R is the best programming language in the world because it encourages writing code in the order that a human would perform the steps rather than writing in nested functions. Take the example of calculating root mean squared error, or RMSE. Most programming languages would be written in nested functions: root(mean(square(actual-expected...

I'm willing to bet you're like me in finding odd satisfaction in the simply 3x5 notecard. I use them as bookmarks, for self-notes, and the occasional for love note. They're great - thicker than regular paper, larger than a tiny sticky notes, asymmetrically lined. Ah! But they also have a striking mathematical property: they're nearly g...

Frequentist Frank opens the Daily Treatment paper and is dismayed at what he reads. A car accident happened up the road, an armed robbery across town, and a kidnapping in the next city over. "Wow", the thinks to himself. "Because the newspaper has so many crimes I didn't previously know about, they must occur more often that I thought....

You may have noticed a similar message to this on the bottom of an email you received from me: I'm replacing my gmail account with this one from HEY. Your emails to my old email will be forwarded, but, if you have a moment, consider replacing my contact info :) I thought long and hard about this switch, given I've had my old gmail acco...