Small, independent teams. Several people have clamored to join in while admitting that their skills aren't very advanced. I think each of these would benefit more as a member of a small team than all being on one large team.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:15 PM, EelVex <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally, I agree; multiple small teams would be great but are teams > permitted to collaborate? (I think not) > So, do we do this as a community or as small independent teams? > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There's no reason not to have multiple teams, especially if we need to > > abide by a team size limit. Having more J teams would be better for the > > language's visibility than having one large one. Also, small teams are > > usually better generally. > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:44 PM, EelVex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The thing is, do we want to abide by the rules of kaggle contest? > > > If so, as far as I understand, the repo has to be private and maybe the > > > team working on the problem has to have a size limit. > > > I'll check the rules again tomorrow and get back to you on that. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Jan-Pieter Jacobs < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > If the repo can be opened up: I think there is no limit on read-only > > > > users, so they can fork out a repo for themselves, and we could do > the > > > > write access via email patches > > > > ( > > http://alblue.bandlem.com/2011/12/git-tip-of-week-patches-by-email.html > > > ). > > > > > > > > An other option is use a distributed approach and work hierarchically > > > > in subteams of 5, where each one has a 'captain' syncing to the > > > > top-most repo. > > > > > > > > Anyhow, I think it would be sensible to think out a branching > workflow > > > > already now (per feature, or per person or whatever). > > > > Then , I don't quite know about the weight of the repo and updates if > > > > we are going to sync up and down every obtained result... > > > > Maybe that's something for a separate branch or so? > > > > Quite frankly, I haven't had too much experience with colaboration > via > > > > git. I tried to introduce it at work, but in the end, I am the only > > > > one using it :/, even though we collaborate on projects. It's just me > > > > doing the merging and versioning ... so any ideas or proven-to-work > > > > setups are welcome. > > > > > > > > JP > > > > > > > > 2014-06-12 20:21 GMT+02:00 EelVex <[email protected]>: > > > > > OK, invitations to the repository sent to Jan-Pieter, Jon and > Vijay. > > > > > > > > > > Maximum size for kaggle competion team is 4 so I don't know how we > > can > > > > > handle that, if more people want to join. I'm leaving the positions > > > open > > > > > for the time being. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Vijay Lulla <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> I'd like to join also. Do you need my bitbucket username? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > Yes please. I would like to join. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:11:25 +0200 > > > > >> > > From: [email protected] > > > > >> > > To: [email protected] > > > > >> > > Subject: Re: [Jchat] kaggle higgs contest > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Yes please :). > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > 2014-06-12 10:58 GMT+02:00 EelVex <[email protected]>: > > > > >> > > > I started a private repository at bitbucket and made a > simple > > > > initial > > > > >> > > > submission to the contest. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > Anyone interested in participating with this team ("eelvex" > > but > > > > we'll > > > > >> > > > change the name later) drop me a message so I can add you > and > > > > invite > > > > >> > you to > > > > >> > > > the repository. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > Keep in mind that this may deviate a bit from a strictly-J > > team. > > > > >> > > > Στις 11 Ιουν 2014 5:20 ΠΜ, ο χρήστης "Richard Hill" < > > > > >> > [email protected]> > > > > >> > > > έγραψε: > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > >> Are any J people competing is the following? > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > >> https://www.kaggle.com/c/higgs-boson > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> > > >> For information about J forums see > > > > >> > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> > > > For information about J forums see > > > > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > >> > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> > > For information about J forums see > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> > For information about J forums see > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > >> > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
