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by reckoner2 10y ago
I think the quote does a great job at explaining why a lot of people have been critical of labeling the recent breakthroughs in Machine learning as real intelligence. Most people define intelligence in comparison to humans. Things like bein
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by reckoner2 10y ago
When building an automated trading system the first thing you write should be the risk system. Simply having a 'MaxExposure' per exchange doesn't cut it. This has nothing to do with it being a market-neutral strategy or not.
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by reckoner2 10y ago
Yet there are few people alive more qualified to comment on this type of work than Scott Aaronson. Plus, most of his criticism is only directed towards the misleading marketing, journalism, and presentations about D-Wave projects.
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by reckoner2 10y ago
I've been really enjoying http://course.fast.ai/ Within a few hours of starting the course you'll have submitted an entry into the Kaggle Dogs vs Cats competition that scores in the top 50% of entries and achieves
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by reckoner2 10y ago
First, I did a few random 'guided meditations' off youtube (Sam Harris has a popular one) and discovered that I enjoyed it. After that, I've been enjoying The Mind Illuminated, by John Yates, and I think others on hackernews
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by reckoner2 10y ago
Sailing: You don't need a boat. Most cities near the water will have some sort of sailing club where for $300 a year you can join and use their fleet of boats. My end goal is to do some sort of week long solo trip. Rock Climbing: Lots
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by reckoner2 10y ago
This would be my recommendation as well. It is closer to a textbook, than say a popular science book, but is still a very fun, engaging, and at times pretty funny read. Similarly to books like GEB, it really exposed me to a whole range of f
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by reckoner2 10y ago
Just a head's up: for someone well versed in computer science the first two thirds of this book can be pretty dull. The majority of the time is spent explaining first year CS topics in layman's terms. After that it picked up a bit