# Offtopic

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## [Found this Blog Post on Hacker News](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/found-this-blog-post-on-hacker-news/65386)

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**Author:** [@anon60034542](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon60034542)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/found-this-blog-post-on-hacker-news/65386 "2021-07-27T16:26:24Z")

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What’s bad about Julia? The author dives into the problems they encountered while using Julia. What do you think?

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## [Alphafold is open now](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/alphafold-is-open-now/64730)

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**Author:** [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/alphafold-is-open-now/64730 "2021-07-24T09:05:20Z")

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Hi all :slight\_smile: I remember that someone implemented alphazero to julia. Maybe alphafold is also an interesting topic.

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## [Stuck in a Loop](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stuck-in-a-loop/65164)

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**Author:** [@tchebycheff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tchebycheff)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stuck-in-a-loop/65164 "2021-07-23T18:53:16Z")

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Julia is so easy to code from first principles (the real formula-translation deal) that I never venture out of for loops. Every year JuliaCon yanks me out of my dreary yet comfortable existence and shows me all those hal…

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## [Understanding Exceptional Cases and Exception Handling and If Statements](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-exceptional-cases-and-exception-handling-and-if-statements/63035)

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**Author:** [@anon60034542](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon60034542)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-exceptional-cases-and-exception-handling-and-if-statements/63035 "2021-07-22T23:09:33Z")

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This isn’t a Julia related program, but rather a programming problem in general. Suppose you’re designing the validation system for a school that issues ID cards to it’s students. One rule is that you don’t want student…

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## [What has been the worst Julia production code you have written?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-has-been-the-worst-julia-production-code-you-have-written/60524)

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**Author:** [@rikh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rikh)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-has-been-the-worst-julia-production-code-you-have-written/60524 "2021-07-22T14:18:32Z")

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Just a tongue in cheek topic. What has been the worst Julia production code you have written? I kick it off with some of my recent “favourites”. Converting a HTTP.Response to stringWhat is wrong with the following code…

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## [Julia Philosophical Direction](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-philosophical-direction/64905)

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**Author:** [@blackeneth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/blackeneth)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-philosophical-direction/64905 "2021-07-19T11:27:43Z")

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On the Julia homepage, the goals of Julia are stated as: Fast Composable (multiple dispatch) Dynamic General Reproducible Open Source Other informal goals would be “batteries included” (base has much of what you need)…

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## [Auto-merge in GitHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auto-merge-in-github/64504)

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**Author:** [@rikh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rikh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auto-merge-in-github/64504 "2021-07-13T07:21:54Z")

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GitHub supports auto-merging of pull requests (PRs) when GitHub Actions succeed. This is a bit of an overlooked feature (I see almost no one using it) and it’s also poorly documented. So, here is a little tutorial. Fo…

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## [Parallelism helper tool: Intel Advisor](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/parallelism-helper-tool-intel-advisor/64454)

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**Author:** [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/parallelism-helper-tool-intel-advisor/64454 "2021-07-11T13:43:47Z")

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https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/oneapi/components/advisor.html#gs.63b72l The tool supports C, C++, Fortran, Data Parallel C++ (DPC++), OpenMP\*, and Python Supposedly it diagnoses parallelis…

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## [Question on Quora](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-on-quora/64451)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-on-quora/64451 "2021-07-11T06:23:17Z")

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For anyone who uses Quora, there is a thread below. I am looking for a reference to the ballista/catapult example where SciML and Flux are combined. I think this was a talk by Chris Rackaucas - but cannot find the exac…

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## [For web scrapers masters](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-web-scrapers-masters/64388)

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**Author:** [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-web-scrapers-masters/64388 "2021-07-09T23:59:49Z")

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Hi, This week Nature’s images has one, among others (the sleeping Elephants is so sweet) that is truly spectacular. I’ll call it the Van Gogh’s paddlers. But, damn it, the browsers manage to prevent us from saving the p…

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## [PSA: floating-point arithmetic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-floating-point-arithmetic/8678)

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**Author:** [@John\_Gibson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Gibson)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-floating-point-arithmetic/8678 "2021-07-08T14:46:13Z")

