s_Hogg

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by s_Hogg 7y ago
Thanks very much for this comment, I will make that change today!
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We made this because of how much we drool over the python opencv package (cv2), but we didn't want to write as much c++ (here's the relevant file in opencv: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/mast
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Show HN: We made a Tesseract Python wrapper using pybind11 (not the CLI)(pypi.org)
7 points by s_Hogg 7y ago|5 comments
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Quake 3 Arena, Music for the Jilted Generation oh my god It's fun deciding to imprint yourself in that way, it feels like a conscious decision to re-wire. That said, the most deeply-seated ones are the ones I didn't really decide
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
I think this sort of thing is handy for reinforcing to people that neural nets are still just code, and should be treated as such. That means testing and reliability standards built into deployment. The last exercise in particular rams it h
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
That didn't stop Fight Club. You're right it's a shame it hasn't happened, though.
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MISH Activation Added to Darknet(github.com)
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
The headline screams red flag to me. Calling something "machine learning-powered" isn't a guarantee of improved performance at all. Their baseline is already a fairly complex model, so there's no way to gauge how useful
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
Wonder what build quality is like with this. Is Tesla starting to get this kind of product issue sorted?
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
I thought the H-1B was supposed to be a lottery, how is any company having this much "good fortune"?
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
How easy is it to migrate these days?
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
It's not the most accessible, but it's pretty interesting. Turning a problem into its dual has always been a bit of a dark art to me, but this article makes the benefits of doing so reasonably clear.
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
I swear a few weeks ago I was reading the usual media outlets talking the prospect of this IPO up at the same time. Now this. It feels to me like someone got fed a line. Edit: wait, the head of Aramco is now a Softbank director? What on ear
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
For the uninitiated, what does this particular breakthrough enable? I understand the point it makes about being able to reverse a decomposition but don't get what the practical consequences are.
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
The Dune 2 soundtrack is still my favourite video game OST. Even allowing for the fact that it doesn't faithfully replicate the Dune universe (e.g. House Ordos exists in the game) - some of the music is great for looking at Dune throug
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
Why is Brian Herbert as lucid as this talking about his dad, but so terrible when trying to write a book following on from his work? Bit of a puzzle to me.
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
It's funny how prescient some of the people in the sixties and seventies were. I'd lump Alvin Toffler alongside Frank Herbertm personally. They both had a somewhat weird point about the future (Herbert was kind of looking at a mac
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
Hear, hear! He's done a lot to promote a peaceful and democratic society and deserves the accolades.
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
I'm still amazed at how tech culture seems to think that avoiding your weaknesses altogether is unambiguously good. Maybe to some extent makes sense, but as a blanket rule surely it just develops learned helplessness in people? Note th
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
This article and the other one a month or two ago about Sikh truckers in the LA Times have both been fantastic reads.
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
This is kind of interesting, because import substitution was what Latin America tried more or less as a whole back in the 80s. It didn't work particularly well then, which leaves the question of what to do now?
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The economics of streaming is changing pop songs(economist.com)
1 points by s_Hogg 7y ago|0 comments
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
How did you get through the first bit, is that simply a question of cash?
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
The strategy this guy is suggesting looks like it could actually make the code harder to grok, I think
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Chile’s attempts to move up the lithium value chain are not working(economist.com)
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
From that article: "I do believe that there is real value in pursuing functional programming, but it would be irresponsible to exhort everyone to abandon their C++ compilers and start coding in Lisp, Haskell, or, to be blunt, any other
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
Between this and the raids on the ABC I'm starting to get a little worried, I have to say
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
The problem with headlines such as this is that the cost figure is not put in context. Specifically, "is the 55 billion worth it?", instead of just "doing this thing costs money".
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Reddit, where chaos thrives, tries to clean up to attract ads from big brands(latimes.com)
4 points by s_Hogg 7y ago|3 comments
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by s_Hogg 7y ago
Interesting to hear that there's an active rave scene in India. The dealer sounds like an idiot to me, though, when she answers questions like: "Are you worried about the risks involved? I'm always worried. But I know how to

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