Alvaro :rstats: :python:

Data Developer in the pharma sector. Mainly into all things data-related using R and/or Python. Bioinformatician by training turning into a software/data engineer

#rstats, #python, some #juliaLang

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2024-08-26 21:51:47

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@npub16uz…xx07 whatever self help book you're selling, I'm buying it

2024-06-23 08:38:27

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@npub1sh4…32nx wow this is really cool to read. Thanks for sharing! Any tips on getting started? 👀

2024-05-20 15:16:06

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@npub129g…4kwg R is a fun one 😬

2024-05-10 12:25:07

ok wtf #spotify ...courses?
I totally understand and am quite happy about podcasts and audiobooks. After all it's something people listen to, so makes sense. But who decided that the next big thing should be coursera?
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2024-05-03 08:53:58

📖 Just read:
Heat Death of the Internet by Gregory Bennett.
It's nice when good writers put words to the zeitgeist. Appreciate the hopeful ending
https://www.takahe.org.nz/heat-death-of-the-internet/

2024-02-07 19:00:02

Soooo I think it's time to get a new #laptop
#Fediverse hivemind, I summon thee. I'm a developer mostly working with data (i.e. R/Python). I'm looking for either a macos/linux machine. Powerful hardware, no need for graphics and ideally long lifespan. Not necessarily the beefiest thing out there, rather something sturdy and durable.
Any recommendations?

2024-02-06 10:57:47

Customer just asked for so many features in a single session that "scope creep" falls short to describe it, as "creep" implies slow increase.
We're brainstorming ideas for new terms. Scope leap? Scope surge? Scope feast?

2024-01-28 09:43:16

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@npub129g…4kwg @npub1t9n…k9e7 looks interesting 👀

2024-01-12 18:50:38

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@npub13w6…479m I'm non-native myself and work in a team of mostly non-native speakers heheh. But I phrased it poorly, my issue is more with a lack of pauses (though I also tend to speak quickly)

2024-01-12 12:46:38

I need to learn to speak slowly in presentations. Any tips?

2023-12-15 20:39:07

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@npub1upk…tcwy in my case I use
git log --all --oneline --graph --decorate
which can at least show me where the branches come from. Not sure if ideal but works for me (I usually handle relatively small repos so not sure how it scales).
On another note, I didn't know merge commits were optional! I'll have to do some reading about it. Any recommendation is appreciated (especially from your blog 😄)

2023-12-13 18:24:13

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@npub1upk…tcwy I'm starting to repeat myself here but this is GREAT THANK YOU SO MUCH

2023-11-20 22:05:58

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@npub1upk…tcwy what do you mean they're different things

2023-11-08 09:51:03

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@npub13w6…479m Ah, yes, absolute madness. Might as well just redirect to a code editor with a JSON file 😬

2023-11-06 16:00:12

Linkedin notifications are wild
Some half-acquiantance from university just commented on a post you know nothing about and whose context is entirely unfamiliar to you!!121!: "Good job Michael!!! 🦄 💣 ☔ Really proud of you"
???

2023-10-22 23:39:21

I wish man pages had more "quick start" examples. It's nothing that a quick google can't fix, but it'd be nice if documentation was more self-contained.
#linux #man

2023-10-20 20:48:58

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@npub1u0r…92zh oh wow I didn't know it had been studied! thanks!

2023-10-20 13:43:02

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yes, they tend to be baby boomers

2023-10-20 13:42:42

My favourite business communication archetype is people who put an indeterminate amount of dots at the end of every sentence.
You can't tell if they're being sarcarstic.....
Or if they just like cliffhangers..
who knows.....

2023-09-12 16:03:31

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@npub1upk…tcwy what's the target audience? If you accept suggestions, I think having the commit names in chronological order might help (so first a111, then b222, then c333, etc). I find it tricky enough that arrows point to the previous commit, since I intuitively think of arrows as chronological order, but I get that it's conceptually wrong. However, I think "chronological" names could alleviate that confusion
Just my two cents :)

2023-08-24 10:09:00

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@npub129g…4kwg Thanks for the tip! But they are rare enough that they are more amusing than annoying :)

2023-08-24 09:14:46

I follow the #rust hashtag over here and I love that every now and then there's some toot with a picture of rusty metal

2023-08-18 13:57:24

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@npub1u0r…92zh I'd usually go for {janitor}'s clean_names... but alas I'm coding in python 😬 so it's time for some regex fun

2023-08-18 13:34:46

"Yeah but noone would actually use dataframes with column names THIS ridiculous, right?"
- Me, yesterday, still a sweet summer child

2023-05-30 20:27:34

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@npub13w6…479m You mean this?
https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings
In any case, thank you!

2023-05-30 19:26:21

Trying zed.dev has made me want to learn Rust. It's a ludicrous idea and probably will end up like my Julia skills (barely existing), but dreaming is a free enterprise

2023-05-19 14:00:58

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@npub13w6…479m Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately for work I'm also bound to use onenote because my company requires it. I might try it out for personal use tho

2023-05-19 11:25:06

OneNote is a pretty ok product. It would be nicer if it had more levels of hierarchies when it comes to organising notes. Only having 3 (Notebook > Section > Page) sometimes falls short.
I guess Notion spoiled me