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   by matt1 11y ago

   I spent some time last year learning about the math behind neural networks and summarized it in this step by step post that you might find helpful [1]. The post has been on HackerNews in the past and is the top Google result for "back
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   by matt1 11y ago

   I suspect that if you had a hard limit of 45 minutes after which time you could no longer work on your task, you'd adapt and find yourself able to get in the zone much more quickly. It also becomes easier the more you do it. I've
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   by matt1 11y ago

   At the time of the acquisition the site made money in two ways: 1. Affiliate sales: when you click on a domain and register it through GoDaddy, Namecheap, etc, I get a % of the purchase price. 2. Premium accounts: Lean Domain Search only sh
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   by matt1 11y ago

   Great question - I think the more well-defined your next task is, the easier it's going to be for you to context switch because you don't have to take time to figure out what to work on next. One thing to experiment with is when y
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   by matt1 11y ago

   Yep, that's correct: I had my own laptop and commercial internet access through most of the deployment.
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   by matt1 11y ago

   Hey all - author and longtime HackerNews user here. It's a nice surprise coming back from an evening away from the computer and finding this at the top of front page. Whatever success I've had with Lean Domain Search is due in lar
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   Building a Startup in 45 Minutes per Day While Deployed to Iraq(mattmazur.com)

   8 points by matt1 11y ago|1 comments
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   by matt1 11y ago

   If you're struggling to find a solid available .com for your startup, I'd encourage you to check out my free service, Lean Domain Search [1]. The site asks you for a keyword then pairs your keyword with 5,000 other words and insta
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   Visualizing Your SaaS App's Monthly Active Users Broken Down by Signup Cohort(mattmazur.com)

   1 points by matt1 11y ago|0 comments
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    by matt1 11y ago

    I recently spent some time learning how backpropagation works and wound up putting together this step by step tutorial that you might find helpful: http://mattmazur.com/2015/03/17/a-step-by-step-backpropagati.
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    Show HN: ABTestCalculator.com, an open source A/B test significance calculator(abtestcalculator.com)

    7 points by matt1 12y ago|1 comments
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    by matt1 12y ago

    This is a timely post for me because I also want to study deep learning and have been researching the best way to do that without going back to school and getting a graduate degree in CS. My tentative plan is to start with Coursera's N
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    Show HN: 10 Emergence, A-Life, and AI Projects Implemented in JavaScript(emergentmind.com)

    1 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Visualizing a neural network as it learns(emergentmind.com)

    9 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Visualizing How a Perceptron Works(emergentmind.com)

    5 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    Lessons From My 20s by Ryan Allis(hive.org)

    5 points by matt1 12y ago|1 comments
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    by matt1 12y ago

    A bit of a belated response, but check out Steven Levy's Artifical Life book: http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Life-Frontier-Computers-Bio... It's slightly dated, but I thought it was a really good introduction.
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    by matt1 12y ago

    Hey David, I run a similar service called Lean Domain Search [1] and was excited to check out your service. A few ideas: - If you're willing to consider limiting the TLDs to just .coms, you can then use the .com zone file to check the
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    Show HN: Animorphs - Using cubic Bézier curves to evolve lifelike entities(emergentmind.com)

    1 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    by matt1 12y ago

    For sure -- that is one of the medium term projects I want to work on. We'll see how it goes in the browser though...
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    by matt1 12y ago

    If you're interested in emergence and artificial life, I've been working on creating in JavaScript a lot of the work that has been done by others in the past as well as some original projects: http://www.emergentmind.co
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    Show HN: The Evolution of Color: Using Colors to Teach Genetic Algorithms(emergentmind.com)

    1 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    One Year After its Acquisition, Lean Domain Search’s Search Volume is Up 200%(mattmazur.com)

    1 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    by matt1 12y ago

    Ah yes. Here's what's happening: When the biomorph gets too big for its canvas, I automatically reduce its branching depth until it's not too large. If you keep clicking on children that make it evolve towards larger entities
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    by matt1 12y ago

    Thank you for the kind words. I have other JavaScript-based emergence and artificial life projects planned so if you liked these, you should sign up for the mailing list to get notified when new projects are released: http://www.
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    Show HN: Richard Dawkins’ Biomorphs Implemented in JavaScript(emergentmind.com)

    117 points by matt1 12y ago|18 comments
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    How solving a real pain made us $1,000/month before the big launch(blog.eerlings.com)

    1 points by matt1 12y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Conway's Game of Life in JavaScript(emergentmind.com)

    3 points by matt1 13y ago|0 comments
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    Boids in JavaScript(emergentmind.com)

    6 points by matt1 13y ago|3 comments
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    by matt1 13y ago

    Preceden creator here; thank you for the mention. Fun fact: Preceden was launched on HN almost four years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1114834 :)