dhampi

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by dhampi 14d ago
For example, polars internally hashes rows for some operations in ways that affect the ultimate ordering. They do not guarantee stability of hashing algorithm or seed across versions and platforms. (No complaints here! I agree ordering shou
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by dhampi 4mo ago
Well, with thinking models, it’s not that simple. The probability distribution is next token. But if a model thinks to produce an answer, you can have a high confidence next token even if MCMC sampling the model’s thinking chain would revea
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by dhampi 8mo ago
Canada has no domestic automaker and US automakers, under pressure from Trump, are closing some factories in Canada & relocating production to the US. Yes, the Canadian auto industry will take a hit, but it already has from the US (and
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by dhampi 9mo ago
Presumably a lot less expensive than pumped hydro to build.
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by dhampi 9mo ago
The actual title is pretty buzzy given how limited the task described is. In one specific, very constrained and artificial task, you can find something like detailed balance. And even then, their data are quite far from being a perfect fit
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by dhampi 10mo ago
No, I still don’t understand the analogy. All of this burn-in stuff is designed to get your Markov chain to forget where it started. But I don’t want to get from “how many apples does Bob have?” to a state where Bob and the apples are forgo
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by dhampi 10mo ago
I don't understand the analogy. If I'm using an MCMC algorithm to sample a probability distribution, I need to wait for my Markov chain to converge to a stationary distribution before sampling, sure. But in no way is 'a good
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by dhampi 10mo ago
I used to be befuddled by this too. Then I lived in the U.S. for a few years. I think the answer is that the democrats are shockingly bad too, in many parts of the US. People expect grift and corruption from both parties. Perhaps they didn’
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by dhampi 10mo ago
Guessing you’re a physicist based on the name. You don’t think automatically doing RG flow in reverse has beauty to it? There’s a lot of “force” in statistics, but that force relies on pretty deep structures and choices.
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by dhampi 1y ago
I quit Julia after running into serious bugs in basic CSV package functionality a few years back. The language is elegant, intuitive and achieves what it promises 99% of the time, but that’s not enough compared to other programming language
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by dhampi 1y ago
FOAG is probably the shortest readable introduction to serious algebraic geometry anyone has written. That's the nature of algebraic geometry.
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by dhampi 1y ago
Yes, Schrodinger’s equation is entirely deterministic. There is no randomness inherent in quantum mechanics. The perceived randomness only arises when we have incomplete information. (It is another matter that quantum mechanics to some exte