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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International Cat Day on a #caturday? Do I look as if I care?
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Nice Rcpp demo as expected from @jaredlander yet error of using NumericVector but supplying Int vector argument.
Sharon Machlis now at @smach@masto.machlis.com @sharon000
7 Aug 2015
Speed up your R code with C++ and the Rcpp package - video example cwrld.us/RcppVideo #rstats by @jaredlander
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Replying to @kwbroman
@kwbroman @JennyBryan As Karl showed, these lines github.com/RcppCore/Rcpp/blo… plus subsequent use in test script github.com/RcppCore/Rcpp/blo…
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Replying to @kwbroman
@kwbroman @JennyBryan I test the Version: -- if it is form a.b.c it is (CRAN) release and skips tests; if a.b.c.d it is dev and runs tests.
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I should make you my spokesperson for littler -- could not have said it better! nitter.vloup.ch/jasonpbecker/sta…
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RcppArmadillo 0.5.300.4.0 on CRAN: much extended sparse matrix support goo.gl/JrBnWV #rstats #rcpp
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Replying to @joshua_ulrich
@joshua_ulrich @hadleywickham Recursive search over CRAN gets one hit: github.com/pmur002/gridgraph…
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And another nice CRAN addition: Large-scale distributed gradient boosting from github.com/dmlc/xgboost
CRAN Package Updates @CRANberriesFeed
1 Aug 2015
New CRAN package xgboost with initial version 0.4-1 goo.gl/pgljT #rstats
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Hey, @DivvyBikes that didn't look so good.
Methinks @vahavb arriving in Chicago to write for @TheEconomist is one of the best things to happen to this city.
Vendeline von Bredow @vahavb
30 Jul 2015
My piece on whether the Great Lakes could be the Midwest's ticket to economic rebirth economist.com/news/united-st…
Some nice words about @CRANberriesFeed in post by @RevoJoe (goo.gl/qAB5pZ) on how to survive the "avalanche" of new R packages.
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Replying to @thegermanfor
@thegermanfor Anybody yet for "verdammt und zugenäht"? Stands roughly for "damned and sewn-up".
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Replying to @RforTraders
@RforTraders @CRANberriesFeed Of course. That is an operating system constraint. Maybe time to leave Windows behind?
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My favourite fast time parser is finally on CRAN -- thanks Simon! (And had been in the ghrr drat forever :)
CRAN Package Updates @CRANberriesFeed
28 Jul 2015
New CRAN package fasttime with initial version 1.0-1 goo.gl/pgljT #rstats
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That's where marathoning >> triathlon. Nobody cares about our shoes :)
𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓫𝔂 @lolamby
27 Jul 2015
"My biggest fear in dying is that my wife sells my bikes for what I told her they were worth..."
Avoiding the @hadleywickham Tax: Faster @travisci Builds for R goo.gl/2uLQVm #rstats /cc @craigcitro @marutterstat
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RcppZiggurat 0.1.3: Faster Random Normals goo.gl/z2vre8 #rstats #rcpp
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Rcpp 0.12.0 now on CRAN -- with MOAR Big Data! goo.gl/niSz3u #rstats #rcpp
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Magic: shares up in a merger ("synergy"), and also go up in split ("focus"). So 2 + 2 > 4. #financeSchminance
Erik Bernhardsson @bernhardsson
25 Jul 2015
The greatest corporate delusion: synergy
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That is commonly referred to as 'FAQ 7.31' cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R… … #RmakesYouTalkInWeirdShortcuts nitter.vloup.ch/fjditr/status/62…
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