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When not to use deep learning(hyperparameter.space)
1 points by williamsmj 9y ago|0 comments
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by williamsmj 9y ago
Results of this kind, which attract "aren't people on their phones a lot these days, and also millennials should stop buying avocado toast"-level Huffington Post columnists, have consistently failed to replicate: http:/
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F⁠ingerprinting documents with steganography(blog.fastforwardlabs.com)
2 points by williamsmj 9y ago|0 comments
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Probabilistic programming from scratch(oreilly.com)
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by williamsmj 9y ago
I hope this story puts to rest the weird obsession with Uber's business model as being the problem from the VC community's point of view. Even Uber's own investors thought the problem was culture.
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Inside Travis Kalanick’s Resignation as Uber’s C.E.O(nytimes.com)
7 points by williamsmj 9y ago|2 comments
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by williamsmj 9y ago
Um, the article discusses an ongoing court case accusing them of industrial espionage last year , which may result in criminal prosecution.
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by williamsmj 9y ago
Nah, we really do want them to die. Couldn't happen to a nicer company. If it's competition you're concerned about: they have a well documented record of sabotaging their competition, rather than winning on merits. They'
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Data Driven Products Now(datadriven.club)
1 points by williamsmj 9y ago|0 comments
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by williamsmj 9y ago
Given neveragain exists and has thousands of signatures (many from employees at YC companies) and prominent media coverage, it's impossible not to conclude that the the glib vagueness of "The" tech pledge is deliberate.
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FairML: Auditing Black-Box Predictive Models(blog.fastforwardlabs.com)
3 points by williamsmj 10y ago|0 comments
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The Electoral College and the knapsack problem(mike.place)
6 points by williamsmj 10y ago|0 comments
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by williamsmj 10y ago
There's much more to it than you suggest, but if marketing bothers you then check out the MIT Probabilistic Programming Project's talk at Strange Loop 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8QMqSWU76Q . Probabilist
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The Algorithms Behind Probabilistic Programming(blog.fastforwardlabs.com)
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Probabilistic Data Structure Showdown: Cuckoo Filters vs. Bloom Filters(blog.fastforwardlabs.com)
208 points by williamsmj 10y ago|44 comments
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by williamsmj 10y ago
The notebook linked to by the blog post uses Stan (and PyStan).