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## [Argument-oriented dot syntax?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/argument-oriented-dot-syntax/21850)

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**Author:** [@ettersi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ettersi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/argument-oriented-dot-syntax/21850 "2019-03-15T07:17:16Z")

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Here’s an annoying question: wouldn’t things be easier if the dot-syntax for broadcasting focused on arguments rather than functions? An example might explain the question better. Assume I have a function lerp(x::Vector…

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## [Quines and Loons - self replicating programs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quines-and-loons-self-replicating-programs/12607)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quines-and-loons-self-replicating-programs/12607 "2019-03-13T03:23:02Z")

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At lunch I commented that the Scots use the work Quine for a woman which is similar to the Danish word Kvinde (I am working in denmark for a biotech company) A colleague pointed out that a Quine program is a self-replic…

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## [Valid chars](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-chars/21489)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-chars/21489 "2019-03-05T11:03:15Z")

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Disclaimer: I’m totally abusing the fact that there are people here that really know what they’re doing when it comes to strings, this has little to do with Julia. When working with databases that store strings, sometim…

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## [Do you use some file database with tagging / multiple grouping functionality?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-use-some-file-database-with-tagging-multiple-grouping-functionality/21056)

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**Author:** [@sairus7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sairus7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-you-use-some-file-database-with-tagging-multiple-grouping-functionality/21056 "2019-02-21T20:34:45Z")

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I think this is a common problem: there are many data files gathered in several folders on my machine. And at some point I want to start new ML/DS project and pick some files from that common folders. Usually, I just cre…

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## [Licensing of UcrDtw.jl (split from its announcement)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/licensing-of-ucrdtw-jl-split-from-its-announcement/20979)

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**Author:** [@jpsamaroo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jpsamaroo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/licensing-of-ucrdtw-jl-split-from-its-announcement/20979 "2019-02-19T15:33:00Z")

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One thing I’m wondering is how this package’s license (GNU LGPL v3) will work with other packages which desire to depend on it. I’m not going to bash your choice of license; I’m a fan of the GPL/LGPL/AGPL license family …

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## [Erik Olin Wright](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/erik-olin-wright/20338)

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**Author:** [@bramtayl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bramtayl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/erik-olin-wright/20338 "2019-02-01T01:20:01Z")

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Erik Olin Wright passed last week :disappointed\_relieved:. He was the author of Envisioning real utopias. At least for me, Julia is one of those utopias.

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## [How to read a file outside of a docker in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-read-a-file-outside-of-a-docker-in-julia/20322)

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**Author:** [@ExpandingMan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ExpandingMan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-read-a-file-outside-of-a-docker-in-julia/20322 "2019-01-31T17:27:21Z")

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I’m rather unsure if the solution to this will come from Julia, but I’m having a very hard time figuring out how to do this, so I thought I’d ask here. So, I have a Julia program that I want to run from the command line…

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## [Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/airbus-quantum-computing-challenge/20097)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/airbus-quantum-computing-challenge/20097 "2019-01-28T14:52:14Z")

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https://www.airbus.com/innovation/airbus-quantum-computing-challenge.html This may be of some interest to people here. The Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge (AQCC) addresses aerospace flight physics problems developed…

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## [10000 stars on GitHub!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/10000-stars-on-github/8714)

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**Author:** [@innerlee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/innerlee)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/10000-stars-on-github/8714 "2019-01-28T08:57:49Z")

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An interesting number :congratulations:

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## [Handling Images in Grav](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/handling-images-in-grav/20013)

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**Author:** [@anhphuong](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anhphuong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/handling-images-in-grav/20013 "2019-01-24T02:24:11Z")

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I’m trying to understand the best way to handle images in Grav. I was considering a central image directory at /user/pages/images (as this would be easy to sync with production), but then I realised that page.media.imag…

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## [Stewardship: the Sobering Parts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stewardship-the-sobering-parts/19257)

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**Author:** [@jandehaan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jandehaan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stewardship-the-sobering-parts/19257 "2019-01-10T09:39:55Z")

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I watched Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect at Oracle, talk about Stewardship: the Sobering Parts You may have seen this already because it was published on Nov 22, 2014 But it helped me to temper my wild expections…

