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by achompas 14y ago
I've seen them on here. They're excellent technical posts that probably don't interest many of the main-page viewers here. Here's Jake Vanderplas on SVD algorithms for sparse matrices: http://jakevdp.github.com/blog/2012/12/19/sparse-svds-
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by achompas 14y ago
I should know this, but how do you minimize model complexity with neural nets? Fewer layers?
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by achompas 14y ago
First: great post! Don't let my comments deter you--I'm only sharing what I think is some constructive criticism. I think this should be titled "why use kernels," as the gain here comes from using an RBF kernel (and not just a SVM). Kernel-
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by achompas 14y ago
I just made the jump from todo.txt to Workflowy and paid for pro service within a week. Project hierarchies really seal the deal for me, while todo.txt has a flat layout, even if you organize items by project or context.
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by achompas 14y ago
Why not? Scraping is part of the data acquisition and cleanup process. You need to do it unless you're working with Bloomberg terminals or Census data.
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by achompas 14y ago
We could use a senior dev on our systems engineering team. Just contacted you--good luck!
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by achompas 14y ago
Love GOG--they do a lot of work to get old games working on modern systems. Installing Fallout 2 on Win 7 was as simple as downloading, running the executable, and playing. I'm loving Baldur's Gate I and II right now, so here's a (potential
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by achompas 14y ago
They're a YC team and they have fans here. I'd argue these are more relevant to our day-to-days than the endless stream of "Twitter and Instagram battle!!" posts.
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by achompas 14y ago
Haven't received it yet (if you sent it to me, and not another commenter).
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Ask HN: could someone send me an invite to Lobste.rs?
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by achompas 14y ago
Yes! Would love an invite to Lobste.rs too please. Looks excellent. (Don't have an invite as of 7pm EST 12/15).
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by achompas 14y ago
Twitterrific for a no-frills Twitter client with a clean interface. The antidote to Tweetbot. NextDraft is a great "summary of the day's news" app. No frills, no Newsstand subscription, and it's free. The NYT app is a bit unstable, but it's
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by achompas 14y ago
Yes on Goodreader. It's amazing if you're constantly trying to manage a collection of textbook PDFs or academic papers.
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by achompas 14y ago
+1 to Baldur's Gate. It's the right mix of nerdy humor, deep gameplay, and play-for-15-minutes you want in a thoughtful iOS game. It's also sold me on picking up Baldur's Gate II from Good Old Games once I'm done.
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by achompas 14y ago
I also like Note Taker (forget if it's HD or Pro) for notes. It lets you zoom in on a part of the page and write there, which gives you a ton of control over how your page is laid out. Great app for going paperless.
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by achompas 14y ago
There are a lot of terrible companies that won't look at you for an ML/data science role without a PhD. I'm arguing that it's more serious than this: there are so many PhDs out there right now, companies will have no lack of skilled, well
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by achompas 14y ago
This is a perilous route. Learning R and "machine learning" (probably meant as a catch-all for graphs, statistics, machine learning, and a dash of distributed systems) is necessary but not sufficient, since you'll be competing against peopl
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by achompas 14y ago
People were tossing it around to describe a 400-person Twitter team in 2010 or 2011 (can't remember which).
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by achompas 14y ago
Thanks.
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by achompas 14y ago
Congrats to the Prismatic team! I see Bradford is floating around answering questions, so I'll shoot over two: (1) Is an iPad app on your roadmap? Anything you'd like to announce? ;) (2) You once had an excellent post on your personal blog
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by achompas 14y ago
Had my first-gen Intel white poly MacBook for 5 years. Could've run it longer but a friend needed a new laptop so I passed it on.
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by achompas 14y ago
Heh I tried using it and felt like it was the PDF equivalent of dumping files into /home/user/. I just use Dropbox + GoodReader to read/annotate/organize them.
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by achompas 14y ago
There's probably a robust enterprise client base for it. I can imagine teams using Evernote over Google Docs, for example, and Evernote Premium gives you collaboration. I can see tons of arguments for going premium, too. Going paperless wou
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by achompas 14y ago
Evernote has 8 main apps (some of which were purchased). They're listed on the homepage. [0] In addition, they have Evernote apps for almost every major platform [1] (Mac, Windows, browser plugins for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, plus iPhon
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by achompas 14y ago
Those Android bundles netted you Android games, if I recall correctly--they didn't get you the Linux/Mac/Win versions too. Is that right?
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by achompas 14y ago
There's so much sanctimony in this thread. "Ohh, I support the Humble team on principle!! This bundle destroys the Humble spirit!!" Do you support open, DRM-free software? Skip this release and wait for Humble Indie Bundle 7, like they sugg
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by achompas 14y ago
Well, look at the article. It's written by a young guy who essentially consulted for this company for free for 5 months. I'd argue South Florida has it right: startups are absurdly glamorized right now, and in a region where everyone (eve
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by achompas 14y ago
If you're on Mac, the Scipy Superpack is really the way to go for scientific Python: http://fonnesbeck.github.com/ScipySuperpack/
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by achompas 14y ago
As an NYU student I was inundated with these messages for a bit. I seriously thought about replying to all to give everyone step-by-step directions on creating a Gmail archive filter, but decided it wouldn't really help too much.
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by achompas 14y ago
You think that's bad? Check out NYU's Bobst library, where there are entire floors with Aeron chairs.

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