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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Well you'll certainly need to learn about the math behind these eventually, but you can get started and go quite far simply as a user of a ML library. You can use "systems thinking" and think of ML components as black boxes t
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar...
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Something that helps a lot with achieving a conversational tone is to actually record "spoken drafts" of what you want to write about, then transcribe the audio. For optimal results, have a point-form plan of what you want to disc
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Sitting all day + commute + stress is terrible. A 20 year old body can take this sort of damage and recover, but at 30 the "warranty" runs out and you're likely to find yourself facing medical problems, unless you compensate
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
> soaring textbook prices Yeah textbook prices are really out of order --- the calculus text at my university is $130+, which is just insane. <selfplug>Anyone interested in a cheaper option for mechanics + calculus should check out
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
The fact that we have to guess what our phones are doing is very weird.
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
lol... here is another good quote: > quantum theory implies that consciousness must exist and that the content of the mind is the ultimate reality. Yeah? Really? Three strong words (implies, must, ultimate) yet the sentence remains weak.
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
The OP mentions font loading starts as soon as a .css directive using the font is encountered, which makes me think the initial html page load could include a tiny snippet of .css with the font defs and a dummy styling instruction that use
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
The main problem with verifiable voting systems is that a coercing party could force you to vote for X, and then they could verify that you really voted for X. I'm not sure what the "plausible deniability" of voting is, but d
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Some advice, in no particular order: 1. Writing is a conversation. If you're ever stuck in front of the computer, try using a voice recorder instead (e.g. while going for a walk, or while sitting in the sun somewhere) and then transcri
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Not sure of what model you have in mind, but simultaneous doesn't seem appropriate: there is definitely a notion of sequence of operations. For example, applying the X operator followed by the Y operator on a quantum state |ѱ> can
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Wow this book covers a lot of topics. Given the breadth of topics, I doubt each topic is covered in much detail. Still cool though, as it would take years to learn about this stuff from different books. Speaking of math books, I wrote a mat
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
What is more interesting to me is that linear functions: \mathbb{R}^n --> \mathbb{R}^m turn out to be useful when applied in many, many different problems areas. Call this "the unreasonable effectiveness of linear operators" if
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Me neither, but after playing with the 2D+Phase view it is starting to make sense to me now [see below for improvised mini tutorial]. I've studied quantum computing previously, but never thought about plotting the state space and visua
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Okay, okay; more source code releases and demos, and less talking now, please.
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Yeah, I also like the move to SASS! I used to work with an unofficieal sass port of bootstrap, but not in the future! (I know less / sass is about the same thing, but i have a bunch of folders of old projects i can copy-paste from in
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
> multiple storage backends, including DropBox, Google Drive seems like dbox, and gdrive are still work-in-progress, otherwise very interesting project...
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
This got me thinking about the future of ML. Right now ML solutions are like large blocks (centerpiece), which we feed with data and extract "value" from. Perhaps rather than making ever more powerful ML "monoliths," may
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Agreed. The "best" in my comment was entirely in the bang-for-your-buck sense.
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
> What about calculus [...and...] differential equations ? I agree that calculus and diff. equations techniques are important, but if you look closely, you'll see they are only "necessary" for engineers and physicists, and
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Very nicely put. I'm a big fan of linear algebra because it's the best example of why learning math is useful. Sure knowing about equation and calculus come in handy, but linear algebra is pure modelling superpowers and a much mor
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Shameless self-plug about my book that covers calculus and mechanics in 300pp flat. No bullshit guide to math and physics: http://noBSgui.de/to/MATHandPHYSICS/
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Thx. Great job. Now I just have to dust off some LDA code and see some topics...
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
> 10,002,378 what date range does this correspond to? How big is the archive?
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
hum?? Maybe the article failed to load in your browser --- it's over 8k words long.
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Also related: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_13.html#Ch13-S6
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Related: a phenomenon that can be described equivalently as due to electric or magnetic interactions, depending on the reference frame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_magnet_and_conductor_pr...
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
How important is flask in this mix? How difficult would it be to back this by a django app for example? I'm asking because the charting would be REALLY useful for me right now, and I already have the django models...
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
Perhaps my math book can help you learn the basics a little faster: http://noBSgui.de/to/MATHandPHYSICS/ One suggestion: make sure you don't just read about math, but also try solving exercises and problem. T
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by ivan_ah 11y ago
I gave this a chance (seeing there were equations), but after reading the whole thing I still don't understand what they're talking about. It just doesn't make any sense. What would be the one paragraph summary of this paper?

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