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Setup an Arbitrary WSL2 Distro

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is an important part of my daily work flow. Unfortunately, the main distro supplied by Windows is Ubuntu, which - for a variety of reasons - is not exactly my favorite distro.
Nov 14, 2022 4 min read

SAS Markdown for Reproducibility

One of the coolest packages for R is knitr. Essentially, it allows you to combine explanatory writing, such as a paper or blog post, directly with your analysis code in a Markdown document.
Nov 11, 2022 5 min read

Does it ever make sense to play the Lottery?

In a first semester probability course, students encounter combinatorics and point estimates such as the mean and median of a data set. A common example is the low odds of winning the lottery.
Last updated on Oct 20, 2022 7 min read

Life Expectancy Data

A look at the distribution of age at death based on social security mortality tables to see how long we can expect to be in retirement for.
Sep 2, 2022 4 min read

Is it better to buy or rent housing?

This post is a follow-up to my post on how to load data from Zillow. Housing prices have soared through the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a lot of discussion about housing affordability.
Aug 20, 2022 14 min read

Cross Compiling With Go

When using compiled languages like C/C++, Go, Rust, etc. a separate binary needs to be created for every OS and architecture the software is meant to run on. Cross-compilation can be daunting at first. In Go, it is built-in and straightforward to use.
Aug 11, 2022 2 min read

Loading Zillow Housing Data in SAS

Zillow is a well-known website widely used by those searching for a home or curious to find out the value of their current home. What you may not know is that Zillow has a dedicated research page.
Aug 1, 2022 5 min read

Conditional RegEx Matching with Python

When the endpoint of your match depends on an earlier term, try conditional regex matching in Python.
May 19, 2022 3 min read

Wordle in Golang

Learning the basics of Go with a Wordle app.
May 5, 2022 1 min read

The INDSNAME Option in SAS

I frequently find myself needing to concatenate data sets but also wanting to be able to distinguish which row came from which data set originally. Introductory SAS courses tend to teach the in keyword, for a workflow similar to this:
Apr 20, 2022 1 min read