Nicola Romanò @nicolaromano@qoto.org

Hey #RStats folks. What are your favourite and most obscure knitr tips, tricks or hacks that you regularly use?

Hit me with your code and use case and boost for reach!

@rstats

In the tidyverse, we work with a lot of people - each other and #rstats community members.

We wanted to document how we handle code review, so we've drafted a guide detailing our review principles!

We hope you find it useful, and we welcome your feedback!

https://tidyverse.github.io/code-review/

the gaps between floats

Does anyone know of a piece of software to split multiple voices from a single audio file?

I know of things like lalal.ai to split vocals from music, and I can find a bunch of research papers about voice separation from Google and Facebook, but I'm struggling to find actual software I can run myself on my own audio files.

Learn to segment your images with the Segment Anything Model (SAM) by Meta AI in just a few lines of #Python code! Check out my YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/fVeW9a6wItM
#imageSegmentation #MetaAI #segmentanything #microscopy

Extending the sensitivity, consistency and depth of single-cell proteomics | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-01786-2 #proteomics

“‘It’s always done like this, whether getting women to champion other women’s oppression or Jews who supported Hitler, it’s absolutely essential to get a token member of the targeted group to promote the extremist agenda’” #MAGAFascism https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/04/the-truth-about-maga-activist-scott-presler/

At one in six, it is more likely than not that you know someone who has had issues with fertility. However, given the taboo nature of the topic, it is much less likely that you know about it. Normalising talking about issues is a big step towards improving the lives and mental health of those you meet in this world. #infertility #MentalHealth

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/03/one-in-six-people-worldwide-affected-by-infertility-who-reports

🇫🇷 French newspapers published a large investigation on delivery workers in mid-sized towns.

Lots of interesting tidbits there, like the fact that they earn roughly 1500€/month for 10 hours of work, with no days off. That's half the minimum wage.

See here e.g. in Lorraine: https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/societe/societe/livreurs-les-forcats-de-l-uberisation

@nicolaromano two of my favourite topics!

(see e.g. https://tomstafford.github.io/psy-checklist/ and https://tomstafford.github.io/psy6422/)

“Help,” cries the journalist, “I’m being held captive by Elon Musk!”

He calls out from the unlocked cage, door wide open, to which he holds the key in his own hands.

“Quickly,” he begs now, “I can’t bear the thought that someone might think I’m paying for this.”

He gestures to the searing blue legacy checkmark, a brand affixed not to his skin, but the cage.

Concerned passerby leave treats at the door, in the hopes he might free himself. But alas, he shall surely starve.

@jaysonmassey

I was under the impression (will look later for corroboration) that poor grammar in phishing serves as a filter: phishers don't want to waste their time on people who won't get duped, so in an attempt to filter those people out early they send initial e-mails that will look suspicious to those people. If that's true, then the most obvious way to interpret the reason from that article doesn't apply. However, there might be some more involved reasons: e.g. if text generators make interaction with the potential victim cheaper, the reason for the filter's existence might disappear.

As I was privately babbling out my own diatribe on the FLI letter yesterday, I was honored to be pinged by @emilymbender and @timnitGebru about joining forces to put out coherent thoughts. Excited to be able to share it today.

There are clearly foreseeable long-term AI harms. To address them, regulatory efforts should focus on transparency, accountability and preventing exploitative labor practices.

https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/letter-statement-March2023

Current pocket rock - wee piece of carboniferous limestone full of crinoids and bryozoans 🖤 #ScottishFossils

If You replace the w in "what, when, and where" with a "t" it answers each of those questions.

Wondering if anyone has access to this paper:

Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (in press). Prevalence of statistics anxiety among graduate students. Journal of Research in Education

It is one of the main papers in #StatisticsAnxiety research in undergraduate samples and from around 2004 but I am having trouble finding and accessing it. If anyone had a copy that they could share that would be much appreciated.