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What I've been working on in R the last few weeks... 👇 👀
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New {paletteer} release dropped over the weekend! 159 color palettes have been added from vangogh, ButterflyColors, MoMAColors, PrettyCols, waRhol, MexBrewer, and ltc. Bringing the total to 2759 palettes from 75 different packages 🎨 #rstats
https://github.com/EmilHvitfeldt/paletteer/releases/tag/v1.6.0
Release paletteer 1.6.0 · EmilHvitfeldt/paletteer
15 palettes have been added from vangogh package. (#133) 30 palettes have been added from ButterflyColors package. (#136) 35 palettes have been added from MoMAColors package. (#142) 32 palettes hav...GitHub
Do you want to speak at posit::conf(2024)? Now is the time to start thinking about your talk because the call for proposals has just opened! https://posit.co/blog/speak-at-posit-conf-2024/
We're broadly interested in talks about any aspect of data science, and don't worry if you've never given a talk before as all accepted talks get speaker training from our wonderful partner Articulation.
Speak at posit::conf(2024)! - Posit
The call for talks for posit::conf(2024) is now open.Posit Team (Posit)
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Our paper with Paul Murrell about color palettes in base R is now published in The 
Journal:
Coloring in R's Blind Spot
https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2023-071
‼️ 1/2 New year, new R package, new rayshader update, new slick Quarto website, new blog post! 5x the new! Introducing the {raybevel} package: generate 3D buildings, 3D beveled polygons, 2D inset polygons, and calculate straight skeletons entirely in R! The rayshader update features tons of improvements, including blazing fast 3D contour and line drawing.
Blog post:
https://www.tylermw.com/posts/rayverse/raybevel-introduction.html
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
#RStats #rayshader #rayrender #raybevel #rayverse #dataviz
If you are looking to hire some top #RStats talent, Yihui Xie (author of knitr, rmarkdown, blogdown etc) is now on the job market: https://yihui.org/en/2024/01/bye-rstudio/
Thank you @yihui for all the amazing #RStats work so far and I look forward to what comes next!
Bye, RStudio/Posit! - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉
Who is down? Me. After more than 10 years at RStudio/Posit, the time has come for me to explore other opportunities. A little over two weeks ago, I was told that I was laid off and my last day would …yihui.org
#PositConf2023 talks are up on YouTube!
Want to learn about parameterized reporting with #RStats and #QuartoPub? Check out my talk that explains what parameters are and how to use them to increase your efficiency and reproducibility with multi-format #Quarto reports: https://youtu.be/lbE5uOqfT70?si=8b3Dc6iViEN54oVG.
Side note: this works with #Python too!
Side, side note: I'm leading a virtual 2-hour hands-on workshop on this topic January 18th. Register at https://www.meetup.com/rladies-dc/events/297344107/.
Parameterized reporting using Quarto
Tired of manually adjusting Quarto reports for different regions, time periods, or clients? Dreaming of using just one template to generate both interactivMeetup
The last result of this deep sleep-deprivation state is the post "Mapping Categorical Predictors to Numeric With Target Encoding": https://www.blasbenito.com/post/target-encoding/
If you are annoyed by categorical predictors in your data or have heard about "target-encoding" but don't know what it is, this post might interest you!
#Rstats #DataScience
Mapping Categorical Predictors to Numeric With Target Encoding
Target encoding is commonly used to map categorical variables to numeric with the objective of facilitating exploratory data analysis and machine learning modeling. This post covers the basics of this method, and explains how and when to use it.Blas M. Benito (Blas M. Benito, PhD)
#WebR makes it possible to run #RStats code in the browser without the need for an R server to execute the code: the R interpreter runs directly on the user’s machine. WebR is a version of the statistical language R compiled for the browser and #NodeJS using #WebAssembly, via Emscripten.
@gws shares an overview of the 0.2.0 release on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpq9a6yMl_w&feature=youtu.be
webR 0.2 Overview: R in the browser | George Stagg | Posit
WebR is a version of the statistical language R compiled for the browser and Node.js using WebAssembly, via Emscripten.WebR makes it possible to run R code i...YouTube