Joseph Weston

_originally posted by Joseph Weston ([@jbweston](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/jbweston)) at 2017-11-13T17:25:12.648Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ Getting rid of this restriction is going to be tough. At the moment the runner and the kernel are able...

_originally posted by Anton Akhmerov ([@anton-akhmerov](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/anton-akhmerov)) at 2017-11-14T08:08:32.017Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ I was rather thinking along the lines of reducing the communication channels to the runner by offloading it to a...

_originally posted by Joseph Weston ([@jbweston](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/jbweston)) at 2018-02-19T12:07:53.750Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ We now have a `BlockingRunner` that blocks the kernel. Is this good enough?

_originally posted by Bas Nijholt ([@basnijholt](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/basnijholt)) at 2018-02-19T12:10:58.076Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ I would say yes. However, you do mention an issue that is still there. I think it's wise to add...

_originally posted by Joseph Weston ([@jbweston](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/jbweston)) at 2018-02-19T12:34:22.159Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ For now we can do something like: ```python def _run(learner, *args, **kwargs): BlockingRunner(learner, *args, **kwargs) return learner def run_in_background(learner, *args,...

_originally posted by Joseph Weston ([@jbweston](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/jbweston)) at 2018-02-19T12:41:28.540Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ Ah, but this won't quite work. The executor in which we want to run `_run` is completely independent from the...

_originally posted by Joseph Weston ([@jbweston](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/jbweston)) at 2018-02-20T15:31:33.320Z on [GitLab](https://gitlab.kwant-project.org/qt/adaptive/issues/31)_ demoting this issue from milestone 0.1

> Ruppert's algorithm Looks interesting. Does anyone know what differences this would give with respect to Bowyer-Watson? AFAICT most other suggestions require global information, rather than the local information that...

> AFAICT most other suggestions require global information, rather than the local information Which is not to say that we should not implement them, of course. It would be a...

> Quad trees see this suggestion I think this might be good if derivatives need to be computed, as the Redditor who posted this suggests. I think a quadtree should...