Tag: software

Forecasting in R: Probability Bins for Time-Series Data

~ cafebedouin

This time-series.R script, below, takes a set of historical time series data and does a walk using the forecast period to generate probabilistic outcomes from the data set. Input file is a csv file with two columns (Date, Value) with dates in reverse chronological order and in ISO-8601 format. Like so: 2019-08-06,1.73 2019-08-05,1.75 2019-08-02,1.86 Output … Continue reading Forecasting in R: Probability Bins for Time-Series Data

Map and Monitor the World’s Freshwater Supply

~ cafebedouin

"[Google is] proud to showcase a new platform enabling all countries to freely measure and monitor when and where water is changing: UN’s Water-Related Ecosystems, or sdg661.app. Released last week in Nairobi at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the app provides statistics for every country’s annual surface water (like lakes and rivers). It also shows … Continue reading Map and Monitor the World’s Freshwater Supply

A Theory of Documentation

~ cafebedouin

"Documentation needs to include and be structured around its four different functions: tutorials, how-to guides, explanation and technical reference. Each of them requires a distinct mode of writing. People working with software need these four different kinds of documentation at different times, in different circumstances - so software usually needs them all. And documentation needs … Continue reading A Theory of Documentation

Gobo

~ cafebedouin

"Sign up for Gobo, link it to your other social media profiles, and you can take control of your feed. Want to read news you aren't otherwise seeing? Use our "Echo Chamber" filter to see what we call "wider" news. Want a better balance of men and women in your feed? Use our "gender" filter … Continue reading Gobo