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   by blt 8y ago

   The problem with mathematical analogies is that they tempt you to apply real mathematical definitions and theorems to the analogy and draw a conclusion. This is invalid because the analogy is not actually a statement within the original axi
2. 812.▲
   by blt 8y ago

   Yeah, I use beamer for (text + math + plot)-only content but as soon as any video or animation is needed, gotta switch to ppt or keynote
3. 813.▲
   by blt 8y ago

   Yeah, I keep using it in the hope that I will slowly memorize it, and one day I will be able to use it effectively without constantly reading docs. This approach worked for LaTeX itself, and vim...
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   by blt 8y ago

   Yes, absolutely only referring to buildings in LA. Shade and airflow don't help if the air is hot and humid.
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   by blt 8y ago

   TikZ is a microcosm of LaTeX itself: powerful, expressive, able to automate repetitive tasks, beautiful output -- but sometimes, it takes forever to do something that would take a few mouse clicks in a GUI tool.
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   by blt 8y ago

   I live in Los Angeles, where the sun is often hot but the air is dry, and it cools down at night. You only need A/C during the hottest 2 or 3 months of the year, and many humbler homes don't have it. Those places are pretty unplea
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   by blt 8y ago

   there are lots of papers that attempt to reconstruct depth maps from monocular RGB images. It's not really my field but here is google scholar search for recent papers that cite a seminal older paper on the topic: https://sc
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   by blt 8y ago

   SLAM is one of the few computer vision problems not conquered by deep learning yet... guess that's changing.
9. 819.▲
   by blt 8y ago

   You conflate geometry and topology * . The topology of the human hand is right in front of you to examine. A lettuce leaf is like a disk plus a wavy boundary and noise. Broccoli is a tree. A bicycle is topologically complex object with high
10. 820.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    Just curious, what other era would even be a candidate?
11. 821.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    oh cool, I really like Cleve Moler's Matlab posts. I took a complex analysis class and did OK, but I get the feeling that EEs are the ones who really benefit from it (at least in the applied world). They seem to have some very rich ana
12. 822.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    I agree. My original question came from curiosity, not incredulity :)
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    by blt 8y ago

    I'm interested to know where you encountered contour integrals in machine learning?
14. 824.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    This. Anti anxiety medications work. Save your self-behavior-altering energy for things that matter more in life. Xanax will also help you sleep on flights.
15. 825.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    I like the forward-looking fox face idea, but I would de-abstract it a little bit. It's not cute anymore. It's the equivalent of the 1986 Prudential logo: https://www.ortnergraphics.com/designofthetimes/?p=285
16. 826.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    I totally understand your decision, but I bet a 1D deep convolutional network would do really well at this given a larger dataset. You can also do a lot of data augmentation by speed changes, filters, adding reverb, etc.
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    by blt 8y ago

    I don't call it money anymore, I call it Fuel Units.
18. 828.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    yes, I agree British colonialism is not a sufficient condition for making English the dominant language. that does not invalidate my original statement.
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    by blt 8y ago

    I agree, it is very hard to master the special cases of English. A paper might communicate ideas with perfect clarity and still be filled with subtle mistakes. After entering STEM academia, I have been exposed to more English writing by non
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    by blt 8y ago

    Sure, that might be one factor, but the global imperialism of the British and United States is another huge factor.
21. 831.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    another fun fact, they will ship for free if you pay by check.
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    by blt 8y ago

    It's definitely feasible and widely used for reinforcement learning on low dimensional systems, where the neural networks are small and the simulator is more expensive than backprop. On other hand, deep Q learning from pixels on Atari
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    by blt 8y ago

    Great resource, but I couldn't help laughing at the plot with asymptotic complexity classes categorized as "horrible, bad, fair, good, excellent", as if it's independent of the problem.
24. 834.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    @mathgladiator sometimes such rules are aimed at limiting the advantage you can buy with money. Not sure if this is the true motivation here. Or in Formula 1, the restrictions are generally for the safety of the drivers. Anyway, engineering
25. 835.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    graduate school has been crushing in this way.
26. 836.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    Thanks for letting us know
27. 837.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    I have ~7k reputation there, that should be a pretty strong signal, but apparently it's not.
28. 838.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    so then you need to remember to bring your hotel key into the bathroom.
29. 839.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    what I see on SO a lot is people assuming your question is an instance of the "XY problem" when it's not.
30. 840.▲
    by blt 8y ago

    The bathroom in my house is like this. This solution would make me happy, but perhaps is too weird to be worth explaining to visitors.