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Note: not an expert or data scientist this could be an uninformed opinion.

R has multithread support: https://josephcrispell.github.io/2018/08/27/multi-threading-...

Julia's main draw was native really fast code with multi-thread/parallel support.

The other issue is that a parallelized c version of a data science algorithm can be scripted by Python or R pretty easily.

Here is a spec for the `did:key` method: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-key/
Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:08PM (#20220252)
being free of Government manipulation while desirable also has drawbacks as a corporate owned currency means it would be subject to corporate manipulation. Think Kong Bucks. Basically, corporate currencies mean not only do you shop at the company store, but you use their money too. I think the original premise of a government less people's coin via bitcoin is a better idea as it means the population takes responsibility for their currency.
Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:02PM (#20220230)
yes, their whitepaper heavily suggests that access to finance products for the poor is a big motivation behind Libra. However, it does feel a bit like white washing as the majority of the profits from Libra will obviously be the convenience of paying via facebook owned messengers etc.
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage state in your React application? on Saturday February 09, 2019 @09:51AM (#19122539)
there are a lot of options out there and this thread kind of surprised me was expecting more interesting submissions. you might want to look at the original flux:

https://github.com/facebook/flux

from facebook if you app has a lot of global state needs multiple stores can be handy.

Mobx is great too:

https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx

With the current project I am working on we actually just vanilla javascript with singeltons with subscriptions (note: I did not write this, but I think it is rxjs).

anyways someone should come along with some answers.

Redux is still the easiest and with Sagas is really cool. One start up I interviewed with was using something similar to hooks, but do not remember the name of it.

Also datomic (used by om.next in clojurescript) has some really clever optimizations and is a joy to use.

Re:Facebook Watch Isn’t Living Up to Its Name on Monday January 28, 2019 @09:27PM (#19023175)
did not know this feature existed clicked on it and facebook algorithms has a surpassingly large number of videos tailored to my tastes ended up watching a British musician explain the 2 necked string instrument she plays that is between a ukele and lute. sold.
Re:Ask HN: How do you organize everything you want to do? on Saturday January 12, 2019 @08:04PM (#18894325)
have the same setup actually although I use kanban zone a site I worked on instead =)
I also use a Kanban board mine however keeps track of completion on books and courses. I suppose a ten year goal would be a good idea along with yearly.