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901.
by xapata 6y ago
Continuing the dam metaphor: Why would they open the floodgates when they can release pressure more safely?
902.
by xapata 6y ago
Why wouldn't the curious person simply search for themselves? A commenter doesn't owe anyone anything. Other than courtesy, of course.
903.
by xapata 6y ago
Russia may not be currently, but is aspirationally a nation-state.
904.
by xapata 6y ago
I'm not familiar with LQRs. Versus HMMs and linear autoregressive models, I think avoiding the need to predefine the form of the autoregression is a bigger leap than it might appear right now. I'd always been a neural network sk
905.
by xapata 6y ago
What other statistical machine learning algorithm gives you a state machine as an output? The particular encoding -- matrix or otherwise -- is just an implementation detail.
906.
by xapata 6y ago
Yes, a finite state machine can be encoded as a matrix. Ultimately it's just a string of bits, represented by whatever physical mechanism it happens to reside in. It's still a state machine, and that's a big difference.
907.
by xapata 6y ago
Recurrent networks don't give you a matrix back. They return a state machine. Qualitatively different. Transitioning from a function that returns a scalar, to returning a polynomial, to returning an arbitrary function, and now to retur
908.
by xapata 6y ago
When regulators force it to stop expanding. Or when it becomes the monopoly in all industries.
909.
by xapata 6y ago
I think you're misinterpreting "value is more than revenue or profit." I read it as value is more than historical revenue or profit. It seemed that was the intent from the rest of that comment.
910.
by xapata 6y ago
I think there's some truth in the synthesis of this dialectic.
911.
by xapata 6y ago
> only a small minority of transmission is happening [in public settings] Well, wouldn't that be because public settings are more controlled, as you said? It seems strange to suggest wearing a mask at home, in private, but not in pu
912.
by xapata 6y ago
Unfortunately, much like "prototype" code, notebooks often live and work far beyond their original purpose.
913.
by xapata 6y ago
Whenever I see a notebook, I think, "Where are the tests?"
914.
by xapata 6y ago
> on record You mean spoke to journalists? Or gave a legal deposition?
915.
by xapata 6y ago
I think the wording was awkward. It sounded like Jeff was saying she approved herself. Life lesson: stop using passive voice.
916.
by xapata 6y ago
Perversely, it sounds like transmission occurring primarily at home suggests the government is doing a decent job at managing the problem.
917.
by xapata 6y ago
I'm not familiar with the research on transmission occurring primarily in private social gatherings. In fact, I've seen some researchers suggest the opposite. Do you happen to have any helpful links or search pointers?
918.
by xapata 6y ago
What do you think of Chapelle's recent monologue on the ethics of voluntary contracts?
919.
by xapata 6y ago
> too frequent Depends on the line and destination.
920.
by xapata 6y ago
> not all participants in this conversation are on the same page about it. I don't see anything contradicting, but merely failing to add the "regardless" footer. Admittedly, sometimes I read too quickly.
921.
by xapata 6y ago
Jeff's document says she submitted without asking for approval, so the request was to withdraw that unapproved submission. It is reasonable to interpret that as permission to revise and resubmit. She seems to have had her heart set o
922.
by xapata 6y ago
That's not the assertion here. A good researcher should be aware of the current state of the field, and thus mention current efforts to solve a problem when discussing that problem. Regardless of who's doing the work.
923.
by xapata 6y ago
There's already a host of those artifacts in other technologies. Ctrl-Alt-Del, for one.
924.
by xapata 6y ago
That's a fair assessment.
925.
by xapata 6y ago
I'm imagining a meeting a few years back, at Google: "Ok, you know our motto, 'Don't be Evil.'?" Heads nod. "What if ... what if ... what if we simplify that?" "How so?" "Just cut off
926.
by xapata 6y ago
> Running a pip freeze to generate a requirements.txt file doesn't work nicely when you use a requirements.txt file to define your top level dependencies. Use setup.cfg to define your top level dependencies. Use requirements.txt as
927.
by xapata 6y ago
How long should someone wait before deprecating the old behavior?
928.
by xapata 6y ago
setup.cfg vs requirements.txt offers this.
929.
by xapata 6y ago
You misread (I think). I believe they meant an example of an event that can be interpreted as racist, even if it wasn't. Thus the proper reaction is to supply an alternative explanation.
930.
by xapata 6y ago
I dunno, I can do without Robben's no era penal. 2x. Vs Mexico and Costa Rica in successive games. And Panama's ghost goal keeping USA out of the last World Cup. Ridiculous. I thought they at least had goal line sensors.

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