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
Joined March 2007
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Replying to @dangillmor
Looks pretty nice too MT @dangillmor Asus notebook preloaded with Ubuntu: $300 owl.li/loFFD
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Replying to @scheidegger
.@scheidegger @hadleywickham Ignore sf, google code, launchpad, bitbucket, distros, ... eg 15+ and 10+ years of my work. Unfunny joke.to me.
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Replying to @scheidegger
.@scheidegger @hadleywickham The Open Source Report card is the dumbest thing since Klout. Open Source work is more than github.
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Open Data StackExchange site at opendata.stackexchange.com just graduated from private beta to public beta. So go forth and populate :)
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Replying to @uctptep
.@AlexPersi1 Thanks for catching that. Fixed now.
Replying to @jaredlander
.@jaredlander There is lots more. Sadly, "NBA success in 2013" is a tie as Knicks and Bulls fell short.
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Replying to @jaredlander
.@jaredlander No, it's easy as there are soooo many solutions. Hold Z constant at "NYC" and almost all random values for Y and Z will do :)
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Replying to @geospacedman
.@geospacedman I was referring to MessagePack itself (rather than the new R package), and do not see that at msgpack.org/.
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Replying to @jaredlander
.@jaredlander Your homework now is to find all "X in Chicago is so much better than Y in Z" for all available (x,y,z). You'll be busy.
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Replying to @CRANberriesFeed
Neat: "Like JSON but fast and small" RT @CRANberriesFeed New CRAN package msgpackR with initial version 1.0 goo.gl/pgljT #rstats
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Replying to @joshua_ulrich
Word RT @joshua_ulrich Bittersweet that #rfinance is over. Glad organizer resp. ended, but sad I can't chat with awesome speakers/attendees.
Replying to @ProbablePattern
.@ProbablePattern We acknowledge your early submission for R/Finance 2014 :) #rfinance
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Replying to @joshua_ulrich
.@joshua_ulrich @jaredlander Also, the binning in bigviz is not what we need for (asset price) time series. New research venue?
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Missed a few minutes of #rfinance: helped a Nobelist with a fresh Debian package build of something accidentally broken earlier. #rstats
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.@lgatt0 I had router issues / ISP issues. eddelbuettel.com, rinfinance.com, ... should be back. #rfinance
Replying to @joshua_ulrich
Yep yep yep!! MT @joshua_ulrich In Chicago for #rfinance. Excited for massive #rstats and #finance nerdiness!
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I just signed up for @CopyApp and got 15 GB free online storage! #tweetFor2GBMore copy.com/?s=twitter.usr.tour
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Exciting new ESS release 13.05 is out: ess.r-project.org/Manual/ess… -- and I just pushed out the Debian package. #rstats #emacs
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Replying to @mikedewar
.@mikedewar You use Ubuntu because you want a tested, stable yet recent-ish distro. That conflict's with "yesterday's version".
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Replying to @mikedewar
.@mikedewar Grab the sources to the Debian package and learn to build a local package: packages.debian.org/sid/redi…
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