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by outlace 11y ago
But it brings up a broader point of democracies are more like a gradient of democracy where a "true" democracy could never be achieved (i.e. all citizens eligible to vote). Even China for example, could just be on an extreme end o
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I think Julia stands a really good chance at "chipping away" Matlab to a significant degree once it gets to a stable version 1.0 The syntax is close enough to Matlab to make the switch fairly easy, its got the performance, and the
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I've seen various sources claim the US is behind other nations in STEM fields, particularly math, at the primary and secondary levels. e.g. https://www.nms.org/AboutNMSI/TheSTEMCrisis/STEMEducationSta...
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I think resources would be better allocated at simply educating STEM people in ethics and the like. We don't need to funnel people into arts just as checks-and-balances to the "less sensible" technology folks.
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Does the U.S. have an art/design problem or shortage relative to other nations? (non-rhetorical question, please answer). It does seem clear that the U.S. is behind many other nations in STEM fields. Seems like promoting STEAM vs STEM
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OOP is "weird" in Julia compared to Python and others and first time users may find it off-putting, but just power through and eventually you'll realize just how awesome multiple dispatch is and the lack of traditional classe
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At least it looks like it supports OpenCL
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Good post in terms of content; really wish he had a nice syntax-highlighted code box instead of screenshots of code
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Meditation is a practice in awareness and focus. The goal is to become more aware of your own thoughts and emotions, and by doing so, wield more conscious control over them. Feeling less stressed and all the other benefits associated with m
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This is beautiful. I've never seen a more concise yet powerfully clear explanation of backpropagation. This explanation is so fundamental in that it relies on the fewest number of axioms.