# Community

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## [\[Ann\] IntervalRootFinding.jl for finding all roots of a multivariate function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-intervalrootfinding-jl-for-finding-all-roots-of-a-multivariate-function/9515)

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**Author:** [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-intervalrootfinding-jl-for-finding-all-roots-of-a-multivariate-function/9515 "2022-09-26T05:12:37Z")

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We are excited to announce v0.2 of the IntervalRootFinding.jl package, which has been completely rewritten from scratch. This package exports a function roots that is guaranteed to find all roots of a given function \\ma…

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## [Blog post on population simulation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-on-population-simulation/87761)

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**Author:** [@cdawg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cdawg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-on-population-simulation/87761 "2022-09-24T20:53:18Z")

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I describe how much fun I had building a forward-time population simulator in Julia here.

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## [Allow minors to register packages with JuliaHub?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allow-minors-to-register-packages-with-juliahub/87696)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allow-minors-to-register-packages-with-juliahub/87696 "2022-09-23T20:32:24Z")

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I just registered to Julia Hub with my Gitlab account to be able to register packages. I was surprised to learn that only adults (18+) are allowed to register to Julia Hub. This limitation seems to be a legal requiremen…

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## [We as a community should be more understanding of Julia's flaws](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/we-as-a-community-should-be-more-understanding-of-julias-flaws/86030)

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**Author:** [@jacobusmmsmit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jacobusmmsmit)\
**Replies:** 107\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/we-as-a-community-should-be-more-understanding-of-julias-flaws/86030 "2022-09-23T12:56:53Z")

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Hello everyone, Please take this thread in good faith coming from someone who wants to see the language and community flourish, but believes that there are certain frustrating barriers preventing us from doing so. I of…

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## [Book reviewer for "Applied Julia"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/book-reviewer-for-applied-julia/69247)

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**Author:** [@viralbshah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/viralbshah)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/book-reviewer-for-applied-julia/69247 "2022-09-16T12:34:12Z")

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As I mentioned in my tweet, Lee Phillips is writing a book titled “Applied Julia” (working title): Many of you may know him as the author of various Julia related articles on Ars Technica and LWN - most recently the a…

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## [When is the next run of "Introduction to Computational Thinking"?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-is-the-next-run-of-introduction-to-computational-thinking/86187)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-is-the-next-run-of-introduction-to-computational-thinking/86187 "2022-09-15T17:34:39Z")

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Hello there, any news on when is the next run of " Introduction to Computational Thinking" scheduled for ? I do strongly prefer to follow an online course that runs “live”, with forums, assignments and due dates rather …

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## [Can't get the issue with rows/columns images vs matrices in the first video of Computational Thinking](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-get-the-issue-with-rows-columns-images-vs-matrices-in-the-first-video-of-computational-thinking/87301)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-get-the-issue-with-rows-columns-images-vs-matrices-in-the-first-video-of-computational-thinking/87301 "2022-09-15T17:03:17Z")

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I can’t get the issue of Alan Edelman across all the first video of Introduction to Computational Thinking with the convention used for images vs matrices… the first index is the row index and the second one is the colum…

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## [The future of Julia, 1.6, 1.7-rc1, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 and 2.0 and LTS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-future-of-julia-1-6-1-7-rc1-1-8-1-9-1-10-and-2-0-and-lts/68143)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-future-of-julia-1-6-1-7-rc1-1-8-1-9-1-10-and-2-0-and-lts/68143 "2022-09-13T06:46:44Z")

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Julia 1.7-rc1 \[EDIT: is done, 1.7-rc2 is coming\]. Julia 1.6 has been approved as LTS, while not yet announced (I would rather want 1.7 as LTS, but it’s not up to me). Julia 1.0.x has been the long-term support (LTS) rel…

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## [How does package sponsorship through NumFOCUS work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-package-sponsorship-through-numfocus-work/86440)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-package-sponsorship-through-numfocus-work/86440 "2022-09-11T10:25:31Z")

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If I look at this package: GitHub - JuliaInterop/CxxWrap.jl: Package to make C++ libraries available in Julia I see there i a “Sponsor” button on the top. How can I add this kind of button to a package?

