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by 2sk21 8y ago
What I really need is a weekly study day: Spend a whole day just studying and reading something (which may be completely unrelated to my work). Some of my most productive ideas have come from such study.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Maybe but I think Photoshop could beat both of them. [Seems a bit early for April fools]
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by 2sk21 8y ago
And of course regenerative braking is very commonly used in railroads. This works for both AC and DC fed systems.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I'm from a bright sunny tropical country and I prefer working in dimly lit windowless offices. i think this cuts across all ethnic groups!
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Listening to an audio book on some scientific topic will almost always put to sleep within 15 minute. I really like books on cognitive science - I have used books by Daniel Dennet and Dean Buonomano for this purpose. I not only learn intere
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I could not make out from the documentation - are there are GPIO pins as on the Raspberry Pi?
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Really happy to hear that ZenHub has an official relationship with GitHub. We use the combo in my company and think that they work remarkably well together
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by 2sk21 8y ago
My PhD, which I completed in 1992, was about improving back propagation in neural networks. Neural networks were going through an initial phase of excitement caused by the Rumelhart and McLeland book. My dissertation was on modularizing NNs
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Very well put!
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by 2sk21 8y ago
One that becomes clear is that V. S. Naipaul is probably the least sympathetic literary figure ever.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I agree - considering that Europeans are generally on a positive track for health related statistics, it always surprises me to see how much more common smoking is there. Even in Sweden which has an image of being a healthy country, I have
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Good point - until it can distinguish voices, this is potential problem.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I agree but the only way we will reduce plastic production is if we price in the cost of disposal.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Sorry I really don't get this. Basic is a fun way to get started but why not simply run it on a Raspberry Pi Zero W?
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Agreed - WhatsApp data is getting added to their social graph for sure. However, they have not yet made any attempt so far to, say, inject ads into chats or on the app itself. Despite their statement of end-to-end security, they still contr
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by 2sk21 8y ago
One thing I have been wondering - how will they monetize WhatsApp?
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I completed my PhD in the subject of improving back propagation - in 1992! Many people are startled when I tell them how old the idea of NNs are :-)
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by 2sk21 8y ago
This is a ridiculous example but the weaponization risks for adtech are interesting to contemplate. Do ad networks take any steps to verify who is placing ads?
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Excellent point about job stability. Its possible to get into a field that looks promising at the moment but then quickly have it become irrelevant. Alternatively, you could get into a field too early and then discover that theres no demand
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by 2sk21 8y ago
This is the literal truth. In bigger cities at least, there is usually some kind of a security guard sitting outside ATM kiosks.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Now that think about this, this is a clear example of the famous Frame problem ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_problem )
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I misread the title and initially thought that it would be about the DEC VT340, a graphics terminal that I used a lot back in the 80s. Interesting that product numbers were reused.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Looking at the list of signatories, I don't see Apple. or is this a group of chip and infrastructure vendors?
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by 2sk21 8y ago
The line north of Sydney towards Grosford would have to be completely rebuilt to support fast service.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
My first thought was of Seveneves by Neal Stephenson - not perhaps his best book but it did clarify the value of mining near Earth objects :-)
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by 2sk21 8y ago
This looks promising but I hope that _Snyk_ itself is not compromised. And of course, http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Between pip, npm and DockerHub, we seem to be inviting all kinds of lurking security holes. What if the code was used in an embedded system - probably never to be updated again.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Exactly - even in summer, I recall reading that utilities have been begging for power consumption.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
Related - Slack is also widely used as a communication mechanism in many large companies. This seems fine but I wonder how attitudes would change if Slack got acquired.
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by 2sk21 8y ago
I can recommend his new book, "The book of Why" very highly. Even though I am very familiar with Bayes nets, I discovered that that a lot of progress has been made in that side of AI.

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