Category: R
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2021 Advent of Code Day 02 "Don't Try This At Home" Edition
The Moderna booster level drained me all day on Dec 1 and did what jab two did during the overnight period (achy enough to wake me up and not get back to slumber easily). To try to wear myself down, I decided to practice a bit of R with…
Creating A Custom MaxMind mmdb File For Cloud Provider Ranges
I've been wanting to create a custom MaxMind mmdb file for alternate IPv4 range classifications for a while, and finally had an opportunity to do so for the $DAYJOB. MaxMind mmdb files are small and easy to work with and provide lightning…
#30DayMapChallenge 2021 Day 2: Lines
The 30-Day Map Challenge is on again, and I'm hoping to be able to scrounge some time to get an entry for each day. Day 2 is lines (Day 1 was posted on Twitter only) and — while I'm hoping to focus on saving U.S. democracy for the majority…
RSwitch 2.1.2b Bug-fix Release
RStudio is continuing to refine their ?? new product version string scheme, with the most recent change using something like the following for daily…
Some Covid Donuts To End The Week
Vox grabbed some data from the Kaiser Family Foundation and did a story a few days ago on it, then posted a different visualization of it that attracted some…
Hasty Bug-fix Release of RSwitch v2
Version 2 of RSwitch — the macOS menubar utility that enables fast and seamless switching between R versions on macOS and also provides notifications for new versions of RStudio Dailies has had a hasty update to deal with an error…
Acoustic: Solving a CyberDefenders PCAP SIP/RTP Challenge with R, Zeek, tshark (& friends)
Hot on the heels of the previous CyberDefenders Challenge Solution comes this noisy installment which solves their Acoustic…
Packet Maze: Solving a CyberDefenders PCAP Puzzle with R, Zeek, and tshark
It was a rainy weekend in southern Maine and I really didn't feel like doing chores, so I was skimming through RSS feeds and noticed a link to a PacketMaze challenge in the latest This Week In 4n6…
New TabularData Available in Swift on macOS Monterery (et al)
WWDC 2021 is on this week and many new fun things are being introduced, including some data science-friendly additions to the frameworks that come with Xcode 13 and available on macOS 12+ (and its OS…
A {swiftr} Brief Interlude While Awaiting {cdcfluview} CRAN Checks
My {cdcfluview} package started tossing erros on CRAN just over a week ago when the CDC added an extra parameter to one of the hidden API endpoints that the package wraps. After a fairly hectic set of days since said NOTE came, I had time…