StonyRhetoric

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by StonyRhetoric 4y ago
A lot of useful things have already been said, so I'll attempt to add value by asking a few questions that might be useful for you to ponder. I'll be as constructive and encouraging as I can. 1. You mentioned you were raised by a
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by StonyRhetoric 6y ago
I'm having a hard time deciding if this is the work of a well-meaning but misguided obsessive, or GPT-3 generated pseudo-gibberish. In any case, this book could use a great deal of editing. If there is wisdom in here, I don't want
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by StonyRhetoric 6y ago
This is amazing - I have a homebrew version of this - markdown only, with some scripts to wire-up the links, relying on unique file names. This is miles better that what I have, and I look forward to using it. A feature request - mermaid JS
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by StonyRhetoric 6y ago
This is a good idea - every ML operation should have something like this, to store, organize, version data, check for drift, do time-travel, backups/replication et cetera. But to borrow from Steve Jobs, I think this is a feature, not a
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by StonyRhetoric 6y ago
This is clickbait (1) to promote his startup, Proda. ML is used in business workflows all the time - to date, I have built several solutions that are being used for 53 clients, internal and external. Here is what makes B2B ML hard: People h
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by StonyRhetoric 6y ago
As the lead data scientist at a small-ish fintech, I can confirm many of the frustrations and disappointments in the OP. But my trajectory was slightly different - from being the only "data science guy" in 2016, to now leading an
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by StonyRhetoric 7y ago
Played three times, made it to gen 23 on the third time. Fun game. Without knowing much about game mechanics, a "domestication" strategy seems to work well. 1. Pick a corner. Bottom-right was what I chose. 2. Move there without ge
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by StonyRhetoric 7y ago
I manage a team that directly uses ML to create software services that our customers pay money to use. This is relatively rare. Most ML applications are internal - your customer is your own company. In this case, you should think of yoursel
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by StonyRhetoric 7y ago
Speaking from the other side, my advice is to over-communicate, especially if you haven't built up a deep trust and reputation with your team and your manager. Here's what your manager is worried about: 1. Will the job be done