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Derek Beaton

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Director, Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto. So early to Blue Sky they don't even allow underscores. I like beer, data, and multivariate blah-blahs. 2x Guinness world record holder in nonsense (5 person half and full marathon)

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tidyfeast (is that a thing?)

05.03.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

but it'd be pretty cool to somehow have a stable of special moves, fatalities, or even friendships for every paper one reads

03.03.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess this is true? I certainly feel better about myself when a bunch of silly variables get penalized

28.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Generalized eigen, singular value, and partial least squares decompositions: The GSVD package The generalized singular value decomposition (GSVD, a.k.a. "SVD triplet", "duality diagram" approach) provides a unified strategy and basis to perform nearly all of the most common multivariate analys...

Somewhat shameless self promotion, I did my best to help explain and unify a bunch of SVD things

arxiv.org/abs/2010.14734

27.02.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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if you have two tables of data, where the rows are the same things. but the columns for each table are different *somehow*

but there are a bunch of options to understand two tables, CCA is just one

27.02.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man talking to another man with the words did we just become best friends below him ALT: a man talking to another man with the words did we just become best friends below him

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23.02.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

slow your roll, we just philosophically CI for now. through flamewars.

22.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THIS IS PRODUCTIVE DISCOURSE.

Continuous improvement!

22.02.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

.rs.restartR (the best) vs clicking one or several things (the worst)

also ::: vs "I don't know, copy the code that's not exported?"

like let's flame war over some really weird stuff, the other things have had their time in the sun

22.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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bonus/

Here's a very handsome cat (this is also occasionally a cat account)

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Breakfast pizza 2:

Linguica, potato, shallot, green onion, havarti/cheddar blend. Then topped with scrambled eggs. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spicy linguica, but this time a Havarti and cheddar blend. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Broccolini, feta, pickled jalapeΓ±os, entirely too much garlic (again, the correct amount). Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Kind of Caldo Verde": oil, Brussels sprouts, linguica, and potatoes. White pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Garlic bread but put a vegetable on it":

Labneh, feta, extreme amount of sliced garlic, peas. White pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Breakfast pizza 1: white onion, ground beef, diced potatoes. After baked, topped with scrambled eggs. White pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Apple pie": butterscotch, brown sugar, sliced honeycrisp. Topped with confectionery sugar after bake.

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Everything": linguica, ground beef, white onion, pickles, red pepper, mushrooms. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ground beef and white onion. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minced garlic. Entirely too much of it (which is the correct amount). Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elote-ish: cotija and corn during bake. Then topped with a labneh/buttermilk/feta blend, lime juice, and crushed flaming hot cheetos. White pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mild linguica and (bread and butter) pickles. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Red pepper, white onion, and (canned) mushrooms. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheese. Mozzarella and cheddar blend. Tons of oregano. Red pie

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Per occasional and sporadic reminder, this is a pizza account.

In the last 8 days, I made 20 pizzas, 13 of them on Friday the 13th. All of them a regionally specialized style of Massachusetts: the south shore bar pie.

Let's take a look at most of them, specific pizzas in the thread

21.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

but let's be clear about what is legal and what should be vigorously enforced: ->

left to right assignment supporters rise up! there are dozens of us! DOZENS!

20.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

might as well call them Dowllars now

11.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We know what this account is all about.

01.02.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The real Turing Test is LaTeX comprehension?

27.01.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0