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Garrick Aden-Buie
@grrrck.xyz
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r + python + data + web things. team shiny at posit (rstudio). open source all the things

https://garrickadenbuie.com
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You arrive at a text input and start typing. Would you rather

1️⃣ Press Enter to submit your text
2️⃣ Press Enter to add a new line
A text input interface with a submit button. In the text area: "I'm writing some text and want a new line..."
October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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ggplot2 4.0.0 is out and the new `paper`, `ink`, `accent` theme variables look super cool! Just pick 2-3 colors 🎨 to make your plots look great! I'm excited to hook this up to brand.yml 😉
A ggplot2 plot showing a classic `mpg` scatter plot. The code uses `theme_gray()` with `paper = "cornstalk"` for a light yellow background, `ink = "navy"` for navy blue text and points, and `accent = "tomato"` which is applied to the smoothing line created with `geom_smooth()`
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I think you're on to something, but I couldn't replicate with the API (via Raycast)
Me: How many b's in blueberry gpt-5: (Thinking...) 2 Me: How many b's in blueberry? gpt-5-mini: There are 2 b's in "blueberry"—the 1st and the 5th letters. Me: How many b's in blueberry? gpt-5-nano: There are 2 b's in "blueberry": b l u e b e r r y
August 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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they all try to say “this is a bad idea” in the way llms do but gemini didn’t pull any punches
3. Calculate Required Tariff (Ignoring Economics): • If you assume, very unrealistically, that a tariff directly reduces the value of imports by a corresponding percentage (which it doesn't - it increases the price), you could try: Required Reduction % = Deficit_x / Value of Imports from X
April 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Dear algorithm, show me more of this!!
“Show more like this” selected from bluesky’s context menu in the discover feed
January 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Don't want to see links to X on here? Go to Settings > Moderation > Muted words & tags and add "x.com" to mute forever. You can mute the word everywhere or choose to exclude posts from people you follow.
The Bluesky muted words and tags interface with "x.com" muted forever in text & tags (excluding users you follow)
January 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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several winter images
Icicles hanging from the branches of a bush A white snowy open field, lined by forest, under a gray sky A window with a dark brown Roman shade looks out onto a snowy winter scene with evergreen trees and bare branches. The window is framed with knotty pine wood trim, and below it is a window seat covered with a cream and red patterned blanket featuring Nordic-style designs. A line of small snowmen arranged on a deck railing against a snowy winter forest backdrop.
January 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I did have a blast looking through old geocities sites for inspo. I'm pretty sure I used this BRWNPAPR.jpeg background in my myspace profile one time
A screenshot of a chaotic "stop java.com" home page. Featuring clip art of a trash can overlaid on the Java log along with quotes like "I'd rather go baremetal than virtualize" and "THINK! What's YOUR RAM footprint?". A guestbook form with a visitor counter at the bottom. The page has a repeated crinkled brown paper background and features a "you are visitor #" visitor counter claiming you're visitor #4553 in green digits on a black background "Why data footprint" in large red print on a repeated matrix style background. Yellow boxes with harsh red contrast text say things like "big data - big waste!" and "small data, big insights" The blog page, which claims to be under construction. A dancing banana gif distracts you while you wait for a blog that is never coming.
January 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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testing again with suggestive content label
An empty road disappears into a cloud of fog
December 7, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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testing with another label
An empty road disappears into a cloud of fog
December 7, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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testing a labelled post
An empty road disappears into a cloud of fog
December 7, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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Did you know #Shiny has a developer mode that turns on auto-reloading, an in-app error console and more? #RStats
In R, set `options(shiny.devmode = TRUE)` in your .Rprofile or call `shiny::devmode(TRUE)`. In Python, use `shiny run` with the `--dev-mode` flag.
December 5, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Did anybody else get rich off of Equifax exposing your personal data?
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December 4, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Let it be known, as part of my last will and testament, that my headstone shall prominently feature a QR code and it shall point to Rick Astley’s 1987 song “Never Gonna Give You Up”
“Headstone QR Code Accessory” for $22 on Amazon
November 23, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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I’m a little bummed I can’t delete this app by tapping the X
July 30, 2023 at 12:18 PM