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Exploring the beauty of pure mathematics in novel ways(deepmind.com)
88 points by mx12 5y ago|4 comments
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by mx12 6y ago
Wow, this really brings me back. Found so many great songs/albums. A fun story. A friend and I created a chrome extension called Turntaste [1] that would help suggest what to play based on what was previously played and help avoid song
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by mx12 10y ago
I have been doing the same thing. I've also augmented each section with video lectures from Khan academy or other sources. For instance, their videos on the Jacobian were excellent for getting an intuitive understanding of it [1]. I al
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by mx12 11y ago
It works by RSSI [1], and I believe you can calibrate it with your antenna/case design. Not to mention any attenuation by the phone's antenna or your hand/body. Quote: "Phones or other smart devices can pick up the beaco
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by mx12 11y ago
Speaking as someone who just left a startup to join Google, I was excited in getting really stock options that after vesting could be exercised and sold. It's a long road to go from options to real money. Something I didn't realiz
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by mx12 12y ago
That's awesome that you made it open source! Maybe I'll to try implement one of my ideas for Tinder. That is A/B testing of profiles in different locations. Let's say I live in SF and could set up a weeks worth of testin
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by mx12 12y ago
IIRC the MINST data has a mix of style of 4's. I tried it with an open top, and it worked correctly. I wondering if they just happened to sample a majority of 4s that have an open top. Example: http://imgur.com/mRRz1L3
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by mx12 12y ago
If you're interested in more camera hacking, here is a very interesting talk from last years black hat about hacking security cameras. Title: Black Hat USA 2013 - Exploiting Network Surveillance Cameras Like a Hollywood Hacker https:&
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by mx12 12y ago
Here's a link to the full video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxxiij_moon-machines-2008-p... Around 37 minutes they talk about the alarms on approach and how the dealt with them.
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by mx12 12y ago
After I saw this guide a while ago, I got really interested in lock picking and ended up buy a kit. There a decent subreddit and it's a good resource to get started. I purchased the kit they recommend PXS-14, and it works great. I reme
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by mx12 13y ago
I don't think that Apple will completely get away from x86 for a long time. Attempting to emulate the x86 on an Arm would be terribly slow. I do however, think that they will eventually include both arm and x86 processors in the Macboo
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by mx12 15y ago
Why did't they do this on Friday evening? That would have given enough time for people to fully understand what this means. Instead, there is going to be a big sell off tomorrow morning. I understand there would be a sell off tomorrow, b
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by mx12 15y ago
A friend and I launched a chrome plugin/bookmarklet for recommending songs for turntable.fm at http://www.turntaste.com . It also gives you a list of rooms that are similar to your current room, and shows the top songs played in those roo
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by mx12 15y ago
This reminds me of Radio Shack's Engineering's Mini-Notebook series. I still have a copy of the 555 timer one that was given to me by my high school electronics teacher.
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by mx12 15y ago
IMAX 3D uses linear polarized light, whereas RealD uses circularly polarized light.
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by mx12 16y ago
The interesting part of the email was where they said they would enroll you automatically into the DataPro plan. Can they really change your contract without your permission? Would this be grounds of canceling your contract for free? I k
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by mx12 16y ago
After reading this, I am struck with the idea that maybe Apple's reluctance to support flash, is not just motivated by the performance issues. That it could also be that the DRM support in flash would mean that companies could just abondon
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by mx12 16y ago
Why not just use scroogle ( http://scroogle.org/ )? Even if it randomly searches for stuff, the searches are still linked to you, and I would be concerned over what terms it was searching for if my search history were ever subpoenaed. I co
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by mx12 16y ago
Just from the screenshots it looks like it might be a good tool for teaching students learning about pointers.
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by mx12 16y ago
I always enjoy a puzzle. This reminds me of when I had free time and spent days on notpron.
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by mx12 16y ago
The only problem is that you are assuming continual growth. While they are the cool place to be now, as soon as the become the uncool place to be, then they will be screwed. If I was facebook, I would be very afraid of this happening. I u
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by mx12 16y ago
I would recommend video lectures from the Khan Academy ( http://www.khanacademy.org/ ). They are organized in nice little chucks of topics and have a large range of topics in math.
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by mx12 16y ago
A) From what most of what my friends have said, pledging isn't that bad, but it depends on the frat B) Attend something outside of your normal circle of friends. Join a student organization or club sports team if you like sports. I gradua
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by mx12 16y ago
I would disagree. They signed the contract with rackspace that said they would abide by their polices and if they violated them, they would shut down the site. Nothing is stopping the church from hosting their own website.
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by mx12 16y ago
I would say that it is absolutely not, at least in my experience. In my lab, which is a bioinformatics lab, perl is still being used heavily. Perl is a great tool for dealing with text files, and little pieces of code that you need to do
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by mx12 16y ago
One of the biggest mistakes I see a lot of beginners make, is that they don't break the problem up into sub problems that they can easily solve. What I always tell students is to write some code, and then test it right away. Too many stud
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by mx12 16y ago
Not sure what degree your going for, but I just graduated from college with an EE degree, and I'll be starting grad school next week. Here's my advice: -Have fun and enjoy classes (Go to them!) You'll learn a lot from your professors and
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by mx12 16y ago
This is an example where everyone needs a fundamental lesson is statistics: Correlation does not imply causation.
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by mx12 16y ago
Here is my best and worst investments. When I was around 14, I wanted to get into the stock market. So, I heard that AMD had beat Intel to the punch with x86-64 chips and Intel was planning on licensing the technology. So I invested in
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by mx12 16y ago
You think that they could use something other than rubber bands to hold the phones!

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