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## [Github 2 factor authorization](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-2-factor-authorization/108323)

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**Author:** [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-2-factor-authorization/108323 "2024-01-04T01:40:56Z")

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Github is mandating 2 factor authentication. In trying to implement this I made it to the webpage. I have a code in the box for Verify the code from the app and click on Continue and get no further. Any idea of what m…

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## [Learn and Use Linux for Programming](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learn-and-use-linux-for-programming/107947)

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**Author:** [@benslinux](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benslinux)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learn-and-use-linux-for-programming/107947 "2023-12-29T10:17:20Z")

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This is just my opinion, but I think it’s important and gets missed all the time. I would urge students to use Linux to learn Julia and indeed, for any and all programming. Windows is the dominant OS in the world and it’…

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## [AI models are too costly](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ai-models-are-too-costly/107983)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 78\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ai-models-are-too-costly/107983 "2023-12-27T18:28:44Z")

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Do we want to be part of the problem, or part of the solution?

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## [Error when run GRETNA in MATLAB](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-run-gretna-in-matlab/108083)

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**Author:** [@Sally](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sally)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-run-gretna-in-matlab/108083 "2023-12-27T07:42:25Z")

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Hello everyone, I use MacBook Pro M1 with macOS 14.2.1. When I run GRETNA in MATLAB, the following error message appears: Referenced from: \<91A4AFCA-5C23-6A30-FB8C-A4C2CD09609E\> /Users/mymatalbtoolbox/GRETNA-2.0.0\_re…

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## [Latex parens sizing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-parens-sizing/107940)

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**Author:** [@Dan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-parens-sizing/107940 "2023-12-19T08:22:25Z")

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Satellite stability aside! I’m concerned that the open curly brace and the close curly brace in the typeset equation are not the same size. Is this right, LaTeX people?

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## [Books for the Christmas break](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/books-for-the-christmas-break/107810)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/books-for-the-christmas-break/107810 "2023-12-20T23:22:39Z")

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A thread for good books which might interest Julians. Let me start with this book, which shows the effects of rounding errors, mismatch of units and SQL errors Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker | Goodre…

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## [PyData talk: Using Julia for Decentralization by a Quant](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pydata-talk-using-julia-for-decentralization-by-a-quant/107260)

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**Author:** [@martinyxie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/martinyxie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pydata-talk-using-julia-for-decentralization-by-a-quant/107260 "2023-12-07T12:48:22Z")

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Hello guys, In relation to answer the question of “How to make Julia into mainstream like Python?”, I am giving a talk at PyData Global (online) conference today, with the title “Introduction to Using Julia for Decentra…

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## [Is Julia’s destiny in the creative industry and building the virtual world?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-s-destiny-in-the-creative-industry-and-building-the-virtual-world/106675)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-s-destiny-in-the-creative-industry-and-building-the-virtual-world/106675 "2023-11-27T21:18:29Z")

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Python found its destiny in machine learning. R found its destiny with statistics. JavaScript found its destiny being the web language. Is Julia’s destiny building the virtual world? Why? Because the virtual world offe…

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## [Error message when closing firefox on Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-message-when-closing-firefox-on-linux/106758)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-message-when-closing-firefox-on-linux/106758 "2023-11-26T19:31:28Z")

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I am using this code to display my html documentation: function docu(build=true) @eval using LiveServer if build include("docs/make.jl") end Base.invokelatest(LiveServer.open\_in\_default\_browser, …

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## [It ain't easy making a high-performance game. I want to cry](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-aint-easy-making-a-high-performance-game-i-want-to-cry/106735)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-aint-easy-making-a-high-performance-game-i-want-to-cry/106735 "2023-11-26T15:35:59Z")

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Well, I dreamed of a game so immersive you could fight like movie characters fight, with lots of units, with complex character building, and so on. One aspect I need is a high-performance simulation of the game world. M…

