We're thrilled to announce the second edition of R for Data Science is out!
The second edition is a major reworking of the first edition, with new material added, unuseful material removed, and updated code and text.
• Read it for free online: https://r4ds.hadley.nz/
• Buy a copy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492097403?&tag=hadlwick-20
• Read more about the new edition in the blog post from new co-author Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel: https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2023/07/r4ds-2e/
Lazarus Heist season 2. Out now 🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvg9
"NSFW" stands for "Not Suitable For Work". It's generally used to tag things that are pornographic, but is also used for things that are violent.
Some confusions we had abt this tag were:
- If you're a sex worker or burlesque performer, or any other job that involves sexual explicitness, couldn't information about that content be **suitable** for work?
- Why is that tag even focusing on the workplace, anyway? What abt at a coffee shop, or any public space? What's the relationship to home use?
NEXT ethics-relevant thing I'm excited about @huggingface is we've created a "Not-For-All-Eyes" tag that can be used to tag Datasets, Models, and Spaces (demos). It's similar to "NSFW", but different.
What's the diff? 🧵
Extraordinary talk on "resisting dehumanization in the age of AI" https://youtu.be/wuU-5rGPbyg (slides in PDF: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-CogSci-2022.pdf)
@DocCarms I loved this book and can't wait to re-read it 🙂 If you haven't already, also check out Edith Eger's The Choice.
* Blurring the line is dangerous. A society with counterfeit people we can’t differentiate from real ones will soon be no society at all. If you want to buy a Carrie Fisher sex doll and install an LLM, “put this inside of that,” and work out your rape fantasy — okay, I guess. But we can’t have both that and our leaders saying, “i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u.” We can’t have people eager to separate “human, the biological category, from a person or a unit worthy of moral respect.” Because then we have a world in which grown men, sipping tea, posit thought experiments about raping talking sex dolls, thinking that maybe you are one too.*
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html
ChatGPT prompt of the week ♍️ 🧐 —
"I want you to act as an astrologer. You will learn about the zodiac signs and their meanings, understand planetary positions and how they affect human lives, be able to interpret horoscopes accurately, and share your insights with those seeking guidance or advice. My first suggestion request is 'I need help providing an in-depth reading for a client interested in career development based on their birth chart.'"
@dyownie Yeah, most sensible thing to do right now. The speed is mind-boggling!
@dyownie Looks fun! How often do you use it at work?
On the road for over a month and haven’t listened to a podcast episode until today. This, on primal world beliefs, is worth checking. https://pca.st/podcast/7868f900-21de-0133-2464-059c869cc4eb
@ghibli Excited to see this! Looks amazing!
Ghibli Fest 2023 | Spirited Away: Live on Stage
It's a year of celebrating animation master Hayao Miyazaki with the first-ever nationwide retrospective of his Studio Ghibli works.
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Tickets are on sale now for #Ghibli Fest 2023!
https://gkids.com/films/spirited-away-live-on-stage/
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Presented by GKIDS Films.
#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #trailer #spiritedaway #liveonstage #gkidsfilms #ghiblifest #hayaomiyazaki
As some of you who know me may know, I lead a project to document Philippine historical markers in #Wikidata and #WikimediaCommons.
So as my simple way of celebrating #InternationalWomensDay, let's have a look at several historical markers dedicated to the amazing Filipino women from various fields that have made their mark in history. 🧵
@dyownie *deep sigh
Wanted to re-up that my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing remains available! Hot-metal typeset, letterpress printed in London, bound in Germany. I explain the history of printing from before Gutenberg through the present, with all the major events in between. Order at https://glog.glennf.com/tiny-type-museum-time-capsule-and-more/six-centuries-letterpress #letterpress #printing #printinghistory #gifts #typophile #typography #gutenberg
MS in Applied Data Science student at the University of Canterbury; enjoys reading fiction (Kazuo Ishiguro, Elizabeth Strout) and non-fiction (Annie Dillard, David Quammen); Japanophile; ex frontend dev; Filipina