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by valgor 8y ago
Scientific publishing has a deep problem right now with papers being published with data, algorithms, and/or code being proprietary. In addition but not always related, there is the problem of reproducing results in papers. From bad
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by valgor 8y ago
I think if you have such an exposure to so many stat and probability books, and yet cannot recommend one good one, then clearly you are the person fated by the universe to write that one book written correctly. :)
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by valgor 8y ago
>It makes Bayesian statistics seem like a matter of letting your expectations influence your results. The smart approach is to have a set of a prior expectations, run through the data, and see what comes out the other side. Essentially,
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by valgor 9y ago
Speaking of not understanding words, you just called the Guardian communist... Please start here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
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by valgor 9y ago
> Communism and Democracy are antithetical Not to derail the train, but it is hard to take anyone serious on the subject of Communism with statements like that. Communism is democracy taken to the extreme with no bosses at work and no c
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by valgor 9y ago
>Ng told me that his personal goal is to help bring about an AI-powered society. Anyone have links to interviews or information on Ng's vision? I'd love to hear the details.
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by valgor 10y ago
I don't like that I cannot browse projects without signing up. I like looking into things before acquiring more spam mail.
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by valgor 10y ago
The site is not loading for me, but last time I looked, their github was better: https://github.com/nasa Edit: Now that I typed this, the site is loading and it looks like they have added more stuff! Regardless, github lin
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by valgor 10y ago
The universe is not mathematics. Mathematics is a game. When we talk about the universe (physics, chemistry, etc.) we use mathematics as a language. The universe is not "doing" mathematics, but when we observe the universe we u