[GTALUG] programming system questions

o1bigtenor o1bigtenor at gmail.com
Fri Oct 12 07:04:07 EDT 2018


On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:17 AM ac via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:59:29 -0500
> o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk
> > <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote:
> > > > And what does one do when the web is down?
> > > A framework like react is built with this in mind - serviceworkers
> > > handle offline actions until there's connectivity.
> > > I'm sure others let you do the same thing with a local data
> > > store/db, be it natively or through a plugin, and then sync up once
> > > there's a connection.
> > Sorry - - - this may be practical for some web applications but when
> > one is doing calculations and changing things every few moments web latency feels
> > like a pain and non-connection means the work just doesn't get done. In my
> > opinion I would rather never see another web application. That's why
> > I have a computer.
>
> Firstly, thank you for taking the time to explain a monte carlo system to me :)

My explanation is how 'I' see a monte carlo analysis system - - - -
the real definition
may be totally fubar if compared to what I'm using!
I first ran into the use of monte carlo analysis looking for forward
financial analysis - -
where it shines. It looks like it can be an excellent tool, albeit not
simple nor easy,
but maybe some of the negatives could be hidden in the software. For
me the idea
of being able to quantify with a reasonable certainty highly complex
models is very
attractive. Developing these skills is being part of the fun - - -
there is a fairly large
pile of things behind all the parts needed to do this.
>
> Secondly, you do everything said already and install apache, etc on
> your own computer.... you can even have Apache only listening on
> localhost, so that you use https://127.0.0.1 - there is still a
> 'latency'  but using javascript makes this a non issue

Web latency isn't an issue if I'm doing a web application that I'm
hosting but - - -
when that application is hosted by someone else and my internet access system
(wireless ISP) adds not only latency but can occasionally add large amounts of
errors due to uncontrollables - - - - well - - - imo web applications
aren't for
everything (somewhat like personal vehicles don't work for everyone in north
america either but there sure is a lot of pressure to have one).

Very much appreciate the communication!

Dee


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