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by dj-wonk 12y ago
These so-called "online" techniques do not require being online (as in connected to the internet); they simply require being exposed to a stream of ongoing training data. They learn incrementally. This is why I say the term "
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
> "online learning" ... and the subject is unfortunately un-googleable That's not a surprise; "online learning" is a pretty misleading name. Here are some better alternatives: * incremental learning / tr
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
I agree that the given example is not compelling. > "but in practice there are really few scenarios in which it is actually useful" Not true. Parallel mapping is a useful tool for multi-core systems. Clojure (and other language
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
In my experience with code that does data ingest and manipulation, assoc-in and update-in are probably the most useful functions. Why? As you get used to functional programming, you look for ways to reach in and 'update'* nested d
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
The clojure.walk functions are sometimes overlooked and very powerful: http://clojuredocs.org/clojure_core/clojure.walk Take a look at postwalk: "Performs a depth-first, post-order traversal of form. Calls f on ea
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
I agree with most of the advice here. In addition, I'd suggest finding ways to vet people before you commit to a "full" cofounder role. Some ways that work for me: * Write about the topics and projects that you want to wo
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
I really hope that the magic question is useful, and I agree that many boilerplate Java-specific questions are misguided and less useful. Still, but I find it unwise to bet everything on one question. Did the author collect data once he per
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Thanks -- I had seen this quotation but forgotten the source. It is even better than I remembered.
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
To give this some context, Dr. Hanson lists a number of ways why firms go not behave as suggested by traditional economic theories. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_firm
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Grenchman is worth a look too: http://leiningen.org/grench.html
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Leiningen, in my experience, is nicely extensible for what I've needed to do. I've got a project that has to pre-compile Protocol Buffer files. To do that, I use Leiningen profiles. Have you looked at Leiningen profiles? https:&#
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
If you have a better workflow, by all means use it and share it with us. If you want to see a community-oriented look at Clojure based on self-reported data, I'd suggest the 2013 State of Clojure: http://cemerick.com/20
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Why do you say that nearly everyone uses hot-swapping? What are some examples?
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
I'd put it this way, when you try a language, you are testing to see if the ecosystem works for you. Many, if not most, ecosystems have some kind of sweet spot where you find more support. You don't have to buy the whole ecosystem
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Another question for the distributed systems engineers here: what kind of computation would be required for a system of people to rigorously identify and disprove their myths? In order for Person A to efficiently disprove Myth X in Person B
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Question for you all. If we frame the myth problem from a Shannon information point of view where a myth is a form of entropy (e.g. let's say a falsehood is disorder), how much energy would be required to reduce the entropy of the sys
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Regarding the study: I am not surprised. Once people believe a myth it is probably harder for them to stop believing it, unless: (a) people actively challenge themselves to dismantle out-of-date beliefs; or (b) people are confronted with so
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
> What matters to me in a language is whether I can use it without thinking about it. I love this statement. It reminds me of the what it feels to be good at mathematics (not my words): "Your intuitive thinking about a problem is pr
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
The previous title was changed, mercifully.
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Question: the article does not directly mention the "independence of irrelevant alternatives" (IoIA) concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_irrelevant_alt... I wonder if the author's assu
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
> Yet in the real world, many people oppose metric-based management. It seems to me that few organizations and even fewer people use mathematically rigorous decision-making. Some people realize this, some do not. I think some people oppo
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
> Elementary topology shows that a good decision-making process is equivalent to managing by metric. I have not checked the proof, but I think what the author means by "equivalent" is that it comes up with the same result, with
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Is it just me, or did the title cause anyone else to wonder if this was real or a parody of TextMate 2?
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
No, it does not sum up what it does. "Terminal" is from "terminalis" meaning an endpoint to connect to a computing device. (The terminal itself does not do significant or interesting computation.) From Wiktionary https:
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
This is a name quite worthy of the Hall of Shame. Yes, I fully admit that I have an extremely negative gut reaction. Why? Certain terms (like terminal) should not be abused, mangled, appropriated, or pilfered by a private organization. Here
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
I think saying "equally" misses a key point: it depends on the abilities and numbers of the attackers and the defenders.
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
The composition / decomposition cartoon needs a caption. Suggestions?
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Again, a great article, but I feel like some of the general thinking behind heuristics is getting lost. Heuristics can be significantly more interesting than distance between two points. This isn't a huge criticism. In this context --
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
Excellent! One suggestion. The article mentions "inadmissible heuristic" but does not talk about what that means. Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admissible_heuristic , "In computer science, specificall
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by dj-wonk 12y ago
There is considerable overlap between good investigative skills and debugging software. I'm glad to see both being used together!

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