starchild_3001

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by starchild_3001 8y ago
Good points. I still find Google pretty agile and aggressive.
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
This article reminded me of wave function being a complex-valued function! Does this have anything to do with octonion, nature's symmetries/invariants or the standard model?
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
Ok... lengthy article... how do I validate the ideas here? Are they predictive? Are they prescriptive? Are they correct (aside from most of them being somewhat obvious). Are they helpful? I can't say I'm illuminated. Maybe others
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
As an ML engineer & former data scientist, I use awk almost everyday. It's indispensable to pick columns, run simple stats, parse unstructured files, convert between two formats... Hacky, but often the fastest tool.
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
I do agree with your assessment that kids are the biggest expense and possibly the biggest joy in life. Well it’s a risk and difficulty worth for many of us. But do your math. After certain age family is the biggest and maybe the only close
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
Two thoughts come to mind: * Is the population dropping given all this negativity? My guess: No! Else, property prices and/or rent would've dropped as well. => This survey is just plain "complaining". Not actual act
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
Remember Amazon? Remember they were "just" an online bookseller? When the firm is headed by a visionary, and it's located in the valley, 20B losses incurred so far may prove to be a rounding error. That said, most of the arti
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
Rather: "Human society unprepared for the misuse of ML by other humans". Fear other humans, not machines (yet).
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by starchild_3001 8y ago
Brings me back in memory lane, where I was a 13-14 yrs old middle-schooler trying to read this extremely thick manual with no or little background in logic design, CPUs etc. Well I could still program, or at the very least hack it to show s
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Thanks for chiming in!
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
How can zestimate be trusted if zillow is in the business of buying and selling homes? There's a reason why banks separate advisory business from the trading business.
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
I tend to believe life is universal. It may arise in a Turing machine that executes all possible programs one line at a time in parallel. It may arise in the subatomic realm... assuming sub-atomic particles exhibit sufficiently diverse comp
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
It's interesting that they're following the lead by Opendoor---the startup that pioneered the same. What I don't like about this business is it's very capital intense with low ROI. Sort of like high frequency trading for
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Pretty awesome talk. Many of his business insights are applicable to 2018.
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
This was one of the more interesting comments on this thread! Thanks for sharing.
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Re: 1) it only applies to your primary residence. It's by no means the way top %1 in wealth maintain or create their income. [Edit: I thought it does. But I'm not so sure anymore. Better scratch this comment] 2) I'd suggest e
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
The fact that your personal information is being sold (with your name, user id, email address, possibly physical address + political opinions) is probably news to most people. Another thing: Did you know that facebook recorded your phone ca
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Ha! It took me 3+ years to really understand real analysis. How? I tried to imagine 10, 20, 30 etc examples for every abtract definition in the books. E.g. take the definition of open set. Try to imagine 10s of examples of open sets. Then
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
I guess I now know how you recommend me those obscure "friends" like a recruiter from a company I didn't join, or my gardener etc. Totally uncalled for.
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
My download archive has all my contacts' names & phone numbers stored. Wtf? Why do you need this information in your data servers Zuck?
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Any rigorous or semi-rigorous analysis to suggest AR glasses will hit 1b users by 2025? Hint: Such analyses are usually done by looking at the adoption curves of similar technologies. E.g. smartphone, mobile phone, laptops, desktop computer
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
This is a highly biased article, imo. i) The authors and commenters of the article have a strong incentive to get funding for their projects. ii) The mentioned problems are mostly academic. The real-world implications are not tested, unknow
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Hey guys, don't believe in doomsayers. Market (aggregate opinion of investors) is often smarter than each individual. The market assigns a fairly healthy P/E ratio to FB. Similar to that of Google. Both better than that of AAPL. A
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Notion of wall clock time is probably unnatural and harmful. Humans for millenia did not follow wall clock time to wake up, go to bed, go to work etc. they rather followed the sun. Following the sun is natural because we all need light. For
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Arigato, for the thoughtful reply!
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
I kinda like the idea of having an intense data structures and algorithms class for hands-on problem solving. If a candidate has shown an ability to solve several hundred medium+ DS & Algo questions on the spot, that gives him an edge u
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
This is a stupid article with a stupid title. Those who wish to sell items to those countries would do their research and consider this problem. If they don’t solve it, it’s because they don’t want to deal with all the mess of international
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Sounds pretty superfluous to me. Somewhere between like, having a crush and love, I don't quite see a place for "premonition of love." Given no other culture has it (as far as mentioned), I'm tempted to believe it's
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
Intriguing blog post, but the analysis appears overly simplistic. I'm going to go with the assumption with that individuals and private companies are rational. Therefore, they do what's best for them. Then the question becomes why
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by starchild_3001 9y ago
This is somewhat of an opinion piece. We need more articles like it to counterbalance the "AI is the new electricity" crowd. Hyping deep learning isn't healthy.

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