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## [Latex fonts on axis and labels in Makie](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-fonts-on-axis-and-labels-in-makie/131887)

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**Author:** [@tduretz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tduretz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-fonts-on-axis-and-labels-in-makie/131887 "2025-08-27T15:33:09Z")

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I would like to use LaTeX fonts for every text of a Makie figure. It’s easy to apply them to labels as LaTeXStrings can be used. For other texts, in particular axis tick labels, it a bit less trivial. I was once told …

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## [State of DCP (Disciplined Convex Programming)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-dcp-disciplined-convex-programming/131743)

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**Author:** [@langestefan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/langestefan)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/state-of-dcp-disciplined-convex-programming/131743 "2025-08-27T12:25:23Z")

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Lately I have been switching back between CVXPY and JuMP.jl a lot (mainly for work). One of the many nice features CVXPY has, is that it can automatically reformulate problems which are DCP-compliant through reductions.…

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## [Is there a way to have heatmap and contours from other variables in Plots.jl with GR?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-heatmap-and-contours-from-other-variables-in-plots-jl-with-gr/131869)

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**Author:** [@PeX](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeX)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-heatmap-and-contours-from-other-variables-in-plots-jl-with-gr/131869 "2025-08-27T11:59:18Z")

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Hi all! I’m trying to plot a heat map of one variable (with all values \>\>0), but on the same plot, I want to plot contours of two other variables where they equal 0. When I try countour! after plotting the heatmap, the…

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## [What is the Julia equivalent of Rust Option\<T\>?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-julia-equivalent-of-rust-option-t/122134)

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**Author:** [@world-peace](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/world-peace)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-julia-equivalent-of-rust-option-t/122134 "2025-08-27T11:58:51Z")

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I read a few times about different ways in which Julia can represent optional wrapped types for return values. I am fairly confident I have seen this suggested before return type: Union{T, Nothing} # usage: return noth…

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## [Challenges with installing Julia on Windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/challenges-with-installing-julia-on-windows/128133)

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**Author:** [@uwestoehr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/uwestoehr)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/challenges-with-installing-julia-on-windows/128133 "2025-08-27T11:32:20Z")

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3 issues from my side: the most severe is that you cannot install Julia for all users of a computer. To be able to use Julia with all its features (e.g. PackageCompiler), the julia.exe must be in the PATH environment …

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## [Weird error when trying to use \`≔\` (\\coloneq) as infix operator](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-error-when-trying-to-use-coloneq-as-infix-operator/21578)

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**Author:** [@simeonschaub](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simeonschaub)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/weird-error-when-trying-to-use-coloneq-as-infix-operator/21578 "2025-08-27T11:16:53Z")

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When overloading ≔ like this: julia\> ≔(a, b) = a==b ≔ (generic function with 1 method) the following works just fine: julia\> ≔(3,2) false But I get a weird error when trying to use it as an infix-operator: julia\> 2≔…

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## [Format text with Orgmode syntax](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-text-with-orgmode-syntax/101385)

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**Author:** [@nucholab](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nucholab)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-text-with-orgmode-syntax/101385 "2025-08-27T07:26:57Z")

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Hello Is anyone using Orgmode instead of Markdown for the non-code parts of Pluto notebooks? E.g using @tecosaur ’s parser

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## [Will \`@info\` corrupt \`Threads.@threads for\`?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-info-corrupt-threads-threads-for/131805)

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**Author:** [@WalterMadelim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WalterMadelim)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-info-corrupt-threads-threads-for/131805 "2025-08-26T15:18:53Z")

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My configuration is julia\> Threads.nthreads() 4 julia\> Threads.nthreads(:default) 4 I have a function function parallel\_CG!(B, θ, β, μ, ν) for ite = ... ... for ba = ... sub\_j\_vec = .…

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## [Suggestions for workshop demos?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-workshop-demos/131870)

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**Author:** [@JeffreySarnoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffreySarnoff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-workshop-demos/131870 "2025-08-27T00:58:45Z")

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I am planning a 2hr session showing compelling demonstrations of Julia to people who are experienced with some other languages \[there will first be 1/2 hr intro to Julia\] and have a professional/academic interest in adva…

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## [JuliaCon Local Paris - schedule released, get your tickets!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-local-paris-schedule-released-get-your-tickets/131859)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-local-paris-schedule-released-get-your-tickets/131859 "2025-08-26T19:29:26Z")

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Hi everyone! We’re excited to announce that the schedule for JuliaCon Local Paris has been released. It will feature a wide range of talks, from machine learning and high-performance computing to numerical analysis and …

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## [Simulating Continuous Time Models in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simulating-continuous-time-models-in-julia/131846)

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**Author:** [@GregCamp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GregCamp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simulating-continuous-time-models-in-julia/131846 "2025-08-26T18:40:40Z")

