onuralp

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   by onuralp 9y ago

   A Primer on Bézier Curves (with interactive animation) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14191577
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   The meta-hype algorithm(andrewgelman.com)

   2 points by onuralp 9y ago|0 comments
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   by onuralp 10y ago

   You might be interested in this - "computational reproducibility using Continuous Integration to produce verifiable end-to-end runs of scientific analysis": https://greenelab.github.io/continuous_analysis/
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   by onuralp 10y ago

   I think it has to do with public key cryptography - in particular, elliptic curve cryptography[0], which was mentioned by Schneider to be one of the key topics on NSA's agenda[1]. [0] https://arstechnica.com/security&#x
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   by onuralp 10y ago

   Bear App. http://www.bear-writer.com/
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   Code highlighting for Keynote presentations(gist.github.com)

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   by onuralp 10y ago

   Here is the modern version of the riddle: if you are to analyze your e-mail responses (e.g., tone, wording), do you notice any gender bias? I was intrigued with the story[0] where the colleagues of opposite gender swapped their names when s
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   by onuralp 10y ago

   This tweet triggered an interesting thread on whether [teaching] statistics requires [teaching] calculus: > @johnmyleswhite: One meme I wish would die off: the belief that we can teach high school students statistics without teaching the
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   Statistics without calculus(notstatschat.tumblr.com)

   1 points by onuralp 10y ago|1 comments
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    See HN discussion on the related arxiv preprint: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13950423 Most of the lectures from Representation Learning symposium held at Simons Institute last month are made available online: http
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    Failures of Deep Learning(simons.berkeley.edu)

    2 points by onuralp 10y ago|1 comments
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    Why has Silicon Valley emerged as a unique R&D center?(simons.berkeley.edu)

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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Here is a blog post that I think clarifies why this conjecture had remained unsolved: https://almostsure.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/the-gaussian-cor... There is also a 'companion' article on arxiv tha
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Amusing trivia from the article: Geoffrey Hinton is the great-great-grandson of George Boole.
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Apparently, they have managed to recruit Zoubin Ghahramani [to lead their machine learning efforts] despite the recent mess. While this particular recruitment may not be representative of the broader reception of Uber employees in the job m
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    Uber appoints Zoubin Ghahramani as chief scientist(venturebeat.com)

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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Piggybacking on the discussion about reasoning: I found the recently proposed 'argumentative theory of reasoning' quiet insightful and provocative with significant implications for belief formation (as well as scientific methodolo
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Do you have any particular example or domain in mind? Regarding the automatic analysis, Automatic Statistician (Tenenbaum & Ghahramani et al.), which is supposed to automate / assist the exploratory analysis, comes to mind. Not sur
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Thank you, I was not aware of this book. I am currently working my way through the Counterfactuals and Causal Inference (2nd), and I would definitely recommend this book (arguably over JP's Causality) to those who are looking for a com
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    Indeed! My bad, thanks for pointing it out.
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    by onuralp 10y ago

    I have seen an earlier version of this book recommended here on HN, and thought that some might be delighted to know that there is a revised version available to download.
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    Causal Inference Book(hsph.harvard.edu)

    261 points by onuralp 10y ago|27 comments