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## [Mac mini M4 pro vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X for Linear Algebra?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-mini-m4-pro-vs-amd-ryzen-9-9950x-for-linear-algebra/122029)

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**Author:** [@Norman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Norman)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-mini-m4-pro-vs-amd-ryzen-9-9950x-for-linear-algebra/122029 "2025-04-24T11:11:32Z")

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I hope it doesn’t sound too silly to talk about a product that has just been released but has not come to the market yet. My use case is mostly for doing computation that can be boiled down to some linear problems (poss…

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## [I read the latest release news of VSCode (not the extension) and understood nothing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-read-the-latest-release-news-of-vscode-not-the-extension-and-understood-nothing/128281)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-read-the-latest-release-news-of-vscode-not-the-extension-and-understood-nothing/128281 "2025-04-22T07:45:34Z")

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By chance, I went reading the latest release news of VSCode and I got completely lost in the “new” features… 99% of them are related to AI, but also 99% of the examples are related to web development.. so not sure they a…

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## [NVIDIA Finally Adds Native Python Support to CUDA](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nvidia-finally-adds-native-python-support-to-cuda/127943)

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**Author:** [@paulmelis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paulmelis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nvidia-finally-adds-native-python-support-to-cuda/127943 "2025-04-14T09:06:16Z")

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At GTC, NVIDIA announced native support and full integration of Python in its CUDA toolkit. Developers will be able to use Python for direct execution of algorithmic-style computing on GPUs. “We’ve been working hard …

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## [Science under attack!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/science-under-attack/127578)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/science-under-attack/127578 "2025-04-02T18:34:34Z")

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See more in this letter from members of NAS, NAE, and NAM.

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## [Need help implementing evenness test for larger integer types](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-implementing-evenness-test-for-larger-integer-types/127607)

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**Author:** [@Benny](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Benny)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/need-help-implementing-evenness-test-for-larger-integer-types/127607 "2025-04-02T04:50:34Z")

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I need to check if built-in integers are even or odd, so I asked ChatGPT to make a function for me: function even(x::UInt8) if x==0 true elseif x==1 false elseif x==2 true elseif x==3 false # con…

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## [Julia has two sisters... AI "reasoning". Something to laugh about today](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-has-two-sisters-ai-reasoning-something-to-laugh-about-today/127489)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-has-two-sisters-ai-reasoning-something-to-laugh-about-today/127489 "2025-04-01T13:42:42Z")

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## [When I grow up I want to be a function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-function/127425)

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**Author:** [@NonDairyNeutrino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NonDairyNeutrino)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-function/127425 "2025-03-27T19:48:57Z")

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I learned programming in my undergrad through using Mathematica for homework assignments (B.S. Physics, B.S. Pure Math), and later for some undergrad physics research. It always made perfect sense to me because it was j…

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## [Which are now the mainstream technological stacks to implement web sites?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-are-now-the-mainstream-technological-stacks-to-implement-web-sites/127114)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-are-now-the-mainstream-technological-stacks-to-implement-web-sites/127114 "2025-03-18T22:22:12Z")

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At the beginning, for what I recall, there were Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Composer and Adobe Flash. Then arrived the era of the one-function scripts, first in Perl, then in PHP, then the CMSs in PHP and C hash / C ne…

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## [Regex for Apache Directory directive](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regex-for-apache-directory-directive/127089)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regex-for-apache-directory-directive/127089 "2025-03-18T11:49:47Z")

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I am trying to set up a DAV access to our computational server… If I name individual Directory directives it works: \<Directory /home/userfoo\> DAV On AuthName "webdav" AuthType Basic AuthBasi…

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## [Is Apple accelerate on Mac mini 4 mature enough for numerical simulation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-apple-accelerate-on-mac-mini-4-mature-enough-for-numerical-simulation/122890)

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**Author:** [@photor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/photor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-apple-accelerate-on-mac-mini-4-mature-enough-for-numerical-simulation/122890 "2025-03-14T13:17:46Z")

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I know that MATLAB has mature support for Apple accelerate. But how if we only use Python or Julia? Our numerical works are mainly dense linear algebra.

