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## [How is the adoption of Julia at MIT?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-is-the-adoption-of-julia-at-mit/46972)

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**Author:** [@Yifan\_Liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yifan_Liu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-is-the-adoption-of-julia-at-mit/46972 "2020-09-21T14:32:56Z")

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My personal understanding is that Julia has a deep root at MIT. Are there a lot of guys at MIT converting to Julia from other languages? Just curious about that.

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## [FYI: fast.ai's "fastcore \[adds\] to Python features inspired by other languages we’ve loved, like multiple dispatch from Julia"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-fast-ais-fastcore-adds-to-python-features-inspired-by-other-languages-we-ve-loved-like-multiple-dispatch-from-julia/46794)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fyi-fast-ais-fastcore-adds-to-python-features-inspired-by-other-languages-we-ve-loved-like-multiple-dispatch-from-julia/46794 "2020-09-17T17:49:05Z")

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On their homepage: Python is a powerful, dynamic language. Rather than bake everything into the language, it lets the programmer customize it to make it work for them. fastcore uses this flexibility to add to Python fe…

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## [Are there people doing coding live streams?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-there-people-doing-coding-live-streams/46734)

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**Author:** [@andre1sk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andre1sk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-there-people-doing-coding-live-streams/46734 "2020-09-17T07:05:12Z")

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Like Jon Gjengset for Rust?

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## [A review article about Numpy was published in Nature](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-review-article-about-numpy-was-published-in-nature/46739)

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**Author:** [@peters](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/peters)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-review-article-about-numpy-was-published-in-nature/46739 "2020-09-17T03:58:43Z")

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A review article about Numpy was published in Nature. Even though Julia already has superior support for array programming, I think Julia developers can learn something useful from the article. https://www.nature.com/ar…

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## [Upwind advection scheme with periodic boundary conditions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upwind-advection-scheme-with-periodic-boundary-conditions/46658)

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**Author:** [@ElOceanografo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ElOceanografo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/upwind-advection-scheme-with-periodic-boundary-conditions/46658 "2020-09-15T19:53:41Z")

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## [Basic question about Hidden Markov Models](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/basic-question-about-hidden-markov-models/46453)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/basic-question-about-hidden-markov-models/46453 "2020-09-13T10:56:34Z")

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I don’t have any experience with Hidden Markov Models but I have a problem that I’m trying to solve that I believe fits within the HMM framework. I’ve been reading about HMMs (this resource is particularly nice) and I’ve…

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## [What IDE for Julia + other languages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-ide-for-julia-other-languages/46208)

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**Author:** [@anon92994695](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon92994695)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-ide-for-julia-other-languages/46208 "2020-09-12T16:32:58Z")

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Does anyone know what IDE’s are preferred for multilanguage development? I have to brush up on python right now. Experiences so far… Atom + Juno: Open a Py file, and Juno doesn’t toggle off to say ide-python or somethin…

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## [Merging two git histories of two versions of a repo...?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/merging-two-git-histories-of-two-versions-of-a-repo/46331)

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**Author:** [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/merging-two-git-histories-of-two-versions-of-a-repo/46331 "2020-09-09T16:01:35Z")

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Although this is not a Julia question, but a git question, I think it is likely that someone has already done something similar, given how Julia packages are git repos. Anyways, we have two versions of the package Clima…

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## [How to choose a GPU - Please forgive the total noob question](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-choose-a-gpu-please-forgive-the-total-noob-question/44339)

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**Author:** [@RussBowdrey](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RussBowdrey)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-choose-a-gpu-please-forgive-the-total-noob-question/44339 "2020-09-08T04:27:20Z")

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So, I figured there would be some very well informed opinions on here for this rather basic (but essential question). I’ve had a quick look and can’t find a similar question. I appreciate the answer is likely to be “it …

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## [Regx what wrong?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regx-what-wrong/46059)

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**Author:** [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regx-what-wrong/46059 "2020-09-06T15:16:50Z")