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## [Why are these people so skilled? If only I was stronger](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-these-people-so-skilled-if-only-i-was-stronger/106700)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-these-people-so-skilled-if-only-i-was-stronger/106700 "2023-11-25T14:13:16Z")

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A person made Minecraft in 2 days. Another made an entire physics engine. And then another who made an engine that literally simulates air to make sound. And another, an artificial life simulation. This channel m…

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## [Did Modular just reinvent Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/did-modular-just-reinvent-julia/98214)

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**Author:** [@Phil\_Tomson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Phil_Tomson)\
**Replies:** 260\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/did-modular-just-reinvent-julia/98214 "2023-11-25T02:47:49Z")

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…but with a more pythonic syntax: Mojo 🔥: Programming language for all of AI

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## [Julia's array processing vs J](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-array-processing-vs-j/106600)

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**Author:** [@neophytedave](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/neophytedave)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-array-processing-vs-j/106600 "2023-11-23T12:37:54Z")

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Whenever I read a laudatory comment re: Julia’s performance, I am frequently brought back to J’s performance claims, e.g. Vocabulary/ArrayProcessing - J Wiki (jsoftware.com) Does anyone in this forum know of/use J, APL…

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## [Oracle cloud free tier feedback](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/oracle-cloud-free-tier-feedback/106420)

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**Author:** [@rdavis120](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rdavis120)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/oracle-cloud-free-tier-feedback/106420 "2023-11-19T21:49:25Z")

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Does anyone have any experience (positive or negative) of running julia on the oracle cloud free tier (4 arm cores / 24GB ram). The generous memory allocation would obviously be helpful for Julia.

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## [Altman fired](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/altman-fired/106390)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/altman-fired/106390 "2023-11-18T02:02:37Z")

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Altman has been fired by the board of OpenAI. Apparently he used ChatGPT to write his reports to the board.

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## [Does anyone know an estimated number of Julia users?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-anyone-know-an-estimated-number-of-julia-users/51711)

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**Author:** [@a-ill](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/a-ill)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-anyone-know-an-estimated-number-of-julia-users/51711 "2023-11-15T18:40:53Z")

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Just interested to know how many people use Julia.

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## [Limits; for e.g. \[hard\] real-time (and for stacks)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/limits-for-e-g-hard-real-time-and-for-stacks/106167)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/limits-for-e-g-hard-real-time-and-for-stacks/106167 "2023-11-14T01:00:34Z")

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A. I just learned of RLIMIT\_RTTIME and SIGXCPU (and another intriguing RLIMIT\_STACK): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrlimit.2.html and while I’m sure Julia doesn’t support it, I’m thinking could it and how…

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## [Julia vs Python developer survey](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-python-developer-survey/106152)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-python-developer-survey/106152 "2023-11-13T16:35:49Z")

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No prizes for Julia developer surveys ? :wink:

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## [Eindhoven - travel and advice](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eindhoven-travel-and-advice/106105)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eindhoven-travel-and-advice/106105 "2023-11-12T09:05:56Z")

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I am very pleased to see Juliacon 2024 is taking place in Eindhoven. I worked there for over a year at ASML. Eindhoven has many high tech companies, and is planned that way. It is branded as Brainport. Travel - the con…

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## [StripedFly in Github](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stripedfly-in-github/105885)

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**Author:** [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stripedfly-in-github/105885 "2023-11-07T04:14:06Z")

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I use a router with ADAMnetworks loaded on it for extra security. I recently found that github no longer was accessible and this was caused by the router. When I contacted ADAMnetworks, they refered to an article about…

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## [My silly journey into Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-silly-journey-into-julia/105794)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-silly-journey-into-julia/105794 "2023-11-06T07:09:56Z")

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Well, I wanted to build a game that is simulated, that you could do things like heroes do in movies or so. That would require quite a simulation, and I had to re-think how games are made, for example, should non-game- br…

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## [Garbage Compilation enabled in WebAssembly (at least in Google Chrome)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/garbage-compilation-enabled-in-webassembly-at-least-in-google-chrome/105757)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/garbage-compilation-enabled-in-webassembly-at-least-in-google-chrome/105757 "2023-11-05T18:47:04Z")