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## [Microsoft Defender stopping me at Github links here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-defender-stopping-me-at-github-links-here/126896)

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**Author:** [@Benny](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Benny)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/microsoft-defender-stopping-me-at-github-links-here/126896 "2025-03-13T06:20:47Z")

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It’s not every time I click on a Github link here, but for the last week, Windows Defender has been stopping me to warn me about phishing risks. Kudos to Microsoft for being a little honest and unintentionally funny.

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## [Just found this package for computationally expensive climate downscaling.. in R!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-found-this-package-for-computationally-expensive-climate-downscaling-in-r/126866)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/just-found-this-package-for-computationally-expensive-climate-downscaling-in-r/126866 "2025-03-12T16:26:01Z")

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From the readme of ClimDown, a Nature-published package to downscale climatic data: “On our Linux systems, such runs can take up to 7 days to complete. \[…\] In general, this downscaling technique is very expensive for l…

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## [Pokemon Pocket Julia Notebook](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pokemon-pocket-julia-notebook/126778)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pokemon-pocket-julia-notebook/126778 "2025-03-11T16:45:44Z")

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I created a Pluto Notebook to view and filter Pokemon Pocket cards. I think it ended up looking pretty nice, rendering images of the cards inside the data frames. I thought I would share it here in case anyone else plays…

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## [Best practice of deleting branches on Github](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-of-deleting-branches-on-github/126712)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-of-deleting-branches-on-github/126712 "2025-03-10T06:53:21Z")

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We are currently actively developing a package and create a few new branches (pull requests) per day. When would you delete these branches? Immediately after merging the pull request, or rather later? And how can I del…

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## [Go is everything I wanted C to be](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-is-everything-i-wanted-c-to-be/126505)

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**Author:** [@NonDairyNeutrino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NonDairyNeutrino)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/go-is-everything-i-wanted-c-to-be/126505 "2025-03-10T03:50:18Z")

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I’ve used C a little and mostly for scientific computing, but I’ve recently learned about some of the details of the Go programming language. It just…is everything I didn’t know I wanted from C (especially for strings).…

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## [Request to package authors: single html / PDF manuals for LLMs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-to-package-authors-single-html-pdf-manuals-for-llms/126470)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-to-package-authors-single-html-pdf-manuals-for-llms/126470 "2025-03-07T04:46:09Z")

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Various cloud and local LLM services allow users to upload documents before asking questions about the documents. If a package manual can be provided as a single webpage or PDF file (within the context window size of the…

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## [When using ChatGPT does anyone know how to get coloured coding script?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-using-chatgpt-does-anyone-know-how-to-get-coloured-coding-script/126183)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Salih](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ahmed_Salih)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-using-chatgpt-does-anyone-know-how-to-get-coloured-coding-script/126183 "2025-02-22T17:46:35Z")

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It seems like it can only provide code with no syntax highlighting, does anyone know a fix?

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## [Labeling plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/labeling-plots/126074)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/labeling-plots/126074 "2025-02-20T10:02:03Z")

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This is strictly speaking not a Julia question, even though I am using Julia for plotting, but I guess that a lot of people here care about scientific visualization here so it is OK. The question is: if you are plotting…

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## [Noise Pollution control software in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/noise-pollution-control-software-in-julia/125815)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/noise-pollution-control-software-in-julia/125815 "2025-02-12T11:44:30Z")

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Noise pollution :loudspeaker: is a very big problem in today’s world. Are there any software packages in Julia that can help us develop models for Noise pollution control? I mean by simulating sound flow and spectrum we …

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## [Cache sizes getting smaller (some, i.e. L1; though not per core-cache) for AMD (unlike for Apple), for multi-threading?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cache-sizes-getting-smaller-some-i-e-l1-though-not-per-core-cache-for-amd-unlike-for-apple-for-multi-threading/125258)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cache-sizes-getting-smaller-some-i-e-l1-though-not-per-core-cache-for-amd-unlike-for-apple-for-multi-threading/125258 "2025-02-09T22:58:25Z")

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Apple M1 was an impressive chip with for L1 cache (and those numbers matter, not just the larger MB-sized numbers people like to promote for L2+): Performance cores 192+128 KiB per core Efficiency cores 128+64 KiB p…

