Dan LaBar
@embiggendata.bsky.social
Data Science is my thing. Fan of FOSS. A good day is writing code in R (#rstats) with no meetings and nary a Microsoft product in sight. Introvert, appreciator of excellence. Should update avatar to have a gray beard now...
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@[email protected] on Mastodon
Let’s just be thankful it’s something relatively benign like “Rush Hour 4”, and not horrific like “Home Alone 8: Mar A Largo Masseuse”
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Let’s just be thankful it’s something relatively benign like “Rush Hour 4”, and not horrific like “Home Alone 8: Mar A Largo Masseuse”
I’ll bet there is a golden marble bathroom at Mar-a-Lago stuffed full of currency from tariff collections. You know, the place where he keeps all things related to national security disasters he illegally causes.
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’ll bet there is a golden marble bathroom at Mar-a-Lago stuffed full of currency from tariff collections. You know, the place where he keeps all things related to national security disasters he illegally causes.
Here’s Elon demoing his “flying” (without style) car for Peter.
Wow, Thiel really resembles a famous cartoon cowboy.
Wow, Thiel really resembles a famous cartoon cowboy.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Here’s Elon demoing his “flying” (without style) car for Peter.
Wow, Thiel really resembles a famous cartoon cowboy.
Wow, Thiel really resembles a famous cartoon cowboy.
Someone will use AI to make a video “correcting” all the moon-landing-was-fake “proofs”, post it on TikTok, and claim that the conspiracy was the real conspiracy. Kardashian-sized brains will not know what to do.
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Someone will use AI to make a video “correcting” all the moon-landing-was-fake “proofs”, post it on TikTok, and claim that the conspiracy was the real conspiracy. Kardashian-sized brains will not know what to do.
Is anyone keeping a database of documented abuses committed by the Trump administration?
October 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Is anyone keeping a database of documented abuses committed by the Trump administration?
Is anyone keeping a database of documented abuses committed by the Trump administration?
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Is anyone keeping a database of documented abuses committed by the Trump administration?
Reporters should prep for the next press conf. When Johnson lies & plays dumb about the latest affront to our Constitution, the reporter who asked the question should say, “That’s a surprise! Lucky for you I have a video clip explainer. Would everyone like to watch it now?” Then force him to answer.
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reporters should prep for the next press conf. When Johnson lies & plays dumb about the latest affront to our Constitution, the reporter who asked the question should say, “That’s a surprise! Lucky for you I have a video clip explainer. Would everyone like to watch it now?” Then force him to answer.
Yes, it’s clear that destroying part of the White House and building a ballroom for the mad king is more important to these companies.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/t...
Trump White House ballroom financed by Big Tech and these other corporate donors
Big Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to finance the $300 million White House ballroom planned by President Donald Trump.
www.cnbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yes, it’s clear that destroying part of the White House and building a ballroom for the mad king is more important to these companies.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/t...
I love the {wesanderson} package and have built so many things using `wes_palette("Zissou1")` over the years!
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I love the {wesanderson} package and have built so many things using `wes_palette("Zissou1")` over the years!
He “played” dumb in a similar fashion a few weeks ago when they asked him about pardoning Ghislane Maxwell. What a corrupt lying clown!!
youtu.be/WLy9Ma8jo_g?...
youtu.be/WLy9Ma8jo_g?...
Trump on if he'd consider pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: 'I'll take a look at it'
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He “played” dumb in a similar fashion a few weeks ago when they asked him about pardoning Ghislane Maxwell. What a corrupt lying clown!!
youtu.be/WLy9Ma8jo_g?...
youtu.be/WLy9Ma8jo_g?...
We should respond “yes sir, right away sir”, write him a novelty check for 1 billion dollars, promptly put him on trial, and—assuming the legal system still works at all—put him in prison for life.
At what point is it justified to stop paying federal taxes?
At what point is it justified to stop paying federal taxes?
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We should respond “yes sir, right away sir”, write him a novelty check for 1 billion dollars, promptly put him on trial, and—assuming the legal system still works at all—put him in prison for life.
At what point is it justified to stop paying federal taxes?
At what point is it justified to stop paying federal taxes?
If only Tesla Bot would have crashed through the kitchen wall at the end and started dancing... That would have made this video perfect 🤣
youtu.be/TsNc4nEX3c4?...
youtu.be/TsNc4nEX3c4?...
Elon Musk unveils plan for 'Tesla Bot' with man dancing in a bodysuit
YouTube video by Guardian News
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If only Tesla Bot would have crashed through the kitchen wall at the end and started dancing... That would have made this video perfect 🤣
youtu.be/TsNc4nEX3c4?...
youtu.be/TsNc4nEX3c4?...
The data.table package has an implementation of "grouping sets" from SQL that can do this efficiently:
rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table/r...
jozef.io/r912-datatab...
rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table/r...
jozef.io/r912-datatab...
R: Grouping Set aggregation for data tables
rdatatable.gitlab.io
September 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The data.table package has an implementation of "grouping sets" from SQL that can do this efficiently:
rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table/r...
jozef.io/r912-datatab...
rdatatable.gitlab.io/data.table/r...
jozef.io/r912-datatab...
My roommate and I (who share a fondness for The Simpsons, obviously) had a radio show in college, and had a "sing along" segment. It's The End of the World was our first, best, and only installment. We failed to attempt singing the verses 🤣.
August 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My roommate and I (who share a fondness for The Simpsons, obviously) had a radio show in college, and had a "sing along" segment. It's The End of the World was our first, best, and only installment. We failed to attempt singing the verses 🤣.
The "chaos of Washington" is him. He's the (felonious) chaos.
July 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The "chaos of Washington" is him. He's the (felonious) chaos.
They've already erased the deaths of >1M people in the US. And due to anti-vax lies, MAGA faithful made up a much larger proportion of those deaths than they should have. There's no lie they won't tell to line their own pockets.
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They've already erased the deaths of >1M people in the US. And due to anti-vax lies, MAGA faithful made up a much larger proportion of those deaths than they should have. There's no lie they won't tell to line their own pockets.
Trump and Dump.
The Broligarchs get trumped up, the rest of us get dumped. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The Broligarchs get trumped up, the rest of us get dumped. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
July 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Trump and Dump.
The Broligarchs get trumped up, the rest of us get dumped. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The Broligarchs get trumped up, the rest of us get dumped. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The Iran decision will be announced on TACO Tuesday
June 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Iran decision will be announced on TACO Tuesday