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## [COST Action proposal "Making Agent-Based Modelling Policy-Ready"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cost-action-proposal-making-agent-based-modelling-policy-ready/87035)

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**Author:** [@bkamins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bkamins)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cost-action-proposal-making-agent-based-modelling-policy-ready/87035 "2022-09-10T12:00:34Z")

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Hi, This message is relevant for researchers in EU countries or affiliated countries supported by European Cooperation in Science and Technology. Soon a COST Action proposal “Making Agent-Based Modelling Policy-Ready” …

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## [Discussion on "Why I no longer recommend Julia" by Yuri Vishnevsky](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-on-why-i-no-longer-recommend-julia-by-yuri-vishnevsky/81151)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 292\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-on-why-i-no-longer-recommend-julia-by-yuri-vishnevsky/81151 "2022-09-09T22:34:41Z")

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Hey folks! There was a pretty good critical article written about Julia recently called “Why I no longer recommend Julia” by Yuri Vishnevsky There is an ongoing discussion about the article that has largely been constr…

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## [Julia User Group Munich: Share&Code on Agents.jl with George Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-user-group-munich-share-code-on-agents-jl-with-george-datseris/86241)

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**Author:** [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-user-group-munich-share-code-on-agents-jl-with-george-datseris/86241 "2022-09-08T08:46:50Z")

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Join us :spiral\_calendar: Monday 05. September 2022 :clock630: 18:30 CEST organized via meetup Agent-based modeling (ABM) in Julia with Agents.jl ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ I am glad to welcome George Datseris @D…

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## [\[ANN\] PrettyTables.jl v2.0.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-prettytables-jl-v2-0-0/86917)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-prettytables-jl-v2-0-0/86917 "2022-09-07T22:39:52Z")

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Hi! After almost 8 months of work, I could release PrettyTables.jl v2.0.0! There are a lot of new features and many optimizations, see the CHANGELOG.md for more details. Unfortunately there are some breaking changes. T…

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## [InveniaLabs Julia User's Networking Event (Cambridge, UK)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invenialabs-julia-users-networking-event-cambridge-uk/86557)

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**Author:** [@oxinabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oxinabox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invenialabs-julia-users-networking-event-cambridge-uk/86557 "2022-09-06T11:39:26Z")

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Hi all, some folk at the JuliaCon satellite in London heard about this. On the 14th of September 2022, at 5:30pm running til late, Invenia is hosting a party for Julia users. We couldn’t throw a sweet party at JuliaC…

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## [Approaching PrettyTables v2.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/approaching-prettytables-v2-0/86739)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/approaching-prettytables-v2-0/86739 "2022-09-03T22:26:30Z")

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Hi! We are approaching PrettyTables.jl v2.0! This version will be tagged when we have everything we need to make PrettyTables.jl the HTML backend in DataFrames (Use PrettyTables.jl as HTML backend by ronisbr · Pull Requ…

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## [Comments please on a series of talks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comments-please-on-a-series-of-talks/84400)

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**Author:** [@Henri\_Laurie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Henri_Laurie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comments-please-on-a-series-of-talks/84400 "2022-09-02T21:17:30Z")

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Hi all – I would love to hear comments on a set of talks I am presenting to NITheCS. Here’s brief description of the audience: they are an online community of South African scientists (see https://nithecs.ac.za/). So I …

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## [\[ANN\] JuliaPhysics organization & logo contest](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juliaphysics-organization-logo-contest/3970)

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**Author:** [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Replies:** 60\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juliaphysics-organization-logo-contest/3970 "2022-09-01T11:42:43Z")

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I’ve just registered a new Julia organization at JuliaPhysics · GitHub with the goal of gathering generic packages that can be useful in physics. For example, I’m considering the possibility of moving Measurements.jl th…

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## [Pkg introduction blog post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-introduction-blog-post/86462)

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**Author:** [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-introduction-blog-post/86462 "2022-08-30T14:00:50Z")

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I wrote a post to explain Pkg and environments for beginners, with a focus on some of the aspects I found confusing myself when I started out. Hope it helps: https://jkrumbiegel.com/pages/2022-08-26-pkg-introduction/

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## [Introducing Julia to experienced developers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/introducing-julia-to-experienced-developers/86240)

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**Author:** [@Fabien\_T](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fabien_T)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/introducing-julia-to-experienced-developers/86240 "2022-08-24T11:41:19Z")

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I will present Julia to a small audience of experienced developers. I already know some of the things I want to talk about (workflows, things that I like about Julia). I also want to hear what others have to say on the s…

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## [Creating a Julia Community Fund!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-julia-community-fund/86225)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-julia-community-fund/86225 "2022-08-23T21:43:02Z")

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Hi all! As we are a few weeks out from JuliaCon, I wanted to share news on an initiative discussed at JuliaCon: starting a community fund to provide. The goal of this fund is to support individuals or groups lacking acc…