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## [Julia Web Github Repo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-web-github-repo/125714)

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**Author:** [@nimthenimble](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nimthenimble)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-web-github-repo/125714 "2025-02-09T22:47:37Z")

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Hello people. I’m new to the forum, so sorry if I didn’t use the correct category/tags for this post. I just made a PR to the Julia Web Repo and I would like to ask if this repo is still managed by a member of staff or …

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## [Polars: Our Big Missed Opportunity](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/polars-our-big-missed-opportunity/125556)

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**Author:** [@Patricio\_R](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Patricio_R)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/polars-our-big-missed-opportunity/125556 "2025-02-05T14:27:51Z")

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Why was the Polars library for Python developed in Rust instead of Julia? Why did we miss this great opportunity to make our beloved language famous and win the sympathy of the huge Python community? I propose to popula…

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## [Does the new LLVM SPIR-V backend help Julia in any way?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-new-llvm-spir-v-backend-help-julia-in-any-way/125307)

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**Author:** [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-new-llvm-spir-v-backend-help-julia-in-any-way/125307 "2025-01-28T17:42:15Z")

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It appears that LLVM 20 will have a SPIR-V backend. Does this new backend help Julia in any way?

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## [An interesting physics-based game](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-interesting-physics-based-game/124682)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-interesting-physics-based-game/124682 "2025-01-28T12:45:19Z")

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I recently had some time off and built this game that I think turned out well (enough): I suspect some folks in this community might get a kick out of it. Feel free to provide any feedback!

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## [I have noticed a cold period for mojo, the reason?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-have-noticed-a-cold-period-for-mojo-the-reason/124931)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-have-noticed-a-cold-period-for-mojo-the-reason/124931 "2025-01-19T20:29:02Z")

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Looking on google trends, I have noticed that the Mojo language, that in many way has similar objectives than Julia, has gonna trough a would-call “cold” adoption, after an initial warm welcoming and despite both the ped…

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## [Kelly Criterion (Part 2)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kelly-criterion-part-2/124759)

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**Author:** [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kelly-criterion-part-2/124759 "2025-01-14T10:34:54Z")

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Kelly Criterion (Part 2) Imagine if a hustler tries to sell you an investment oppoturnity. An event/venture was successful 4 times and unsuccessful 1 time. The hustler tells you that probability of a successful venture …

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## ["A Tragedy of Julia’s Type System"](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-tragedy-of-julia-s-type-system/124619)

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**Author:** [@linwaytin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/linwaytin)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-tragedy-of-julia-s-type-system/124619 "2025-01-13T17:10:11Z")

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(I’m not the author of this article.)

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## [Kelly Criterion (Part 1)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kelly-criterion-part-1/124661)

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**Author:** [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/kelly-criterion-part-1/124661 "2025-01-11T08:44:07Z")

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Kelly Criterion (House of the Rising Sum) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly\_criterion There is a criterion in Mathematics They call the Rising Sum And it's been the ruin of many a poor investors Dear God, I know I was…

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## [Unicode diacritical marks in filenames](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unicode-diacritical-marks-in-filenames/124392)

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**Author:** [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unicode-diacritical-marks-in-filenames/124392 "2025-01-03T06:56:00Z")

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Anything with diacritics (dots hats, wiggles above/below) are a bit complicated you can write the German ö as exactly that letter or use “◌߳” U+07F3 Nko Combining Double Dot Above Unicode Character before/with an o. T…

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## [Norton Antivirus updated and tried to quarantine julia/juliaup (IDP.Generic)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/norton-antivirus-updated-and-tried-to-quarantine-julia-juliaup-idp-generic/124373)

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**Author:** [@Benny](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Benny)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/norton-antivirus-updated-and-tried-to-quarantine-julia-juliaup-idp-generic/124373 "2025-01-02T14:22:51Z")

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Not about Julia itself I don’t think, but Norton Antivirus’ recent update is trying to quarantine it julia (IDP.Generic) detected by Behavioral Protection Please restart your PC to move juliaup.exe to your Quarantin…

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