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Sometimes people are surprised by the results of floating-point calculations such as julia\> 5/6 0.8333333333333334 # shouldn't the last digit be 3? julia\> 2.6 - 0.7 - 1.9 2.220446049250313e-16 …

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## [The Hegemony Of \`==\` Must End; Welcome The \`⩵\` Upstart](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-hegemony-of-must-end-welcome-the-upstart/63605)

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**Author:** [@blackeneth](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/blackeneth)\
**Replies:** 46\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-hegemony-of-must-end-welcome-the-upstart/63605 "2021-07-07T07:31:37Z")

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A lot of discussion took place with My Brain Is Hard-Wired Against ==; Help Me, Julia, I thought I would post my response as one monolithic post. The Proposal Create a Unicode character alias for the relational operato…

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## [Discussing products](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussing-products/64063)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussing-products/64063 "2021-07-06T15:59:18Z")

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I have recently contributed to a thread on big data. I work as a Principal HPC Engineer at Dell. We work with leading edge technologies and some very interesting projects all over the world. I promote projects which we…

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## [Should someone create a wikipedia page for Jeff?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-someone-create-a-wikipedia-page-for-jeff/15400)

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**Author:** [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-someone-create-a-wikipedia-page-for-jeff/15400 "2021-07-04T19:41:06Z")

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I mean it’s not my circus, but it seems kind of weird that Jeff’s name doesn’t show up when you google Julia?

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## [AMD Instinct in Engineering and Science - grants and discounts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/amd-instinct-in-engineering-and-science-grants-and-discounts/63799)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/amd-instinct-in-engineering-and-science-grants-and-discounts/63799 "2021-06-30T05:47:39Z")

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## [How does Julia compare with Nim, Go and Crystal for Artificial Intelligence?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-julia-compare-with-nim-go-and-crystal-for-artificial-intelligence/63631)

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**Author:** [@development\_mentor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/development_mentor)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-julia-compare-with-nim-go-and-crystal-for-artificial-intelligence/63631 "2021-06-28T17:55:38Z")

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Hello, I’m new to programming and I considered these languages. Firstly I choose Julia as it is simple and said it’s built for computing specifically. But when compared with other languages like nim it is slower in that …

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## [Suggestions for relational databases](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-relational-databases/63116)

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**Author:** [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-relational-databases/63116 "2021-06-22T18:44:20Z")

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I’m considering an sql or nosql database? I’m thinking MySQL using MySQL.jl , but I would like to know more about how PostSQL is different. I’ve also considered MongoDB and mongoc.jl , because of performance, but I’m not…

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## [Want more Unicode sub/superscripts? Need volunteer font designers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/want-more-unicode-sub-superscripts-need-volunteer-font-designers/47871)

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**Author:** [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/want-more-unicode-sub-superscripts-need-volunteer-font-designers/47871 "2021-06-14T23:16:27Z")

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One of the nice little things about Julia programming has been the broad support for Unicode identifiers — variables like α̂₂′ and operators like ⊕. However, a common source of frustration is the paucity of available su…

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## [Identation lines in vim get copied/pasted](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/identation-lines-in-vim-get-copied-pasted/62889)

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**Author:** [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/identation-lines-in-vim-get-copied-pasted/62889 "2021-06-14T14:17:45Z")

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I have installed this vim plugin to have identation lines in vim: GitHub - Yggdroot/indentLine: A vim plugin to display the indention levels with thin vertical lines Now I have noticed that if I copy and paste something…

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## [What Python Creator Guido van Rossum Thinks of Rust, Go, Julia, and TypeScript](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-python-creator-guido-van-rossum-thinks-of-rust-go-julia-and-typescript/61689)

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**Author:** [@paulmelis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paulmelis)\
**Replies:** 88\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-python-creator-guido-van-rossum-thinks-of-rust-go-julia-and-typescript/61689 "2021-06-08T10:55:16Z")

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Relevant quotes from the slashdot summary (couldn’t easily find the time point for this in the video): Go and Julia: "I still think that Go is a very interesting language too. Of all the new languages, Go is probably…

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## [For Julia programmers who also work with Rust: When you write in Rust, do you miss Julia's multiple dispatch, or are there features of Rust that make up for that loss?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-julia-programmers-who-also-work-with-rust-when-you-write-in-rust-do-you-miss-julias-multiple-dispatch-or-are-there-features-of-rust-that-make-up-for-that-loss/61959)

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**Author:** [@anon71627001](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon71627001)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/for-julia-programmers-who-also-work-with-rust-when-you-write-in-rust-do-you-miss-julias-multiple-dispatch-or-are-there-features-of-rust-that-make-up-for-that-loss/61959 "2021-05-28T06:28:58Z")

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Sorry if this is too off-topic, I’ll delete it if so.

