# Community

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## [Suggestions for reproducible tutorials](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-reproducible-tutorials/63870)

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**Author:** [@lamorton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lamorton)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-reproducible-tutorials/63870 "2021-07-01T13:00:58Z")

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From jbay808 on HackerNews: When I was first starting, I almost gave up on Python because the print “Hello world” script that I copy-pasted from an online tutorial failed to run. The hardest part (for me) of getting s…

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## [Is there a Julia book you recommend?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722)

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**Author:** [@waforbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/waforbes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722 "2021-06-29T07:50:42Z")

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I’ve already written a numerical PDE project in Julia, but I’d like to learn it a bit more thoroughly. I have professional experience in Python and a little experience in R, by the way.

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## [Keeping scientific objectivity and details in benchmark reports](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keeping-scientific-objectivity-and-details-in-benchmark-reports/63579)

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**Author:** [@shahmoradi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shahmoradi)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keeping-scientific-objectivity-and-details-in-benchmark-reports/63579 "2021-06-28T21:49:57Z")

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Greetings, Julia programmers and enthusiasts. I am a long-time C/Fortran/MATLAB/Python/R programmer, an old-time Julia enthusiast, and a recent Julia-news and events follower. However, I have no more than a few hundred l…

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## [Stack OverFlow-athon starting Wednesday June 30th, 7 AM CST](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-athon-starting-wednesday-june-30th-7-am-cst/63689)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-athon-starting-wednesday-june-30th-7-am-cst/63689 "2021-06-28T13:54:25Z")

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Hey folks! One of the things that has been most beneficial to my Julia learning journey has been posting on Stack Overflow. I try to find questions from other prominent languages or libraries and ask / answer the analog …

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## [Julia vs Rust ML which is the best path?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-rust-ml-which-is-the-best-path/63610)

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**Author:** [@manojsnair](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/manojsnair)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-rust-ml-which-is-the-best-path/63610 "2021-06-27T01:18:20Z")

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Which is the best path, comparing Julia and Rust based ML for learning as well as for writing production level projects. Given the adoption of Rust in AOSP, Firefox and Brave do you think Rust-ML can compete with Julia? …

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## [I just decided to migrate from Python+Fortran to Julia as Julia was faster in my test](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-just-decided-to-migrate-from-python-fortran-to-julia-as-julia-was-faster-in-my-test/61188)

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**Author:** [@martin.d.maas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martin.d.maas)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-just-decided-to-migrate-from-python-fortran-to-julia-as-julia-was-faster-in-my-test/61188 "2021-06-25T10:29:56Z")

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Hello everyone! I just wanted to say hi and share what made me change my mind about my current setting. I am an applied mathematician working in scientific computing and geospatial data analysis. On the scientific comp…

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## [Julia - what interesting things are you doing?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-what-interesting-things-are-you-doing/47297)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 88\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-what-interesting-things-are-you-doing/47297 "2021-06-14T07:03:38Z")

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the Julia language site has some nice whitepapers on projects which use Julia. However we are seeing more people ask for help here - which is a great thing! I would like to hear what they are using Julia for in their w…

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## [Explicit package names](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/explicit-package-names/62769)

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**Author:** [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/explicit-package-names/62769 "2021-06-12T03:52:43Z")

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It may be worth looking at the guidelines for naming packages, which tend to favor explicit names. Edit: This topic was spun off \[ANN\] Shrike.jl: Julia beats optimized C++ (Fast accurate approximate nearest neighbor sea…

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## [Teasers for JuliaCon 2021](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/teasers-for-juliacon-2021/62513)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/teasers-for-juliacon-2021/62513 "2021-06-12T01:04:24Z")

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I would like to start this thread where the community can share teasers for JuliaCon 2021 talks. This content may be useful to community leaders (cc: @logankilpatrick) who can promote the conference in other official soc…

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## [Pathbird: Experiential teaching & learning platform for computational courses](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pathbird-experiential-teaching-learning-platform-for-computational-courses/62705)

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**Author:** [@travigd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/travigd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pathbird-experiential-teaching-learning-platform-for-computational-courses/62705 "2021-06-10T22:23:49Z")

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Hi, friends & colleagues! I’m posting here to solicit feedback from people in the Julia community about the cool stuff my startup is working on in educational technology! Pathbird is an online teaching/learning platform …

