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by saeranv 6y ago
Fair, but I don't think their decision ended up on the right side of history.
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I'm a huge Liberal supporter, but am disappointed by Trudeau's decision on this. I never thought I'd say this, but good for the Tories. The most generous interpretation I've heard is that Trudeau's government is cur
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The image says "Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either 'I wish I had' or 'I'm glad I did'." But another way to interpret this graph is to spend less time attempting to cultiv
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by saeranv 6y ago
I'm sure this is due to my beginner status in ML/DL, but I'm really disappointed in how much deep learning seems removed from the things that I enjoyed the most in statistical learning. I enjoy the creative challenge of apply
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Pincam: A simple pinhole camera library in Python/Numpy/GeoPandas. Pincam allows you to easily manipulate, analyze and plot 3D images with GeoPandas. https://github.com/saeranv/pincam It's dead useful (f
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by saeranv 6y ago
Ugh, that's a lot simpler than my solution. I found out (I think through SO) that if you select the 'Create New View for Output' option, you can copy and paste as normal.
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by saeranv 6y ago
Fascinating stuff. The idea that visual and language generation could be generalized with the same underlying model was the most interesting part of Lex Fridman's podcast with Ilya Sutskever in May: https://www.youtube.com&#
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by saeranv 6y ago
Agreed. And Madlib was always promising there'd be a sequel, but from what I understand MF DOOM always flaked. So all we have is that one perfect album.
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Gelman's specific critique of Domingos is as follows: "And here’s the half that I think Domingos gets wrong: He’s too sanguine about existing algorithms being unbiased. I don’t know why he’s so confident that existing algorithms f
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Andrew Gelman on Pedro Domingos' claim that algorithms are incapable of bias(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)
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by saeranv 6y ago
Looking at the table of contents (for someone who is not familiar with the term 'Probabilistic Machine Learning'), is this just covering typical ML methods through the lens of probability?
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by saeranv 6y ago
"The startup will then use special meters to measure the energy savings from the project and log them on the WOZX blockchain. Any savings made will be distributed into the investor's profile as energy credits." I am curious a
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Lex Fridman Podcast: Charles Isbell and Michael Littman on ML and Education(youtube.com)
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I feel like it's more complementary then that. You need the PhDs to develop core theories and technology, and you need the young engineers and devs to understand it enough to apply it in other domains. Both can be described as doing &q
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by saeranv 6y ago
Unfortunately human society also created conservatives, so we're not actually able to implement regulations.
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Ignoring the blockchain aspect of this for a second, the underlying model her makes me a little hopeful it can tackle some of the more frustrating problems I've experienced in designing energy-efficient buildings, if it ever catches on
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by saeranv 6y ago
I was just considering reading that book today. What are your thoughts on it? Is the tech prognostications realistic otherwise?
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It's possible, I'm not on twitter so don't really know how it played out there. I agree there's definitely a large population on HN with simplistic and reactionary political inclinations[1] that's predisposed to dis
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Question by someone who is ignorant but interested in functional programming: what is the closest equivalent to these functions in Python? (Or correct me if I'm asking the wrong question). I used to love using lambdas in Python, along
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So as I recall, you're right that she didn't encourage people explicitly, but she kept retweeting other supporters attacking LeCun, whereas LeCun kept telling his supporters to not attack her, and talked very positively of her. I
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by saeranv 6y ago
I feel very disheartened that whatever good Timnit Gebru is doing in her work seems to be undermined by her constant antagonism and hostility. Based on this article, and additional context from other Google employees, I think she is in the
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by saeranv 6y ago
Try chess.com or lichess.org! You're automatically matched with someone of your skill level, and can play games from 1 to 10 minutes (each).
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I wonder if we would need an argument, all we would need is a graph of global temperature going back a thousand years or so, it's pretty irrefutable.
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The design of feasible layouts is definitely one of the trickier parts of applying ML to architecture. I know of one masters and one PhD student working in this domain, and it's so hard to achieve human-quality spatial layouts. However
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> finding a way to convert a 2D set of drawings or a 3D model to a text-based representation, then using text-based AI tools like GPT-3 to generate new buildings based on input parameters. Kind of sounds like shape grammars [1] which ca
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If the floor slab is insulated on the bottom (so you're decoupling it from the earth), and it's around 100 - 200 mm thick, I think it could do some nice passive heating/cooling - cooling the space in the summer and warming th
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Yeah, the building science/architecture had to go through a painful learning process about mold, and humidity (see the leaky condo crisis in British Columbia[1]). That being said, the consensus in building science circles is now conver
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It's cool that you're optimizing and constructing this yourself. I want to do that myself one day. Since you're already using Python for some quick calculations, and are interested in continuing to model the interaction betwe
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Couple of thoughts: - The other factor to consider here is the use of insulation to protect against moisture in the structure, which will deteriorate materials and decrease the thermal resistance of the structure. Looks like the comment sec
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It's smart to have an irrelevant one-word noun name, it gives you the flexibility to pivot your product over time, without being tied to an overly-specific name.

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