Another maintenance release of the tidyCpp package arrived on CRAN this morning, the first in about two years. The packages offers a clean C++ layer (as well as one small C++ helper class) on top of the C API for R which aims to make use of this robust (if awkward) C API a little easier and more consistent. See the (now updated, see below) vignette for motivating examples.

This release contains mostly internal upkeep of the usual type: refreshing continuous …

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J’ai lu ou entendu, un jour, cette phrase « les Américains mangent et vivent comme s’ils avaient l’assurance maladie gratuite » et depuis, elle me hante (ici, “américain” est utilisé abusivement au sens “états-unien“). J’y repense souvent, parfois en souriant, parfois en ressentant un malaise dérangeant… Car il y a un fond de vérité qu’on peut tous constater : comment un pays sans système de soin universel, où la moindre hospitalisation peut ruiner une famille, peut-il présenter des comportements de santé (en particulier quand … <a …

Palko points us to this news item, “Kroger Recall Update: Full List of Product Warnings Across 18 States.” My favorite: Yummi Sushi, recalled October 28, 2025: Nashville, Knoxville, Georgia, and South Carolina stores. Possible contamination with metal fragments. If you’d … Continue reading → …

The other day I posted something on the two faces of academic social science: 1. To provide theoretical and social justification for existing power structures. 2. To be oppositional, questioning existing power structures. I got some replies, arguing that there’s … Continue reading → …