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Category Archives: Coding
News and notes
One of these days I’m writing a long rant about why pie charts should never be used. This is pretty much perfect…although not quite as much as this. Everyone should read this paper. David has been kind enough to, er. … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Science
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Bookmark-clearing
Lydia’s Community at Scale talk is well worth flipping through. As is this set of slides on the MySQL EXPLAIN function. Ever gone “I really like ggplot2, but I can’t work out how to make it export multiple plots”? Look … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Firepowah, WMF, Work
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Objects are the mindkiller
A lot of people seem to have…some sort of philosophy to how they code.1 I don’t have that, yet – I’m a total newb – but I have noticed one principle that seems to underly how I’m writing R recently. … Continue reading
Behind the bookmark cushions
Resurrected from the pile of “I know I used to know where this was, I sincerely remember it…” (thanks Heather!) we find the most awesome engagement/wedding website ever. I’ve been reading a lot of Aral Balkan’s stuff (start with … Continue reading
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