# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/latest.md?page=263

[Latest](https://discourse.julialang.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.julialang.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.julialang.org/tags.md)

**Page:** 264

---

## [Changing distance between axes and x/y guides?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-distance-between-axes-and-x-y-guides/70043)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-distance-between-axes-and-x-y-guides/70043 "2024-12-02T19:29:23Z")

</div>

How do I change the space between the frame/ticks/ticks numbers and the x/y axis guides? E.g. in this case: plot(x -\> x^2,xguide="X-axis",yguide="Y-axis") (red markings are added to me to show what distance I want t…

---

## [Julia v1.11.2 has been released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-11-2-has-been-released/123373)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ararslan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ararslan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-11-2-has-been-released/123373 "2024-12-02T20:34:34Z")

</div>

Julia version 1.11.2, the second patch release in the 1.11 series of releases, is now available. Binaries are available via JuliaUp and at https://julialang.org/downloads/ for macOS (Intel and M-series processors), Windo…

---

## [Using TestItemRunner snippets & modules when troubleshooting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-testitemrunner-snippets-modules-when-troubleshooting/123057)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Ken\_Williams](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ken_Williams)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-testitemrunner-snippets-modules-when-troubleshooting/123057 "2024-12-02T19:04:06Z")

</div>

I’ve been starting to use TestItemRunner’s new @testsnippet and @testmodule mechanisms to help organize testing code, and I’ve found it very helpful. One thing that’s a setback, though, is that if a test fails and I nee…

---

## [Interesting post about SIMD dot product (and cosine similarity)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interesting-post-about-simd-dot-product-and-cosine-similarity/123282)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Dan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dan)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interesting-post-about-simd-dot-product-and-cosine-similarity/123282 "2024-12-02T18:49:05Z")

</div>

This is part 1 of a two posts showing how to SIMD the hell out of a dot-product: Part 2 (forthcoming) will be about Modular implementation. Seems dot product is a place Julia should aspire to hug the SOTA.

---

## [Tolerance specification for pivoted Cholesky](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tolerance-specification-for-pivoted-cholesky/6863)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dmbates](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dmbates)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tolerance-specification-for-pivoted-cholesky/6863 "2017-11-06T19:30:22Z")

</div>

In this notebook I describe evaluating the rank of a model matrix X by forming a pivoted Cholesky factorization of X'X. I use this form because the X'X matrix will be evaluated whether or not the rank is needed. I woul…

---

## [Makie to Simulate Turing Machine Tape](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-to-simulate-turing-machine-tape/123183)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@CurryFavor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CurryFavor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-to-simulate-turing-machine-tape/123183 "2024-12-02T17:43:26Z")

</div>

Julia Makie supports recording of animated gif, etc. I wish to utilize this feature to create an animation of a Turing machine’s tape. I’d like the tape to appear such as follows (created using HTML) … My attempt…

---

## [To pluralize or not to pluralize the name of a package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/to-pluralize-or-not-to-pluralize-the-name-of-a-package/123311)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@David\_Sagan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/David_Sagan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/to-pluralize-or-not-to-pluralize-the-name-of-a-package/123311 "2024-12-02T17:32:50Z")

</div>

According to the Julia package naming guidelines (5. Creating Packages · Pkg.jl): Packages that provide most of their functionality in association with a new type should have pluralized names. DataFrames provides the…

---

## [Error: MethodError: no method matching validate](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-methoderror-no-method-matching-validate/123354)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Jax\_Xu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jax_Xu)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-methoderror-no-method-matching-validate/123354 "2024-12-02T16:14:02Z")

</div>

Hi! I’m new to Julia and Catalyst.jl. I am trying to follow the tutorial of Introduction to learn how to use catalyst. I install packages, including Blockquote Status C:\\Users\\23954749\\.julia\\environments\\v1.10\\Projec…

---

## [Static array multiplied by its adjoint seems to allocate](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-array-multiplied-by-its-adjoint-seems-to-allocate/123232)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@miguelborrero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/miguelborrero)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/static-array-multiplied-by-its-adjoint-seems-to-allocate/123232 "2024-12-02T15:54:39Z")

</div>

Hi there, I am writing out a likelihood estimation and I have run into some allocation issues when coding up the Hessian. Even though the Hessian function HLL seems to mirror what the gradient function ∇LL is doing. One…

---

## [PhD position on carbon-climate feedback](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/phd-position-on-carbon-climate-feedback/123362)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@BernhardAhrens](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BernhardAhrens)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/phd-position-on-carbon-climate-feedback/123362 "2024-12-02T15:23:44Z")

</div>

We are offering four PhD positions at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, as part of the MC³ 4 Earth – Max-Planck-Center. These positions are ideal for people with strong skills in Julia, part…

