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   Ellen Pao Verdict Liveblogging(recode.net)

   2 points by aklein 12y ago|0 comments
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   by aklein 12y ago

   My 18 month old daughter has a full time nanny who has spoken to her only in Spanish (at our request) since she was 3 months old; my wife and I speak to her only in English, and we don't speak any Spanish. It's been really fascina
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   by aklein 12y ago

   This is especially egregious. http://www.stopvaw.org/quid_pro_quo_sexual_harassment
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   by aklein 12y ago

   They distribute back all profits and keep the total capitalization of the fund constant. Yes, it really has returned that amount for 20+ years.
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   by aklein 13y ago

   I think everyone should know some basic macroeconomics, which elaborates some of these points. I just finished [1] and it fundamentally changed how I think of wealth. I used to think only of current value, but the key insight is that assets
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   by aklein 13y ago

   Bitcoin is continually referred to as "anonymous" in the press, but it is just the opposite [1]. Maybe confusion over what cryptographically secure identification is? Some simple network analysis on the public ledger can reveal a
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   Covariance and Contravariance(en.wikipedia.org)

   2 points by aklein 13y ago|0 comments
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   by aklein 13y ago

   I think you've nailed it perfectly that Scala imposes as few constraints as possible. This leads to an oft-repeated criticism that since there are a dozen ways to accomplish the same thing, it is hard for a newcomer to be productive qu
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   Deedle: Exploratory Data Library for F# and C#(bluemountaincapital.github.io)

   2 points by aklein 13y ago|0 comments
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    by aklein 13y ago

    This person is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science? "If you look deep into them, monads make programs complicated and hard to write, and monad transformers are just ugly hacks." Wow. Just... wow.
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    by aklein 13y ago

    "I am a great programmer and I choose static type systems because I demand sharp tools." I strive to build correct software, and I leverage a static type system to enforce the absence of incorrect program behavior. Any other benef
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    by aklein 13y ago

    From the perspective of someone who works with data, I simply have to disagree that words seem to be the most important way to convey information. Perhaps it is to some; but I'd bet the majority of information consumers prefer an alter
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    by aklein 13y ago

    Killer! Does anyone know good (free) software to build a computer (simulation), to test a design? Did you utilize any software in your specs?
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    Measuring the Benefits of Tech Tools (NYT)(nytimes.com)

    3 points by aklein 13y ago|0 comments
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    by aklein 14y ago

    I'm definitely interested in exploring Spire. I believe the functionality is almost entirely orthogonal.
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    by aklein 14y ago

    I'd love to explore GPU accelerated solutions. I need more hours in the day...
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Depends what you mean by sparse vector support. Maybe what you're interested in is best served by Series: val s = Series(Vec(1,2,3), Index(0,5,10)) This gives you s: org.saddle.Series[Int, Int] = [3 x 1] 0 -> 1 5 -&#
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Cool, I welcome the feedback!
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    by aklein 14y ago

    PS Regarding EJML, after extensive research, I found it hands down the fastest pure-java implementation for doing linear algebra. While it's maybe 2x-4x slower than JNI wrapped ATLAS or MKL, for the cases I deal with, it just doesn't matter
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Edit: you want to import org.saddle._ to get all the implicit goodness. I'll add a note.
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Thanks! I will do some follow-up posts on performance, but know that it has been a MAJOR design consideration. Consider the following in Saddle: val s1 = Series(vec.rand(10000), Index(Vec(array.randIntPos(10000)) % 100)) val s2 = Ser
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Breeze is more targeted to NLP and machine learning. Saddle draws heavily on the design of pandas (python library) to provide data structures enabling "alignment-free programming". Saddle outsources nearly all its linear algebra and numeric
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    Saddle: Scala Data Library(saddle.github.com)

    51 points by aklein 14y ago|25 comments
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    School of Haskell Beta Sign-up(haskell.fpcomplete.com)

    2 points by aklein 14y ago|0 comments
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Here is a google engineer giving a keynote on Spanner: http://vimeo.com/43759726
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    by aklein 14y ago

    I was spec'ing out a new macbook pro and saw that memory is now soldered in, and the SSD drives have proprietary interfaces. I am, how shall you say, displeased...
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    by aklein 14y ago

    Congrats Wes on this Early Release milestone! As a very early reader of some of Wes's first chapters, I'm eagerly awaiting the final product. It's some fine work, and Wes is not one to cut corners in his exposition or skim over important th
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    by aklein 15y ago

    "Clojure is strong in two areas in which Python isn’t. One of them is metaprogramming, a feature absent from Python which Clojure had from the start through its Lisp heritage." Absent is too strong a word, surely. http://bitshaq.com/2011/0
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    Inside pandas: data analysis library for python(wesmckinney.com)

    2 points by aklein 15y ago|0 comments
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    by aklein 15y ago

    That was a huge mistake for me when first learning vim. If you start with someone else's .vimrc, you will run into a lot more "FML, what is going on" experiences that you should.