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by ajj 15y ago
Come on folks, how is all this half-information bashing better than trial by media? We don't know exactly what happened. There are various incentives for both parties to say things that may / may not have happened. AirBnB needs to be carefu
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by ajj 15y ago
Until recently, I thought that the patents issue was a PITA, but not that big of a deal, and something that would eventually pass after a lot of damage is done. Now, I really believe that unless things change, the US is going to have a lot
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by ajj 15y ago
You raise a great point. Definitely agree on the fact that legal / ethical frameworks are required. However, it might be very hard to do without knowing what the emulated "being" looks like. Its hard to imagine placing legalities and ethics
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by ajj 15y ago
I agree. In terms of learning new things, the vote count helps tremendously! You can tell that a security-related suggestion earning 50 up votes is sound (of course considering context), technology-wise. I've learned a lot about passwords,
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by ajj 15y ago
One very surprising example of someone playing with single eye vision. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansoor_Ali_Khan_Pataudi ) played in the Indian cricket team as a batter for many years. He lost one eye at the ag
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by ajj 15y ago
I'm a PhD student working in machine learning, and I very highly recommend this library. I've used it for all sorts of problems within and outside my research, and it just works great. I've used it in C++, Python, as well as Matlab. Their p
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by ajj 16y ago
We’re in the most ridiculous industry on earth. You can whip something up in a few hours and before you know it, people around the world will be using it. Oh how I love this field! Its exhilarating!
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by ajj 16y ago
In today's context, most work in AI is statistics-based. So if you are talking about conventional AI (logic-based for example), yep it would be relatively harder to find. Lets not forget though that machine learning and data mining and thei
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by ajj 16y ago
Its really bad that they've shut it down without any notice, at least for people to note down their data.
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by ajj 16y ago
Thanks much for your detailed feedback. We do plan on incorporating more events and activities from varied sources in the future. And yes, IE support is also on the way.
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by ajj 16y ago
Yahoo Upcoming, although we plan to incorporate others in the near future.
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by ajj 16y ago
I work in image processing / computer vision (albeit in completely different applications), and the technology is not very good at doing that, at least yet. On the other hand, whenever you mention 'skin color' in a research proposal, that d
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by ajj 16y ago
There is no satisfaction like adding value to someone's life through your work.
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by ajj 16y ago
Very important point. This will also help people to easily transition between online / offline working with tools that they already have. Especially, since such charts often include collaborative input. Collaborate with that exec who uses M
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by ajj 16y ago
"My main motivation is to produce an original piece of work" In that case, I suggest working on it right now, before a PhD. You can start doing a heavy literature review on a focused topic, and try to improve the state of the art by however
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by ajj 16y ago
If your objective is only to get focused and motivated, and not necessarily do research, a PhD might be too much of a time sink (I am a PhD student in CS). More so if you are thinking of taking it up part time, since most of your free time
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by ajj 16y ago
The lesson I learn from Hacker Monthly: you can make something truly beautiful with content and ideas (articles / comments) out there. You need to see the opportunity and execute it well. Great job, once again.
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by ajj 16y ago
"I knew it (in the shower) was a good time to have ideas. Now I'd go further: now I'd say it's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower." This is so very true. It is incredibly hard to get myself moti
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by ajj 16y ago
Agree completely. The question (probably similar to patents,) is: How can we protect the spirit of why this law is in place (to recognize the contribution of those who may not be directly compensated and give them their appropriate share),
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by ajj 16y ago
Unfortunately, this labeling and clinging onto the early hypothesis happens all too often in daily life. For medical diagnosis, we wish the standards would be higher, but at the very end, there is a human making a judgement. When analyzing,
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by ajj 16y ago
"My measurement will be the parking lot: it should be substantially full at 7:30 AM and 6:30 PM" In other words: I know its not a good measure (based on a previous statement), but I am still going to use that, because I suck so much that I
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by ajj 16y ago
Being a PhD student, that touches a sensitive nerve. They say a dissertation is never finished, its abandoned!
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by ajj 16y ago
Sports - absolutely cannot live without. Enjoy it as much as my work. Anything goes: soccer, volleyball, squash, or rarely some water sports. I follow a lot of sports too.
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by ajj 16y ago
An absolutely refreshing read first thing Monday morning.. A welcome change from logical hair-splitting arguments (as much as I love them) into something that matters most - emotional support from a loved one.
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by ajj 16y ago
"It simply takes too long to evaluate intelligence...". True. But even if intelligence is evaluated, it might not be in the interest of the female to go with the most intelligent mate. What she prioritizes will be a combination of wealth,
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by ajj 16y ago
I think that is right, since the freezing points / boiling points are also influenced by pressure. So when it tries to expand and cannot expand due to an unbreakable container, the pressure increasing substantially, and the respective point
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by ajj 16y ago
The Radial Basis Function kernel K(x,y) = exp(-(x-y)^2/gamma) is a very general kernel function that can get you this. Finally, whether you actually get such a classifier depends on your data, and as I had mentioned setting the parameters (
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by ajj 16y ago
This was exactly the thought I had while reading Patrick's post. What if the sign-up page on the website has a link saying "Ask my friends (on FB, twitter, whatever) if they can refer me." When people look for jobs, this happens often. Some
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by ajj 16y ago
It can in principle, and this is exactly where the kernel trick is useful. The standard SVM formulation can only give linear classifiers. But, if you project your data into feature space (a higher, possibly infinite dimensional space), a

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