---

## [Workflow for development packages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-development-packages/123102)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-development-packages/123102 "2024-12-02T15:23:21Z")

</div>

There are some packages I mostly use while developing some package. These include, for example, JET.jl & Cthulhu.jl when I am debugging, a bunch of \<: AbstractArray implementations (StaticArrays.jl, etc) when I want to t…

---

## [\`cholesky!\` L.data pointer question](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cholesky-l-data-pointer-question/123215)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@RoyW](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RoyW)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cholesky-l-data-pointer-question/123215 "2024-12-02T15:00:04Z")

</div>

In the following code, I was surprised that the pointer for L.L.data isn’t the same as the pointer to B, L.UL.data, L.U.data. using LinearAlgebra, Random, BenchmarkTools T = Float64 D = 3 rng = Random.Xoshiro(0) funct…

---

## [How to write a kernel to evaluate a function on an arbitrary dimensional grid?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-write-a-kernel-to-evaluate-a-function-on-an-arbitrary-dimensional-grid/123359)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@marcsgil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/marcsgil)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-write-a-kernel-to-evaluate-a-function-on-an-arbitrary-dimensional-grid/123359 "2024-12-02T14:33:38Z")

</div>

Hi, I’m trying to write a kernel (using KernelAbstractions.jl) to evaluate a function f over an arbitrary dimensional Cartesian grid, which is represented by vectors rs.... To give a concrete example, for a 2D grid I can…

---

## [Is sharedmemory really accelerates GPU kernel?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-sharedmemory-really-accelerates-gpu-kernel/123343)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@shatanzikou](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shatanzikou)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-sharedmemory-really-accelerates-gpu-kernel/123343 "2024-12-02T13:39:13Z")

</div>

Hello. I’ve been learning sharedmemory from here: https://pde-on-gpu.vaw.ethz.ch/lecture10/. And I’m going through the motion to understand this. But when I benchmark the kernel I wrote based on the lecture, I found …

---

## [\[ANN\] WeatherReport.jl - A simple weather app for the Julia REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-weatherreport-jl-a-simple-weather-app-for-the-julia-repl/108298)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@vnegi10](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vnegi10)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-weatherreport-jl-a-simple-weather-app-for-the-julia-repl/108298 "2024-12-02T12:08:49Z")

</div>

I am elated to announce WeatherReport.jl, a package that provides basic weather information right within the REPL. Your location is not tracked, therefore, you need to specify a city/town/village or latitude/longitude yo…

---

## [Automatic package link pages have poor layout](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-link-pages-have-poor-layout/123087)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-link-pages-have-poor-layout/123087 "2024-12-02T10:57:47Z")

</div>

If you click on an automatic package link generated by Discourse, like DifferentialEquations.jl, you see a webpage with a three-column layout. The GitHub README of the package, which contains the most useful information,…

---

## [The psychological reason behind the Julia community's lack of success (not just adoption) and why I'm afraid our future is not so bright](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-psychological-reason-behind-the-julia-communitys-lack-of-success-not-just-adoption-and-why-im-afraid-our-future-is-not-so-bright/123347)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/the-psychological-reason-behind-the-julia-communitys-lack-of-success-not-just-adoption-and-why-im-afraid-our-future-is-not-so-bright/123347 "2024-12-02T10:30:50Z")

</div>

This is not yet another “Julia lacks adoption.” post. In fact, I’d argue later that Julia has enough adoption to compete with major languages at this point. Julia might not be a major language, but the community is not s…

---

## [Convert filepath to URI](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-filepath-to-uri/123334)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@thestoicone](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thestoicone)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-filepath-to-uri/123334 "2024-12-02T09:11:28Z")

</div>

I’ve been knocking my head against a wall trying to fix an issue in the .xspf (VLC) playlist generator I’m writing. I used “walkdir” to get the paths of the files but I can’t seem to convert them into the correct format …

---

## [JuliaHealth Mini-Symposium Draft Request for Comments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahealth-mini-symposium-draft-request-for-comments/123266)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahealth-mini-symposium-draft-request-for-comments/123266 "2024-12-02T07:51:22Z")

</div>

Hi folks! :wave: We are looking for final comments about our JuliaHealth Mini-Symposium draft submission we have created! You can view the draft here: JuliaHealth Mini-Symposium - JuliaCon 2025 - Google Docs And leave …

---

## [Omniscape model in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/omniscape-model-in-julia/123330)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@JanZachar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JanZachar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/omniscape-model-in-julia/123330 "2024-12-02T07:38:23Z")

</div>

When running Omniscape model via Julia I got this error massage: run\_omniscape("D:/15\_Omniscape/tobler\_mean/script/tobler\_mean.ini") ERROR: OutOfMemoryError() Stacktrace: \[1\] GenericMemory @ .\\boot.jl:516 \[inlined…