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Why last row is wrong ? v=\["sp. z o.o. asdas" "sp. z o.o asdasd" "sp. z oo asdas" "sp. zo.o. asdasd" "sp. zoo. asddfa" "sp. z o.o. afdasf" "sp zoo. afdasf" "sp.zoo. afdasf" "spzoo afdasf"\] julia\> occursin.(r"sp.+z.+o"…

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## [Number of the Beast](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/number-of-the-beast/46102)

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**Author:** [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/number-of-the-beast/46102 "2020-09-06T02:45:10Z")

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julia\> using Colors julia\> Colors.color\_names Dict{String,Tuple{Int64,Int64,Int64}} with 666 entries: “darkorchid” =\> (153, 50, 204) “chocolate” =\> (210, 105, 30) Now what are the odds of that!!!

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## ["Python is undoubtedly faster in helping programmers express their concept in fewer lines of code"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-is-undoubtedly-faster-in-helping-programmers-express-their-concept-in-fewer-lines-of-code/45872)

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**Author:** [@DaymondLing](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DaymondLing)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-is-undoubtedly-faster-in-helping-programmers-express-their-concept-in-fewer-lines-of-code/45872 "2020-09-04T12:48:30Z")

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Julia vs Python: Which is best for Data Science? | TechGig says “Python is undoubtedly faster in helping programmers express their concept in fewer lines of code”. Really? I find Julia can express mathematical ideas ve…

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## [Vscode: wrapping git commit messages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-wrapping-git-commit-messages/45820)

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**Author:** [@tim.holy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tim.holy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-wrapping-git-commit-messages/45820 "2020-09-01T13:44:54Z")

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Is it just me, or is there really no easy way to have vscode automatically apply word-wrap to commit messages? This is one of the few things I find deeply annoying about vscode, so if there’s a good fix I’d love to hear …

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## [Fastest way to get started on a new machine](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fastest-way-to-get-started-on-a-new-machine/45725)

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**Author:** [@mohamed82008](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mohamed82008)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fastest-way-to-get-started-on-a-new-machine/45725 "2020-08-29T19:29:27Z")

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Hi, I am curious what people’s recommended workflows for getting started on a new machine are, installing all the software and drivers you normally use. I am mostly interested in Linux but I am curious if better workflo…

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## [Julia got in the "most loved languages" of the StackOverflow Survey](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-got-in-the-most-loved-languages-of-the-stackoverflow-survey/45260)

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**Author:** [@natema](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/natema)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-got-in-the-most-loved-languages-of-the-stackoverflow-survey/45260 "2020-08-25T15:15:53Z")

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One of the thing which was keeping me hesitant in starting learning Julia few months ago was the fact that it was not mentioned in StackOverflow’s 2019 survey. The situation changed a lot with this year’s survey. That’…

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## [What do you think about the programming language NIM?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-programming-language-nim/18369)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-programming-language-nim/18369 "2020-08-24T09:31:00Z")

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While looking for different benchmarks I’ve found It’s supposed to be faster than Julia for many operations, though it doesn’t have so many libraries: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/3388

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## [Suggestions for very quiet keyboard](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-very-quiet-keyboard/44609)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-very-quiet-keyboard/44609 "2020-08-14T19:35:28Z")

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Now that working from home is becoming the new normal, I would like to minimize the noise impact of late night coding on others. I am currently using a Dell KB216 which is am satisfied with when it comes to typing and f…

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## [Julich - Alpha Numerics Zero](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julich-alpha-numerics-zero/44730)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julich-alpha-numerics-zero/44730 "2020-08-11T07:48:31Z")

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Cool project title. Someone tell them to code it in Julia? The objective of this project is to rethink numerical methods on high-performance computers. Traditionally, a lot of effort goes into the design, implementatio…

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## [A Survey of Numerical Methods Utilizing Mixed Precision Arithmetic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-survey-of-numerical-methods-utilizing-mixed-precision-arithmetic/44479)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-survey-of-numerical-methods-utilizing-mixed-precision-arithmetic/44479 "2020-08-07T07:59:39Z")

