Joris Meys

Statistics/Data Science/#rstats instructor at
Ghent University (BE 🇧🇪).

Toots in English and Dutch. And on a saxophone once in a while.

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2026-10-25 20:39:30 GMT

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117503392273496704
The important question is: does it still count if you read it with your fingers crossed behind your back?
LA Times shouldn't let legal documents be written by someone in primary school.
#note1f5t…69my

2026-10-16 07:22:11 GMT

Question for the #Rstats community : I'm looking for the names of women who are/were key contributors to the development of R and R toolchains, preferably in broad applied biology context.
Somebody asked me the other day and while I know quite some very capable women on the @npub1e58…ey66 team, most names that come to mind (R core team and contributors, ppl like Dirk Eddelbuettel, James Balamuta, Gavin Simpson) are all men. So please enlighten me!

2026-08-26 10:49:52 GMT

Word.
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2026-07-21 13:09:39 GMT

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The one thing that still rubs me wrong, is the code indentation of
@npub1e58…ey66 That one is way better in RStudio

2026-06-19 07:20:31 GMT

I'm all against body shaming, but we need to stop calling these bloated monstrosities "SUV" and start calling them "obesicars".
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2026-05-27 13:55:16 GMT

I've been donating monthly to @npub1enq…ycu8 for years. As of today, that donation is cancelled until this is resolved appropriately. It's only 10 euro, but they won't contribute to this abhorrent treatment of workforce.
#Wikipedia #union
https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943

2026-04-04 12:27:41 GMT

My little niece got a mobile phone and as her godfather I want to send some silly cartoon/dad joke every day. So if you have some good ideas appropriate for a young teen that is learning english, would love to see them in a reply. Much appreciated.
#fediask #cartoon #fedihelp

2026-03-30 07:24:50 GMT

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What I'd like to know is: who are those 4 women who actually are qualified? What are their ideas for the BBC?

2026-03-27 14:04:55 GMT

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It's the old tale of "when a measure becomes a goal, it stops being a good meausre." Big tech has shiny counters where numbers go up (but numbers don't mean what they pretend to mean), here on Mastodon it all feels a lot more eerie.
Then again, it's also a fact that there's a big group of people that doesn't want to put in the effort it takes to build a network on fediverse. That doesn't help with convincing politicians to stay here ofcourse...

2026-03-15 17:53:47 GMT

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And Sudan, Yemen, Congo... You don't run verifySomalia, do you?
And if you want to harass people, at least check what they did. She has made clear on many occasions how she thinks about the genocide.
https://brusselsmorning.com/kaja-kallas-tells-israel-to-stop-killings-in-gaza-aid-points/76363/
@npub1q3e…m9hz

2026-03-12 11:53:31 GMT

I don't often brag, but one of the students I taught last semester wrote on the feedback:
"Joris could even teach a dog to meow"
and that made me happy today :-)

2026-03-07 10:22:05 GMT

"But there's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just... share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage. Just someone who spent twenty years studying Arctic policy posting a thread at 2 AM because they think you should understand what's happening."
https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/

2026-01-29 15:35:20 GMT

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That's not entirely true. They point out that there's currently a winter storm and that there's demonstrations, and they advise "Verhalten Sie sich ruhig und folgen Sie den Anweisungen der Behörden und lokalen Sicherheitskräfte." So basically "behave and follow the instructions of the local autorities and emergency services".
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/usavereinigtestaatensicherheit-201382#content_0

2026-01-29 09:20:47 GMT

Some positive news: For the first time in the EU people buy more fully electric vehicles than petrol cars. Hybrids remain the top selling powertrain for now, but the stark rise in battery-powered EVs is encouraging.
https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/eu-new-car-market-grows-amid-promising-ev-uptake/
#cars #EU #Europe #ElectricVehicles #Economy #climateAction
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2026-01-28 12:17:09 GMT

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What does this refer to?

