Re: mir-optim v0.0.1: betterC nonlinear least squares
On Friday, 13 July 2018 at 16:20:30 UTC, jmh530 wrote: On Tuesday, 10 July 2018 at 02:10:56 UTC, 9il wrote: The algorigbms from https://github.com/JuliaNLSolvers are good candidates. No plans to implement them for now, but PRs are wellcome. Another type of functionality that would be useful: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fzero.html This can be done with a non-linear least squares, but I don't think that's the most efficient method. D's findRoot probably is the world's most efficient and robust implementation. For single initial point fzero we can be implemented as IEEE set binary search of second initial point x1 such that sign(f(x0)) != sign(f(x1)) plus D's findRoot.
Re: Funding code-d
On Friday, 13 July 2018 at 14:20:19 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: As promised in my tweet of June 30 (and to the handful of people who emailed me), the cloud of mystery surrounding the use of the money raised for code-d and its supporting tools has now been (partially) lifted! In this post, I lay out the details of how the first $1000 will be paid out to project maintainer Jan Jurzitza, a.k.a Webfreak001, and explain what we hope to achieve with this ecosystem fundraising initiative going forward. This time around, it all came together in the background of prepping for DConf with little forethought beyond activating an Open Collective goal and then working with Jan to determine the details. Lessons were learned. Later this year, you'll see the result when we announce the next of what we hope to be an ongoing series of funding targets. In the meantime: The blog https://dlang.org/blog/2018/07/13/funding-code-d/ Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/8yka7b/funding_coded_the_d_blog/ Nice explication of the plan, really needed. Why github never rolled out such a bounty program for OSS and other public projects has to be one of the head-scratching moves of all time, no wonder they were about to run out of money before they sold. A good way to decide on future projects would be to let prospective donors stake money on various proposals, to see how much backing they might receive, sort of like how kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites work.
Re: Symmetry Autumn of Code
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 13:57:12 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote: On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 07:30:26 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ "join us" for "submit an application" -> apply (confusing otherwise) Maybe sum up and make clear that each student can earn between $3000-4000, instead of capped at $1k. Why limit it to students? If the goal is to have a youth injection, just use an age limit- say 18-25- I see no reason for the stupid college bias. Hi Joakim. Thanks for suggestions. Sure, thanks for funding this worthwhile initiative. I don't know what legal aspects there are relating to targeting age in different countries. We are definitely targeting people earlier in their careers. I agree with you that talent isn't only found amongst students, and I've in the past hired someone that didn't even finish high school and has gone on to do good work for the D community. So as far as Symmetry goes we are very open to unusual talent. A degree is just one piece of interesting information. Yes, but the current requirements exclude, for example, recent college grads who may not be employed yet and might do much better work than a harried college student. I don't know the legal risks in detail, but I can't imagine the risk/reward to opening it up would favor the current limitation.
Re: dpp now compiles julia.h headers
On Friday, 13 July 2018 at 22:22:25 UTC, Meta wrote: On Friday, 13 July 2018 at 19:02:56 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote: Atila Neves' d++ now compiles julia.h. Modulo bugs this makes it possible to embed Julia in D (and probably the other way around, but I have not tried). https://github.com/kaleidicassociates/juliad Very cool. It's awesome to be able to directly #include C++ headers. C++ headers with all basic features are not yet there. Atila thought it might be a couple of months work full-time to be able to do #include It's not out of the question to make that investment, but we need to hire a few more programmers locally first.
Re: Symmetry Autumn of Code
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 07:09:21 UTC, Timoses wrote: On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ Typos "D programming lagnauge" (looks a bit french) : D "accept yor offer." Thanks for corrections. Great! Wish I was a student still : D. Me too ! Kidding aside, if you would be interested in a job programming mostly or partly in D please see our website. Lots of roles we haven't yet had time to post.
Re: Symmetry Autumn of Code
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 07:30:26 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ "join us" for "submit an application" -> apply (confusing otherwise) Maybe sum up and make clear that each student can earn between $3000-4000, instead of capped at $1k. Why limit it to students? If the goal is to have a youth injection, just use an age limit- say 18-25- I see no reason for the stupid college bias. Hi Joakim. Thanks for suggestions. I don't know what legal aspects there are relating to targeting age in different countries. We are definitely targeting people earlier in their careers. I agree with you that talent isn't only found amongst students, and I've in the past hired someone that didn't even finish high school and has gone on to do good work for the D community. So as far as Symmetry goes we are very open to unusual talent. A degree is just one piece of interesting information. https://symmetryinvestments.com/careers/ There's quite a lot of work involved in organising something like this, and I'm very grateful to the D Foundation for doing such an excellent job. We can refine this for next year, but I wanted to make a start. Laeeth
Re: Symmetry Autumn of Code
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ "join us" for "submit an application" -> apply (confusing otherwise) Maybe sum up and make clear that each student can earn between $3000-4000, instead of capped at $1k. Why limit it to students? If the goal is to have a youth injection, just use an age limit- say 18-25- I see no reason for the stupid college bias.
Re: Symmetry Autumn of Code
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ Great! Wish I was a student still : D. Typos "D programming lagnauge" (looks a bit french) : D "accept yor offer."
Re: Symmetry Autumn of Code
On Saturday, 14 July 2018 at 06:02:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8yram3/symmetry_autumn_of_code/
Symmetry Autumn of Code
Thanks to the sponsorship of Symmetry Investments, the D Language Foundation is happy to announce the Symmetry Autumn of Code! We're looking for three university students to hack on D this autumn, from September - January. We're also in search of potential mentors and ideas for student projects. Head to the Symmetry Autumn of Code page for the details. Spread the word! https://dlang.org/blog/symmetry-autumn-of-code/
