What happens when you mandate masks at a conference now that most people no longer wear them but medically vulnerable people are still at risk because #CovidIsNotOver? In the case of #PyConUS, the conference sells out.
Why a masking policy? “Many of us and our fellow community members can’t attend without health and safety guidelines in place. We want PyCon US to be an event that everyone feels safe attending,” organizers explained.
@onepict@TimWardCam I'm so sorry how Long Covid has affected you. One of my closest friends has a horrible case of Long Covid. She can't risk another case of Covid either. (I'm not particularly interested in risking long-term organ damage for no good reason, and "I don't feel like wearing a mask" doesn't seem like a good reason if I'm in a crowded indoor space. )
are medically vulnerable and need others to mask around them +
live with such people +
would rather not to get Covid for no good reason and see masks as a small price to pay for a large reduction in risk
. . . is larger than a lot of people think.
I make masking decisions based on indoor ventilation - yes, I carry my CO2 monitor around - combined with Covid wastewater levels. But separately I'd be happy to mask at an event to help others.
@grimalkina ❤️ One of my husband's younger sisters was vaxxed & boosted but died of Covid during the Omicron surge even though she was super cautious, because she had high-risk medical issues.
Why would someone mind wearing a mask at an event so people with less medical good fortune than they enjoy can participate? It seems like such a small way to be kind to others. (Not to mention lowering your own risks.)
But here we are for the most part.
We really need to rethink our capitalistic obsession of running things like a business. Cutting costs to increase profits obviously doesn't make sense in areas of education, healthcare, public utilities, and prisons, to name just a few.
Hell, Boeing is making a strong case that it doesn't even make sense for businesses to be run like a business, much less these public goods...
@FantasticalEconomics The idea that anyone thinks hospitals should be for-profit businesses is jaw-dropping. If consumers can't choose who to purchase a service from, BY DEFINITION THIS IS NOT A "FREE MARKET."
If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...
Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.
@hittitezombie@cshlan@mekkaokereke And the massive use of public space for private vehicles compared to what's available for bicyclists and pedestrians. And large public spending to build & maintain road networks vs public transit/cycling/walking.
All countries have roads for private vehicles, but the US imbalance vs other options is pretty striking. It's difficult to live in many US towns without a car, and those are deliberate policy choices.
The TinyChart-3B LLM answers questions about data visualizations. It can also generate underlying data from a dataviz and Python code to re-create a similar chart.
@hrbrmstr@eliocamp That's what I get for posting before testing it myself beyond the examples (it's been a busy weekend, out-of-town family were visiting). I thought the Alibaba group made it worth sharing. Lesson learned!
We're thrilled to offer opinionated boilerplate Shiny Templates code that allows you to hit the ground running, whether you need a quick, simple app or a quick, complicated one.
File import/export in R is simple and elegant with the {rio} #rstats 📦. It uses just 2 main functions for dozens of file types: import() and export(). Whether .zip, .xlsx, Google sheets, json, .rds, .csv or more, rio handles file-extension checks and selecting the right functions. http://gesistsa.github.io/rio/
There's also a convert() function.
One of my favorite R packages!
By Thomas J. Leeper, Chung-hong Chan, David Schoch & Jason Becker @rstats
@schochastics@jmcastagnetto@rstats@chainsawriot I hadn’t considered the risk that values might be read incorrectly when importing a CSV file., beyond the obvious “my dates are numbers!” or “this row doesn’t have the correct number of columns” kinds of issues which are usually easy to spot or check for. That's a problem!
@schochastics@jmcastagnetto@rstats@chainsawriot In my R book for journalists (Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism), I decided to start off with "here are some super cool things you can do with very little code!" to get people enthusiastic and engaged. In general, I like to start with well formatted data, making very clear to people that this is unlikely to be what they encounter in the real world. I like to ease into it, but I 💯 admit that other approaches are valid 2/2
From {tidycensus} creator Kyle Walker: “My webinar Analyzing 2020 Decennial US Census Data in #rstats is now on YouTube!
In the 3-hour webinar, you'll learn about:
📈 Available datasets in the 2020 US Census, and how to access and use them in R;
📈 How to explore decennial US Census data with tidyverse tools;
📈 Using interactive maps to explore US Census data;
📈 Advanced topics like working with detailed DHC-A data and analyzing change over time“ 1/2
From {tidycensus} creator Kyle Walker cont.: “All the webinar resources are available on GitHub here, along with a @Posit Cloud link where you can run the code without installing R yourselves:” 2/2
H/T to Kelsey Trainor, for pointing out that
the women's college basketball finals today will get north of 14 million viewers... but will still not be aired in a primetime viewing slot.
One of the most watched sports events of the past decade! More than NBA finals. More than MLB world series. More than NHL Stanley cup finals. And they can't get a primetime slot?
This didn't just suddenly happen. The audience has been building for years. Last year was a huge indicator.
@CLMilne@mekkaokereke I'm torn about it. I'm ticked off that the networks didn't think the woman's NCAA FINAL was worth prime time. Of course it was. On the other side, though, I'm happy that so many young girls who might not have been able to stay up past 11 on a school night were able to watch it in the afternoon. Not the reason for the timing, but a happy byproduct.
Bonus Drop #46 (2024-03-24): Method To The Madness
Today's Drop discusses 3 resources, madonctl, csvlens, and DuckDB, and how they can be combined for data FUN. madonctl is a Mastodon client for the terminal, csvlens is a CLI tool for viewing CSV files, and DuckDB is a powerful database system that is quite magical.