On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:17 AM ac via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:59:29 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

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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

On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: 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

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: 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