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What happens after a TikTok has gone viral?
Attention attracts attention
Olivier Simard-Casanova
French Organizational Economist
Format: Announcements 📢
Let’s try something
Thanks to generative AI, offering an English version of my French-speaking economics popularization writings now seems possible
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This unexpected externality of GDPR
GDPR has complex effects on the exploitation of users' personal data
How to plot mathematical functions with ggplot2 - Tutorial #1
geom_function() and as_function() offer an elegant and powerful solution to plot mathematical functions with ggplot2
Format: Articles: Explainers 📄
#5 - The most watched econ seminar in history?
Dear reader, This is definitely not a newsletter article I imaged I would write when I relaunched LOGOecon in June. But it really feels at home with the kind of topics I want to cover. Unless you live under a rock, you haven't missed an important presentation that
Format: Code Snippets 🔖
🚀 R: Rename legend items in a ggplot2 plot – Snippet #82
Discover how to rename legend items in a ggplot2 plot with R
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🚀 R: Draw a second geom_ from a different data frame in a ggplot2 plot – Snippet #81
Discover how to draw a second geom_ from a different data frame in a ggplot2 plot with R
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This new Vekoma boomerang looks incredible
The days where Vekoma was a boring clone maker are definitely long gone.
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What to make of the decreasing engagement metrics of Threads?
After a truly impressive launch, Threads is apparently experiencing a decrease in multiple engagement metrics. Meta Threads engagement has dropped off since red-hot debut, tracking firms sayFacebook’s Twitter-killer, Threads, has seen drops in daily active users and time spent on app, according to SensorTower and SimilarWeb.CNBCHayden Field Fewer
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Stage Manager isn’t there yet
I’ve been playing with iPadOS 17 since the public beta was released by Apple a few days ago. I think this article by The Verge summarizes the best my own feelings with Stage Manager: it’s a lot better compared to the previous iteration (which was straight up unusable)
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Threads, Meta's answer to Twitter, is out
🖋️Edit (02 July 2023 at 19:15): The Verge claims that Meta has pulled Threads out of the Play Store and that the app is "nowhere to be found now". I'm still able to access the app page on my end, so it's unclear
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Twitter has effectively become a fully walled garden
Earlier today, I realized that I couldn't open tweets on my browser anymore - unless I was logged in. Considering how much effort Musk is putting into the enshittification of the platform, I wasn't really surprised. The Verge soon confirmed that Twitter has effectively become a