Third blog post about rig 0.11.0, the new version of the R installation manager, about managing R projects, virtual environments and standalone R scripts: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-10...
#RStats
Russ Hyde
@russhyde.bsky.social
Data scientist #rstats fanboy #shiny bookclubber. Piano playing, karaoke-positive music nerd. Todmorden, UK. #LeedsDataScience meetup co-organiser
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Python 3.15 is here 🐍
New in this release: statistical sampling with Tachyon, lazy imports, cleaner comprehensions and friendlier errors.
We’ve picked out a few highlights here.
Full breakdown from @russhyde.bsky.social:
www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n...
Yesterday at Leeds Data Science Meetup, David Hoyle from dunnhumby explored how demand models help retailers understand purchasing behaviour and sales volume.
Thank you to David for a great talk, and to everyone who joined us!
Denand models relevant to both supply chain, and shopper needs, but quite different modelling
So small improvements can have big gains
Grocery retail business model is simple, need big scale due to low profit margins
We're going club(card)ing afterwards
David Hoyle describing Demand Models at Leeds Data Science meetup tonight
@dchoyle.bsky.social is talking at Leeds Data Science this month.
Come and join us. #datascience
Thank you to everyone who joined Kia Mack for A First Look at Positron and Posit Assistant — a tour of Positron, running R and Python in parallel, and live Posit Assistant demos.
Watch it back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBl...