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## [Auckland Julia meetup #4, Thursday June 10](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auckland-julia-meetup-4-thursday-june-10/62363)

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**Author:** [@mortenpi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mortenpi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auckland-julia-meetup-4-thursday-june-10/62363 "2021-06-10T06:29:17Z")

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Tēnā koutou, We’re happy to announce the fourth Auckland Julia meetup, taking place next Thursday, 2021-06-10T06:30:00Z (UTC), at the GridAKL Tech Café (John Lysaght building) in the Wynyard Quarter, Auckland. The meet…

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## [JuliaBox - Package availability on remote machine](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-package-availability-on-remote-machine/15221)

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**Author:** [@Snir\_Gazit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Snir_Gazit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-package-availability-on-remote-machine/15221 "2018-09-20T10:26:30Z")

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Before describing the issue, I just wanted to comment that I not sure whether it is specific to JuliaBox (locally on my laptop things work fine). I am using Julia 1.0 on JuliaBox. To add a package I type Pkg.add("Static…

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## [Installing custom packages on JuliaBox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-custom-packages-on-juliabox/21592)

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**Author:** [@xor0110](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xor0110)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/installing-custom-packages-on-juliabox/21592 "2019-03-07T18:38:39Z")

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I am trying to install an external package on JuliaBox, is it possible? I couldn’t do it using Pkg.add with my GitHub repo or unzipping an archive. Is this supposed to work? In case so, how do I debug this?

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## [JuliaBox has officially been sunsetted (as of May 31st)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-has-officially-been-sunsetted-as-of-may-31st/43066)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-has-officially-been-sunsetted-as-of-may-31st/43066 "2020-07-14T16:56:54Z")

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Hey all, JuliaBox is no more. The tutorials that used to live under the Julia Computing org and in the JuliaBox Tutorials repo have been transferred to: https://github.com/JuliaAcademy/JuliaTutorials and the license has…

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## [Request for JuliaCon Wikipedia Page](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-for-juliacon-wikipedia-page/62582)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-for-juliacon-wikipedia-page/62582 "2021-06-08T13:55:43Z")

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Hey folks, given the scale and popularity of JuliaCon, I think it makes sense to create a Wikipedia page for it. I am happy to do this but have less experience in this domain so if there are other folks more active on wi…

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## [Annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey is Live!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/annual-stack-overflow-developer-survey-is-live/62573)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/annual-stack-overflow-developer-survey-is-live/62573 "2021-06-08T11:30:27Z")

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Hey folks, The Stack overflow 2021 survey is live right now: The 2021 Developer Survey is now open! - Stack Overflow Blog please take a few minutes to participate if you can and make sure to mark if you have used Julia …

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## [What do you work on? Why is it important?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-do-you-work-on-why-is-it-important/62101)

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**Author:** [@dfdx](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dfdx)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-do-you-work-on-why-is-it-important/62101 "2021-06-07T16:18:57Z")

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In a recent conversation with a friend he asked me why I spend so much time on Julia ecosystem. He generally liked the language and agreed it’s an excellent tool for many technical tasks, but he expressed doubts that Jul…

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## [More stackoverflow julia tags](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/more-stackoverflow-julia-tags/61562)

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**Author:** [@ptoche](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ptoche)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/more-stackoverflow-julia-tags/61562 "2021-06-07T12:20:58Z")

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Is it me? I find there aren’t that many julia tags over at https://stackoverflow.com/ Would it not be useful to create a few more? For instance, julia-de (or julia-differentialequations). Maybe also julia-struct and/or j…

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## [Workshop on Numerical Linear Algebra and HPC July 7-8](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workshop-on-numerical-linear-algebra-and-hpc-july-7-8/62498)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workshop-on-numerical-linear-algebra-and-hpc-july-7-8/62498 "2021-06-07T08:01:53Z")

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This international workshop (postponed from July 2020 and being held virtually) focuses on numerical linear algebra and high performance computing and brings together researchers working in these areas to discuss current…

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## [Suggestion to slightly improve Julia development](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-to-slightly-improve-julia-development/50916)

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**Author:** [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Replies:** 94\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-to-slightly-improve-julia-development/50916 "2021-05-31T17:24:29Z")

