Radim

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by Radim 13y ago
I agree with you, but that changes nothing. You're basically saying that economy is not science, in the sense above. Which I agree with. It is madness. This doesn't mean that things outside science cannot be useful -- just that
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by Radim 13y ago
No, it might not. Not unless you use the word "scientific" in some creative way. The "real world" is a necessary component for the scientific method. By comparing model predictions to real-world experiments, it allows re
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by Radim 13y ago
An unfortunate accident. Makes me wonder though -- what is the worst a developer with full git commit access can do? (without having access to the actual server) If someone sets out to mess up a repo ON PURPOSE, he can do force push. Can he
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by Radim 13y ago
you should not actually form the covariance matrix to get there... In case anyone's wondering why: it's not only because it takes extra time. The main reason is that computing X*X^T can bring numerical instability, where a
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Five Years of Gensim(radimrehurek.com)
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by Radim 13y ago
The originality (and practicality!) of choosing the name "C - -" leaves me speechless.
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by Radim 13y ago
From their docs: Note: Please be patient. It may take a long time to train the data model the first time even for very small dataset. It is normal because PredictionIO implements an distributed algorithm by default, which is not optim
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by Radim 13y ago
Actually, I meant racism toward dark-skinned people (Thais or otherwise), not so much toward Westerns. To wit, skin whitening is a monstrous business in Thailand. I'll never forget the forest of umbrellas on really hot days, or people
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by Radim 13y ago
Yes, definitely biased :) Check out my answer to scheff below for a different (non-native) perspective.
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by Radim 13y ago
Why not. There's plenty of more detailed info out there, and I don't claim to be any sort of expert after mere two years, but here's two stereotypical extremes: Tourist-eyes : beautiful beaches; nice weather; safe; cheap foo
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by Radim 13y ago
It's probably because the OP had a double entry tourist visa. You can renew easily -- or at least could, a few years ago. I lived in Thailand for two years, entirely on tourist visas. Let me just add there's a marked difference b
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by Radim 13y ago
That genius you replied to takes one point to make a political statement, not contribute anything to the conversation and then slips into to the gutter. He replied to you.
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by Radim 13y ago
Upvoted you back. Discussing such things on HN must feel surreal if you're not the median HN reader (educated, white, entitled westerner with 1st world problems). Talking about what the "poor" would do if this and that, based
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Show HN: Parallelizing word2vec in Python(radimrehurek.com)
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by Radim 13y ago
For people interested in a cleaned-up, commented and de-obfuscated word2vec, I recently ported the original C code to Python [1]. My HN submission of this endeavour received no love, but I think it's worthwhile nevertheless as the Pyth
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by Radim 13y ago
TL;DR of the critique: These images are a blend of many "real" images, and these real images may have been sampled in a way that doesn't represent the country's real distribution of women.
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Show HN: Optimizing deep learning algo with BLAS and Cython(radimrehurek.com)
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Google's word2vec deep learning, in Python(radimrehurek.com)
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by Radim 13y ago
If you're referring to the linked article: it's true I haven't read her books, but I hope that a leading UK scholarly expert on the industrial revolution would have taken your point into account!
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by Radim 13y ago
Actually, it brought unprecedented power to the workers, balancing the power between employer/employee significantly. It certainly was a tough period (hardly alone in that respect!), but the romanticised images of starving children cha
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by Radim 13y ago
Do you have any idea where humanity would be if we followed your advise? "Accept the status quo, or piss off to Mars"? Seriously? Do you know how USA itself was formed? You sound like a somewhat uninspiring, jaded person, but that
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by Radim 13y ago
So governments own everything by default, and if you don't like it, just piss off (assuming they let you)? Leave your home country, give up, adieu? You may be joking, or pushing a theoretical concept, I have no way of knowing. But com
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by Radim 13y ago
Oh, but the issue is not whether we think of something as a "corporation" or not. After all, that's just playing with words. The issue is, what happens if you decide you don't want to do business with that entity anymore
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by Radim 13y ago
In the end, it comes down to who can inflict a bigger booboo, doesn't it? Can corporations? Governments? Does the military hold the "real" power and thus dictate this "evilness"? Or is it, in words of a certain popu
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by Radim 13y ago
false dilemma? or what's the connection to imperialism there, are we supposed to pick one or the other?
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by Radim 13y ago
If you can be easily replaced by a cheaper "resource", you're clearly not as valuable as you think. Your "walking away" obviously benefits both parties (you're not mistreated, employer gets things done cheaper)
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by Radim 13y ago
Charity. But the best kind, the kind that may actually work long-term (as long as "raise money" means voluntary donations, and not some sort of taxation).
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by Radim 13y ago
There are indeed times when subdued appeasement and "friendly banter" as negotiation tactic may be a good/best course of action. FBI knocking on your door wouldn't be one of them though. At least for me, but to each his
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by Radim 13y ago
NO! Absolutely appalling advice. And dangerous. Perhaps excusable given your age and your "polite and respectful" experience, but please please be aware that following this advice could end in tragedy.
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by Radim 13y ago
On the contrary. I imagine 6ren went to extra lengths to use a semicolon instead of a simple comma, as semicolons are used to emphasize independent clauses.

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