derekmcloughlin

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by derekmcloughlin 4y ago
Sabine Hossenfelder has a good summary of the state of Quantum Computing so far: https://youtu.be/CBLVtCYHVO8
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by derekmcloughlin 5y ago
Reminds me of Blendoku https://youtu.be/DGVo26co7N4
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by derekmcloughlin 5y ago
That’s not true. The vast majority of schools (90%+) teach in English.
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by derekmcloughlin 6y ago
Really good stuff here - didn't know about follow mode before - it's not mentioned in the "Mastering Emacs" book I have.
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by derekmcloughlin 6y ago
His own introduction to category theory for programmers is good: https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-p...
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by derekmcloughlin 6y ago
Only since 1996. Before that a visit to Argos was a must for people in the Republic who went on shopping visits to Belfast.
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by derekmcloughlin 7y ago
'65 here as well. We had the Acorn Atom at school when I was 16, but I found it underwhelming. My interest in computing didn't really start until 1983 when I started using System 7 Unix on a PDP/11 in college.
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by derekmcloughlin 7y ago
{SQL Server, Oracle} -> ETL to SQL Server (Hybrid graph db)-> SQL Server Analysis Services -> {Power Bi, Tableau}
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by derekmcloughlin 7y ago
Joining a cycling club also has the added bonus of social interactions, which is beneficial to your mental health.
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by derekmcloughlin 7y ago
The words of the Scottish singer Jim Malcolm ring true here: https://www.jimmalcolm.com/music/sconeward/#BARREN Last verse: Slow return to native timber So they plant the sitka spruce Only fit to wipe your bottom
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by derekmcloughlin 7y ago
“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” -- William Faulkner https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kill%20your%...
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by derekmcloughlin 8y ago
I found this very useful: https://makeyourownneuralnetwork.blogspot.com/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1530826608/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_x... First part goes into what a NN is and how backprop works, s
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by derekmcloughlin 9y ago
Sorry, I refuse to read white text on a black background.
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by derekmcloughlin 9y ago
I found that chapter 2 of the Deep Learning book by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville is quite good. http://www.deeplearningbook.org/contents/linear_algebra.html
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by derekmcloughlin 9y ago
Do you plan to add connectors to shapes - i.e. lines that stay connected to the objects at either ends? Dealbreaker for me.
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by derekmcloughlin 10y ago
Paperspace ( https://www.paperspace.com/ml ) have ML instances starting at $0.27 per hour. Their more general GPU offering is $0.60 per hour for an 8-core machine with an 8GB GPU. See https://news.ycombinator.com&#
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by derekmcloughlin 10y ago
If you've no experience with ML stuff, you might want to start with Andrew Ng's course, which has a small bit on neural networks (MLP and backpropagation), with examples in Matlab/Octave. I found it useful, along with "M
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by derekmcloughlin 10y ago
For a good basic intro, this is excellent: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Neural-Network-ebook/dp...
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by derekmcloughlin 10y ago
And despite Sterling getting a hammering at the moment, the UK price of the fully-specced out MBP works out 500 Euro cheaper than the price from Ireland.
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by derekmcloughlin 11y ago
You can just order it online - it's free. http://www.roche.com/sustainability/for_communities_and_envi... Click on image below "Order the Poster".