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R Weekly HighlightsIssue 2025-W30 HighlightsIn episode 208 of R Weekly Highlights, the LLM train keeps moving along in the data science community: First impressions of the new Positron Assistant for code completion and basic package development, plus a friendly app for exploring the upcoming posit::conf(2025) agenda created by one of our talented R Weekly curators!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter) * @jonmcalder@bsky.socialPositron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in RYour LLM-powered guide to the posit::conf(2025) agendaEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W30Supplement ResourcesPositron Assistant https://positron...2025-07-2332 minR Weekly HighlightsIssue 2025-W21 HighlightsHave you wanted a chance to rewrite your own history? With Git, you certainly can! We learn that and other amazing tips to supercharge your version control skills. Plus a promising new package to let your Shiny app users make the call on their preferred layouts, and how mocking is not something to dread when you build unit tests interacting with external services.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Hack your way to a good Git history (SLC-RUG May) (slides)Introducing dockViewR 0.1.0: a layout manager for R and Shiny...2025-05-2352 min
Just VerdictsThe Hidden Warning Label that Won $19M, with Mike Calder and Jon Perry"We don't know and we don't care how Mike came into contact with that raft," trial lawyer Mike Calder told jurors in a case many attorneys had rejected. In this conversation with host Brendan Lupetin, Mike and trial partner Jon Perry of Perry Calder dissect their $19 million verdict for a 21-year-old who became quadriplegic after a swimming pool accident. Originally signing the case with limited expectations, the team persevered after homeowners who initially expressed responsibility later denied fault. Tune in as they reveal how they overcame premises liability challenges, identified a critical warning label, and built a case that...2025-04-231h 15R Weekly HighlightsIssue 2025-W14 HighlightsBy some minor miracle (even on April Fools) the R Weekly Highlights podcast has made it to episode 200! We go "virtual" shopping for LLM-powered text analysis and prediction using the mall package, and how recent advancements in the grid and ggplot2 packages empower you to make use of highly-customized gradients. Plus listener feedback!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Text Summarization, Translation, and Classification using LLMs: mall does it allThe guide to gradients in R and ggplot2Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W14Supplement ResourcesMall...2025-04-0238 min
Big Show with Rusic & RoseJon Abbott on The Flames Showdown With The CanucksHour 3 of The Big Show w/ Rusic & Rose is On Demand! On this hour, the guy's are joined by the voice of the Calgary Flames on Sportsnet Jon Abbott, to talk about The Flames upcoming matchup Wednesday night against The Canucks, how Farabee and Frost are fitting in with The Flames, and how Dustin Wolf's play is making him a strong Calder choice!(22:17) George and Matt are joined by Matt Marchese to discuss the Brad Marchand move to Florida, what Mitch Marner's future might look like in Toronto, and who could give the Jets a run for...2025-03-1147 min
Spittin ChicletsSpittin’ Chiclets Episode 547: Featuring Jon Cooper & Brady TkachukOn Episode 547 of Spittin’ Chiclets, The guys are joined by Team Canada Head Coach Jon Cooper to talk about Generational talent in todays game, How prepared team Canada is for next years Olympics, and much more. Later on, Brady Tkachuk joins the pod to talk about the Pride of team USA, and all the behind the scenes of what went down before dropping the gloves in the round robin VS Canada. But first, Biz and Keith recap their experience at the LA Fires Charity Hockey game, Biz’s 10 year anniversary of his calder cup win, as well as some rece...2025-02-252h 25R Weekly HighlightsIssue 2025-W05 HighlightsReady to bring your next presentation slides to the world of Quarto? Our first highlight has a batch of power tips you can use for your next slide deck. Plus terrific insights from first-time contributors to open-source software.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Seven tips for creating Quarto revealjs presentationsFrom Novice to Contributor: Making and Supporting First-Time Contributions to FOSSEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W05Supplement ResourcesEmil Hvitfeldt's blog https://emilhvitfeldt.comGitHub Desktop https://github.com/apps/desktopGitKraken https://www.gitkraken.com/lazygit https://github...2025-01-2934 min
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Music by Mannequin Uprising.2025-01-2004 minR Weekly HighlightsIssue 2024-W47 HighlightsA summary of key contributions to the R language itself from R Dev Day at the Shiny in Production conference, and visualizing ice thickness in Greenland with the power of the tidyverse and leaflet.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)R Dev Day @ SIP 2024Greenland ice thicknessEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W47Supplement ResourcesR Contribution Working Group https://contributor.r-project.org/working-groupR Translations Status Dashboard https://contributor.r-project.org/translations-dashboard/R Development Guide https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/Connect local Positron IDE to Gitpod...2024-11-2127 min
CinemapodgrapherWolfs with Cinematographer Larkin SeipleIn this episode, we chat with Larkin Seiple, the visionary cinematographer behind some of the most iconic visuals in recent film and music video history. Larkin discusses his early years working in reality television and shooting over 100 music videos. We break down his work on viral music videos like DJ Snake’s "Turn Down for What" and Childish Gambino’s "This is America". We also explore his long-time collaborations with directors Hiro Murai, The Daniels, and Jon Watts. Finally, we dive into some of his recent feature film work, including Everything Everywhere All at Once and Wolfs. This...2024-11-191h 17
My Cloud Computing ReflectionsMCCR: Object StorageMy Cloud Computing Reflections
Week 5: Object storage
Transcript:
Welcome to my cloud computing reflections. My name is Charles Roberts. This is the fifth week where I listen to a new podcast and go over what new topics I learned, how it challenges my initial thoughts or beliefs, and how it applies to my personal or professional life
This week, I listen to episode 725 of the cloud cast titled the economics and beyond object storage with special guest Jon toor. In this episode, toor talks about the history an...2024-09-2303 min
The Magnus ArchivesRQ Network Feed Drop – The Silt Verses: Chapter 1: Let Me Speak First Of RevelationsThis month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network: The Silt Verses. The Silt Verses is an award winning, full-cast audio drama that lurks in the grey area between horror and contemporary fantasy. This first episode follows Carpenter and Faulkner as they begin their search for other members of their forgotten river-God faith. This will lead them to start traveling up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations amongst the reeds and the wetlands. The...2024-08-2656 minR Weekly HighlightsIssue 2024-W32 HighlightsA realistic take on converting the NY Forest Carbon Assessment modeling pipeline to the tidymodels suite, and a review of R package development workflows in the Positron IDE.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Converting New York’s Forest Carbon Assessment to TidymodelsR package development in PositronEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W32Supplement ResourcesTidy Modeling with R e-book: https://www.tmwr.orgmaestro: Orchestration of data pipelines https://whipson.github.io/maestro/Pharma RUG: The Rise of R in China’s Pharmaceutical Industry https://www.r-co...2024-08-0757 minR Weekly HighlightsIssue 2024-W31 HighlightsEpisode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Let's Talk About the Weather2024 Shiny ContestEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W31Supplement Resourceshttps://lorenzwalthert.github.io/precommit/index.htmlhttps://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/llm-rag/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the...2024-07-3130 minR Weekly HighlightsIssue 2024-W23 HighlightsHow vintage features in R could introduce chaos in your quest for a tibble & data.frame function, and the awesome potential of integrating custom parameters and conditional processing in your next Quarto workflow.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Make your functions compa-tibbleCreating R tutorial worksheets (with and without solutions) using QuartoEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W23Supplement ResourcesInvariants: Comparing behavior with data frames https://tibble.tidyverse.org/articles/invariants.htmlgeoarrow: Extension types for geospatial data for use with 'Arrow' http://geoarrow.org/geoarrow-r/Customize your...2024-06-0535 min