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
random 0.2.6: maintenance R access to 'true' hardware RNGs goo.gl/AvNNeg #rstats
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RcppCCTZ 0.2.1: Small fix R interface to the CCTZ times and timezone library goo.gl/aZ4uIE #rstats
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nanotime 0.1.1: a few improvements and fixes Nanosecond time resolution class for R goo.gl/RgY9Us #rstats
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Proposal: We may need a curated CRANalerts feed / handle for "don't upgrade" messages when bad releases happen. Who can / will do it?
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RPushbullet 0.3.0 on CRAN: new features, refactored R inter-device messaging and notification goo.gl/yLdZEE #rstats /cc @wenchel
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. @eddelbuettel @rstudio At last, Emacs in RStudio :) Details: Ubuntu 16.10, RStudio "daily" 1.1.62.
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And just like that another @RStudio game changer: A Terminal!
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You are very welcome. It really rock(er)s -- we use for similar tricks and more as documented in the 2+ years of the project.
rocker project for Docker helped get a needed #Rstats pkg up and running. Thanks @eddelbuettel @cboettig & team github.com/rocker-org/rocker…
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"In the future, every country will be in the Axis of Evil for 15 minutes." #notAndyWarhol
The new Axis of Evil is apparently Iran, Mexico, and Australia. Who knew?
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Neat! And seurat looks like a great tool (though not from my problem) domain. Gratifying to see Rcpp used widely. github.com/satijalab/seurat nitter.vloup.ch/timtriche/status…
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Big congratulations to @gbwanderson whose new package 'hurricaneexposure' just became package 10,000 on CRAN !!
9999 packages on CRAN right now, so imagine dozens of R nerds hanging in suspense waiting for the package to make it 10k ...
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See @MattDowle celebrate data.table question 5000 on StackOverflow with a neat little tutorial answer using Rcpp. stackoverflow.com/a/41891693…
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digest 0.6.12 on CRAN: even more sha1 Compute hash digests of arbitrary R objects goo.gl/1a58T4
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That could also be another way for Open Source authors to get paid... Would cut down the "please tell me how to use your package" mails.
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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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GIF
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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