thisismyswamp

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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
I subscribe to a weekly hacker news newsletter ( https://hackernewsletter.com/ ) and find that helps me tame the urge to keep checking the website during the day.
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
A book that everyone should read, at an individual level, is a book that no one should read.
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
Statistics wash away any hint of individuality
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On Money Creation(geohot.github.io)
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A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cerebral cortex(biorxiv.org)
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
Very good observation
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
If you can't walk out of the deal, you're not negotiating a salary - but rather the terms of your servitude. So the first step is to get into a position where you can negotiate. Once you're there, ask for a number that would
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
Building a new framework should be way at the bottom of your list of things to consider. If you do, please make it a blackbox. It's tiring how many details one often needs to get into before being able to do something they could have s
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
Waking up and realizing you were dreaming is not the same as waking up and then dreaming
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
In the way that molecules are so fast that they go past each other frequently, making global effects possible to arise from small perturbations.
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
A Black Swan is an "unknown unknown", something you don't just lack understanding of, but don't expect or predict. The statistical interpretation of the term was popularized by Nassim Taleb in the book of the same name:
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
I like the general tone of this advice towards action over consumption. I have found that to be a good way to approach my interest in deep learning research.
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
Why try to fit this story into some arbitrary modern concept that was invented in order to sell books?
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by thisismyswamp 5y ago
In this thread: people who assume ad targeting systems are sophisticated enough to know what you buy at the chemist, while still stupid enough to recommend something you've already bought. OP probably googled something related before g
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
Stephen Wolfram says he only works on the things he knows only he can do. I've been listening to his podcast, it has a lot of great Q&A!
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
I fixed the issue with the page getting misaligned! The percentage is your "should you have some coffee" score, with Yes starting at 50% :)
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
I should get around to doing one of these tests soon. The information on caffeine metabolism would be one of the most useful data points!
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
Hey guys! This is my latest creation. I built this questionnaire in my head over time about whether or not I should have a cup of coffee, and decided to bring it into the world to get feedback and allow others to build on it. You can add qu
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Shouldyouhavesome.coffee(shouldyouhavesome.coffee)
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The Cabal: Valve’s Design Process for Creating Half-Life (1999)(gamasutra.com)
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
*Benefits a very small part of society, you mean
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Floating point loses density as numbers grow bigger(ridiculousfish.com)
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
Thank you, so happy to see reasonable people here. The crowd jumping into defending her on twitter makes me sad for humanity.
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
Timnit conveniently lost access to the email that supposedly led to the firing. She previously sent her twitter mob out on LeCun for his stance on bias in machine learning models. I do not respect that kind of person and will not take a sta
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Ask HN: What are some simple problems current ML methods cannot solve?
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Ask HN: How to do independent research in machine learning?
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by thisismyswamp 6y ago
You're an intellectual
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by thisismyswamp 7y ago
> Barrier to entry for coding is very low. no it isn't > Even working as a burger flipper they can get a degree did you get a degree while working a full time job? > everyone always can be an entrepreneur no they can't
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Pressure to do something meaningful and useful
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I built a browser extension that disables Twitter's infinite scrolling feed
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