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by davidwihl 8y ago
I am so done with these rants while the hosting page has 16 potential trackers reported by Privacy Badger, including both Facebook and Google. If you are truly outraged, do something about it besides baiting me with even more trackers. Regu
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by davidwihl 8y ago
Radio Shack TRS 80-100. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100
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by davidwihl 8y ago
Harvard, unlike some other Ivies such as Columbia, let's you take time off your degree without penalty to explore ventures and other ideas. So the ones who don't succeed may have simply returned to Harvard to complete their degree
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by davidwihl 8y ago
Read "The Accidental Zillionaire" Allen was smart but not $20B smart as his track record in post-Microsoft shows. https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Zillionaire-Demystifying-P...
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Why are potato chips bad for your teeth? They are mostly oil and salt.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Yep, they really gave out the data. One example is "instant personalization" where Facebook partners would get full copies of Facebook user data including images, likes, friends, etc. It was turned on by default without user notif
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by davidwihl 9y ago
It specifically says "aggregated and anonymized" data, not personal data. Even then, I imagine with the Facebook backlash, this will be heavily scrutinized.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
But they do a better job of keeping that information private, whereas Facebook provided the actual data to their partners and advertisers.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak
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by davidwihl 9y ago
You mean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_machine_learning
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by davidwihl 9y ago
I'm surprised that E.T. Jaynes Probability Theory, nor Ploya's Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning is mentioned at all in this book, even in the references.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
I’m an Extension student and have TF’ed for three classes. I think you get a lot of value for the full course instead of the MOOC. Grading, feedback, ability to ask questions, work on a team all significantly enhance the learning process. I
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by davidwihl 9y ago
I fondly have paper copies of Vol I and Vol II on my shelf next to the Multics book. The PDF referred by the above seems to be only one volume, with command references not the technical papers.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Harry Lewis at Harvard maintains a master list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wS6O7-ZoFL7Cfjgt-kdh... He is teaching an online class (for credit) in the Spring that reviews an interesting subset. You don&
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Aetna, the US health insurance company, is planning to give away or offer a reduced price for Apple Watches to its 23 M customers. Apparently, following prescriptions is one of several planned apps to help increase health and reduce costs.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
For example: https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/graduate-degrees...
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by davidwihl 9y ago
You should ease into this by taking some online, full credit college classes at a named institution like Harvard Extension, UCB extension or Georgia Tech for example. Given you already have a bachelors, why not go for a masters which be mor
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by davidwihl 9y ago
From Yann LeCunn. --- Numenta, Vicarious, NuPic, HTM, CLA, etc. Jeff Hawkins has the right intuition and the right philosophy. Some of us have had similar ideas for several decades. Certainly, we all agree that AI systems of the future will
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by davidwihl 9y ago
You are likely an observant Jew. I've starting drinking some water on 25 hr fasts as I didn't think it was healthy anymore to be so thirsty. It is a good reminder to appreciate what you have.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
The most glaring package omissions are related to Machine Learning, e.g. 1) an R equivalent of sci-kit learn 2) A native R equivalent than the buggy interface to TensorFlow 3) A higher level ML equivalent to Keras or PyTorch.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
For a statistician, R has a variety of packages that are unavailable in Python. RStudio is a very easy to use cross platform dev environment. With a different R kernel, you can take advantage of multiple cores.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Given the odd local microclimate, I would not want to be on a low and slow approach to runway 6 at the nearby Mirny airport, especially in a slow-to-spool turbojet. I bet the Soviets never published accurate accident data.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
> I believe only Computer Science and Digital Media courses are priced at the graduate level even if you take them for undergraduate credit. It depends on the course. I've been very happy with HES and expect to graduate with my ALB
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Another option is to use a red dot sight and leave the front iron sight up. This has the combination of fast target acquisition, better situational awareness and mitigating parallax. I just saw this demonstrated yesterday at Sig Sauer Acade
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Most aviation accidents are due to pilot error. I would rather have a debugged AI reduce overall accident rates than the once in a generation Sully heroics. Most commercial flights are already on the autopilot from 50' after takeoff un
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by davidwihl 9y ago
It would be a greater shame to send hundreds of well trained pilots in expensive aircraft only to get heavily defeated by cheaper and more flexible AI flown craft.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
I'd rather stop throwing more good money after bad. Why continue investing in a platform that will be obsolete before deployment at scale? Better to invest in a more modern, more flexible platform.
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by davidwihl 9y ago
Could not get it to work on Chrome 57 (MacOS). Works on Safari.
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by davidwihl 10y ago
They were not flying at the wrong altitude - ATC cleared both aircraft to the same altitude on a collision course.
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by davidwihl 10y ago
The capital of Canada is an unbelievably tough interview question? Is Ottawa that obscure or have we lowered our standards of geographical knowledge to kindergarten level?

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