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
'Permissive' vs 'non-permissive' distinction is bullshit. Both are Open Source. Authors are allowed preferences.
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What a lovely afternoon. Thanks to @quiotaLLC for the BBQ, and @The606Chicago for scenery in and out of Chicago.
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Some R packages have bad code; some have bad attitude. Today's winner has both bad attitude and bad code. Sad.
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"Of course, there will be Rcpp. Chicago is Eddelbuettel country." #rfinance2016 #rstats #rcpp
.@RevoJoe previews the upcoming R/Finance conference, May 20-21 in Chicago blog.revolutionanalytics.com… #rstats
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Nice slide deck on lm, RF, DL,glmnet and all that Jazz by @kaneplusplus goo.gl/9bIhl6 Bonus shoutout for #rfinance2016
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This looks very promising! A small sour note that it imposes one of several testing frameworks though.
Add unit tests for #rstats plots with the new testthat extension vdiffr! github.com/lionel-/vdiffr
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ICYMI: R/Finance 2016 Agenda and Registration!
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Nice. R 3.4.0 can filter imports, allowing easier use of antisocial packages. developer.r-project.org/blos…
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Expect this to get _a lot_ of use going forward. Thanks @GaborCsardi
New CRAN package rcmdcheck with initial version 1.0.0 goo.gl/pgljT #rstats
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Rcpp 0.12.4 released New API additions, documentation enhancements and fixes goo.gl/B439rK #rstats #rcpp
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TFW a pal you regularly have beers with gets a fawning spread. Congrats, Rob! businessinsider.com/avant-ro…
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Wow: We get an official C level API for connection handles in R 3.3.0! It's only been a decade... developer.r-project.org/blos…
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R-devel on Windows now uses gcc 4.9.3 Thanks to everybody who helped with that! developer.r-project.org/blos…
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How do we know it is spring? Every day unsolicited "I'd like to connect with you" headhunters blossom... #LinkedInFail
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And I just uploaded @Debian binaries for R 3.2.4-revised.
#rstats R-3.2.4-revised released to fix format.POSIXlt() "random" DST issue and Makefile typo. Nickname unchanged.
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Rblpapi 0.3.3: new functions, new features, overall improvements goo.gl/V3Utb0 #rstats #rcpp
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
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Rcpp now used by 600 CRAN packages goo.gl/PbKBJb #rcpp #rstats
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R 3.2.4 binaries for @Debian uploaded; @Ubuntu builds by @marutterstat to follow.
#rstats Sources for R 3.2.4 "Very Secure Dishes" are now released. CRAN update + binaries pending.
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