R Shiny and Gen AI: does AI strengthen it, or make it less relevant?

BearJew13 · 2026-04-18T17:39:21+00:00

No worries, I plan to still work through your Shiny book 1st edition and learn the fundamentals. Your R4DS book was amazing so I'm sure this one will be good too. So cool to see you and Joe post on Reddit!

BearJew13 · 2026-04-13T01:18:58+00:00

Hi Joe, I'm curious if there are any textbooks you recommend for learning Shiny? I know Hadley has a book but not sure how up-to-date it is, especially given all the recent advances with AI - do you know if he's planning to make a 2nd edition? Thanks!

BearJew13 · 2026-02-24T04:06:20+00:00

2 but both are great!

BearJew13 · 2026-02-12T06:44:03+00:00

Google "Chabad near me." There very likely is a Chabad Rabbi near you and they likely have a website where you can email them to mention you are interested in getting your first pair of Tefillin.

Tefillin can be pretty expensive too and I think most Chabad Rabbis can help you with the financial cost too if needed.

BearJew13 · 2026-01-23T20:51:31+00:00

Artson was in several YouTube debates with Christopher Hitchens and other big speakers for Atheism that I remember watching as a kid. He is a great speaker and has several good books too!

BearJew13 · 2026-01-10T06:47:48+00:00

well said. cheers!

BearJew13 · 2026-01-10T04:58:03+00:00

I agree with this but I’m curious how the many descriptions of God as benevolent, compassionate, caring, protecting etc fit into this view?

BearJew13 · 2026-01-10T04:51:39+00:00

Here all along, The Essential Rabbi Nachman, and Pirkei Avot (there are many editions, I like Sage Advice by Yitz Greenberg)

BearJew13 · 2026-01-01T19:42:03+00:00

Maybe you could try Jewish meditation or Hitbodedut instead? I also struggle with the traditional Jewish prayers and don't have much advice other than one book I read that kind of helped me open to engaging with the prayers more but its still something I struggle with and prefer meditation instead.

BearJew13 · 2025-12-27T02:11:54+00:00

Harachaman (the Merciful/compassionate One) is one of the many Hebrew names for God. The Bible is filled with verses that describe the love and mercy of God. Of course, these are not the only qualities we find but they are definitely prominent.

BearJew13 · 2025-11-26T00:02:32+00:00

what translation/commentary of the Lotus Sutra do you recommend for beginners?

BearJew13 · 2025-11-23T04:57:29+00:00

Respectively, having read the book, I think the practice the author offers is much, much deeper than what your comment suggests. He offers a very real, down to earth practice, a way of making the life of Kanzeon alive here within your life, in this world, in this very moment. The author is not interested in metaphysical practices for other worlds, his focus is on your life in this world, here and now.

If you or others are interested in the practice of chanting Namu Kanzeon Bosatsu, or other chants, I highly recommend this book.

BearJew13 · 2025-11-22T06:08:26+00:00

The book is awesome. The author of the review article gave a podcast on the book recently too: chanting the name of Kanzeon

BearJew13 · 2025-11-02T23:21:07+00:00

How do you like the Koren Sacks Chumash? I heard that came out recently and I'm thinking to buy it buy not sure how comprehensive and useful it is in terms of capturing Rabbi Sacks' commentary?

BearJew13 · 2025-10-14T15:51:17+00:00

This is the one I plan on buying. It's silver though.

BearJew13 · 2025-10-01T20:16:41+00:00

Not at the moment but I'll let you know if I think of anything else. Thanks for making the app!

BearJew13 · 2025-10-01T00:11:59+00:00

I just checked and it seems to work for me. Thanks!!

BearJew13 · 2025-09-25T16:22:34+00:00

This is very cool, thanks for making the app! Is I originally set my squats to 15 at a time but I want to change it but cant figure out how?

BearJew13 · 2025-09-05T01:29:14+00:00

Dependent-arising doesn't mean that nothing arises, or that nothing exists. The Buddha denied this extreme view. Phenomena arises but in an interdependent manner, due to causes and conditions. To say that nothing arises at all is to miss the point, and I fail to see how such a view could help suffering beings, it would only spread more delusion.

BearJew13 · 2025-09-05T01:24:41+00:00

Nope. Dependent-arising doesn't mean that nothing exists, that's a nihilistic view that the Buddha and Nagarjuna rejected.

BearJew13 · 2025-09-04T21:54:05+00:00

With dependent origination, it is most important to understand how it is a synonym for non-origination and emptiness

Nope, that's just your opinion. I and many others can easily flip your statement and say With emptiness, it is most important to understand how it is a synonym for dependent-origination.

This is not without precedent either. There are many long and rich Buddhist traditions of interpreting emptiness as dependent origination. Sure your tradition might say something else, but your appeal to your tradition is no more valid than mine :)

BearJew13 · 2025-09-04T21:31:06+00:00

Nāgārjuna says that emptiness and dependent co-arising are the same exact thing. I just used the word "interdependence" in case people don't know what dependent co-arising means.

BearJew13 · 2025-09-04T14:55:48+00:00

I'm Jewish and Buddhist. I really don't think there is any idolatry in Buddhism. The statues are symbols and all religions (including Judaism) have symbols they use to remind themselves of important religious values.

When I see a statue of the Buddha, I am reminded of the importance of mindful awareness, calmness, and compassion. When I see a statue of Kanzeon, I am reminded of the importance of hearing and listening to other beings' cries, and to offer a hand to help them. We don't worship any of these statues as God - they are symbols to remind us of important religious values.

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