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(This is a discussion I started on Slack but I think this is a better place) Hi! First of all, the Julia community is awesome! Amazing! People are very receptive and really help when the users need. However, I have a s…

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## [Understanding Our Contributors - NumFOCUS survey - We Value your Input](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-our-contributors-numfocus-survey-we-value-your-input/61831)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-our-contributors-numfocus-survey-we-value-your-input/61831 "2021-05-30T17:53:17Z")

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Hey folks! The Julia Language Project is participating in a research project being conducted by NumFOCUS, our fiscal sponsorship organization. The research is looking into understanding the diversity, inclusion and barr…

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## [Obtaining a numeric value for "number of users" or downloads for grant applications and stuff](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/obtaining-a-numeric-value-for-number-of-users-or-downloads-for-grant-applications-and-stuff/62078)

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**Author:** [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/obtaining-a-numeric-value-for-number-of-users-or-downloads-for-grant-applications-and-stuff/62078 "2021-05-30T10:17:25Z")

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Hello there, Let’s say I have developed some packages which I can collect in a vector of UUIDS: packages = \[ "634d3b9d-ee7a-5ddf-bec9-22491ea816e1", "61744808-ddfa-5f27-97ff-6e42cc95d634", \] What I’d like to d…

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## [Should we have a package update PSA?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-have-a-package-update-psa/61923)

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**Author:** [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-have-a-package-update-psa/61923 "2021-05-29T09:57:07Z")

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I’ve been tinkering with the idea of writing this for a while but never got around to it, so I’ll at least put the idea here in case anyone agrees and wants to make a start. I believe over the last few months the most fr…

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## [Julia gets mentioned in an article about FORTRAN](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gets-mentioned-in-an-article-about-fortran/60605)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 116\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-gets-mentioned-in-an-article-about-fortran/60605 "2021-05-27T22:26:05Z")

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## [Notes on lock-free programming](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/notes-on-lock-free-programming/61510)

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**Author:** [@eaubanel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eaubanel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/notes-on-lock-free-programming/61510 "2021-05-27T13:08:25Z")

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I used Julia as the language in my intro to parallel computing course this year, and it went quite well. Over the past year I’ve created some notes on Julia parallel computing topics, which may be of interest to the comm…

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## [Plots.jl PGFplotsX backend is a massive boon for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-pgfplotsx-backend-is-a-massive-boon-for-julia/61699)

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**Author:** [@EvoArt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/EvoArt)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-pgfplotsx-backend-is-a-massive-boon-for-julia/61699 "2021-05-26T07:36:39Z")

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There’s a lot of talk of Makie replacing plots.jl. I get it. I’ve just started using Makie and I think it’s great. However, I’ve also just started realising the power of PGFplotsX as a plots/statsplots backend. For a sta…

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## [A summer truly filled with Julia coding (2021)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-summer-truly-filled-with-julia-coding-2021/61830)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-summer-truly-filled-with-julia-coding-2021/61830 "2021-05-26T02:21:11Z")

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Hey all, We are super excited to share that this summer is our largest Summer of Code (combined Julia Summer of Code and Google Summer of Code) to date. We are mentoring 23 projects directly under the Julia Language: G…

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## [U. Michigan Online Course Computational ML for Scientists and Engineers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/u-michigan-online-course-computational-ml-for-scientists-and-engineers/52574)

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**Author:** [@rajnrao](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rajnrao)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/u-michigan-online-course-computational-ml-for-scientists-and-engineers/52574 "2021-05-25T19:01:19Z")

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The University of Michigan’s Continuum Jumpstart Course Computational Machine Learning (ML) for Scientists and Engineers is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to understand, train, design and machine learn…

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## [Julia logo graphics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-logo-graphics/1813)

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**Author:** [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-logo-graphics/1813 "2021-05-23T08:16:43Z")

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FYI, you can get some information and source files for Julia logos and other artwork here. It’s not a package, just a repo.

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## [Chicago loop meetup?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-loop-meetup/61592)

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**Author:** [@anon69491625](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon69491625)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chicago-loop-meetup/61592 "2021-05-23T01:40:00Z")

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Anyone up for a meetup? Loop location or Streeterville. Just a get together to see what we’re all up to and if we can help each other. I’m coming from Python and just finished my due diligence. Retired Silicon Valley an…

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