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## [Up-arrow previous command completion in Bash](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/up-arrow-previous-command-completion-in-bash/58682)

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**Author:** [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/up-arrow-previous-command-completion-in-bash/58682 "2021-04-06T20:06:20Z")

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I got addicted to the up-arrow auto-completion of the previous commands that is available in the Julia REPL. Is there a simple way to reproduce that in Bash?

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## [Lead balloon](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lead-balloon/58729)

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**Author:** [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lead-balloon/58729 "2021-04-07T06:39:28Z")

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Mythbusters made a lead balloon and I wanted to reproduce it. using Unitful using GeometryBasics using PeriodicTable using PhysicalConstants.CODATA2018: g\_n struct Shell inner thickness end struct Object s…

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## [The Turing Challenge - a reward for using Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-turing-challenge-a-reward-for-using-julia/57912)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-turing-challenge-a-reward-for-using-julia/57912 "2021-03-25T07:52:43Z")

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The UK has released a new banknote which features Alan Turing. People on this forum might be interested in the puzzle challenge with GCHQ (UK agency which is the successor to Bletchley Park) have releases on their websi…

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## [Looking for Section Leaders to help teach Python at Stanford University!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-section-leaders-to-help-teach-python-at-stanford-university/57307)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-section-leaders-to-help-teach-python-at-stanford-university/57307 "2021-03-16T14:20:21Z")

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Hey all, Stanford University’s Code In Place is live for 2021: https://codeinplace.stanford.edu we are seeking folks to host sections and help others learn Python. I participated in the 2020 edition and it was a great ti…

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## [New laptop for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-laptop-for-julia/55687)

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**Author:** [@Aitotelic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Aitotelic)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-laptop-for-julia/55687 "2021-03-15T20:45:29Z")

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I’m just about to embark on learning Julia for Deep Learning. And, my old Windows laptop just died. I want to buy a moderately priced laptop specifically for Julia that should last me several years. I gather that I shou…

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## [Help: Maximum entropy distributions with inequality constraints](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-maximum-entropy-distributions-with-inequality-constraints/57093)

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**Author:** [@josePereiro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/josePereiro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-maximum-entropy-distributions-with-inequality-constraints/57093 "2021-03-14T11:11:36Z")

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Hi, newe question, I had been using the basic Jayne Maximum Entropy Principle for choosing some probability distribution, P, subject to some equality constraints {\\displaystyle \\sum \_{i=1}^{n} P(x\_{i})f\_{k}(x\_{i}) = F\_{…

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## [Learning automatic differentiation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-automatic-differentiation/56158)

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**Author:** [@anon74562486](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon74562486)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-automatic-differentiation/56158 "2021-02-28T11:16:51Z")

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I am a beginner in programming in julia and am studying the basics of deep learning with Flux and Zygote. In my study I have only encountered a few examples of backprop but I realized (by reading the discussions here and…

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## [Broad ask for recommendations for online, heavily quantitative masters programs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broad-ask-for-recommendations-for-online-heavily-quantitative-masters-programs/52755)

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**Author:** [@dcgrigsby](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broad-ask-for-recommendations-for-online-heavily-quantitative-masters-programs/52755 "2021-02-28T08:02:16Z")

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I’m looking for recommendations for a masters program. Here’s some background, which may be too verbose or a little self obsessed, so I’ll “small it” and you can skip if you like: In the last ten years, through a pragm…

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## [General questions about Pull requests and reviews](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/general-questions-about-pull-requests-and-reviews/55992)

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**Author:** [@dev\_prithvitewatia](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dev_prithvitewatia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/general-questions-about-pull-requests-and-reviews/55992 "2021-02-25T08:06:12Z")

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Hello everyone, I am new to the Julia developer (Github) community though I have been using Julia for quite some time. I have few questions about the review of pull requests. How much time can it take to review a pull …

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## [Julia's applicable context is getting narrower over time?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-applicable-context-is-getting-narrower-over-time/55042)

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**Author:** [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)\
**Replies:** 84\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julias-applicable-context-is-getting-narrower-over-time/55042 "2021-02-23T23:06:27Z")

