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
Debian builds (by yours truly) were made early yesterday, on Debian mirrors Ubuntu builds (by @marutterstat) were made yesterday too. should hit CRAN soon rocker/r-base build committed, currently queued r-base (for @Docker) to follow thereafter
#rstats 3.4.3 "Kite-Eating Tree" is out (source version)
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Trump tweet density vs Fox & Friends airtime visualized by Dan Snow Source code: github.com/dfsnow/tt #dataviz #opensource
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Rcpp now used by 1250 packages on CRAN Seamless R and C++ integration goo.gl/X2H9Mj #rcpp #rstats
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R^4 #11: (Much) Faster Package (Re-)Installation via Caching On the (large) benefits of using ccache for R package builds goo.gl/Z1FcHf #rstats
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Got something to share about using R #rstats with financial data? The R/Finance 2018 call for papers is open. blog.revolutionanalytics.com…
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rfoaas 1.1.1 on CRAN: Updated and extended A RESTful interface for R to the excellent @FOAAS service goo.gl/2cyt7i #rstats
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Rcpp 0.12.14 on CRAN: Some deprecation and minor updates Seamless R and C++ integration goo.gl/sNNVBM #rcpp #rstats
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"Stop using Excel, finance chiefs tell staffs" (in the @WSJ) Interesting given how many #rstats friends insists on .csv and .xlsx being "salvagable" data formats. I tend to take the other side when I can. wsj.com/articles/stop-using-…
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RcppEigen 0.3.3.3.1 + RcppClassic 0.9.9 on CRAN: Mostly Maintenance Mostly response to a CRAN request for a `:::` to `::` change goo.gl/P5rqyq #rcpp #rstats
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All the cool kids are going on about the new @ibm Plex font ... ... so I cooked up a quick (inofiicial) Debian package which makes it easy to install (or remove) this on a few computers at once. See github.com/eddelbuettel/pkg-… /cc @hrbrmstr @juliasilge
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Wrong time period. CRANberries is that old, but we didn't tweet all that time. So make that "bti [twitter] client we have use for several years" ...
I think this was the first @CRANberriesFeed tweet larger than 140 char (as the hourly cadence works against longer tweets with many packages). The bti client we have used for a decade didn't even need an upgrade. Thumbs up for good design. github.com/gregkh/bti
CRAN updates: cowplot easyanova epr fAssets fGarch fNonlinear fOptions JuliaCall learnr modest padr rockchalk shinyWidgets tensorflow timeDate utility goo.gl/5g3iZ #rstats
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PSA for an improved Twitter experience: - on Linux (and maybe whereever Gtk builds): @corebirdclient corebird.baedert.org/ - on Android (and iOS) @TwidereProject github.com/TwidereProject Open source, no mucking with timeline, no ads.
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New Rcpp Gallery Post: Creating integer64 and nanotime vectors in C++ Higher-resolution timestamp vectors created efficiently goo.gl/sAvaZg #rcpp #rstats With thanks to Dan, Leonardo and @MattDowle
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
I'm old enough to remember when the sensation of rage rising up through my body like mercury in a thermometer was an unusual feeling.
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R/Finance 2018: Call for Papers Our tenth annual conference for R in Finance in Chicago next June goo.gl/YjpfxK #rstats #rfin2018
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RQuantLib 0.4.4 on CRAN: Mostly maintenance, and some new code Quantitative Finance functionality for R goo.gl/K5BWjr #rstats #rcpp /cc @quantlib
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RcppQuantuccia 0.0.2: Small enhancements Header-only subset of QuantLib for R goo.gl/sMPjf8 #rstats #rcpp /cc @quantlib
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