Nicola Romanò @nicolaromano@qoto.org

Lots to like in the new #dplyr 1.1.0 release (which just hit CRAN). Obviously the new data.table-inspired `.by` and non-equi joins are highlights. But I just re-ran some standard benchmarks on my machine and its definitely faster too. E.g. A big grouped collapse on some NYC taxi data is about twice as fast as it used to be. #rstats

Anyone using minKNOW v 22.10.10? I've got a base caller problem... Guppy not recognised (Its the GPU version). Other people on the release notes page reporting the same.

* Can I install standalone Guppy and point minKNOW at it somehow?
* Or should it run if i disable live basecalling?

Tech support haven't answered me yet but I assume it's a proper problem if multiple users affected 😅
#ONT #nanopore #MinION #sequencing

This is big. Eight UK #universities are acting in concert to adopt #RightsRetention #OpenAccess policies. Their public statement comes out tomorrow. (#paywalled)
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-access-accord-weaken-publishers-negotiating-position

The action comes from the N8 Research Partnership universities — Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and York.

Thanks and congratulations to them all.

#AcademicMastodon @AcademicChatter

Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/20/sajid-javid-calls-for-patients-to-pay-for-gp-and-ae-visits

I just set up couple of shiny servers, one at home and anoter in my cloud service provider. The process is quite easy but I had to mix up a few sources so, I decided to document it in my blog.

@rstats #rstats #debian #nginx #foss

https://blog.rwhitedwarf.com/post/deploy_shiny_on_debian/

Our Bird Buddy spotted a great spotted woodpecker! 🐦❤️ #birdbuddy

The Smithsonian has made over 4 MILLION images open source! You can create, copy, distribute, etc. This is amazing!

https://www.si.edu/openaccess

I just signed up for @CedScherer 's January 26 two-hour workshop "Color Palette Choice and Customization in R and ggplot2". Only $20, and all money goes to support Ukraine. 17:00 CET/ 11:00 ET

https://sites.google.com/view/dariia-mykhailyshyna/main/r-workshops-for-ukraine?pli=1

#rstats #ggplot #ggplot2 #dataviz #tidyverse

@rstats

"Adapting College Writing for the Age of Large Language Models Such as ChatGPT: Some Next Steps for Educators"

Writing this with the amazing Lauren Goodlad of
@CriticalAI helped me clarify what I support out of all the possible courses of action. https://criticalai.org/2023/01/17/critical-ai-adapting-college-writing-for-the-age-of-large-language-models-such-as-chatgpt-some-next-steps-for-educators/

What do you think of the suggestions?

#AIED #AIEthics #GPT3 #LLMs #HigherEd

Researchers often choose a sample size based on resources they have or are willing to invest. In those cases, the smallest effect size that can be statistically significant (or "The Minimal Statistically Detectable Effect") is determined by the alpha level and your sample size. https://lakens.github.io/statistical_inferences/power.html#minimaldetectable Taking into account the minimal statistically detectable effect size should make you reflect on whether a hypothesis test will yield an informative answer.

“Braverman (..) added that “we have a problem with people exploiting our generosity, breaking our laws and undermining our system”.”

Exploiting generosity?
Breaking laws?
Undermining the system?

She might as well be taking about BJ

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/suella-braverman-wont-apologise-to-holocaust-survivor-for-calling-migrants-invasion?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This is fascinating! The Braille Institute has developed a font - free to download - that's designed to be clearer for readers with lower vision.

An example of one of the aspects of low legibility that they tackled attached.

It's named Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson was the Institute's founder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Atkinson

Here's where you can read about the font and download it: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont

#Accessibility

Via @tombofnull

I recently migrated my whole bibliography and PDF management system from a single references.bib BibTeX file to Zotero and I'm super happy with the transition! Here's a guide to why + how to do it + an example of using Zotero with R Markdown / #QuartoPub https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2023/01/08/bibdesk-to-zotero-pandoc/

Governor Pritzker just signed the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which immediately bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in IL. #illinois #momsdemandaction

My daughter’s class’s parents WhatsApp group tonight… get your kids the bivalent booster! As Brooklyn goes, so does the country like a month later!

Statistician needed to pilot a scheme to change the future of academia. Feb-July £22k part time to check reproducibility of results from provided data for to-be-submitted papers in psychology at University of Sussex. contact: dienes@sussex.ac.uk