Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel

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
dirk.eddelbuettel.com
Joined March 2007
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Very nice set of slides to celebrate (and explain) CRAN. (And kudos for already fixing two small nags...)
Colin Gillespie @csgillespie
26 Apr 2017
Yesterdays slides: 20 years of CRAN: jumpingrivers.com/t/rss2017/ #RSSGlaCRAN20 @RSSGlasgow1 #rstats @RoyalStatSoc
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RcppTOML 0.1.3 on CRAN: nested table array fix Better configuration files for humans and machines goo.gl/blc9sa #rcpp #rstats
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Patrick Reynolds @pv_reynolds
23 Apr 2017
The Germans, always, have a word for it, but the Japanese have an entire philosophy complete with an info-graphic. Where are you at in life:
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Graeme Hickey @graemeleehickey
24 Apr 2017
Just had the day saved by a blog post written by @eddelbuettel ...building #rstats packages can be a pain sometimes!
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And @Debian packages of R 3.4.0 built and pushed to the repo.
Peter Dalgaard @pdalgd
21 Apr 2017
#rstats R version 3.4.0 "You Stupid Darkness" (source version) is out of the door now
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Rblpapi 0.3.6 on CRAN: Added lookupSecurity(), several fixes Direct R interface to Bloomberg Terminal goo.gl/CDleZn #rstats #rcpp
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Karl Broman @kwbroman
20 Apr 2017
At @eddelbuettel’s suggestion, now trying fstpackage.org. 3x faster than feather, and file is 10x smaller
Karl Broman @kwbroman
20 Apr 2017
I really ❤️ feather. Write a GB data frame to disk in a few seconds; read in a selected column in a few ms. #rstats github.com/wesm/feather
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New package RcppQuantuccia 0.0.1 on CRAN Quantlib essentials via a header-only library goo.gl/upT6PH #rstats #rcpp
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Replying to @csgillespie
Section 8 of 'R Internals': cran.r-project.org/doc/manua…
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Rcpp is now used by 1000 CRAN packages goo.gl/ioSi7q #rstats #rcpp
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Really enjoying this time-travel thriller, where a man stuck in 2013 tweets desperate warnings to his 2017 self, who has become President.
Donald J. Trump
 @realDonaldTrump
31 Aug 2013
Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.
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R^4 #5: Easy package information Mining some easy nuggets from a gold mine! goo.gl/Yn9bRb #rstats
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.800.2.0 now on CRAN: Some updates Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library goo.gl/4wMGXo #rstats
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Registration for R/Finance 2017 is open! RinFinance.com #rfinance
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We are pleased to announce that the #rstats conference useR! 2018 will take place in Brisbane, Australia on 10-13 July 2018. Save the date.
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Two weeks ago @greggpollack visited to interview me for @osourcecraft: codepop.com/open-sourcecraft…
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Also @eddelbuettel gives a nice example of my personal policy: applications may have many dependencies, but pkgs (libraries) preferably few.
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R^4 #4: Simpler Shoulders A plain old base R variant of shoulders() by @dirk_sch goo.gl/gsV17x #rstats
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R^4 #3: Follow R-devel Easy ways to stay abreast goo.gl/guF2U3 #rstats
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