# Offtopic

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## [Equivalent of Hy in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-hy-in-julia/42717)

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**Author:** [@dunefox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dunefox)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-hy-in-julia/42717 "2020-07-09T11:43:41Z")

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I didn’t know where exactly to ask this, so it’s in offtopic now. :man\_shrugging: Recently I’ve been interested in Lisp and found Hylang, a lisp on top of Python: The Hy Manual — hy 0.24.0 documentation. This looks ver…

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## [Pytest-covid](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pytest-covid/42025)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pytest-covid/42025 "2020-06-25T07:06:31Z")

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The more failures you get, the more tests it will skip.

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## [Dictionary is changing its values with matrices](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dictionary-is-changing-its-values-with-matrices/41997)

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**Author:** [@Noel\_Araujo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Noel_Araujo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dictionary-is-changing-its-values-with-matrices/41997 "2020-06-24T18:13:45Z")

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Hello World ! I would to share an experience that google did not provide useful answers at first. Therefore, maybe someone in the future can save your time reading this words. I’m coding a program of orbits of planets …

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## [Anyone used PackageCompiler to build a distributable app with an Interact/Blink GUI?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anyone-used-packagecompiler-to-build-a-distributable-app-with-an-interact-blink-gui/39761)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/anyone-used-packagecompiler-to-build-a-distributable-app-with-an-interact-blink-gui/39761 "2020-06-20T13:37:04Z")

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I have some code that I run a couple of times per month and I’d like to be able to build a GUI for it, compile it as an app, and then distribute the .exe to others in my organization (non-programmers) so that they can ma…

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## [Saving and loading a model that is composed of different Chains](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-and-loading-a-model-that-is-composed-of-different-chains/41737)

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**Author:** [@sarthak\_batra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sarthak_batra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/saving-and-loading-a-model-that-is-composed-of-different-chains/41737 "2020-06-19T17:12:52Z")

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Hi, I am new to Julia I have implemented PSPNet and I tried to save the model. It consists of parallel Chains and I am not able to save the parameters of the parallel chain,and If I save them how will I Load them in the…

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## [Hi everybody](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hi-everybody/41567)

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**Author:** [@Crazyguy98](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Crazyguy98)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hi-everybody/41567 "2020-06-17T02:06:41Z")

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Hi everybody Pleased to meet you! First, let me introduce myself. I am Huynh I just joined this forum. I am very happy to get to know everyone. The forum has lots of useful news. I will read it every day. It was a ple…

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## [Front ends for Julia codebases?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/front-ends-for-julia-codebases/31370)

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**Author:** [@anon92994695](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon92994695)\
**Replies:** 72\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/front-ends-for-julia-codebases/31370 "2020-06-16T10:48:15Z")

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I have an idea. It involves a pretty UI with low latency. Unfortunately, I lack a bit of soft-ware skills. I know JAVA, a bit of scala, C#, bit of C/C++, yadda yadda. I’m most comfy in JAVA because development is easy, a…

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## [Large Number Formats](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-number-formats/41357)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-number-formats/41357 "2020-06-14T07:21:19Z")

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## [Brilliant talk. Fascinating insights](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/brilliant-talk-fascinating-insights/40734)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/brilliant-talk-fascinating-insights/40734 "2020-06-11T19:40:37Z")

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If you have nowhere to be and nothing to do for an hour (heck, even if you do) sit down and watch it.

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## [The delightful conciseness of Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-delightful-conciseness-of-julia/40947)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-delightful-conciseness-of-julia/40947 "2020-06-08T13:59:14Z")

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The code does the same thing: Integrate the conductivity matrix and the heat load. The deal.ii code on the right is in C++. The Julia is I think easier to read, and, at least in my test, it runs (slightly) faster. E…

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## [Triangular Arrays in julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/triangular-arrays-in-julia/930)

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**Author:** [@Ward9250](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ward9250)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/triangular-arrays-in-julia/930 "2020-06-07T19:12:07Z")

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Does anyone know if triangular arrays have been implemented in julia or in a package yet?

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## [Supercomputing Frontiers - and Alan Edelman's dog](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/supercomputing-frontiers-and-alan-edelmans-dog/40736)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/supercomputing-frontiers-and-alan-edelmans-dog/40736 "2020-06-04T14:55:03Z")

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Alan Edelman is presenting to Supercomputing Frontiers right now. What an excellent talk, thankyou. If I remember I will post a link to the recorded talk. We also just met Alan’s dog (in the background barking at the d…

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## [Strictly for fun: TSP images with Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strictly-for-fun-tsp-images-with-julia/40527)

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**Author:** [@evanfields](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/evanfields)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strictly-for-fun-tsp-images-with-julia/40527 "2020-06-03T18:59:36Z")

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(Because we can’t all be as good as @cormullion, but you gotta start somewhere…) I put together a small personal project to generate TSP-style images in Julia. The classic example is the TSP Mona Lisa, though I should b…

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## [Julia stickers?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-stickers/40198)

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**Author:** [@angelv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/angelv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-stickers/40198 "2020-05-27T23:36:34Z")

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Don’t know why, but suddenly felt the urge to have one of those flashy stickers with the Julia logo to put on my laptop. Who do I have to bribe to get one of those? :slight\_smile: Cheers, AdV

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## [Scientific Machine Learning](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientific-machine-learning/39947)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientific-machine-learning/39947 "2020-05-22T12:43:57Z")

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That sounds a good candidate for Julia

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## [I feel old, how the times have changed. Old document I written in 1991(Matrix inverse)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-feel-old-how-the-times-have-changed-old-document-i-written-in-1991-matrix-inverse/39867)

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**Author:** [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-feel-old-how-the-times-have-changed-old-document-i-written-in-1991-matrix-inverse/39867 "2020-05-21T03:54:45Z")

