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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CRAN is on fire. In the last three days alone:
40 new packages
82 updated packages
Big thank you to everybody making it happen.
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.960.1.2: macOS is special
Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
goo.gl/rrtR9c
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RcppSMC 0.2.0 on CRAN: With extra GSoC 2017 goodness!
Sequential Monte Carlo / Particle Filters for R
goo.gl/GPDjJw
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Even easier:
- no need for rvest as the tools package gets you the data.
- two data.table operations later we have it all.
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BH 1.65.0-1 on CRAN: Updated upstream, two new libraries
Serious C++ goodies for use with R
goo.gl/u9qJgd
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Yes, and as I seem to have misplaced my 'copious free time device' we may need to get more people involved. To be discussed?
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.960.1.1 on CRAN: Three quick fixes
Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
goo.gl/wpCKzK
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r^4 #10: Compacting your Shared Libraries, After the Build
Yuge size reductions in one command
goo.gl/R1gGom
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Or just stack a few in a superlearner / ensemble.
/cc @ledell
To me, this #dataviz makes a strong case that model selection is vital in #MachineLearning. No one model dominates.
arxiv.org/abs/1708.05070
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.960.1.0 on CRAN: Loads of neat changes
Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
goo.gl/R5zWmo
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Did so briefly back when @opencpu said it was "unbuildable".
And of course, under Linux (or Docker) it was a piece of cake.
/cc @grpcio
Anyone started to work on or interested in an #rstats gRPC grpc.io package? cc @GaborCsardi @eddelbuettel @opencpu @hrbrmstr
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Or "How to reduce a 200mb shared library to 4mb without really trying".
Not picking on rstan; it was just the largest */libs/*.so I had.
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r^4 #9: Compacting your Shared Libraries
Automagically strip libraries for substantial size reductions
goo.gl/BSjxUf
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RProtoBuf 0.4.10 on CRAN: mostly maintenance release
Protocol Buffers for R
goo.gl/31EFBm
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There are also two videos for the full three hours:
- part 1 channel9.msdn.com/Events/use…
- part 2 channel9.msdn.com/Events/use… nitter.vloup.ch/bass_analytics/s…
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r^4 #8: Customizing aspell for CRAN incoming checks
Putting (less of) a spell on us^Hyou
goo.gl/wScnHz
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Well credit where credit is due -- that image is done by @cboettig.
Rocker has proven to be useful. Solved two problems for me yesterday.
macOS 10.13 (β) broke my local R install, but @eddelbuettel’s rocker image saves day hub.docker.com/r/rocker/tidy… #rstats
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