2026-01-27 13:28:44 GMT

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawyer/115962793533759069
It's more and more obvious these animals see the whole border protection and immigration control thing as one big video game style Call of Duty.
The fact that also military and police training becomes more and more gamified, doesn't help. This is a generation that is taught to treat other human beings as spawned bits: worthless pieces in the pursuit of a high score. And in this case it's reaching the quota and cashing in.
#note1e4f…vnnu

2026-01-25 17:15:03 GMT

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@npub1fdr…lvhs had a great assay about it. It boils down to :
"You cannot vote with your wallet. Or rather, you can, but you will lose that vote. Wallet-votes always go to the people with the thickest wallets, and statistically, that is not you."
Which doesn't mean it's senseless to boycot these companies. But
"the way we will change society is by joining and participating in a movement."
Read the rest here:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices/#marginal-benefits
@npub1myz…tccq

2026-01-05 16:10:39 GMT

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To add:
#silentsunday if you have a pic or so that cleanses the timelie from all the worries in the world on a sunday.
#followFriday if you want to suggest new accounts to follow for people. Or want some tips. Always some nice finds there
#Bloomscrolling pictures with flowers. Great to have on your timeline.
#LichenSubscribe just check it :-)

2025-12-12 21:01:34 GMT

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Laziness. That's all there is to it.

2025-11-22 18:44:42 GMT

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Saddest thing is that we've seen this coming for years, and if they would've listened to their own scientists, it would've been at least delayed. But they didn't just deplete their water, they destroyed the #aquifer .
#Iran #Tehran #earthscience
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk3039

2025-11-04 16:40:28 GMT

So I've heard some people wanted to get rid of the European Convention on Human Rights. #ECHR
Which part exactly then? Do tell me which rights you deem so unnecessary you don't need it any more.
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2025-09-12 18:58:28 GMT

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want!

2025-08-19 09:24:51 GMT

Bears repeating: #genAI is a model that predicts what a probable next part in a convo would sound like.
It does so if you ask for information. It's not the info, it's a piece of text that would sound like a response to your question. Including made up references.
It does so when you tell it it's wrong. It's not a reflection, it doesn't acknowledge it's wrong. it's just giving you what a likely response would be.
People need to hear this over and over again.

2025-08-14 07:40:53 GMT

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it's in the article. Calling someone spineless for not doing anything to counter an ongoing genocide by an "ally" and "trading partner", is not an insult. If anything, it's being very gentle towards the insufferable eejits looking away.

2025-08-08 22:15:48 GMT

Yes, I discovered macro mode on my mobile. Some heal-all to prove it.
#Bloomscrolling
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2025-07-10 08:06:21 GMT

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Thx for looking at it and reinstating my account. Reason prevailed :-)

2025-07-09 10:48:01 GMT

Looking for a new instance. mods here removed a post of mine refering to one of the best known and most described cases in the history of pharmaceutics. Effects on the feutus (teratogenic effects) were not studied, which is why softenon/thalidomid was prescribed to pregnant women, with the well known disasterous effects. It's the reason for fundamental changes in drugs testing and approval across the world.
But some dude yelled "antivax" and they went along with it.
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/thalidomide
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2025-06-26 08:08:01 GMT

Brace for impact. The #ECMWF #weather #model promises scorching temperatures over #Europe the coming week. Anomalies of up to 15C higher than normal are expected.
This weather is brought to you by climate change (for those who claim it's been hot before: weather is what happens, climate is the probability it happens. And this has become significantly more probable because greenhouse gases and physics.)
#wx #Climate
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2025-06-25 10:59:16 GMT

I'm slowly starting to look for a new (electric) car, and I am getting angry. Every last one of them is some SUV type thing with a way too high hood and touchscreen all over the place. Nobody's selling a normal, streamlined (and pedestrian safe) car with actual buttons any longer. Even the new Nissan leaf looks like it's on steroids.
So if you happen to have some tips, I'm listening.

2025-06-22 13:01:20 GMT

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didn't realize the Tories were still in power.

2025-06-22 10:02:30 GMT

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Actually, they're not very heavy. That's the thing about nuclear. It packs a huge punch for very little weight. Far more punch than conventional explosives.

2025-06-11 11:44:36 GMT

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I do believe you, but it does make me wonder how this came about. I've upped my donations over the time that I'm using your great service, so did costs rise faster, and/or did the ratio paying to free users change?

2025-05-12 17:18:18 GMT

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the most disturbing thing are in fact the tax breaks, bcs that's the main reason for the cruelty and propaganda (most efficient way to stay in power) but also the thing that won't be turned back. And that means the society where we take care of one another is increasinhly unlikely to be funded by those profiting most from it.

2025-02-11 16:55:30 GMT

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Don't know whether to laugh or cry, but I know I will do so hysterically.

