soberhoff

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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   I've been following the author posting these on reddit. These are some of the best animations of linear algebra I've ever seen by a large margin. I really hope the author draws some encouragement from all the praise he's gett
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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   That seems like one of the least noticeable consequences self driving cars would have.
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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   Suppose that you set a computer to work and it learns a fantastically accurate model that no human is able to understand. Do you then declare victory and move on?
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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   Familiarity lessens fear. I've been coming to Clojure from Java so to me the JVM and its standard libraries are a feature not a drawback.
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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   The worst example of this that I've met to date is Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander's Surfaces and Essences. It conveys such an important message but it repeats itself so often that the eyes start glazing over.
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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   I've read it. It was an easy read. No mathematics. Every occurrence of "NP-complete" was replaced with "intractable" and there are tons of anecdotes, many I hadn't heard before. I didn't come away from the
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   by soberhoff 10y ago

   On the other hand the fact that you're reaching all the way to Turing to exhibit a clear impact on practice suggests that for the programmer without such grand aspirations there isn't much to be gained.