstats, 🐍

 Chicago, IL
alistaire.rbind.io/
Joined June 2008
  • Tweets2.5K
  • Following1.3K
  • Followers315
196Media
I’d happily pay a bit more in taxes to fund more quality content like this thread. Funny, educational, cute…let’s fund the NPR of social media
National Park Service
@NatlParkService1 Feb 2023
Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
An ermine, with summer brown coat, stands upright at Katmai National Park & Preserve.

ALT An ermine, with summer brown coat, stands upright at Katmai National Park & Preserve.

2
247
Update: my sister gave me an electric snuggy for Christmas and it’s a great 80% solution
Edward @[email protected]@alistaire13 Oct 2022
I really wish there was a way to kotatsu-fy my desk
2
326
Introducing Apache Arrow ADBC: a database access standard for Apache Arrow. arrow.apache.org/blog/2023/0…

Introducing ADBC: Database Access for Apache Arrow

The Arrow community would like to introduce version 1.0.0 of the Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) specification. ADBC is a columnar, minimal-overhead alternative to JDBC/ODBC for analytical...

arrow.apache.org
2
65
11
215
50,021
someday R will consistently programmatically output JSON the way I intend without a battle but someday is not today
1
4
Laying off 50% of your company is a great way to reduce headcount by 80%
2
So it turns out "any sufficiently large if statement is indistinguishable from AI" wasn't a shitpost after all arxiv.org/abs/2210.05189

Neural Networks are Decision Trees

In this manuscript, we show that any neural network with any activation function can be represented as a decision tree. The representation is equivalence and not an approximation, thus keeping the...

arxiv.org
34
283
71
1,806
I really wish there was a way to kotatsu-fy my desk
1
Many brave engineers have tried but none have succeeded… building the perfect abstraction on top of Kubernetes and Docker for data scientists… “this abstraction shall never expose the underlying layers”, these brave teams proclaimed
12
4
2
173
A PSA since it seems like not everyone is aware-- there is a 2nd booster shot (so 4th shot total), this one is specifically for omnicron, and it is generally available + free.
28
177
37
1,217
Simplify database connectivity for both clients and vendors with our new blog post on the benefits of @ApacheArrow ADBC and Flight SQL. Learn how - voltrondata.com/news/simplif…
9
4
34
One of the newest features in the latest @ApacheArrow #rstats release (v 9.0.0, published 2022-08-10) is the `show_exec_plan()` function - similar to dbplyr's `explain()` or `show_query()`. Here's a short blog post explaining some of the concepts! 🏹 thisisnic.github.io/2022/08/…
2
15
1
47
{arrow} @ApacheArrow #rstats 🏹📦 9.0.0 is on CRAN! A 🧵 on what's in this release, covering the last 3 months of work. As always, see arrow.apache.org/docs/r/news… for the full details.
2
42
4
114
It’s been a joy to meet so many Twitter friends and GitHub heroes at #RStudioConf2022; to the many I missed, next time!
1
8
In the interest of avoiding widespread panic we’re not moving away from hexagons for package stickers. posit isn’t a package so it gets a different shape #rstudioconf
19
32
22
481
Come join me tomorrow on the #rstudioconf2022 Discord for a cozy AMA on the couch 🍵🛋️ I'm down to chat about: 🔓#OpenSource 🎓data science edu 💸careers PLUS: 🏹@ApacheArrow 🚀@VoltronData ⤵️ #rmarkdown 🍀@quarto_pub BONUS: 🏋️fitness 🧴skincare 🇮🇹Italian food 🐧penguins
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
2
9
2
50
Hello #rstats folks! My team is hiring! Please read the job description & apply if interested. DM me if you have questions—and if you're headed to #rstudioconf2022, come talk to me about the role (I'll post what I'm wearing each day to help locate me). jobs.apple.com/en-us/details…
5
29
2
99
TIL `caffeinate -t 3600` -> keep your computer from sleeping for an hour
Load more