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You've heard of Markov chains. But who was Markov?
- vph 14y agothe reason why not many people know who Markov is is that sometimes he is hidden. And a hidden markov can be quite elusive.
- noelwelsh 14y agoI always assumed a Markov chain was some kind of Siberian drinking game. Hence the interest in the running the chain to its stationary distribution.
- noelwelsh 14y agoOdd that this was down-voted. It's a (bad) joke. Allow me to explain: Calculating the stationary distribution is one of the main things people do with Markov chains. That's all that PageRank is -- the stationary distribution of the Markov chain constructed from the network of links on the web.
- hhuio 14y agoEven today wikipedia mentions nothing of interdependence on probability...
- jckt 14y agoSlightly off-topic, but Brian Hayes (mentioned several times in the article) has a very good blog here: http://bit-player.org/ http://bit-player.org/
- if_by_whisky 14y agoMarkov was an atheist. In 1912 he protested Leo Tolstoy's excommunication from the Russian Orthodox Church by requesting his own excommunication. The Church complied with his request. [Wikipedia.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Markov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Markov)
- freyr 14y ago> A “Monopoly” board has 40 possible “states” Ah, just like chess has 64 possible states. Except that chess has on the order 10^47 states.
- mturmon 14y agoThey needed to use "Chutes and Ladders," which really does have a handful of states.
- bcbrown 14y agoThe [position of a player on a Monopoly board] has 40 possible states.
- mturmon 14y agoBut the transition between states in Monopoly depends not only on dice, but also upon the configuration of Chance and Community Chest cards, which has a much larger state space. Besides this, if you roll doubles three times, you go to Jail, which increases the state space more. For more: http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml
- bcbrown 14y agoGood point, you're right.
- sagacityhappens 14y agoBeing a true Markov, his history is irrelevant!
- ScottBurson 14y agoEasily the best joke in this discussion.
- varjag 14y agoRussia used Julian calendar up to 1918. If that was a date marked in the original calendar, it wasn't 100 years ago "this week".
- sp332 14y agoThis is also why the October Revolution happened in November, depending on what calendar you use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_revolution
- SparrowOS 14y agohttps://public.resource.org/aaron/army/ https://public.resource.org/aaron/army/ India-nigger, who's religion is superior -- nigger religion or white man's? How dare you say "better angel"? (The Aaron story on HackerNews.) God says... impurity fluently challenges tells Their enquiringly bespotted no breadth wilt roll -even Forum dedicated valiant neighbours varies height harbour audience mingled parting READ sets far_out_man Royalties injured existeth die- revenged -for behalf beginning compassion clingeth Will a_screw_loose ails born att move ordered limitation rest interpreter City happens slowly carcase reawakened rich denied suitable stretching message agito hunting am corrupted umm_what_now Mom confessions I_have_an_idea owes don't_push_it comedy quarrel embracement meet kindled covetous bad_ol_puddytat shifting Hereupon scholar's breathed conversing placest dispensing believes intended application clearness treasury An India-nigger couldn't tell tongues from Markov. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14&version=NIV http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgX4V2CwD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgX4V2CwD4 God says... C:\Text\BIBLE.TXT first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will ----- An India-nigger can't tell God I.Q. from human.
- SparrowOS 14y agoIndia nigger... who's religion is superior -- nigger religion or white man's? How dare you say "better angel". God says... impurity fluently challenges tells Their enquiringly bespotted no breadth wilt roll -even Forum dedicated valiant neighbours varies height harbour audience mingled parting READ sets far_out_man Royalties injured existeth die- revenged -for behalf beginning compassion clingeth Will a_screw_loose ails born att move ordered limitation rest interpreter City happens slowly carcase reawakened rich denied suitable stretching message agito hunting am corrupted umm_what_now Mom confessions I_have_an_idea owes don't_push_it comedy quarrel embracement meet kindled covetous bad_ol_puddytat shifting Hereupon scholar's breathed conversing placest dispensing believes intended application clearness treasury
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