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## [Adaptation of James McClellan's quote](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adaptation-of-james-mcclellans-quote/19459)

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**Author:** [@Azamat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Azamat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adaptation-of-james-mcclellans-quote/19459 "2019-01-09T23:33:37Z")

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The reason MATLAB Julia is so good at signal processing \[your domain\] is that it was not designed for signal processing \[your domain\]. It was designed to do mathematics. — James H. McClellan, Georgia Tech

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## [Suggestion: "Julia Happy Releases" on Happy dates/numbers ( marketing )](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-julia-happy-releases-on-happy-dates-numbers-marketing/19194)

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**Author:** [@ImreSamu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ImreSamu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-julia-happy-releases-on-happy-dates-numbers-marketing/19194 "2019-01-02T14:19:49Z")

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:slight\_smile: For Marketing reason I suggest the habit of “Julia Happy Releases” based on: Happy number - Wikipedia for example: ideal ( happy ) days for Julia 1.1.0 (2019.Q1) YYYYMMDD 20190102 Happy 20190104…

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## [English usage. Barplot of the number of people/persons in/by/on/per/for](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/english-usage-barplot-of-the-number-of-people-persons-in-by-on-per-for/18840)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/english-usage-barplot-of-the-number-of-people-persons-in-by-on-per-for/18840 "2018-12-19T23:45:47Z")

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Hello. What’s the proper way to say in English I want to explain the results of a barplot (with / of / from) the… ? … number of ( people / persons ) ( \*\*by / per / as a function of / according to \*\* ) the number of hea…

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## [What software/packages/databases to work with 100GB datasets?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-software-packages-databases-to-work-with-100gb-datasets/18729)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-software-packages-databases-to-work-with-100gb-datasets/18729 "2018-12-18T19:26:33Z")

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I need to work with medical datasets of 10GB to 100GB (15000 columns). I need to reshape all the data converting most of the columns from wide to long format. And later I will cleanse the data (it’s plenty of errors an…

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## [Any site or blog like R-bloggers for Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-site-or-blog-like-r-bloggers-for-julia/18468)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/any-site-or-blog-like-r-bloggers-for-julia/18468 "2018-12-08T19:09:16Z")

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There are many web sites and blogs like R-bloggers, FastML, DataScienceCentral, RevolutionAnalytics, Yhat, CognitiveClass, DataQuest, DataSchool, SimplyStatistics, ShapeOfData, SebastianRaschka, UnofficialGoogleDataScien…

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## [Garbage Collection is a Hack (Adamant programming language)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/garbage-collection-is-a-hack-adamant-programming-language/18137)

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**Author:** [@cdsousa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cdsousa)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/garbage-collection-is-a-hack-adamant-programming-language/18137 "2018-12-06T15:41:49Z")

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Hi, I’m just dropping a link to a seemingly new language that will try to “solve” memory management: Garbage Collection is a Hack • The Adamant Programming Language Blog. This may be of interest for Julia runtime develop…

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## [CSS help needed for table formatting in Julia package](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/css-help-needed-for-table-formatting-in-julia-package/16559)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/css-help-needed-for-table-formatting-in-julia-package/16559 "2018-12-05T09:46:59Z")

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I am working on a Julia package that supports the Tables.jl interface. It does one thing: given a table, it formats it into HTML for browsing: I would like to implement the following in CSS: for large tables, have the…

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## [Congratulations Dr Chris Rackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/congratulations-dr-chris-rackauckas/11462)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/congratulations-dr-chris-rackauckas/11462 "2018-11-22T19:38:54Z")

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I believe that congratulations are in order to the newly minted Dr Chris Rackauckas. “Simulation and Control of Biological Stochasticity” :champagne:

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## [JuliaBox.com: jupyter-js-widgets/extension "incompatible"(?) breaks Interact/Reactive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-com-jupyter-js-widgets-extension-incompatible-breaks-interact-reactive/6314)

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**Author:** [@mgiugliano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mgiugliano)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliabox-com-jupyter-js-widgets-extension-incompatible-breaks-interact-reactive/6314 "2018-11-14T10:32:46Z")

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While on my local Julia/IJulia (0.6…) I have no problem, JuliaBox.com (same kernel version) fails evaluating the code snippet below, returning a lot of errors (also reported below). From the “jupyter” of JuliaBox.com (E…