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I feel old, how the times have changed. Old document I written in 1991(Matrix inverse). I was a student, I could not afford matlab, I thought I’ll be smart and write my own matrix code in C++ just for fun. julia\> a = ra…

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## [$110 million lost because software could not cope with negative numbers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/110-million-lost-because-software-could-not-cope-with-negative-numbers/39264)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/110-million-lost-because-software-could-not-cope-with-negative-numbers/39264 "2020-05-11T19:12:47Z")

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-08/oil-crash-busted-a-broker-s-computers-and-inflicted-huge-losses Don’t buy oil at 1 cent per barrel - that gift horse IS too good Is the opinion that Julias type system…

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## [Julia vs Microsoft's (Rust-inspired) Verona language and e.g. snmalloc allocator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-microsofts-rust-inspired-verona-language-and-e-g-snmalloc-allocator/38610)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-vs-microsofts-rust-inspired-verona-language-and-e-g-snmalloc-allocator/38610 "2020-05-09T21:44:06Z")

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The research project doesn’t mean “Microsoft is no longer using C++/C#/Rust”. See under C. The project is meant to be learned from, to integrate the ideas into other languages. I’m not sure if it’s possible to add to Ju…

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## [Julia-like compiled languages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-like-compiled-languages/39134)

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**Author:** [@cortner](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cortner)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-like-compiled-languages/39134 "2020-05-09T20:51:00Z")

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I’m putting this under “off-topic” since it doesn’t fit into usage categories, but I do believe this is a question relevant for the Julia community. My situation is that I’m developing a class of models in Julia which I…

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## [Setting up a cluster on Amazon AWS/Azure](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-a-cluster-on-amazon-aws-azure/38624)

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**Author:** [@affans](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/affans)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-a-cluster-on-amazon-aws-azure/38624 "2020-05-05T23:45:09Z")

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Our university cluster is down and I have some time sensitive simulations I have to run. I looked into AWS and Azure, but never have really dealt with cloud computing… I need about 500 processors (simulation time is actu…

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## [What does your (private) computing setup look like?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-does-your-private-computing-setup-look-like/38230)

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**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\
**Replies:** 51\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-does-your-private-computing-setup-look-like/38230 "2020-05-03T03:42:03Z")

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Hi folks, due to the current suboptimal state of the universe I am spending a lot of time in front of my computer(s) at home and looking for ways to streamline my setup. Since I am also struggling with severe analysis p…

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## [Help with compiler](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-with-compiler/38565)

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**Author:** [@tripleo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tripleo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-with-compiler/38565 "2020-05-01T16:28:26Z")

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Anybody that can help in any way with my compiker is invited to participate:

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## [Xkcd: Garbage Math](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/xkcd-garbage-math/38113)

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**Author:** [@AlfTetzlaff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AlfTetzlaff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/xkcd-garbage-math/38113 "2020-04-24T08:27:39Z")

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Is anybody interested in using julia’s advanced type system to implement this? I would definitely enjoy using it!

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## [My 1 Year Anniversary](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-1-year-anniversary/37648)

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**Author:** [@dburch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dburch)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-1-year-anniversary/37648 "2020-04-16T17:13:59Z")

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It’s my 1 year anniversary for joining the community. Apparently, I joined on tax day 2019. Yay! Thank you all for the support with my code. I’ve used the JuMP package to create several optimization tools at a large sup…

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## [Cambridge UK AI ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSTICATION IN COVID-19](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cambridge-uk-ai-assisted-diagnosis-and-prognostication-in-covid-19/37690)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cambridge-uk-ai-assisted-diagnosis-and-prognostication-in-covid-19/37690 "2020-04-16T10:15:59Z")

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I know there are many research efforts on Covid-19. this one from Cambridge looks extremely impressive. Perhaps it would be of interest to Julians in the UK?

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## [RIP John Conway - and a marvellous article on his life](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rip-john-conway-and-a-marvellous-article-on-his-life/37439)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rip-john-conway-and-a-marvellous-article-on-his-life/37439 "2020-04-12T09:00:06Z")

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A friend on Twitter passed on the news that John Conway has died. This Guardian article is just marvellous.

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## [Possible doc typos, inconsistencies, etc](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/possible-doc-typos-inconsistencies-etc/37209)

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**Author:** [@binarygcd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/binarygcd)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/possible-doc-typos-inconsistencies-etc/37209 "2020-04-09T16:33:03Z")

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Hi everyone. First, english isn’t my first language(not even second) so excuse me if these are just false positives. You can find theses issues(?) by searching them in the pdf doc of Julia 1.4. Binomial coeffient (shou…

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## [Gitter Login Issues](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gitter-login-issues/34972)

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**Author:** [@LispyArnuld](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LispyArnuld)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gitter-login-issues/34972 "2020-04-03T22:09:37Z")

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I wanted to chat on Julia community on gitter here: https://gitter.im/JuliaLang/julia but login is forbidden. Does anyone how to solve this?

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## [Read signed 16 bits of PCM data in python](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-signed-16-bits-of-pcm-data-in-python/36778)

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**Author:** [@vishnu-cs](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vishnu-cs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-signed-16-bits-of-pcm-data-in-python/36778 "2020-03-31T08:27:14Z")

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My scenario is I will be getting a raw PCM data from the file pcm\_data.bin . This may not be the exact PCM data. I am simply creating my own hex values. pcm\_data.bin file contains the hex values 0010FFF47FFF8000FFFF …

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## [Futamura projections](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/futamura-projections/36486)

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**Author:** [@feanor12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/feanor12)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/futamura-projections/36486 "2020-03-26T11:07:56Z")

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I found this video on youtube, which reminds me somehow of julia.

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