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by Bootvis 7y ago
data.table does multithreading for a number of common operations. Running in parallel (not multithreaded) is quite well supported.
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by Bootvis 7y ago
The standard lib is limited for general programming, but many standard libraries are and often don’t have a package repository as good as CRAN. It seems the Graal people managed to make R quite fast and is still being developed. Is there an
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by Bootvis 7y ago
Why are they the only ones operating this type of reactor?
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by Bootvis 7y ago
I don’t even understand the not a real language critique, R: - is based on scheme, a HN favourite; - integrates very well with C++ through RCpp allowing you to do whatever you want. 9/10 times someone already went through the trouble f
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by Bootvis 7y ago
I found these notes through this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2772019 The poster there described these notes as: "He (Terry Tao) didn't like the book, so he decided to write his own lecture notes,
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Terry Tao's Linear Algebra Lecture Notes(math.ucla.edu)
2 points by Bootvis 7y ago|1 comments
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by Bootvis 7y ago
Vouched for parent. I think it's a valid reply to overly dismissive GP.
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by Bootvis 7y ago
magrittr existed before the tidyverse and can be used on standalone perfectly fine. In all benchmarks I've seen data.table is faster than dplyr on all tasks. Curious to see other results.
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by Bootvis 7y ago
I got quite good results running some Sudoku solving code in GraalVM (FastR). It was faster than an R/Rcpp hybrid: http://bootvis.nl/fastr-sudokus/ Later I ran into some errors which are supposed to be fixed in th
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by Bootvis 7y ago
I can also recommend reading R Inferno: https://www.burns-stat.com/documents/books/the-r-inferno/ It lists a lot exceptions and gotchas but it motivates them and it definitely made me a better R programmer. I
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by Bootvis 7y ago
Is this paper any good? The way the abstract makes me wary of the results claimed.
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The Ultimate Lock Picker (2009)(wired.com)
36 points by Bootvis 7y ago|12 comments
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by Bootvis 7y ago
There is no point in streamlining or scaling a process that leads to wrong outcomes. At the margin, companies will lose out on qualified candidates that have better things to do with their time than practice algorithms and hire unqualified
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by Bootvis 7y ago
Yes, and this wastes time compared to the situation where there is no useless use of leetcode-like tests.
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by Bootvis 7y ago
Wasting time on training a skill they are not realistically going to benefit from. People can only spend their time once so learning other skills will suffer. If the job requires algorithm wizardry, I see the benefits of LeetCode-style inte
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by Bootvis 7y ago
I know there is cost to this solution but it's a good one: Use the same OS and similar hardware for development and production.
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by Bootvis 7y ago
It was commonly used on Slashdot before (where I learned the concept).
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by Bootvis 7y ago
Brilliance is more than IQ.
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by Bootvis 7y ago
All those general things you can do in R as well. Maybe not as well developed and widely used as the Python counterparts but definitily there.
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Writing a Letter to DataCamp(juliasilge.com)
7 points by Bootvis 7y ago|0 comments
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by Bootvis 7y ago
It seems to have some breaking changes and non-user facing improvements though. I'm not sure major changes are needed but it should allow them more easily now.
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by Bootvis 8y ago
Exactly the truth, actually.
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by Bootvis 8y ago
If I understand the article correctly the verdict would have been different if he had won the match or at least an interesting fight had resulted. So, I'd guess that if an AI plays this strategy well enough (somehow) it would not be a
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How Not to Be Stupid(fs.blog)
2 points by Bootvis 8y ago|0 comments
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by Bootvis 8y ago
Interesting video, thanks. The subtitles at around 4:05 are out of sync. The quote reads > Je moet de wereld niet geven waarom ze vraagt, maar wat ze nodig heeft. In English: > You must not give the world what it asks, but what it nee
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A quasar at the edge of the observable Universe shines with light of 1e13 Suns(syfy.com)
2 points by Bootvis 8y ago|0 comments
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by Bootvis 8y ago
The old joke: Two economists walk down a road and they see a twenty dollar bill lying on the side-walk. One of them asks “is that a twenty dollar bill?” Then the other one answers “It can’t be, because someone would have picked it up alread
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by Bootvis 8y ago
Is this project still active? The activity on GitHub seems low.
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by Bootvis 8y ago
They thought they could get away with it.
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by Bootvis 8y ago
I’d like evidence or sources for the statement that Saudi Arabia spending money and being wealthy would lead to corrupt officials (plants) in the USA. To me it sounds like an extraordinary claim.

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