Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel

Data Science. TileDB. Open Source. Quant Research. R. C++. Debian. Linux. Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Illinois. Lots of coffee. And some running.

 Chicago, IL, USA
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Joined March 2007
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"There are two types of dichotomy: False dichotomies, true dichotomies, and surprise trichotomies."
xkcd @xkcd_rss
11 Mar 2022
False Dichotomy xkcd.com/2592/
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dtts 0.1.0 on CRAN: New Package data.table time series ops at nanosecond resolution dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp Think `xts` but at nanosecond resolution. All the immense power of `data.table` at the hightest time resolution.
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Max Servin-Rojas @servinrojasmd
11 Mar 2022
When you get an error in your R code that will take the whole day to fix. #RStats
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The @Debian package for #RStats 4.1.3 released today was updated a few hours ago, used to update the #RockerProject container, and PRed as usual into @Docker itself to update the official r-base container. @marutterstat will follow-up as usual with @Ubuntu binaries.
Peter Dalgaard @pdalgd
10 Mar 2022
#rstats 4.1.3 "One Push-Up" (source version) has been released. Binaries will follow in due course.
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Reposting as 'live monitoring' of markets remains a timely topic given the recent changes---and the corresponding update of #RStats package `RcppRedis` is now on CRAN. And of course #notowarwithukraine
Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel
24 Feb 2022
R^4 Post #036: pub/sub with Redis and R Real-time financial market monitoring with R and Redis dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp #redis But special thanks to @joshua_ulrich and especially (twitterless) Bryan Lewis
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RcppRedis 0.2.0 on CRAN: Major Updates Performant R interface to Redis dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp With lovely new code for pub/sub with @Redisinc, two examples for pub/sub for (financial) market monitoring, and two new vignettes.
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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe
8 Mar 2022
Yo-Yo Ma, along with Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos, begins his performance at Washington’s Kennedy Center with a performance of Ukraine’s national anthem. A full, standing house.
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nanotime 0.3.6 on CRAN: Updates High-resolution nanosecond time functionality for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rcpp #rstats
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If you want to learn about #Rcpp for C++ and #Rstats integration, I will be giving a one-hour introduction on March 25 thanks to a kind invitation by @NISS_DataSci via Kevin Lee. Registration should be opening soon, more details at the link below. niss.org/events/rcpp-r-and-c…

Rcpp (R and C++) with Dirk Eddelbuettel

Overview R has risen to become the _lingua franca_ of statistical research and applications. At the same time, user demands on computing resources and performance have also increased. This is driven...

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Mrs. West 🌹 @realrkwest
3 Mar 2022
A man in Moscow buys a newspaper, glances at the front page, & throws it away. He does the same thing every day. Eventually, the seller snaps. "Why DO you do that?" "I'm just checking for an obituary" "But obituaries aren't on the front page!" "The one I'm looking for will be."
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Sacha Epskamp
 @SachaEpskamp
3 Mar 2022
#RStats suggestion to sneak into your code: if (any(grepl("ru_RU",Sys.getlocale()))){ par(bg="#ffd700",mar=rep(0,4),xpd = NA) plot(0:1,0:1,type="n",xaxs="i",yaxs="i") rect(0,0.5,1,1,col="#0057b7", border=NA) }
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"If you ever see someone using a capital xi in an equation, just observe them quietly to learn as much as you can before they return to their home planet." Beautiful.
xkcd @xkcd_rss
26 Feb 2022
Greek Letters xkcd.com/2586/
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It was twenty years ago today ... ... that I uploaded my first CRAN package. dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats
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Roger Cohen @NYTimesCohen
25 Feb 2022
Garton Ash at his superlative best: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will change the face of Europe for ever | Timothy Garton Ash | The Guardian ⁦@fromTGA⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Rcpp now used by 2500 CRAN packages Seamless R and C++ integration dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rcpp #rstats What a mileston -- a *big big thank you* to the Rcpp Core team, all other contributors, and of course all users!
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"Ability is no longer the only currency in the transfer market. Information, and the skill to interpret it, is just as important now, too." @RorySmith on soccer's talent war for ... data scientists #rstats nytimes.com/2022/02/24/sport…

Soccer’s Fastest-Growing Market Is the One for Ideas (Published 2022)

Wealthy teams accustomed to pursuing players are simultaneously competing for the signatures of a new era’s most sought-after talents: data analysts.

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Will Button
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24 Feb 2022
@eddelbuettel @cboettig The Rocker images are amazing, well done! github.com/rocker-org/rocker…
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Another *truly big moment* for #Rcpp - 2500+ reverse dependencies - Used by one in every 7.6 packages on CRAN So a really *big and heartfelt* Thank You! to everybody who helped along: the Rcpp Core team, all other contributors, and of course all users keeping us at it! #rstats
Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel
3 Jul 2020
A *really big moment* for #Rcpp: - 2000 reverse dependecies - One in eight packages on CRAN A *big and heartfelt Thank You!* to everbody who has contributed on that journey with code, suggestions, bug reports, documentation and tips! #rstats
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R^4 Post #036: pub/sub with Redis and R Real-time financial market monitoring with R and Redis dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp #redis But special thanks to @joshua_ulrich and especially (twitterless) Bryan Lewis
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Lindy Li
 @lindyli
20 Feb 2022
Wow the Canadian truckers are screaming that their First Amendment rights are being violated Who wants to tell them? For the record, the 1st amendment of the Canadian Constitution is likely the Manitoba Act of 1870, which is the right to recognize Manitoba as a province 😂
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