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I’m interested in simulating a relatively simple continuous-time model in Julia. The model is a variation of the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) framework with the following elements: Agents are either employed at …

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## [Neural Lithography paper](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neural-lithography-paper/107776)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neural-lithography-paper/107776 "2025-08-26T15:32:02Z")

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Very interesting paper. I idly ask - as two of the authors are from MIT are they using Julia? There may be a reason why the software package is not named. Closing the design-to-manufacturing gap for optical devices | …

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## [Latexify/Catalyst introduces extra exponent - issue with mm and hill?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latexify-catalyst-introduces-extra-exponent-issue-with-mm-and-hill/131819)

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**Author:** [@orkun\_soyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/orkun_soyer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latexify-catalyst-introduces-extra-exponent-issue-with-mm-and-hill/131819 "2025-08-26T14:54:08Z")

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‘‘‘ ppGppSys1 = @reaction\_network begin kin, ∅ --\> G6P hill(G6P,v01,k01,1), G6P → F6P end odesys = convert(ODESystem, ppGppSys1; combinatoric\_ratelaws=false, remove\_conserved = true) latexif…

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## [Lean and Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lean-and-julia/131424)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lean-and-julia/131424 "2025-08-26T09:18:29Z")

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There are a lot of gossips/news about Lean language for use in mathematics. I see no discussion in Julia community about Lean. Can Julia be used for the works that Lean do? Are there some areas/points where both J…

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## [How to discretize a PDE with a Moving Boundary? (a.k.a Stefan Problem, a.k.a Variable Boundary)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-discretize-a-pde-with-a-moving-boundary-a-k-a-stefan-problem-a-k-a-variable-boundary/123687)

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**Author:** [@Jax\_Xu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jax_Xu)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-discretize-a-pde-with-a-moving-boundary-a-k-a-stefan-problem-a-k-a-variable-boundary/123687 "2025-08-26T09:12:30Z")

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Hi Community! I need your expertise :sob:! I am solving a 1D diffusion equation with a moving boundary. The physical background is the reaction of gas with a solid particle, where the gas diffuses through the product lay…

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## [Show solver steps in Symbolics.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/show-solver-steps-in-symbolics-jl/131851)

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**Author:** [@HiramTheHero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HiramTheHero)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/show-solver-steps-in-symbolics-jl/131851 "2025-08-26T08:06:42Z")

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Sorry if is this is a repeat post. I couldn’t find anything in the Symbolics.jl docs nor in some cursory Google searching. I have the following code: using Symbolics, Nemo @variables r P K symbolic\_solve(0 ~ r \* P \* …

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## [Lux + Enzyme naively applying model seems to cause runtime activity error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lux-enzyme-naively-applying-model-seems-to-cause-runtime-activity-error/131531)

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**Author:** [@r0uv3n](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/r0uv3n)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/lux-enzyme-naively-applying-model-seems-to-cause-runtime-activity-error/131531 "2025-08-25T10:56:54Z")

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Consider the simple setup using Lux, LinearAlgebra import Optimization, Random, Enzyme, ComponentArrays model = Chain( Dense(2 =\> 16, Lux.tanh), Dense(16, 1), ) parameters, states = Lux.setup(Random.Xoshiro(42…

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## [Understanding GLMakie 3D meshscatter transparency/alpha](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-glmakie-3d-meshscatter-transparency-alpha/121414)

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**Author:** [@trahflow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/trahflow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-glmakie-3d-meshscatter-transparency-alpha/121414 "2025-08-26T02:15:26Z")

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I’m trying to visualize a weighted 3D point set using meshscatter, where the weight is visualized using transparency: Low weight means high transparency. To do this I set a color alpha value for each point. The result …

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## [Will juliac solve the relocatabiliy issue?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-juliac-solve-the-relocatabiliy-issue/131780)

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**Author:** [@ohmsweetohm1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ohmsweetohm1)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/will-juliac-solve-the-relocatabiliy-issue/131780 "2025-08-25T19:09:06Z")

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I have found that generating an app using PackageCompiler.jl only works for kind of academic examples since any dependency potentially breaks relocatabiliy. Our solution to this is to actually use docker images and bundl…

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## [\[ANN\] Four new fMRI-related packages: CIFTI.jl, WatershedParcellation.jl, and more](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-four-new-fmri-related-packages-cifti-jl-watershedparcellation-jl-and-more/106173)

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**Author:** [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-four-new-fmri-related-packages-cifti-jl-watershedparcellation-jl-and-more/106173 "2025-08-25T15:25:16Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to announce four packages I’ve written that may be of interest to anyone working with surface-space representations of fMRI data in Julia. First of all, there’s CIFTI.jl, a very basic and easy-to-u…

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## [Using PyCall with a non default Julia managed Conda Environment](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-pycall-with-a-non-default-julia-managed-conda-environment/131842)

