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Reposted from the original at https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/construct-objects-with-idiomatic-r-code --- Today I discovered the constructive package and the construct() function for creating R objects with idiomatic R code to make human-readable reproducible examples. CRAN: https://cran.r-project.org/package=constructive Source: https://github.com/cynkra/constructive/ Docs &

Use the constructive package instead of dput() to construct R objects with idiomatic R code for human-readable reproducible examples

Here’s a wee puzzle: A mature Open Data focused journal (“Journal A”), owned and launched by an company or Institute (“Institute B”), developed into the flagship of an Academic Publisher (“Publisher C”), runs their own properly archived and citable blog with DOIs etc (“Blog D”). If a briefly published editorial Blog Post (“Editorial E”) disappears from their Blog, could it be an accident, or something else?

To begin something is difficult; to keep something going is a different challenge. Even when it is the right thing to do, if it does not yield economic benefit in the short term, it may be difficult to sustain. Open science, including open-source software development and open data, is precisely such an example.

Today I learned you can create and customize ggplot2 visualizations using your voice alone.

Apple gets into protein folding, parsing R/Markdown and Quarto, vibe-coding an R package, AI in biosecurity and writing, nothing about AI is inevitable, conservation applications of de-extinction tech

Recap of the first R User Group event in Charlottesville VA

Ironically, in the week when my co-authors and I are publishing a paper proposing framework to tackle the reluctance of researchers to publish negative results, one of the most important null results of recent times – the lack of any credible link … Continue reading →

Whether you attended BOSC 2025 or missed it, you can read about it (with lots of photos!) in our report published in F1000Research. We are also pleased to announce that videos of the BOSC 2025 talks are now available on our schedule page, as well as on our YouTube channel. Enjoy!

AI-generated genomes, R news for my posit::conf() FOMO, biosecurity, mirror life, teaching and AI, ELSI for AI, in defense of CRAN, Anthropic Economy Index, OpenAI report on how people use ChatGPT