2025-01-28 16:11:55 GMT

Just opened #LinkedIn to congratulate an old student of mine with her new job. Next to this joyful news, I was met with a bunch of nitwits claiming that Elon's sieg Heil was "a normal person grabbing his heart and throwing it in the crowd" and a bunch of other "hot takes" that were equally backwards.
That's when I decided to close that tab again. Too bad it's one of the only ways to keep in contact with some people I wish fair winds on the high seas of life.

2025-01-19 09:10:02 GMT

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things like this make me happy I live in Europe.

2025-01-15 13:09:08 GMT

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It looks promising, but when looking how to do that on samsung phones, I consistently get the answer "you can't". It seems to be specifically geared towards Google Pixel phones and tablets, no?

2025-01-15 09:55:59 GMT

I had to buy a new phone yesterday as my previous one broke beyond repair. Found out that #Google now took over the Messaging app in #Android on a #Samsung. Not only does that add 250 Mb clutter for a basic app on your phone, but they now suck in your SMS messages into their data collection.
You can make the standard messages app hte default (you should) but you can't remove the app. Anyone tips for phones that can avoid Google intrusion?

2025-01-05 20:46:02 GMT

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in the 2 years since I left, I have opened my twitter archive exactly 0 times. I understand the sentiment, but why bother?

2024-11-25 22:27:09 GMT

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he's not ill educated. He knows it's crap. He likely sees ways of stroking his ego while enriching himself when he fools Brits like he fooled Americans. Brexit showed how easy it is.

2024-11-16 22:43:51 GMT

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it's Canada. No clue where the muration info comes from though
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/avian-flu-november-2024-1.7382156

2024-11-16 12:47:52 GMT

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both to and from. I presume it's mainly internal displacement.

2024-11-07 20:56:27 GMT

If Europe wants to stay relevant, now's the time to get the smartest students and entrepeneurs from the US. Many of these are not white, and the US just announced they don't want them any longer.

2024-10-31 12:04:53 GMT

1. If you think #valencia is out of the woods, think again. The cut-off low that pulls humid air from over the meditteranean across the mountains north of Valencia is not done yet. In the coming 2 days the @npub1r5h…jpj3 multimodel ensemble predicts up to 177 mm of extra rain in the region of #castellon .
Not only #Spain but the entire #EU will have to have a difficult conversation on how we'll prepare us for #weather #disaster amplified by #ClimateChange
A thread.
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2024-10-31 09:11:48 GMT

Imagine the 100+ deaths in #spain were a terror attack. It would be talk of the day for weeks. Politicians would scream for Swift And Decisive Action. Never Again! Root of the Problem!
It's climate change. And yes, We need to Act Swiftly and Decisively. But those yelling it loud enough to be heard, were thrown in jail for "planning to be disruptive". Now we mourn, send thoughts and prayers, and tomorrow we go on making the problem bigger. Because "duh economuh".

2024-10-21 08:54:02 GMT

Our department Data Analysis and Mathematical modelling is looking for a postdoctoral researcher. You'll be teaching a course introduction to #DataScience , assist with a number of master courses and spend 70% of your time in research on #MachineLearning methods with focus on analyzing #omics data.
More info:
https://jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Post-doctoral-assistant-department-Data-Analysis-and-Mathematical-Modelling-9000/805536702/
#fedihire #Phd #Math #genomics #proteomics

2024-10-09 23:10:07 GMT

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National Hurricane Center. The peeps literally flying through the hurricane to accurately measure wind speed, pressure, ... The official communication of a large team of experts dedicated to the study and helped by the US Air Force to do so.
I'll take their data over one dude's opinion any day. You Americans are weird.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/092055.shtml

2024-10-09 23:03:53 GMT

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that's wrong, it's cat 3 now according to the national hurricane center and it's about to hit.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/092055.shtml

2024-09-08 17:18:44 GMT

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at least you acknowledged the fact was low quality.

2024-08-26 20:13:34 GMT

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piping into a for loop doesn't make sense in any language or platform afaik. Piping is literally "take the result as first argument of the next function". In many prog languages you don't even loop over an object.
Wrapping a for loop in a function at least make it a clear operative unit.
Not everything should be done with pipes.

2024-08-26 19:57:36 GMT

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wrap the loop in a function. Helps for readability, and then a pipe would actually make sense. Or use a form of apply if applicable.

2024-08-21 11:27:50 GMT

Here's how you can see everything wrong with advice on the interwebz in a single screenshot from #linkedin .
#AI #DataScience
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