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I appreciate the feedback, especially when it is constructive criticism. It helps me understand how other people were interpreting the post. Perhaps I got the positioning slightly …

I totally agree that Ruby + R makes a great data toolbox. I use Ruby + R for almost all of my day to day exploratory data analysis work. As far as python goes I think python has be…

I did look at GSL :). I decided to write it by hand because I wanted to help people understand the underlying math. I find that too many people use libraries without understand the…

That is exactly what I was going for. Basic algorithm yourself to help people understand the math but you wouldn't want to use this code in a production system. In fact I perform t…

There is a growing community with quite a bit of support surrounding scala particularly for web development. Lift is well documented and in production at Foursquare which is vote o…

My first official ruby gem. A simple view helper that puts a Joliprint button on your webpage. Good for adding quick printing to your rails projects. https://github.com/rweald/joli…

I am definitely interested in a supplementary meeting but do not want to replace the normal Friday night

I have been debating changing my major from Computer Science to Cog Sci with a specialization in human computer interaction. I feel that the traditional computer science education …

2011 is going to be the another year all about web 2.0. I think there is going to be an increase in popularity for mobile web development using html5, css3, javascript and framewor…

Just by doing some coding. I have experience developing ruby on rails and iPhone applications. I was just looking for a way to get involved in the startup scene in SD

Does anyone know of any good hacker meetups or Incubator offices in the San Diego Area. I would like to volunteer some of my time working on small projects in the san diego area

I think there are many things that you need to consider when deciding on a technology. One is preexisting skill, if you are already a .Net C# person then go with what you know. Tha…