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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"Big data" at work. @CapitalOne monitors outrageous change in autopay. But @comast / @xfinity are still arsehat.
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This is what a monopolist looks like. @comcast / @xfinity is helping itself to 10 more of my bucks with no increase in service. Arsehats.
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Updated my 'RMarkdown with Beamer Metropolis' sample repo Elegant pdf slides with ease goo.gl/kcjUJn
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I hear salt helps for both. And for data munging, salt is well complemented by lemons and tequila.
Heading home early to try to scrape the ice off the sidewalks…a continuation of today’s hackish data munging.
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RProtoBuf 0.4.8 on CRAN: proto3 on Windoze ProtocolBuffers for R goo.gl/sxIoth #rstats #rcpp
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Periodic reminder: If you're not reading the excellent R Weekly blog summary with its well curated #Rstats events, you're doing it wrong.
Your Monday #rstats briefing with a special #rstudioconf 2017 section rweekly.org/2017-3.html
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Rcpp 0.12.9 on CRAN: Bi-monthly release Seamless R and C++ integration goo.gl/PhvDEz #rstats #rcpp
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R/Finance 2017: Call for Papers, new website goo.gl/vP1weM #rstats #rfin2017
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RcppCCTZ 0.2.0 on CRAN: Now with Windoze! Powerful C++ timezone / datetime library from R goo.gl/BHqzTw #rstats #rcpp
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Rcpp now used by 900 CRAN packages goo.gl/pDnghJ #rstats #rcpp
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Here is @m_sendhil delivering the 2017 American Finance Association lecture on 'ML and Prediction in Finance' ... with plenty of ggplot2
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RcppTOML 0.1.0 on CRAN Now with Windows support for awesome config files goo.gl/4MHS7d #rstats
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digest 0.6.11 on CRAN: Several noteworthy internal changes Hash summaries of any R objects goo.gl/HhTavd #rstats
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Having lived "there" for 25+ years,"here" for 16+ (and two more countries in-between) I find this to be a good read, despite lots of errors.
How and how not to copy Germany’s manufacturing mojo johnnybowman.org/post/155089…
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Quick mini-tutorial on installing R, CRAN packages, their dependencies on @ubuntu stackoverflow.com/a/41399000…
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Remember how UseR! 2016 in Stanford sold out in now time? Now with moules et frites and Belgian Beer. What else to wait for?
Registrations are open! Register here: user2017.brussels #user2017
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.@eddelbuettel And here is why -- 88 patches is what they'd call Yuge.
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