phillc73

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   by phillc73 6y ago

   There are a good range of other programming language interfaces to Stan. The R one is quite popular.[1] You do still need the C++ toolchain, but can just write your code in R. [1] https://mc-stan.org/rstan/
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   > being below the pack is probably the worst mistake you can make This entirely depends upon your life view. If you believe the most important thing in life is the accumulation of wealth and material possessions, then your argument may w
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   I have to agree. As far as I recall the Netflix search engine has never found the exact title I've been searching for. Even the recommendations it then shows me are so far off piste that they're not really even close to what I&#x2
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   Not a night train, but a reasonably random journey I just looked up. Christmas Day, Graz (Austria) to Munich. 5hr 57 minutes. 1 change in Salzburg. €26.90 one-way. The same journey at decent times in the afternoon on Christmas Eve only incr
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   The ease of starting a Limited company in Lithuania is really interesting. I used to start UK Ltd companies really easily, but with them exiting the EU, the best alternative I've found so far is Ireland or Estonia, but both are somewha
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   Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine over 90 percent effective, interim data shows(europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com)

   2 points by phillc73 6y ago|0 comments
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   I'm not a medical doctor, but I do work in pharma and I have tried to inform myself. Still, I could be quite wrong. Yes, I do have some concerns regarding long term effects of mRNA based vaccines. As you said, I would also like to see
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   I think Zabdeno (Ad26.ZEBOV) and Mvabea (MVA-BN-Filo) for ebola vaccination is the most recent example. Also from Janssen (J&J).
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   by phillc73 6y ago

   > Fortunately I don't need to though, because soon we'll probably have 2 great vaccines to choose from. Indeed! And I'll be going with the adenoviral route which has been used for more than fifty years, rather than the bra
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I think reports of the demise of community message boards are somewhat exaggerated. There is certainly a degree of churn, but for niche interests there are still plenty of message boards or forums available. One of my personal interests is
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Interesting article, however I think the main problem is the premise that all, or even the majority, of graduating PhD students wish to continue to work in academia. It will be different across industries, but I work in a pharma R&D com
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I've registered .at domains on gandi.net and there's no ID requirements. It's no more difficult than registering a .com or .co.uk domain name. On the other hand, .com.au for example requires a valid Australian business regist
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    > dark patterns I was pleasantly surprised by Netflix recently. After avoiding using the service until recently, I was motivated enough to subscribe by one particular film I wanted to watch. Initially, they automatically upgraded me to t
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    My mother feeds the local magpies, who turn up every morning for their free feed. One can argue about whether this is environmentally sound, but my mother lives alone and she enjoys the connection. She has them literally eating out of her h
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    > Can any English speaker remember the name of the interpreter of their favourite audiobook? I can't really say it's my favourite audiobook series, but the one I seem to be listening to relentlessly is Winnie the Pooh. The ver
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Base R plot() can also be pretty powerful[1] and look great.[2] As an alternative to ggplot2 I would also propose that Vega Lite[3] could be a contender, with an excellent cross language ecosystem. [1] http://karolis.koncevicius
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I also believe this is now being addressed by the pharmar[1] group with their riskmetric[2] package. [1] https://www.pharmar.org/ [2] https://github.com/pharmaR/riskmetric
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I don't think the list of projects is complete.[1] I specifically know Microsoft's open source initiatives through Microsoft R Open[2], which is not listed on that page. [1] https://opensource.microsoft.com/project
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Would Query.jl[1] be an alternative to consider? Their README says: The package currently provides working implementations for in-memory data sources, but will eventually be able to translate queries into e.g. SQL. There is a prototype imp
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I've not heard of or used Trailforks before. Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out now. However, my go to website and app for off-road adventures (on foot and two wheels) is ViewRanger[1]. Maybe it's a bit too UK and EU focus
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I've not seen it mentioned yet in the discussion, but my preferred open source tool for analysing Garmin FIT files is ActivityLog2[1]. Written in Racket, it provides some very nice analysis tools for cycling, running and swimming. Regu
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I know Crisp do sell Chevallier when available, but I didn't know about Simpsons. I was specifically talking about malt, but I would be happy enough with a supply of grain and can then do my own maltings.
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Cool story. I have a similar interest in barley for brewing. I like to find heritage or land race varieties to try. I often use Maris Otter[1], which is quite easy to obtain. However, others like Hana[2] and Chevallier[3] can be more diffic
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    The Wikipedia page you linked to disagrees with your assertion that almost every country in the world has it. "In many countries – especially English-speaking countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdo
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I've been having similar thoughts. The company I work for already had a general policy that working remotely one day a week was fine, provided permission was granted by the relevant line manager. This day was primarily to be used for f
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I support this! Have been trying to use VS Codium[1], but R Studio keeps pulling me back in. An alternative with some nice R plugins would be fantastic. [1] https://vscodium.com/
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Codeberg[1] also recently had some conversations here.[2] [1] https://codeberg.org/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22795930
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Maybe IPAs were meant to taste as they did after a long voyage to India. Maybe at the end of the voyage was when they tasted their best. Maybe the hops were just a preservative and nobody really liked drinking beer with overly strong hop fl
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    I think it's Acute Kidney Failure, but I can't completely decipher the rest of the comment.
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    by phillc73 6y ago

    Drink Weissbier and harvest it yourself from the bottom of the bottles.