Data Science. TileDB. Open Source. Quant Research. R. C++. Debian. Linux. Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Illinois. Lots of coffee. And some running.
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.@zacchiro Hah! Missed that but had same idea. You had an awesome run---chapeau. I trust Lucas, yet we may need you. Watch out for coups :)
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Congrats to @lnussbaum but we still need a coup d'etat to install @zacchiro for life :) #dpl2013 #Debian
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.@hadleywickham well we could mention ESS tracebug (but why bother with non-believers :) / cc @kevin_ushey #rstats #emacs
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Nice! RT @bbatsov I've just released #Zenburn theme for #Emacs 2.0 github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-e… … Epic upgrade from the last version. Enjoy!
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Nice new #Rcpp Gallery article on the contributed sample() function written in C++ using (Rcpp)Armadillo: goo.gl/o3oWU
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.@hblodget There are entry level code monkey jobs, and 'real' jobs. Peter Norvig recently mused "10 years" as req. Seems about right.
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.@joshua_ulrich And here I was thinking "arb stats" (== arbitrary statistics) was what data scientists do
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.@hadleywickham Can you add an assert for absence of underscores in a function, package, repo, ... ?
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Registration for the R/Finance 2013 conference is open, and going strong: 70+ already registered. goo.gl/qVG0e
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Nomen est Omen: The Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus is named Panikos (Demetriades). [ h/t Marc Wildi ]
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If you clinch the Bundesliga title 6 games early, you may as well do it with an AMAZING goal: goo.gl/ahpLp #butNobodyLikesBayern
.@hadleywickham of course apart from the ones on github where this does not work because they are not on a repo.
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Sure, frame it as an Rcpp question for our list @mike_malecki Anyone like getting dirty with #Rstats C++, cross-platform compilation issues?
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See you there! MT @SpringerStats May 17 & 18 we'll be at the R/Finance conference in Chicago, rinfinance.com/ #rstats #rfinance
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.@kevin_ushey @hadleywickham You forgot the s/if // in your post ;-) And I add it's not the only thing.
.@hadleywickham @kevin_ushey Phew! ;-) R CMD INSTALL all the way.
Awesome idea! @StatModeling probably agrees! MT @gvwilson Has anyone written "Teaching Programming: A Bag Tricks"?
.@drewconway Could not be more in agreement. Well, maybe by saying that "sad" is too weak.
.@statalgo There's a vignette I haven't read but I did talk to Bryan when he was last in Chicago a few months ago...