Data Science. TileDB. Open Source. Quant Research. R. C++. Debian. Linux. Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Illinois. Lots of coffee. And some running.
Shoutout to @visnut + the @useR2018_conf team for an amazing week! Awesome stuff happens when you let an already great conference reach Australia!
Home now with "leftovers" from fridge, a gift from @carroll_jono, and a "reminder" about @UseR2019_Conf from @Natty_V2#rstats
Gobsmacked that this twitter thread, your write up and your set_key suggestion make no mention at all of #rdatatable that has done EXACTLY this for 10 years. Why can't you even give a nod and some credit to #rdatatable?
Bill Venables answering questions after his keynote: "Rcpp is really something you should know" (in response to what R 'tricks' are useful).
#Rcpp#rstats
Hey @ZakDavid I am at @useR2018_conf and just finished giving the #Rcpp tutorial (Kalman case study in the back) and now _everybody_ wants to know where I got the awesome Keep Kalman Filter On t-shirt!
In "Code to Joy: Is learning to code in middle age a fool’s errand or a committed act of digital citizenship?", Andrew Smith examines in @TheEconomist 's @1843mag the road to coding for a non-coder.
Closing paragraph below.
Story at 1843magazine.com/features/co…
The @GaryLineker Law of Soccer:
Volume I (from 2013) and
Volume II (circa 30 minutes ago).
And I think Twitter gave us 280 characters just for Volume II.
Sonny Rollins recorded his widely-celebrated album Saxophone Colossus on this day in 1956.
The album has been issued with several different covers over the years. Which is your favorite?