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Nerd. #RStats

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Joined February 20, 2023
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 2w ago
#RStats posit conf hot take: I want more delight and whimsy than this conference seems to offer Charlie Gao's talk on Mirai/Mori seems to be one of the few interesting talks this year I'm not sure I need 16 sessions on agenetic AI workflows. #positconf2026 #OldManYellsAtCloud
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago

#RStats Playable Doom!

Figured out some key handling stuff in my custom graphics device, so I can now actually control the game!

Content Warning: I'm not good at doom :)

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago

#RStats A warrior appears!

Little realtime animated vignette in R

Samurai from: https://xzany.itch.io/samurai-2d-pixel-art

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago

#Rstats wanderers, come with me on a short (realtime) stroll through a secret forest!

Animated rendering in R + native rasters

Gfx by edermunizz: https://edermunizz.itch.io/free-pixel-art-forest

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago
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#RStats code for the spaceship & starfield This is using {nara} for creation of starfield and compositing of space ship. Using a custom gfx window to display in realtime and read keyboard.
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago

#mood

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago

#RStats 100k tiny triangles at 60 frames-per-second. A little bit #JacksonPollock a little bit like fireflies.

"I went out to the forest and caught
100,000 fireflies" - Magnetic Fields

#MagneticFields

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 4mo ago
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@trevorld@fosstodon.org I appreciate your efforts in doing things that I don't have the patience to do :) i.e. dealing with windows and waiting on R-core :)
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago
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@jrosell currently in private repo. Opening soon!
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago
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@jonocarroll glad you enjoyed it - it's one of favourite books. You might also enjoy "The Mote in God's Eye" - first contact with a race of alien engineers.
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 7mo ago
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@jonocarroll also, 21 books is insane! I'm on 3!
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 7mo ago
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b(if)tek's cover of "Wired for Sound" is also a banger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejmuF4D108
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 24mo ago
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#RStats array subsetting syntax: A Modest Proposal x[, 1] always retains dimensions x[[ ,1]] reduces dimensionality by 1 x[[[ ,1]]] returns a vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal #AModestProposal
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 29mo ago

In 24 hours, typst output from {emphatic} has gone from nothing to "pretty ok" !!

Very satisfying!

#RStats #typst

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 29mo ago
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When not overflowing, {emphatic} output looks better (to me) using mono space font and non breaking spaces. The raw block font is a little snug when highlighted - but I see that this font can be set to a custom one #RStats #typst
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 29mo ago
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{emphatic} typst support: deep dive The current method of output (using a mono space font and non breaking spaces) looks terrible as soon as the page width overflows. Typst raw blocks have much better overflow behaviour. And as a bonus, the typst code for raw blocks looks much cleaner! Top: current method Bottom: raw block Thanks to @baptnz for this suggestion! #RStats #typst
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 29mo ago
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... And this is what raw generated typst code looks like!

It's so funky because:

  • multiple whitespace are always collapsed to single whitespace by typst engine, so need to use a special non-breaking space in unicode i.e. u{00a0}
  • The opening "<" bracket needs to be escaped
  • Multiple lines by having a bare "" at the end of each line
  • colours using "#highlight" and "#text" for each coloured block

#RStats #typst

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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 29mo ago
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@baptnz this looks like an improvement on what I'm currently doing. I think code blocks will wrap text in a much simpler manner, and won't try and change spacing to make the text flow "better". Thanks!
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 7mo ago
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@Dan wow! #todayilearned What band were you in? What type of sound?
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 7mo ago
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@Dan so cool! I never had any musical inclination, and was never cool enough to be in a band! If the band name was named after the civilisation in A Deepness in the Sky, you will max out my nerd respect :)
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 5mo ago
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@Dan yeah that's disappointing :(
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 4mo ago
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@trevorld@fosstodon.org 👀 Sounds intriguing! What are you building?
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coolbutuseless @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org
· 4mo ago
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@trevorld@fosstodon.org sorry to hear about your unreviewed patches! Sucks to put the work in and then be ignored! I had a similar issue with 'windows()' back when playing with {eventloop} - no 'onIdle' handling meant that you really couldn't do anything interactive with it.
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