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stillyslalom

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    Comment #41144448

    Long ago, I trawled through Matlab's docs to come up with a set of Julia packages matching what's build into Matlab: https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-for-matlab-users-clu...…

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    Comment #34573647

    Take a look at DataFramesMeta for nicer manipulation of Julia's dataframes. Your example would look like julia> df = DataFrame(y = rand(10^6), filter=randn(10^6)); julia> @transfor…

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    Comment #26404545

    For long-tail adverse events? It's easy to engineer power distribution systems for the average case, but unless we accept occasional brownouts as a cost of doing business, we need …

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    Comment #26391871

    iPads can run out of battery or get smashed in turbulence or fall prey to bugs/malware; old-fashioned steam gauges cannot. The FAA's regulations are written in blood - the aviation…

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    Comment #26134368

    You may want to look at [DaemonMode.jl]( https://github.com/dmolina/DaemonMode.jl ), which spins up a persistent Julia process in the background so you don't have to pay the TTFP p…

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    Comment #24319179

    Comparing OpenBLAS and MKL with `peakflops` in Julia, there's definitely an advantage for MKL: julia> using LinearAlgebra julia> BLAS.vendor() :openblas64 julia> BLAS.set_num_threa…

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    Comment #18169068

    The current market doesn't price the externalities of carbon emissions. Without accurate pricing, market forces will stall some distance away from the optimal level of emissions, a…

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    Comment #17724334

    This presentation is more than five years old, and some of the details have changed. See https://julialang.org/learning/ for more up-to-date introductory material.

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    Comment #10571846

    Generalized nullables exist in Base already ( http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/manual/types/#nulla... ), unless you had something else in mind.

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    Comment #10570171

    I've seen a decent amount of chatter over the past year on the Julia mailing list from people integrating Julia into production. It's still in the beta stage, though, so risk-avers…

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    Comment #5735628

    Unfortunately, the series is no longer available on Netflix due to contract expiration.