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
R-devel now has "level 3" byte-compiling, and e.g. "empty" nested loops run about twice as fast. github.com/wch/r-source/comm…
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New @QuantLib release -- and already sent to @Debian as 1.9-0.
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anytime 0.1.0 on CRAN: new features automagic parsing of any (sane) date or time format in R goo.gl/C6P2XK #rstats #rcpp
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The R Foundation is now on Twitter. Follow us for official news about the R Project for Statistical Computing. #rstats
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Replying to @opencpu
Still false @opencpu as CRAN does _not_ run @Debian unstable. Please ask questions on r-sig-debian list. #wrongVenueHere #stillFUD
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You fail to mention that @Debian uploads go to 'unstable' , migrate to 'testing' only if free of (crit.) bugs, and 'stable' later. #noFUD
Debian is bumping libssl-dev to 1.1.0 which has some API changes, breaking several important R packages. Expect some disruption :)
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And another @swcarpentry workshop done: here was co-instructor @kye_brown cap-stoning git and Matlab and @ChicagoCDO data for the win
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No more ftp submission to CRAN -- formalised in rev3577
New CRAN Repository Policy rev3577 posted, history at github.com/eddelbuettel/crp/… #rstats
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
In the future, polling will be open source and totally reproducible: slate.com/articles/technolog… via @slate
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And @Debian packages for R 3.3.2 "Sincere Pumpkin Patch" are uploaded too
#rstats 3.3.2 "Sincere Pumpkin Patch" is out of the door. (My door, anyway; a few CRAN details are outstanding.)
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We're loving this: R is now #5 in the IEEE list of top 10 programming languages for 2016! bit.ly/2cG3FRQ
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Congrats to WashU Club Soccer winning Region IV North and going to the Nat'l Championship! And so proud of Anna who scored a goal a game!
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Rblpapi 0.3.5 now on CRAN: Bloomberg from R New getPortfolio(), improved getTicks() with data.table support goo.gl/DzAot9 #rstats
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
rub /rəb/ away your #rstats package blemishes with rhub::check() or at builder.r-hub.io/ Beautiful work by @GaborCsardi @RConsortium
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"It's easier to make an error if I am not using Rcpp" -- @GaborCsardi , right now in the (wicked) R Hub presentation
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
R-hub public beta announcement October 25, with webinar by developer @GaborCsardi r-consortium.org/events/2016… #rstats
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World Marathon Majors: Five Star Finisher goo.gl/wPS5VO
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.500.0.0 on CRAN: New upstream version goo.gl/BA9Uvj #rstats #rcpp
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anytime package to parse dates in R much more easily looks super useful and promising dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/a… @eddelbuettel
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You are very welcome, and enjoy release 0.0.4 which just hit CRAN today.
@eddelbuettel thank you for "anytime" pkg. A real time saver! :D
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