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11 Nov, 6 tweets, 1 min read
ok i've used R now for about 10 hours so im definitely suitably enough experienced to say i hate it, its a big pile of shit, i dont know why this is what is popular, and i wish i had access to stata again. WAHHHHH
im sure people can tell me a million reasons why R is great. sorry to say: YOU'RE WRONG.
i will delete these tweets in a few weeks when it finally clicks and i think R is brilliant like everyone else does
its like whatever i ask it to do it seems to think there's no dataset and it can't find the variable. THE DATASET IS OPEN BRO. 😭😭😭
i copy code, change the variables names and Error Error Error. WHYYYY
Ok after much stress and a trump-esque tantrum i managed to run 4 PLS-DAs (hopefully correctly). I still hate R though. Hmmph

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11 Sep
i promised in this thread i'd offer an idea of an alternative #academic #publishing model, so here it is. be prepared, changing to this would require some seriously radical change... 1/17

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so now ive published my paper on a #preprint (osf.io/preprints/nutr…), its worth comparing my experience with typical #peerreview publishing, mainly to highlight how much time & energy we waste with a system that offers very little added value
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why i am no longer publishing (my own) #research in #academic journals - a (long) thread 1/38

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*GULP*
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