A weird programming language for data scienceAll programming languages are arguably weird, but some are definitely weirder than others. Stata is proprietary software for statistical…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
How to learn a new languageThere are a lot of apps that claim to help you learn a new language. Some are quite good, and useful for learning a few basics such as…Feb 14, 2021Feb 14, 2021
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Scientific Computing on an M1 MacBook AirSanta arrived early in 2020 and delivered a new MacBook Air with an M1 CPU. It’s the base model (7 GPU cores, not 8) upgraded to 16 GB RAM…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
The Kindles of strangersSeveral months ago now, I responded to a snarky tweet about celebrity chefs and, in particular, Jamie Oliver. The tweet wasn’t meant to be…Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
