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I wish this essay wasn’t littered with emojis :(

• scott31 6y ago
  Same
• aperrien 6y ago
  I learned something new and valuable today. The emoji make no difference at all to me, as they do not affect the quality of what I have learned by any discernible measure.
  • notsuoh 6y ago
    If Geoff Hinton or Francois Chollet add emojis to their writing, it is visually less pleasing in my opinion but I agree with you overall. When it's someone I don't know though, it makes me trust the writing less because I can't strictly verify the contents of what is being discussed easily for work like this, so it does make a difference because I guess it's less "professional" in a way.
    • sheikheddy 6y ago
      I've noticed it more and more in the ML research community, I think it's mostly the influence of twitter and medium articles. For a blog it really is fine though and I'm comfortable with language evolving in an imprecise fashion as long as the emojis don't try to do much more than add flavor.
      • grp000 6y ago
        Most math heavy content is written very drily. Seeing emojis makes reading it feel more comfy and human. If someone maps the greek alphabet to emojis, you could enjoy the integration on a deeper, more intimate level. The math of emotion!
• nl 6y ago
  > I wish this essay wasn’t littered with emojis :( I'm really hoping the inclusion of :( was meant ironically. (Personally, I'm a fan of personality. Check out Darknet/YOLO creator Joseph Redmon's resume one day.)
  • toxik 6y ago
    I hated the YOLO paper too, very distracting way to write. And yes the smiley face is meant as an ironic illustration of why exactly it’s distracting. Seems it worked since I got downvoted.
• pixelpoet 6y ago
  > I wish this essay wasn’t littered with emojis :( I wish people still used subjunctive mood (in this case, "weren't" instead of "wasn't"); we don't always get our personal preferences, and that's okay.