Data Science. TileDB. Open Source. Quant Research. R. C++. Debian. Linux. Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Illinois. Lots of coffee. And some running.
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New this week is #carbonLang as new direction / extension for #Cpp. Talk + disc by @chandlerc1024 are very good. For hybrid #Rstats/C++ folks some parallels on 'continuity + backwards comp' vs 'breaking and new stuff'. No single dominating choice either.
youtube.com/omrY53kbVoA
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This cannot get covered in a reply thread here so maybe try to use the
- Writing R Extensions manual
- CRAN Repository Policy
- r-package-devel list
- 18000+ CRAN packages as models
Going with external compilation is the most difficult package setup. But it is possible. #rstats
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That is a rich topic in its full generality (do you need to compile the resource or not?) when reflecting the full set of OSs (windows can be tricky).
A pre-print of mine discusses it but even that cannot cover all aspects. #rstats
arxiv.org/abs/1911.06416
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We had a three-year pilot with RStudio Cloud 'campus-wide' (which worked well for my course) but for 'reasons' that ended. Now aiming to get a standard server (we just bought) ready in a standard rack managed by campus / college IT. Old-school can be simpler. #rstats
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Very related: description of @Google's Linux distro now uses rolling @Debian releases at weekly frequency, as opposed to bi-annual @Ubuntu LTS releases taking a year to deploy firm-wide.
"Rolling" incremental updates are the way to go for #Rstats too.
cloud.google.com/blog/topics…
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Really excited we've been able to start sharing our experimental work on #CarbonLang with the wider C++ community.
That said, I'd suggest folks read up on the docs and maaaybe wait for our announcement keynote and Q&A from #CppNorth before leaping to too many assumptions. =]
Carbon, a successor language to C++ was announced at @CppNorth today by @chandlerc1024.
I'm very excited about this project's potential. You can learn more about Carbon and get involved on GitHub.
github.com/carbon-language/c…
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"Legit" may mean different things to different people.
You are allowed to specify a constraint, but it may upset people stuck with R 4.1.* on non-Windows platforms.
I would condition out the offending code. #rstats 4.1 is old-rel and will be gone in nine months anyway.
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And there is a package for that too "because friends don't let friends make plain `curl` calls".
cloud.r-project.org/package=…
Chambers (2016, p4): "Everything that happens in R is a function call."
He called those _fundamental principles_ for a reason.
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Hey @rhub_ and @RConsortium it has been a week since the gentle poke, and over two weeks since RHub turned off Windows and Linux builds.
The silence is a little deafening. Nothing? Really?
#rstats #concerned
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This was just wonderful. First half with full orchester lead by @gabrielkahane, second half usual small band. Both parts are extraordinary. Watched the second part (from 58m onwards) three times since...
As a former German + French resident (and tax payer): Danke + Merci @ARTEen
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> gaussfact()
The monster group is scared of Gauss.
> gaussfact()
Gauss doesn't do Lagrange multiplers - for him there are no constraints!
> gaussfact()
Gauss can colour any map using only one colour.
> gaussfact()
Gauss once constructed the set of all sets in his head.
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gaussfacts - Display a random fact about Carl Friedrich Gauss based the on collection curated by Mike Cavers via the <gaussfacts.com> site. #rstats github.com/eddelbuettel/gaus…
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This is epic.
And it reminds of my first week at work as a fresh-out-of-grad-school quant (some 25 yrs ago) where this grizzled corporate bond trader (and a legend in Canadian Fixed Income) leans over and just barks in my direction: "hey, cost center".
Ah, the memories.
without a doubt, at every startup I've worked at, the first bizops hire is the beginning of the end. it's the biggest possible signal to get the fuck out of there, because in 2 months some kid is going to be asking you to fill out an OKR spreadsheet
emcap.com/thoughts/bizops-wh…
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