dgkf
dgkf@fosstodon.org
<p>data scientist and software engineer, passionate about open software for collective social good</p><p>building tools for productivity, expression & creativity - currently focused on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>helix</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HelixEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HelixEditor</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blender</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blender3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blender3d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/r" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>r</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span
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The R Consortium’s grant cycle is rolling around (Deadline October 1st). Of course, if you have a burning idea this is the opportunity to pitch it. If you don’t and you’re an avid R developer looking to get paid for open source work, then I’d gladly support you in carrying some of my projects over the finish line 🧵 #rlang #rstats
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#ploopy mouse (https://ploopy.co/mouse/) review 4/10 After getting frustrated at the electronics waste I&#39;m generating by cycling through computer mice every 3-5 years, I decided to grab a kit for the highly repairable #ploopy mouse. With three months of use, I find it _tolerable_. I&#39;m trying my damnedest to like it, which pains me to say because I would love a truly open mouse. 🧵 breakdown to follow
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Noodling on a theory I had at the start of the AI wave: Aside from translation &amp; image gen, AI software solutions are almost universally solving problems where a structured data model would solve the problem better. Of course, it takes significant thought to model these problems as data. This isn&#39;t a claim that all AI problems should be solved by data modelling, but when we are building AI systems we should be cogniscent of which deterministic problems we&#39;re approximat...