---

## [Enzyme.jl non-allocating function has allocating gradient](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/enzyme-jl-non-allocating-function-has-allocating-gradient/123212)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Philippe\_Maincon1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Philippe_Maincon1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/enzyme-jl-non-allocating-function-has-allocating-gradient/123212 "2024-12-02T06:37:19Z")

</div>

Hi, I am taking Enzyme.jl for a spin. using Enzyme,StaticArrays,BenchmarkTools,LinearAlgebra A = SVector(1.,2.,3.) B = SVector(2.,6.,2.) foo(A) = dot(A,B) @btime gradient(Reverse,$foo,$A) and get 107.11…

---

## [Functions like set\_binary, etc. does not work in a user-defined function](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/functions-like-set-binary-etc-does-not-work-in-a-user-defined-function/123325)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@leejm516](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leejm516)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/functions-like-set-binary-etc-does-not-work-in-a-user-defined-function/123325 "2024-12-02T01:37:59Z")

</div>

Hello, I created a simple function that solves a JuMP MIP model with arrays as inputs. The problem I want to solve is minimize c’\*x s.t. Ax = b l \<= x \<= u some x\[i\] in {0, 1} \[vartype is a vector that defines th…

---

## [Publishing my HTTP2.jl work](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publishing-my-http2-jl-work/82847)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ExpandingMan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ExpandingMan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/publishing-my-http2-jl-work/82847 "2024-12-01T22:41:24Z")

</div>

Last year I did a significant amount of work on HTTP2.jl which I intended as a replacement to HTTP.jl with full support for both the HTTP 2.0 and HTTP 1.1 protocols. I believe that the “core logic” of this package is la…

---

## [StructArray into KeyedArray](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/structarray-into-keyedarray/123305)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/structarray-into-keyedarray/123305 "2024-12-01T19:41:09Z")

</div>

How do I turn a StructArray into a KeyedArray? ┌───────┬───────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┐ │ a │ b │ x │ y │ z │ │ Int64 │ Int64 │ Float64 │ Float64 │ Float64 │ ├───────┼───────…

---

## [NeuralPDE with tuple input](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neuralpde-with-tuple-input/123078)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Yang-yang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Yang-yang)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neuralpde-with-tuple-input/123078 "2024-12-01T13:20:23Z")

</div>

I want to use the PINN to solve a PDE whose time dependence is mild, but its spatial dependence is complicated. I construct the following neural network, inner = 8 chain = Chain(Parallel(vcat, Chain(NoOpLayer())…

---

## [Catching warning and assign missing values instead?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/catching-warning-and-assign-missing-values-instead/123252)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Balinus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Balinus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/catching-warning-and-assign-missing-values-instead/123252 "2024-12-01T13:16:17Z")

</div>

Hello, I get the following warning for some of my calculations. ┌ Warning: The maximum likelihood algorithm did not find a solution. Maybe try with different initial values or with another method. The returned values ar…

---

## [Makie matrix image display issue](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-matrix-image-display-issue/123281)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Bananthahally](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bananthahally)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-matrix-image-display-issue/123281 "2024-12-01T12:16:12Z")

</div>

Hi users The following function IMAGE\_SU\_A\_METRIC, using Makie.jl and CairoMakie.jl is meant to give an image of an input matrix SU\_A\_METRX using a couple of parameters from an input structure STR\_DTA\_AMT: function IM…

---

## [Bug: dev two repos, hit tab key, Pkg crashes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-dev-two-repos-hit-tab-key-pkg-crashes/123324)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@phma](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/phma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-dev-two-repos-hit-tab-key-pkg-crashes/123324 "2024-12-01T10:45:13Z")

</div>

I hit \] for Pkg and tried to dev two repos called wormcode and sumsquare, hitting tab after the first few letters of each. (These are not the actual names of the repos and are actually in C++ and Rust respectively. I use…

---

## [Converting Char type to Int type](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-char-type-to-int-type/123320)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@hack3rcon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hack3rcon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-char-type-to-int-type/123320 "2024-12-01T10:09:00Z")

</div>

Hello, I have a file similar to the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I wrote the following program to read this file character by character and convert its numbers to Int type: function summer() inn = open("input.…

---

## [Plots Output Goes to Wrong User](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-output-goes-to-wrong-user/122443)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ejolson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ejolson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-output-goes-to-wrong-user/122443 "2024-12-01T08:19:35Z")

</div>

Observed Behavior: The GKS QtTerm output window from the Plots package is displaying on a different user’s desktop. It appears the first person to start plotting subsequently gets all the plots from the other users. E…

[Previous page](https://discourse.julialang.org/latest.md?page=262)

[Next page](https://discourse.julialang.org/latest.md?page=264)