vang3lis

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by vang3lis 17y ago
Yes, the difference is negligible, but you obviously can't change rules of the game when it has already finished.
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BelKor has allegedly won Netflix Prize despite being second on the leaderboard(netflixprize.com)
40 points by vang3lis 17y ago|19 comments
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by vang3lis 17y ago
That and the fact that computing the closed form expression still needs log(n) steps (as exponentiation).
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by vang3lis 17y ago
The title mimicks the common misunderstanding that naive calculation for Fibonacci numbers is done in linear time, which is not true when cost of arithmetic operations is not negligible. The whole point of the article, as I understand it, w
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Have we failed to cure cancer by playing it too safe?(scientificblogging.com)
3 points by vang3lis 17y ago|0 comments
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by vang3lis 17y ago
> but they're obligated to license them to Netflix Technically they are obliged to license them only if they are about to receive the prize.
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ε-Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem [pdf](math.ucla.edu)
1 points by vang3lis 17y ago|0 comments
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"Using Prompt Commands" a Sign of Criminals? Supreme Court Begs To Differ(schneier.com)
1 points by vang3lis 17y ago|2 comments
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Google Searches Used To Convict Hit-And-Run Driver(techdirt.com)
1 points by vang3lis 17y ago|0 comments
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by vang3lis 17y ago
404
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A new benchmark of browsers with cool 3D. Results? Safari beats them all.(service.futuremark.com)
1 points by vang3lis 17y ago|0 comments
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Warren Buffett and his attempts at self-control(blogs.psychologytoday.com)
2 points by vang3lis 17y ago|0 comments
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by vang3lis 17y ago
can you elaborate, please?
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by vang3lis 17y ago
I can't edit that anymore, but thank you!
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by vang3lis 17y ago
clever ads == good public image == exploiting bias of people == profit!
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by vang3lis 17y ago
Don't get me wrong, I like Elizier's posts on Overcoming Bias, but I disapprove of name calling when doing one sentence book reviews
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by vang3lis 17y ago
a nice one, because it doesn't even suggest any particular alternatives when an update would suffice
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Mathematical trick wiki Terrence Tao blogged about is now live - Tricki(tricki.org)
33 points by vang3lis 17y ago|7 comments
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by vang3lis 17y ago
My name is vang3lis and I'm an alcoholic. So what?
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by vang3lis 17y ago
what would you recommend to supplement Russel&Norvig?
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Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity(eff.org)
109 points by vang3lis 17y ago|55 comments
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Video + presentations from BlackHat US 2008(blackhat.com)
6 points by vang3lis 17y ago|1 comments
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by vang3lis 17y ago
maybe you could opensource your dataset? ;) (no, no, I'm after votes not images)
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Ask HN: what linear algebra do you use most often for practical problems?
57 points by vang3lis 17y ago|30 comments
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by vang3lis 18y ago
But everyone in select industries (telecoms?) wants Linux on mainframes or DB2, which still beats crap out of Oracle for some workloads. And don't forget the IBM Research
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by vang3lis 18y ago
> This is Google we are talking about, their main move has always been to release their own version of the service, hope to win, and only if that fails, do they open up their pocket book. But it failed! See what happened to Jaiku
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by vang3lis 18y ago
but what a label! deutsche grammophon is the finest classical music label out there
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by vang3lis 18y ago
on python - not anymore, since 2.5 (probably earlier) you can do: (x if cond else y) which is essentially (cond ? x : y)