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## [What do functional languages (LISP / ML) offer that Julia doesn't?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-do-functional-languages-lisp-ml-offer-that-julia-doesnt/48780)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-do-functional-languages-lisp-ml-offer-that-julia-doesnt/48780 "2021-05-27T14:36:50Z")

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I picked up some Julia fairly recently. As far as I can see, Julia supports functional programming somewhat better than Python. For example, anonymous functions (lambdas) are not limited to one line, and there is the fun…

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## [Suggestion for keyboard/pointer bundle for someone that doesn't like the mouse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-for-keyboard-pointer-bundle-for-someone-that-doesnt-like-the-mouse/61903)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-for-keyboard-pointer-bundle-for-someone-that-doesnt-like-the-mouse/61903 "2021-05-27T08:02:03Z")

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Hello, I don’t like using the mouse and struggling to find a replacement for my needs. I use mostly the keyboard to code or to write, but I am still using graphical inputs substantially (I am not a vim/emacs user :wink: …

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## [FYI: Cosmopolitan for e.g. Julia portability (potentially)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-cosmopolitan-for-e-g-julia-portability-potentially/61488)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-cosmopolitan-for-e-g-julia-portability-potentially/61488 "2021-05-20T23:29:35Z")

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reconfigures stock GCC and Clang to output a POSIX-approved polyglot format that runs natively on Linux + Mac + Windows + FreeBSD + OpenBSD + NetBSD + BIOS with the best possible performance and the tiniest footprint …

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## [Imagine Julia running on this](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378)

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**Author:** [@mindaslab](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mindaslab)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/imagine-julia-running-on-this/61378 "2021-05-20T19:00:41Z")

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Imagine Julia running on this https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/mega-chip-packs-transistors-cores-one-huge-piece-of-silicon/ I hope one day it will. The reason is, as competition increases, this comput…

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## [When does exp(A) == exp.(A)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-does-exp-a-exp-a/61369)

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**Author:** [@dlfivefifty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlfivefifty)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-does-exp-a-exp-a/61369 "2021-05-19T06:56:54Z")

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Is it ever the case that exp(A) == exp.(A) apart from when A is 1x1?

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## [Stack Overflow switched to system fonts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-switched-to-system-fonts/60997)

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**Author:** [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-switched-to-system-fonts/60997 "2021-05-12T20:48:16Z")

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I’m mainly posting this (in Offtopic) to rant and commiserate. On my machine (Chrome on a Mac laptop), Stack Overflow is mostly unreadable now. The text is too small, and if I zoom in the formatting gets all wonky. An…

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## [(CALL FOR PAPERS) PAW-ATM: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-papers-paw-atm-parallel-applications-workshop-alternatives-to-mpi/60235)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-papers-paw-atm-parallel-applications-workshop-alternatives-to-mpi/60235 "2021-04-29T12:23:19Z")

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I saw an announcement for this conference. I am not involved, but it may be interesting to the Julia community. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Call for Papers PAW-…

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## [When to use pipes?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-to-use-pipes/59714)

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**Author:** [@danielw2904](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielw2904)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-to-use-pipes/59714 "2021-04-21T09:32:45Z")

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I’ve been thinking about pipes lately as @epogrebnyak and I decided to port the Causal Inference Mixtape (https://mixtape.scunning.com/) to Julia and the original R code is very pipe heavy. My first language was R but I …

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## [RMS (Richard Stallman) feelings](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rms-richard-stallman-feelings/59178)

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**Author:** [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rms-richard-stallman-feelings/59178 "2021-04-13T14:02:47Z")

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Has anybody an opinion about the come back of RMS to the FSF board? Why I am asking here? I am thinking about signing https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ and currently doing my research to untangle facts from claims. …

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