#Rstats / #Rstudio people. I want to set my R Studio Keyboard Shortcut to Ctrl + Shift + . (so that it's effectively Ctrl + >). However the editor types "Ctrl + Shift + >" every time I try to do this. Can I set it somewhere else?

Great new paper on identifying body fluids, and mixtures of body fluids with my excellent young colleague, Dr Courtney Lynch: doi.org/10.1016/j.fs...

This has just gone in the oven. I'll let you know how it turns out. Spoiler alert: mine has carrots in it as well. share.google/U3JexrCyfn6g...

Thanks to @visnut.bsky.social, I can now offer recreations (in non-original colours) of the useR! Conference Attendee shirt from Brisbane (2018). They are cheaper than the Aalborg ones because they only have a logo on the front. All profits will go to the R Foundation #Rstats tinyurl.com/3zf3dwmz

Great new paper with our student, Janet Stacey: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

Back in (unoriginal) black! Get yours today. userstore.ezymerch.co.nz Profits go to the R Foundation #rstats

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Okay, this an experiment, and I hope it works. Or, I hope at least I don't annoy anyone (too much) :-) My useR! 2015 shirt is failing. Torben Tvedebrink, who was the lead organiser for the conference, has given me the artwork and permission to sell it on a t-shirt to anyone who wants it. 1/2

Briefly From the Guardian: Exclusive: Study gives 85.7% probability Badminton House version of The Lute Player is by 17th-century master. As I said about a previous rating from the same company, there's no way this probability is meaningful to three significant digits (except potentially to the…

Barry said it best youtu.be/qfZVu0alU0I?...

Does that mean that Tony Gape, or whoever currently owns the land, will be able to build next to Orakei Station? If it does, then by all means do this but with zero car parking allowed.

This article strikes me as total scaremongering: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Why do people feel it necessary to share their god-damned video calls with the rest of the airport?

@megapope.bsky.social - photo for you mate

Listening to This Is Not A Drill from Roger Waters (recorded 2023). Depressing how much his power has diminished and how much he relies on his backing singers and musicians. I guess I should be so lucky to carry such talent at 80, but still it is a sucky reminder of how things will go

The president of the ACT party groomed and raped teenagers. There is evidence (and allegations) that the party leader covered it up. Is this kind of behaviour acceptable for a deputy prime minister in NZ? Was his honesty and fitness for leadership ever persistently questioned in relation to this?

"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."

@tslumley.bsky.social If you read KJ Parker's Two of Swords series, I'm interested in whether you think there are parallels between it and Soviet Union vs ideals of communism

My dept at the University of Auckland (NZ) will be hiring in social psych at the junior level this cycle. Official ad to follow It's a big research-active dept with fun colleagues, plus you can commute to uni on a boat, paired with a pleasant walk thru Albert Park (this pic from heading home today)

I love that ChatGPT asks me to ask a question in Dutch (even if it just my phone settings)

Second time in a row that I've ridden around the harbour and managed to miss the ferry to the city by about a minute.

Is it a cheese sandwich or a jalpeño sandwich? You be the judge, I'll just eat them.

Mid-winter Xmas for us today. Ham has been "cloved" and just waiting for spicy sticky Asian glaze to reduce.

Accepted version online! A comparison of peer- and tutor-grading of an introductory R coding assessment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... GitHub: github.com/statbiscuit/...

Well I'm glad that's that sorted out then....

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A few shots from today's walk on the Whangaruru Harbour side of Oakura Bay

I planted this rosemary about three years ago with just six cuttings from a neighbour's plant. It is well over two meters tall now. Dad uses it as a windshelter

Today and yesterday at Ōakura Bay. It is raining now but in fine with that - keeps the droogs and their music indoors :)

So I occasionally buy imported Belgian beer from a NZ Importer. They import beer from all over the world, and I am glad we have their service. However this offer did seem to be taking the literal piss :-)

#Rstats - does Posit have a "feature request" for R Studio? I looked at the community forum, but it seems a bit generic.

this is the funniest way to describe brian fucking eno

The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed. There was a shimmer - a demon appeared. "Curious. What ritual is this?" "I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!" "I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.

Dutch inspired red cycling paths in Portugal! Ventraco (#DCEnetwork) have recently unveiled the first kilometer of a new cycle path using their signature red asphalt. This eye-catching red cycle lane enhances cyclists' sense of safety, encouraging more people to choose the bike over the car.

Wasn't going get caught up on pope hype but this should make for an amusing joke in the odd conference presentation

Today in hardware lessons learned - although Zigbee is a "standard" the different hardware manufacturers do not actually co-operate with each other, so Tuya devices do not work with Xiaomi and vice-versa. That's about $60 of money down the drain - guess I could try and resell on Trademe.

Perfection I'd say :-) Tasted good too

I was going to buy a new LG OLED TV today, but there are so many people complaining that they cannot get their Xbox to connect (&I can't connect to my wife's one). I thought I'd ask Noel Leeming if they had any sort of money back guarantee - answer is no. Bugger. Been waiting 5 years! #Xbox #LGOLED

Occasionally I think to myself "What would I think if I suddenly found myself back in 1985?" Crappy computers yes but no USB would be a right pain (although there were almost no peripherals in 1985 so maybe not :-))

Happy Easter! Hope the Easter kaiju visits you all.

#Rstats people - is there anyway to get R Studios file open and project open dialog boxes to open in a specific directory? All my code is in ~Dropbox/Code/git and so I'd prefer that is where it looked first every time.

Oakura Bay, Northland this evening. Quite wild surf for this place

Reckon I just missed this fortunately for us. Was at the top of the Brenderwyns at 3.03pm

It's a Christmas Tree okay!

No, this is what a dictatorship looks like.

Today in First World Problems ... I've just blocked Te Mata Wineries. Their agents have tried to call me to buy wine approximately four times since Jan 16. Whilst you may not view that as excessive, given I haven't ordered anything from them for at least 6 years, it does seem remarkably persistent.

Bet that some of you didn't know I'm a forensic scientist as well as a statistician :-) Please join us in Melbourne in October for ANZFSS 2025!

Anyone know why there is a helicopter circling Kohimarama/Mission Bay this morning? Doesn't look like NZ Police but then again I haven't seen Eagle for a while

The past few weeks have been cold and dark with limited visibility due to persistent fog. But that doesn't stop Dutch people from cycling. The key? Good, safe and attractive infrastructure which prioritize cycling over driving.