noctilux

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by noctilux 5y ago
Coming from writing OOP-style code in Python and C++, I initially disliked R quite a lot. My code is becoming more functional-style by the year and I'm now finding myself enjoying R more and more. There are issues with R: lots of weird
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by noctilux 6y ago
Finally, an uplifting story about software.
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by noctilux 6y ago
This was a fun read, thank you! Makes me appreciate how much is constantly reinvented as years go by...
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by noctilux 6y ago
I'm curious about whether the author tried to optimize Elo's K factor. It's often left at 32, which is not reasonable for all contests. It's essentially related to the standard deviation of player skills: if there is a l
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by noctilux 6y ago
This is a _fantastic_ book. If anyone's worried it's too technical, I'd say that it's not as dry as it might look at first glance. There's lots of practical advice and there's actually not that much heavy maths
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by noctilux 6y ago
Some things that help me: 1) Echoing what someone has already said, a big key is to do a little each day. Before doing that, I would try to read whole chapters of books at a time and feel overwhelmed. Setting aside 30 minutes each day and s
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by noctilux 7y ago
Agree. I was confused by this at first but if the slope on lines without dividing by population is: (log y2 - log y1) / (x2 - x1) Then if we scale y2 and y1 both by c, which is 1 / population: (log( c * y2 ) - log( c * y1 )) &#x2F
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by noctilux 7y ago
I don't think anyone has mentioned yet that wine doesn't work yet on Catalina. Until that's fixed I'm staying with Mojave.
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by noctilux 7y ago
I misread the title to be the Rime of the Ancient Maintainer and still think that would make a good title