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Wish I would finally follow my own advice, but I think it would be best to pick a problem and start hacking. There are lots of data sets available on the net, a
by Tichy 15y ago
Wish I would finally follow my own advice, but I think it would be best to pick a problem and start hacking. There are lots of data sets available on the net, and competitions like the Netflix prize, too.
A while ago there was a story on HN about somebody who built a recommender system for boardgamegeek.com, for example. I thought that was inspiring.
- phektus 15y agoI believe this to be sound advice, so what I'm actually thinking of right now is to go and pace slowly on the math/theory, while starting a super beginner project to get my feet wet.