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I heard some Python guys said that Julia’s niche will get narrower over time. The argument is that the basic built-in functions of Python are written in C so they are faster than the Julia counterparts. For large package…

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## [Metal Gear Solid is a board game now](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/metal-gear-solid-is-a-board-game-now/46398)

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**Author:** [@anon60034542](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon60034542)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/metal-gear-solid-is-a-board-game-now/46398 "2021-02-19T18:30:09Z")

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Check it out here. MGS is a single player game, but the board game says it’s for up to 1-4 players, any idea how that works? How would the Psycho Mantis fight work (if you don’t know, he reads the players memory card a…

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## [Cpufun blog](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpufun-blog/55616)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpufun-blog/55616 "2021-02-19T13:56:04Z")

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Might be an interesting blog from JAmes Cownie

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## [How much performance potential does DataFrames have?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-much-performance-potential-does-dataframes-have/55441)

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**Author:** [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-much-performance-potential-does-dataframes-have/55441 "2021-02-18T23:48:40Z")

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This benchmark shows that DataFrames is much slower and more verbose than data.table: https://h2oai.github.io/db-benchmark/ I was wondering if DataFrames could reach data.table’s performance in future.

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## [Can the two language problem ever be solved for GUI programming](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-the-two-language-problem-ever-be-solved-for-gui-programming/8857)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 72\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-the-two-language-problem-ever-be-solved-for-gui-programming/8857 "2021-02-18T19:45:17Z")

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For example if I wanted to create a GUI using Julia at some point I need to know another language like Javascript for web interface and C++ for desktops. At least we can avoid the 3 language problem though.

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## [Percentage of population innoculated for spreading to stop](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/percentage-of-population-innoculated-for-spreading-to-stop/55335)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/percentage-of-population-innoculated-for-spreading-to-stop/55335 "2021-02-15T17:32:43Z")

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Please take this down if Covid questions are frowned upon. A question to the modelling cimmunity though. I have been trying to figure out what percentage of the population needs to be innoculated before Covid will stop …

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## [Swift for Tensorflow rationale](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-for-tensorflow-rationale/10563)

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**Author:** [@datnamer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/datnamer)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/swift-for-tensorflow-rationale/10563 "2021-02-14T05:20:18Z")

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https://github.com/tensorflow/swift/blob/master/docs/WhySwiftForTensorFlow.md This is interesting and is reminiscent of Julia’s approach in flux. What seems divergent is the lack of multiple dispatch (+1 for Julia) and…

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## [Welp! Swift for TensorFlow Archived](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/welp-swift-for-tensorflow-archived/55182)

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**Author:** [@OmarElrefaei](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/OmarElrefaei)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/welp-swift-for-tensorflow-archived/55182 "2021-02-13T23:54:30Z")

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## [Learning by examples: list of resources](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-by-examples-list-of-resources/52626)

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**Author:** [@RCHG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RCHG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-by-examples-list-of-resources/52626 "2021-02-12T16:42:36Z")

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Hello, There are several paths to learn a new language: manual, videos, examples. I am more the kind of person who read once the manual (mostly just to know the basic syntax) and then I try find examples of the language…

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## [Looking to learn my first Lisp purely for experiencing the syntax](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-to-learn-my-first-lisp-purely-for-experiencing-the-syntax/55017)

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**Author:** [@Reckoner](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Reckoner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-to-learn-my-first-lisp-purely-for-experiencing-the-syntax/55017 "2021-02-11T02:04:27Z")

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Hi; My entire history with programming languages has been with ALGOL-likes and, to a lesser extent, relatively modern FORTRAN. Julia is my favorite programming language, and I don’t think I’m looking for a replacement …

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## [Windows terminal announcement](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-terminal-announcement/23929)

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**Author:** [@longemen3000](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/longemen3000)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-terminal-announcement/23929 "2021-02-05T13:15:48Z")

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The Windows Terminal uses a GPU accelerated DirectWrite/DirectX-based text rendering engine. This new text rendering engine will display text characters, glyphs, and symbols present within fonts on your PC, including …

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## [Linux users of Julia: Which distro do you use?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-users-of-julia-which-distro-do-you-use/48913)