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What does this mean for Julia? Julia can aready work in web browser (with WebAssembly), even with out GC standardized, but possibly it could work better with the web browsers GC used? Phase 5 - The Feature is Stand…

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## [\[Very Off Topic\] Julia, a novel (Retelling Orwell's 1984 from Julia's PoV)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-off-topic-julia-a-novel-retelling-orwells-1984-from-julias-pov/105797)

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**Author:** [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/very-off-topic-julia-a-novel-retelling-orwells-1984-from-julias-pov/105797 "2023-11-04T22:00:14Z")

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My local bookshop is promoting a book called Julia, by Sandra Newman, with an eye-catching cover. It’s a novel, re-telling the story of the character Julia in George Orwell’s famous book, “1984”. “1984” entered the p…

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## [M2 Ultra running Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/m2-ultra-running-julia/104642)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/m2-ultra-running-julia/104642 "2023-11-04T15:02:40Z")

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Apple M2 Ultra with 24-core CPU, 60-core GPU, 32‑core Neural Engine 192GB unified memory How fast would Julia be on this compared with “equivalent” Intel hw? Serial and threaded, if you have those numbers… Thanks. E…

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## [Accurate timing (in Julia or otherwise). strace; Also terminal "cooked mode" happening?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accurate-timing-in-julia-or-otherwise-strace-also-terminal-cooked-mode-happening/105716)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accurate-timing-in-julia-or-otherwise-strace-also-terminal-cooked-mode-happening/105716 "2023-11-02T18:10:30Z")

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TL;DR Wouldn’t RDTSC assembly instruction be best, or even currently used (it seems not used, though maybe a next best option)? I’m doing: julia\> time\_ns() # implied by @time and I believe @btime 0x000c3f1aaef6b319 a…

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## [Is mailinglist/discourse activity a good indicator of the health of an open source project?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-mailinglist-discourse-activity-a-good-indicator-of-the-health-of-an-open-source-project/105697)

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**Author:** [@frylock](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/frylock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-mailinglist-discourse-activity-a-good-indicator-of-the-health-of-an-open-source-project/105697 "2023-11-02T12:42:30Z")

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This question is not about Julia. The discourse site here is great, one of the biggest draws for me to Julia (other than the language itself). I’m evaluating another well-known and old project for use at work that has l…

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## [Pope tempted by Python!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pope-tempted-by-python/105561)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pope-tempted-by-python/105561 "2023-10-30T10:24:28Z")

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The Pope is a Pythonista!

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## [Strange behaviors in python and numpy](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-behaviors-in-python-and-numpy/105325)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-behaviors-in-python-and-numpy/105325 "2023-10-26T21:54:45Z")

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Numpy just assumes that you want to do broadcasting here, so it just starts adding stuff to your numpy array. In \[1\]: import numpy as np In \[2\]: a = np.array(\[1,2,3\]) In \[3\]: sum(a,a) Out\[3\]: array(\[7, 8, 9\]) In \[4\]…

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## [Spoken-language programming (also for Julia?): Cursorless programming language](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spoken-language-programming-also-for-julia-cursorless-programming-language/105312)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spoken-language-programming-also-for-julia-cursorless-programming-language/105312 "2023-10-24T01:26:27Z")

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I just found Cursorless fascinating. It’s not (seemingly) for blind programmers, rather other disabilities, or none, since it claims maybe even faster than typing. built on: “tree-sitter is a real-time, error tolerant …

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## [Why is there nothing like Pluto.jl in Python?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-nothing-like-pluto-jl-in-python/105146)

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**Author:** [@inmzhang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/inmzhang)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-nothing-like-pluto-jl-in-python/105146 "2023-10-23T22:45:52Z")

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I’m new to Julia and found Pluto.jl just amazing. I don’t know much about the techs behind Pluto so I wonder why is there nothing like that in Python ecosystem. Is it related to the JIT?

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