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The First Ten Years(gregorygundersen.com)
2 points by gwgundersen 2y ago|0 comments
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by gwgundersen 2y ago
2) Thanks for pointing this out. I've fixed.
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by gwgundersen 2y ago
Thanks! I'll fix this.
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by gwgundersen 3y ago
I have a theory that whatever popularity my blog has comes from writing to the level of the reader. My favorite example of the opposite behavior is how every blog post on a topic involving Bayesian inference seemingly must start with Bayes’
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by gwgundersen 3y ago
I really like Katex. I used to use MathJax for my blog, but the page reflow was annoying. Now I use Katex with server-side rendering, and even pages with a lot of math load quickly and without reflow.
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by gwgundersen 4y ago
There are many good resources! A few, depending on your inclination: - For intuition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNk_zzaMoSs - For rigor: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-201
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by gwgundersen 4y ago
Re: the first sin, I was told to not invert matrices but never given a satisfying reason. So I wrote a blog post about it: http://gregorygundersen.com/blog/2020/12/09/matrix-inversion...
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by gwgundersen 4y ago
Thank you!
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by gwgundersen 4y ago
https://gregorygundersen.com/blog/ Simple research blog on ML, stats, etc.
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Research and Adventure(gregorygundersen.com)
3 points by gwgundersen 4y ago|0 comments
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by gwgundersen 5y ago
I didn't implement a CNN from scratch, but a few years ago, I wrote a blog post on CNNs [1] because, like the other commenters, I could find almost no decent blog content on what exactly a CNN was. Maybe it will help in your efforts. [
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by gwgundersen 5y ago
Ever since reading Bertrand Russell's "The Conquest of Happiness", I've thought a lot about the importance of being able to sit inside my own head. One quote that I wrote down: > A life too full of excitement is an ex
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by gwgundersen 5y ago
I like this framing. In graduate school, I worked for 2+ years before my first paper was published. In that time, I passed my PhD qualifying exam, took classes, wrote code, read papers, learned math, and so forth. Yet when I applied for int
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by gwgundersen 6y ago
This is great. I've written previously about why I write as a researcher [1], but none of my reasons were this author's reason: that narrative structure clarifies understanding. This resonates with me because I've noticed tha
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by gwgundersen 6y ago
This is good advice, and both parts rely on being aware of your own mind and even tricking it a bit. This reminded me of a Moxie story about nearly dying while sailing [1]: > Strangely, I could feel myself drawn towards the temptation of
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by gwgundersen 7y ago
This sounds a lot like a tool I built for myself [1], sans the database. I agree that Markdown + Katex with a local server seems like the right move for most technical people. Lots of things like encryption, backups, and basic text search c
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by gwgundersen 7y ago
I didn't want to make the post overly long by adding a section on "failure modes," but certainly one of them is: spend a long time building and tweaking a blog rather than writing. I've done this too and work to avoid it
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by gwgundersen 7y ago
Thanks Chris!
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by gwgundersen 7y ago
I write drafts in Markdown + MathJax and then build everything into a static site using Jekyll. I didn't use a theme or template, since I found most were too noisy. It's just custom HTML/CSS.
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by gwgundersen 7y ago
I just use Jekyll to build a static site (Markdown + MathJax). I wrote the HTML/CSS myself, but maybe I can put the "theme" on GitHub later today.
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by gwgundersen 7y ago
Hey, it sounds like you're still programming. Glad to hear it's going well!
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Why I Keep a Research Blog(gregorygundersen.com)
607 points by gwgundersen 7y ago|72 comments