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**Author:** [@danielw2904](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielw2904)\
**Replies:** 93\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-users-of-julia-which-distro-do-you-use/48913 "2021-02-05T07:49:47Z")

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Since Ubuntu 20.10 was just released and Fedora 33 around the corner I am rethinking my setup (coincidentally there is a public holiday on Monday in Austria so I have time to mess around) Any recommendations / cool tipps…

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## [Comparing 2 equilibrium values (competitive and centralized) at general equilibrium: can I compare only the first order conditions?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparing-2-equilibrium-values-competitive-and-centralized-at-general-equilibrium-can-i-compare-only-the-first-order-conditions/54124)

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**Author:** [@axelle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/axelle)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparing-2-equilibrium-values-competitive-and-centralized-at-general-equilibrium-can-i-compare-only-the-first-order-conditions/54124 "2021-01-31T07:15:50Z")

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I have a rather complex model where analytical solutions do not seem achievable (I also tried symbolic solving and Matlab and Python and could not find any) so that I cannot get an explicit expression for my equilibrim v…

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## [Newton method within factor 1.5 of inv(x)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newton-method-within-factor-1-5-of-inv-x/54260)

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**Author:** [@ettersi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ettersi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newton-method-within-factor-1-5-of-inv-x/54260 "2021-01-31T01:57:07Z")

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I was playing around with Newton’s method the other day and was mind-blown when I realised that a fairly straightforward Julia implementation of Newton’s method applied to f(x) = 1/x - y comes within roughly a factor 1.5…

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## [LaTeX minus and plus signs in Pluto notebooks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-minus-and-plus-signs-in-pluto-notebooks/53808)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-minus-and-plus-signs-in-pluto-notebooks/53808 "2021-01-30T10:44:10Z")

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Does anyone else have the problem of LaTeX operators (seems to be mostly + and -) not rendering properly in Pluto notebooks? Oftentimes they aren’t rendered at all and sometimes, with the + operator, it’s only partially …

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## [A nice explanation of memory stack vs. heap](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-nice-explanation-of-memory-stack-vs-heap/53915)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-nice-explanation-of-memory-stack-vs-heap/53915 "2021-01-29T15:54:00Z")

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This is from the Rust Book: Both the stack and the heap are parts of memory that are available to your code to use at runtime, but they are structured in different ways. The stack stores values in the order it gets the…

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## [An interesting video about compiling R](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-interesting-video-about-compiling-r/54148)

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**Author:** [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-interesting-video-about-compiling-r/54148 "2021-01-28T23:35:56Z")

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## [Using Opensource hosting repo instead of GitHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-opensource-hosting-repo-instead-of-github/53592)

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**Author:** [@vedasulo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vedasulo)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-opensource-hosting-repo-instead-of-github/53592 "2021-01-24T01:28:26Z")

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i see nobody using gitlab, Could i fork and make copy of all your work on Gitlab (opensource code hosting framework). I would like to see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia project would available in Gitlab too. edi…

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## [Any Go/Baduk/Weiqi players?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364)

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**Author:** [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-go-baduk-weiqi-players/53364 "2021-01-18T00:11:36Z")

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Are there any go/baduk/weiqi players in the Julia community?

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## [Get GLMakie running with a Intel graphic card on Manjaro Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-glmakie-running-with-a-intel-graphic-card-on-manjaro-linux/52986)

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**Author:** [@scheidan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/scheidan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-glmakie-running-with-a-intel-graphic-card-on-manjaro-linux/52986 "2021-01-07T13:14:28Z")

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Hi all, I wanted to try the new (really cool!) Makie release but I had trouble to get GLMakie to build on Manjaro Linux after an update: ┌ Error: Error building \`GLMakie\`: │ libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open ir…

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## [Philosophy of programming](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/philosophy-of-programming/51922)

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**Author:** [@vaeli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vaeli)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/philosophy-of-programming/51922 "2021-01-05T00:05:50Z")

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What is philosophy of programming is, when syntax is solved on the fact that something solves to certain mathematical formulae, to solve around it all the code so that the pretension holds, even if the content of the for…

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