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Paper here https://www.icl.utk.edu/files/publications/2020/icl-utk-1392-2020.pdf

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## [Right to left indenting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/right-to-left-indenting/44355)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/right-to-left-indenting/44355 "2020-08-06T09:17:44Z")

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Cmon now… we already index from 1 so we are pariahs already…

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## [A rant about C++ containers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-rant-about-c-containers/44269)

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**Author:** [@heetbeet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heetbeet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-rant-about-c-containers/44269 "2020-08-05T09:53:42Z")

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I always forget how much I struggle with C++'s patterns for using their data containers. This is how much code you have to write to find the intersection between two sets: auto intersec = set\<int\>(); std::set\_intersecti…

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## [Xkcd Scientist Tech Help](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/xkcd-scientist-tech-help/44284)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/xkcd-scientist-tech-help/44284 "2020-08-05T08:31:33Z")

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## [A Python rant about types](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-python-rant-about-types/43294)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-python-rant-about-types/43294 "2020-07-24T16:47:50Z")

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Permit me a Python rant. with relevance to Julia. I have been stuck for over two days on running a Python script written by a colleague. The script runs the system command ‘lscpu’ and split the output into lines then p…

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## [The Newtonian Casino](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-newtonian-casino/44173)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-newtonian-casino/44173 "2020-08-03T12:58:12Z")

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I would recommend the book The Eudamonic Pie to everyone here. Published as the Newtonian Casino in the UK. It is a thrilling tale of hackers who go to Vegas with computers concealed in their shoes. I cannot help but t…

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## [Great resource for understanding ML concepts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/great-resource-for-understanding-ml-concepts/43913)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/great-resource-for-understanding-ml-concepts/43913 "2020-07-29T19:55:12Z")

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I just stumbled upon this amazing site: There are only a couple dozen articles right now but I just read the one on Gaussian Processes and found it to be really amazing. Hope this helps someone out there …

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## [The cognitive bias of low-probability events](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-cognitive-bias-of-low-probability-events/43867)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-cognitive-bias-of-low-probability-events/43867 "2020-07-29T13:12:57Z")

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Just a tough reading the news about Madonna endorsing hydroxychloroquine. The problem is when one has to judge the difference between distributions that differ in the tail, like a Bernoulli with p=0.95 and p=0.99. Peop…

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## [Do you git or hub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-git-or-hub/43671)

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**Author:** [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-git-or-hub/43671 "2020-07-25T16:31:20Z")

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Now that hub has been out a bit longer, I’m curious how many people make use of it versus just using the standard git cli (or something else). What is your preferred way to use GitHub? poll

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## [Thought Experiment: Open-source AI project \`The Julia\` religion](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/thought-experiment-open-source-ai-project-the-julia-religion/43284)

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**Author:** [@YongHee-Kim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/YongHee-Kim)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/thought-experiment-open-source-ai-project-the-julia-religion/43284 "2020-07-19T06:42:11Z")

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Introduction I’m in my thirties and like many people of my generation, I’ve often imagined the rise of artificial intelligence and its consequences. Terminator2 was the first movie I’ve watched to be dealing with this su…

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## [Code giving wrong answer for Advent of Code 2015 day 6](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/code-giving-wrong-answer-for-advent-of-code-2015-day-6/43194)

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**Author:** [@Sanji\_Vinsmoke](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sanji_Vinsmoke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/code-giving-wrong-answer-for-advent-of-code-2015-day-6/43194 "2020-07-17T08:52:07Z")

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I was trying to write a solution to Advent of Code 2015 day 6 and I am getting a wring answer. Can someone please help whats going wrong. function solve() path = pwd() \* "/AoC/input.txt" instructions = readline…

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## [Workshop on System Level Engineering for Exascale - today](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workshop-on-system-level-engineering-for-exascale-today/43035)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workshop-on-system-level-engineering-for-exascale-today/43035 "2020-07-15T12:10:00Z")

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https://excalibur-sle.github.io/workshop1.html Sorry for the short notice. If you register late ping me for a link to the Zoom session

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