mikorym

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by mikorym 7y ago
If you vary the size of the opening, am I correct that that just changes the parameters on the curve? I've known about the central limit theorem for a long time and was probably taught about it in first year, but I have never managed t
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by mikorym 7y ago
So, as far as we can tell, voidnull's identity has still not been unmasked.
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by mikorym 7y ago
I think the key here as you mention is the "pull through". Previously they could tell which ads generate buzz. The more important metric is which ads generate sales.
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by mikorym 7y ago
I meant: "lose general usefulness"; i.e., lose generality. Also, "HN's".
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by mikorym 7y ago
Don't you think that by trading off complexity of the models you use general usefulness? For example, the 80-20 principle is not about the numbers 80 and 20, but it is just an x-y principle where 80 and 20 are areas of a (particular) c
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by mikorym 7y ago
If I had to teach a class right now, I'd teach them on Raspberry Pi's and with some command line / terminal capability that includes SSH. I would probably bring in mathematics, taking care to separate the two pedagogically. I
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by mikorym 7y ago
I scored 54% and all of the cases that I err'd were due to the reality being slightly better than I thought. That makes me think that to pass this test you do what I am not going to tell you now...
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by mikorym 7y ago
Is it still possible to buy HD TVs that are not smart? That's a niche that may interest HN readers; I prefer smartness through a peripheral...
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by mikorym 7y ago
An aside: AFAIK there is still not a way on an iphone to block all "unknown" calls without at the same time using a contact white list (e.g.: putting the phone on "do not disturb").
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by mikorym 7y ago
Is it just my misplaced optimism, or are many countries suddenly now 'aware' of our climate change issues?
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by mikorym 7y ago
This is a just a short funny story about the domain name c2.com and a certain English sports car. I don't know much about Ward Cunningham, but there are lots of funny (and insightful) anecdotes on his website.
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English Sports Car: C2.com(c2.com)
2 points by mikorym 7y ago|1 comments
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by mikorym 7y ago
Mac Lane started out in logic before category theory was invented and I think this had a positive influence on his pedagogical style in writing, for example, textbooks. Does what you say have anything to do with probability theory (e.g.: th
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by mikorym 7y ago
I mean that it does not supercede the usual logic that we use to argue about everyday things.
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by mikorym 7y ago
I am not familiar with this, do you have links to the basics of what grounding theory is?
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Ajit Pai says NOAA and Nasa are wrong about 5G harming weather forecasts(arstechnica.com)
3 points by mikorym 7y ago|0 comments
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by mikorym 7y ago
Many valued logic arises quite naturally in category theory. If you take usual set theory and change the sets to fibred sets you can easily get a subobject classifier with, e.g., four truth values. However, these don't tell us much abo
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by mikorym 7y ago
I find it puzzling why there isn't a Netflix for sports that just shows sports channels. (Or is there?) Cable providers like to lure people in with sports channels and then force sports to only appear in the top payment tier.
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by mikorym 7y ago
I watched the Ted video, it's interesting! And yes, it does talk about what I had in mind, but of course with much more research and rigour. It would be nice to get a copy of that book that the author wrote. In any case, the fractal pr
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by mikorym 7y ago
No, I don't think so, not specifically, but it could be casually possible. I just mean for example: the standard 3-hut configuration triangle with a central open air common area (the triangle). You can have much bigger graphs too, it i
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by mikorym 7y ago
An interesting side topic on Ndebele art and BMW: https://www.bmwblog.com/2016/09/05/bmw-individual-7-series-e... .
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by mikorym 7y ago
If I go to the database/South Africa I can recognise many of these structures (all are different types of huts), but without any notes or annotations. What's interesting is that most houses being built in rural areas in SA (as e.g
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by mikorym 7y ago
IIRC this is how Uber started. They catered for some kind of "bespoke" customer that was more than happy to pay a lot. Another relevant question is what Uber will look like in developing countries where keeping the prices low is n
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by mikorym 7y ago
My mathematical training is mainly from the category theory school of thought (more specifically the set theory inspiring category theory school of thought) and I have to say that I find it difficult to move from category theory to functi
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by mikorym 7y ago
My supervisor's opinion on this topic seems to be that we would not end at category theory, but that it is a step into the right direction of where to focus our attention. EDIT: For example, my MSc was on the topic of a category equipp
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by mikorym 7y ago
This has been posted before: In 2017: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14026360 In 2015 after release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459520 Very useful book.
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by mikorym 7y ago
12m adults in the study of which 600k died in the following 10 years—is that normal or was it a high risk group?
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by mikorym 7y ago
What are statins?
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by mikorym 7y ago
Short summary: 1. At setup, Find My generates private key shared to all your Apple devices. 2. The private key generates a perpetual sequence of public keys. These change (iterates to the next) "frequently". 3. The rotating public
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by mikorym 7y ago
Are you sure about that? The impression I got from their summary is that the bluetooth locations are passive. An aside: what would happen if you wipe macOS and install another base operating system.

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