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Why did I create ESR (my thoughts on ESS)

Ever since I was using a text editor for R I have been using ESS. That makes it 10 years now. And so, I have decided that it is enough. I started usin...

Mar 03, 2026 • 5 min read

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Data Visualization, Second Edition

I’ve written a second edition of Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction, which ideally should come out with Princeton University Press later thi...

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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eSports Analytics in R: Predicting Dota 2 Matches

eSports analytics is still an underexplored area in the R ecosystem, which makes it a great niche for practical, original work. While football, basket...

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Pacific island remittances by @ellis2013nz

This post is the sixth of a series of seven on population issues in the Pacific, re-generating the charts I used in a keynote speech before the Novemb...

Mar 07, 2026 • 5 min read

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Explaining Time-Series Forecasts with Exact Shapley Values (ahead::dynrmf with external regressors applied to scenarios)

Explaining Time-Series Forecasts with Exact Shapley Values (ahead::dynrmf with external regressors applied to macroeconomic scenarios) Continue readin...

Mar 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Learning PK/PD Simulation: A Beginner’s Monte Carlo Analysis With mrgsolve in R

🧪 Diving into PK/PD for the first time — simulating ceftriaxone with mrgsolve in R. Free drug levels were… surprisingly high? Even pushed it to q48h...

Mar 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Getting to the bottom of TMLE: forcing the target to behave

In the last couple of posts (starting here), I’ve tried to unpack some of the ideas that sit underneath TMLE: viewing parameters as functionals of a d...

Mar 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Leptodon 1.0.0 released!

We are releasing the first version of Leptodon, our Leptos UI toolkit, into the wild. This release of Leptodon contains UI components for general appl...

Mar 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Using Quarto to Write a Book

I’ve spent the last couple of months revising my Data Visualization book for a second edition that, ideally, will appear some time in the next twelve...

Mar 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Get Better: loading multiple csv files in R

In a previous post, I described how to run a session to teach R to cell biologists. In this post we’ll look in a bit more detail at one of the steps:...

Mar 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Formula 1 Analysis in R with f1dataR: Lap Times, Pit Stops, and Driver Performance

Formula 1 is one of the most compelling areas for data analysis in R because it combines structured results, lap-by-lap timing, pit strategy, and driv...

Mar 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Breaking Release of the patentsview R Package

The patentsview R package was created by Chris Baker to simplify interactions with the PatentsView API as announced in Chris’ blog post in 2017. The A...

Mar 10, 2026 • 5 min read

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MBBEFDLite has its mature release

The MBBEFD Distribution After two years, the MBBEFDLite package for R is finally mature! As a brand-new actuary, in my first job, I had the privilege...

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Coinbase-backed AI payments protocol wants to fix micropayment but demand is just not there yet

Agentic commerce holds promise, but data shows that x402 is still in the trial phase

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Binance, PayPal and Ripple join Mastercard’s massive new push into blockchain payments

More than 85 partners will work with Mastercard to connect on-chain payments with banks, merchants and global commerce as part of the payment giant's...

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Stablecoins won't get any kind of deposit insurance under GENIUS rules, says FDIC chief

The chairman of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. made clear that even pass-through deposit insurance won't be allowed from third-party firms.

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Bloomberg strategist doubles down on $10,000 bitcoin call but peers say it would take a nuclear war to get there

The longtime bitcoin bear's gloom-and-doom call met with fierce rebuttal from industry analysts.

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Supreme Court to decide whether geofence warrants are constitutional

Google has urged the justices to strike down the controversial warrants, which can sweep up location data from hundreds of phones near a crime scene.

Mar 05, 2026 • 5 min read

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Beware of fake OpenClaw installers, even if Bing points you to GitHub

Bing search results pointed victims to GitHub repositories claiming to host OpenClaw installers, but in reality they installed malware.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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One click on this fake Google Meet update can give attackers control of your PC

We found a fake Google Meet update that enrolls the victim's Windows PC in an attacker's device management system.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read