The initialization strategy for UMAP is important enough that asking about that in practice is probably more important than anything out of Ghrist's book as an

The initialization strategy for UMAP is important enough that asking about that in practice is probably more important than anything out of Ghrist's book as an interview question cf. https://twitter.com/hippopedoid/status/1356906342439669761 https://twitter.com/hippopedoid/status/1356906342439669761