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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

Crypto

DuckDB + dbplyr: When Your Pipeline Gives Different Results Every Time It Runs

You can read the original post in its original format on Rtask website by ThinkR here: DuckDB + dbplyr: When Your Pipeline Gives Different Results Eve...

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

Crypto

Sharing data across shiny modules, an update

You can read the original post in its original format on Rtask website by ThinkR here: Sharing data across shiny modules, an update Some people have r...

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

Markets

Binance sues Wall Street Journal as newspaper says U.S. Dept. of Justice is investigating Iran transactions

The situation adds pressure to Binance, which is already operating under a compliance monitor following its $4.3 billion anti-money laundering and san...

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

Crypto

Mining giant Foundry to introduce institutional zcash mining pool

The pool is designed for institutional and public company miners, focusing on compliance and regulated infrastructure.

Mar 11, 2026 • 5 min read

Crypto

Crypto Long & Short: AI agents choosing denationalized money

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Sylvia To on AI agents choosing denationalized money.

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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Pentagon ditches Anthropic AI over “security risk” and OpenAI takes over

At the center of the dispute is how far AI models should be allowed to go inside military systems.

Mar 03, 2026 • 5 min read

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High-severity Qualcomm bug hits Android devices in targeted attacks

Google has patched 129 Android vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited flaw in a widely used Qualcomm component.

Mar 04, 2026 • 5 min read