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## [Inline julia logo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-julia-logo/17316)

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**Author:** [@a-berg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/a-berg)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-julia-logo/17316 "2018-11-13T20:31:38Z")

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Wanted to ask: how “open” is the Julia logo for, say, being submitted to fizzed font? I wanted to use it in webpages (personally I would use it in my blog when talking about julia, the reason being the logo is gorgeous,…

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## [Assignment and argument passing semantics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assignment-and-argument-passing-semantics/17034)

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**Author:** [@Vic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Vic)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assignment-and-argument-passing-semantics/17034 "2018-11-04T17:22:36Z")

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This is a short summary based on what I understood from documentation, and this long thread , without mixing in (much of) scope rules, or any implementation details. I will appreciate if somebody could check it’s validi…

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## [Visualizing quaternions - An explorable video series](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/visualizing-quaternions-an-explorable-video-series/16861)

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**Author:** [@jandehaan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jandehaan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/visualizing-quaternions-an-explorable-video-series/16861 "2018-10-27T14:17:48Z")

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Checkout these interactive videos for a hands-on immersive experience of the use of quaternions. Hopefully it will inspire some of you to port these interactive video ideas to Julia and extend the application of interac…

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## [Tangent about Thailand](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tangent-about-thailand/16774)

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**Author:** [@Tero\_Frondelius](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tero_Frondelius)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tangent-about-thailand/16774 "2018-10-26T12:01:52Z")

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Sorry off topic. Have you ever visited Thailand? They use the phrase: “same same, but different”, a lot. For non native speakers the phrase works beautifully but for some reason native speakers usually don’t understand …

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## [Where is TaskPaper’s file format defined?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-taskpaper-s-file-format-defined/16480)

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**Author:** [@hoangnganvy1993](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hoangnganvy1993)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-taskpaper-s-file-format-defined/16480 "2018-10-22T04:26:25Z")

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The Getting Started section of the users guide does a good job of describing that for users. Unfortunately if you are a developer trying to write a TaskPaper parser I don’t have a good formal definition. But I have open…

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## [Inside the Fake Science Factory: Predatory Publishers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inside-the-fake-science-factory-predatory-publishers/16151)

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**Author:** [@jandehaan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jandehaan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inside-the-fake-science-factory-predatory-publishers/16151 "2018-10-11T04:49:12Z")

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This has nothing to do with Julia, but because I suspect that there are quite a few scientists reading this, I’d like to draw your attention to the phenomenon of “predatory publishers”. The five largest are: OMICS group…

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## [I have an HTML, with a CSS style shee](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-have-an-html-with-a-css-style-shee/16113)

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**Author:** [@hoangnganvy1993](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hoangnganvy1993)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-have-an-html-with-a-css-style-shee/16113 "2018-10-10T11:32:58Z")

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I have an HTML, with a CSS style sheet, I upload it to galleries of my 3.0 ojs, but it does not take the style sheet.

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## [What are your favorite println debugger messages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-your-favorite-println-debugger-messages/15342)

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**Author:** [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-are-your-favorite-println-debugger-messages/15342 "2018-10-05T18:08:38Z")

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For those who still haven’t gotten on the Holy Rebugger train, what are your favorite println messages? // asking to spice up my debugging game println(111) println(222) println(333) println(444) println(555) print…

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## [Fira Code Font and Ligatures for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fira-code-font-and-ligatures-for-julia/9367)

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**Author:** [@gdkrmr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdkrmr)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fira-code-font-and-ligatures-for-julia/9367 "2018-10-04T02:36:13Z")

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The Fira Code font (GitHub - tonsky/FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures) just got some more Julia specific ligatures! I think some of them are pretty neat.

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## [Noncommutative geometry in Julia: possibility or wishfully thinking?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/noncommutative-geometry-in-julia-possibility-or-wishfully-thinking/15371)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/noncommutative-geometry-in-julia-possibility-or-wishfully-thinking/15371 "2018-09-30T10:22:29Z")

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In my current university is strong group dealing with noncommutative geometry. Since that, I wonder if anyone here is interested in this field and if so, what are prospects of computing some noncommutative geometry prope…

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