steeps

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   by steeps 3y ago

   "Quantum Computing Since Democritus" mentioned in the other answer is definitely good fun, but I find it a bit tricky in places and it very much has a quantum skew. If you're after a textbook reference, then I really like Pap
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   by steeps 3y ago

   One 2EXPTIME-complete problem that I really like is that of Linear Temporal Logic (LTL)[1] realizability. Informally, given a temporal logic formula over inputs and outputs, we can ask whether there exists some program which models the form
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   by steeps 4y ago

   Machine learning is an enormous field, and if you are after a explanation/exploration from the ground up, then Kevin Murphy's Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction is very good, but a bit of a tome. If instead, you want
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   by steeps 4y ago

   J. Kenji López-Alt has a bit in his Food Lab book where he explores the effect of yolk colour on taste. Paraphrasing, the takeaway is that people generally perceive redder/deeper yolks as more flavoursome, but if you remove this factor
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   by steeps 5y ago

   Fear not, the website has a theme selector: https://www.exoticsilicon.com/themes . I quite like the 1980s theme.
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   by steeps 5y ago

   What benefits do products such as DocuSign or cheapesignature have over digital signatures provided by open source libraries such as NaCl [1]? [1] https://nacl.cr.yp.to/