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## [\[Shout-out\]: A shout-out for more shout-outs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/shout-out-a-shout-out-for-more-shout-outs/81178)

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**Author:** [@jd-foster](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jd-foster)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/shout-out-a-shout-out-for-more-shout-outs/81178 "2022-08-23T13:02:34Z")

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Tired of reading about Julia not living up expectations? Then let’s create some more posts here about those times a person or package community exceeded your expectations! :rocket: I noticed that the tag appreciation ha…

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## [New MIT course: Introduction to computational thinking for real-world problems](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-mit-course-introduction-to-computational-thinking-for-real-world-problems/45909)

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**Author:** [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-mit-course-introduction-to-computational-thinking-for-real-world-problems/45909 "2022-08-23T11:23:01Z")

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We’re happy to announce a new course on Computational Thinking with Julia, co-taught by Alan Edelman, Grant Sanderson (of 3Blue1Brown), James Schloss and myself: The first video lectures are are now up on YouTube at …

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## [Does Debian's BenchmarkGames show representative performance?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-debians-benchmarkgames-show-representative-performance/80018)

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**Author:** [@Volker\_Weissmann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Volker_Weissmann)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-debians-benchmarkgames-show-representative-performance/80018 "2022-08-18T23:04:44Z")

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Source? I just measured that integrate(sin, 0, 1, 100000000) takes 960 ms in Julia, 930 ms in Rust and 73 seconds in Python. My point is that hot loops are fast in Julia and this is certainly true.

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## [ANN: New Julia programming blog](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-julia-programming-blog/85667)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-julia-programming-blog/85667 "2022-08-18T17:43:58Z")

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I started a new blog on my experiences with Julia programming. Have a look: https://ufechner7.github.io/

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## [Weekly Dagger Users Meeting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weekly-dagger-users-meeting/85888)

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**Author:** [@jpsamaroo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jpsamaroo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weekly-dagger-users-meeting/85888 "2022-08-17T19:46:49Z")

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Hi all! As the maintainer of Dagger.jl, I’m interested in hearing about your experiences with Dagger.jl, whether things are working out well or not, and what you want to see for the future of Dagger. To this end, I’m sta…

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## [What can I do to make a Julia generated video about math education easier to translate to other natural languages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-julia-generated-video-about-math-education-easier-to-translate-to-other-natural-languages/81846)

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**Author:** [@g2g](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/g2g)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-a-julia-generated-video-about-math-education-easier-to-translate-to-other-natural-languages/81846 "2022-08-17T12:32:44Z")

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For the stereo audio, I’m already planning on recording the narrative in just one of the two channels so it can be easily replaced by the narrative recorded in another language. For the images, I’ll be using the PyPlot …

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## [Building Observational Health Research Capacity in JuliaHealth](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-observational-health-research-capacity-in-juliahealth/85643)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-observational-health-research-capacity-in-juliahealth/85643 "2022-08-11T22:33:21Z")

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Hello Julia Community! :wave: Background :thinking: Today, I would like to announce the creation of novel JuliaHealth tooling to support Observational Health research capacity within the Julia ecosystem! To give some bac…

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## [Hamburg Julia users meetups kickstarting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hamburg-julia-users-meetups-kickstarting/79267)

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**Author:** [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hamburg-julia-users-meetups-kickstarting/79267 "2022-08-15T15:22:46Z")

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Hello everyone, along with Julius Krumbiegel and Benoit Richard we are thinking of starting some nice Julia users meetups in Hamburg! If you are a Julia user and live in Hamburg and want to meet with other julia users f…

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## [Open discussion on the state of differentiable physics in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-discussion-on-the-state-of-differentiable-physics-in-julia/72900)

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**Author:** [@JordiBolibar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JordiBolibar)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-discussion-on-the-state-of-differentiable-physics-in-julia/72900 "2022-08-15T09:17:07Z")

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I have been thinking about this for some time, as a result of my personal experience starting to work with Julia this year. I chose Julia for my new research project on Universal Differential Equations for glacier evolut…

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## [Article about Multiple Dispatch](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/article-about-multiple-dispatch/76855)

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**Author:** [@djpasseyjr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djpasseyjr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/article-about-multiple-dispatch/76855 "2022-08-12T21:19:16Z")

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Wow, I’d really like to improve the article. I hope that the article is a useful Julia tutorial, and I’d like to preserve the good aspects of it but it sounds like I was doing some damage. I made some small changes to …

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