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
RcppArmadillo 0.7.960.1.0 on CRAN: Loads of neat changes Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library goo.gl/R5zWmo #rcpp #rstats
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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 #rstats #rcpp
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RProtoBuf 0.4.10 on CRAN: mostly maintenance release Protocol Buffers for R goo.gl/31EFBm #rstats #rcpp
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There is only one side. #charlottesville
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r^4 #8: Customizing aspell for CRAN incoming checks Putting (less of) a spell on us^Hyou goo.gl/wScnHz #rstats #cran
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A package called "predatory" from the future? Ewww.... #rstats
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Proof that CRAN possesses a time machine. #rstats
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
figuring out how to contribute to open source jvns.ca/blog/2017/08/06/cont…
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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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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
R for System Administration Lightning talk at the (awesome) "Open Source Open Mic" meetup this eve goo.gl/fzMP5X #rstats
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Ready-to-use downloads for Windoze, macOS, Linux (deb and rpm): brahma.world/synergy-stable-…
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PSA: synergy to use 1 kb + mouse w/ Linux, macOS + Windoze displays. GPL'ed at GitHub. Just ignore nag at config. github.com/symless/synergy
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Updated plotOBOS() function reflecting small xts change goo.gl/zzgZ5j #rstats
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