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**Author:** [@LouisPauchet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LouisPauchet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-pycall-with-a-non-default-julia-managed-conda-environment/131842 "2025-08-25T13:50:06Z")

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Hi Julia Community, I’m working on a project where I want to use PyCall, but I’d like to avoid the default Julia-managed Conda environment. Instead, I want to specify a custom environment. Here’s what I’m trying to achi…

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## [Broken permutation of axis in StatsPlots.jl with error bars](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broken-permutation-of-axis-in-statsplots-jl-with-error-bars/131826)

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**Author:** [@LucasV](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LucasV)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broken-permutation-of-axis-in-statsplots-jl-with-error-bars/131826 "2025-08-25T13:37:58Z")

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Hi everyone, recently I’ve tried to plot a grouped bar using StatsPlots.jl with error bars. The plot works fine with no errors but when I insert them it does not work porperly, as shown in the example: Code: #Permutati…

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## [Deadlock when joining external threads, jl\_enter\_threaded\_region, dynamic threading](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/deadlock-when-joining-external-threads-jl-enter-threaded-region-dynamic-threading/131833)

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**Author:** [@green.nsk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/green.nsk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/deadlock-when-joining-external-threads-jl-enter-threaded-region-dynamic-threading/131833 "2025-08-25T13:11:22Z")

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I’m trying to wrap my head around using Julia with some dynamic threading. Ability to handle externally-launched threads was introduced in 1.9 with jl\_adopt\_thread(). The main documentation seems limited to the release n…

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## [Suddenly can no longer run test (due to breaking \`\]add Package\` midway?)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suddenly-can-no-longer-run-test-due-to-breaking-add-package-midway/131813)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suddenly-can-no-longer-run-test-due-to-breaking-add-package-midway/131813 "2025-08-25T12:58:54Z")

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I am developing a package, however, suddently, where I try to run \]test I get a crash. A potential reason is that I pasted some code into the REPL which contained a using ... statement for a package I did not want to a…

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## [\[PRE-ANN\] ReverseSearch.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-ann-reversesearch-jl/131838)

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**Author:** [@mxhbl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mxhbl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pre-ann-reversesearch-jl/131838 "2025-08-25T12:41:25Z")

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Reverse search is a general algorithm for combinatorial enumeration or search problems. It can be used to enumerate induced subgraphs, triangulations, lattice animals, among many others. An important feature of reverse s…

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## [Running out of disk space on HPC without really doing anything unusual](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-out-of-disk-space-on-hpc-without-really-doing-anything-unusual/131812)

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**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/running-out-of-disk-space-on-hpc-without-really-doing-anything-unusual/131812 "2025-08-25T09:53:46Z")

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I have some workflows that I am running on an HPC, and I have suddenly run out of space, preventing me from actually doing anything. The actual scripts and stuff I have created corresponds to 2 MB, and I have reached the…

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## [Forward Diff to cast Dual type to Float64](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forward-diff-to-cast-dual-type-to-float64/131828)

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**Author:** [@Kate](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kate)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/forward-diff-to-cast-dual-type-to-float64/131828 "2025-08-25T09:49:05Z")

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Hello, I’m a complete beginner to Julia. I’m currently using ForwardDiff to compute the Jacobian matrix of a vector-valued function, and that works very well. Now, I want to continue using ForwardDiff to compute ∂JAC/∂τ\[…

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## [IronJulia - Mini Julia Runtime Attempt in .NET](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ironjulia-mini-julia-runtime-attempt-in-net/130872)

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**Author:** [@HyperSphereStudio](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HyperSphereStudio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ironjulia-mini-julia-runtime-attempt-in-net/130872 "2025-08-25T08:06:52Z")

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Several years back I began writing a Julia ↔ C# interop library with some success (I had abandoned it) Recently I have been trying to actually build a mini julia runtime in .NET 11. It’s obviously a massive undertaking …

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## [TagBot does not create a GitHub release from a tag](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845)

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**Author:** [@garrek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/garrek)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tagbot-does-not-create-a-github-release-from-a-tag/108845 "2025-08-25T04:28:37Z")

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I’ve registered a new release which has been merged into the General Registry, but the Julia TagBot doesn’t seem to be able to make a GitHub release. On the first try, it claimed there is a permissions-related error, but…

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## [Warnings when using logpdf of NoncentralT](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warnings-when-using-logpdf-of-noncentralt/131815)

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**Author:** [@Transfrogirl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Transfrogirl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warnings-when-using-logpdf-of-noncentralt/131815 "2025-08-24T20:29:27Z")

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logpdf(NoncentralT(v, u), x) leads to warnings «full precision may not have been achieved in ‘pnt{final}’ ». as far as abs(u)\<40 On Linux, at least

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