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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   An interesting thing about probability is that it's essentially a "softened" version of logical reasoning, so maybe it's more fair to say that logic-based AI was generalized: http://bayes.wustl.edu
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   I think the structure of school is supposed to be like a set of training wheels, with the hope is that people ultimately learn how to learn.
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   ...and I imagine the alternative plan for most people would be an application for a job at a big institution, in industry.
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   While the article suggests a few roles for college, including "investment", "consumption", "insurance", or a "competitive tournament", it makes no mention of personal growth. Most kids have no idea w
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   Yeah, you can wrap it up in a script that only produces the expected outputs on a success. As for workarounds... this is hacker news, is it not?
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   I usually create dummy targets for that kind of thing, and then include loops to create dependencies of each of the N on the dummy task. Alternatively, you can create a directory for the output and use that as a target, although you need t
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   I'm curious--any pointers to example packages?
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   Thanks, I'll check it out
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   by cafebeen 12y ago

   Thanks for the thought. That sounds fine for simple compiler makefiles, although I'm using it for general purpose work (data analysis and visualization). I'm hoping for something that wouldn't require each command to be wra
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    On a semi-related note... do any of the make gurus out there know if there's anything similar to "-j" that instead sends parallel jobs off to a cluster, e.g. Sun Grid?
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Is that still true if you can't resell said thing? I think the value of school also depends on how well the person takes advantage of opportunities and resources.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Surprisingly, this is the norm for research with animal models
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    An interesting article, but I wonder about the parts about social class. They argue that "social class can be defined by the chores you don’t do" and that "luxuries usually afforded to one-percenters now stretch to the urban
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Just trying to dispel the idea that art is a "job". It can be a positive part of people's lives whether they live on basic income, were born wealthy, or work some job for money.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Why's that?
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Just pointing out that there are a variety of motivations--community, fun, attention, money, etc.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Yeah, some people make art for money, but there are a lot of people who paint, dance, play music, etc. for fun.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Not sure what you're getting at. Just pointing out that most art isn't for monetary profit, it's just people enjoying the process at home and with friends.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Yeah, that seems like a problem. I think one counterpoint is to consider mass vs. local media. Mass media is very much about consumption, while local media can be more about communities, the kind where people meet at a gallery or concert
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    I think you're assuming that art requires a market for buying and selling. Most people mostly make art because it's fun and personally fulfilling, not so much for rich folks to enjoy.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Matlab is popular mostly because there's a lot of code in place to do optimization and to compare to past work. I personally stay away from it these days because its pretty horrible for anything but that, e.g GUIs.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Another interesting point--that chain-rule gradient evaluation is essentially something called automatic differentiation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_differentiation which is really cool stuff and should be
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    For those who are interested, here's some background on the field: http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/sgta/SpectTut.pdf While the topic of graph laplacians may sound obscure, there are a lot of direct
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    I think this is an "ahead of print" thing
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    I'll throw in Blossom too: http://alumni.ucla.edu/share/alumni-stories/stories/mayim-bi...
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    I think people are skeptical, which is fair, given that having cure for aging would also suggest having cures for basic health problems like cancer, heart disease, mental decline.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Not to mention biases in data collection. "Garbage in, garbage out" certainly applies, and the situation probably worsens as datasets get bigger.
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    Yep, not publicly available for 20 years
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    I don't see anything about an invention being "publicly available while funneling money to the patent holder". The "exclusive right" part means the invention is legally the property of the inventor. Others can im
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    by cafebeen 12y ago

    To be clear, according to the supreme court, "It grants only the right to exclude others". So it's a misunderstanding to say "The entire point of a patent is to make it publicly available while funneling money to the