jebediah

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The Reason Behind the Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences(medium.com)
2 points by jebediah 7y ago|0 comments
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by jebediah 9y ago
They are talking about PhDs in Machine Learning of course
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by jebediah 9y ago
Lots of universities have Data Science Master's Programs, which may ultimately fall under the Computer Science, Mathematics or Stats department. So, it depends on the university.
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by jebediah 10y ago
I am inclined to agree with you, but then I remember that people used to say the same thing about chess. Perhaps completely solving language requires strong AI, but maybe we can get 99% there with something like the "chinese room"
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by jebediah 10y ago
it is a factor, but not the only factor. Besides, the world isn't completely fair, you know.
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by jebediah 10y ago
Being paid less for a more fulfilling/meaningful job IS fair.
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by jebediah 10y ago
This is slower than the sieve right?
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by jebediah 10y ago
If I understood correctly, they are not using any MCTS, I believe they are not doing any look ahead, only greedily selecting the best turn.
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by jebediah 11y ago
THE ROAD TO WISDOM The road to wisdom? -- Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less. ~Piet Hein
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by jebediah 12y ago
I have already started programming, it is just that all the problem sets I have solved were easy enough that I could get to coding right away, and when I couldn't I just thought I was dumb
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by jebediah 12y ago
Wow, as someone who is going to start doing Computer Science next year, I had already heard that most of programming is about thinking, but had no idea that is was to the point of 5 lines of code per day being exceptional.
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by jebediah 12y ago
I am okay with the general concept(though I guess it would be a lot better to put a computer on a keyboard, or seriously, on a phone), but I think that claiming this is the future of computing is ridiculous, pretty much the only thing this
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by jebediah 12y ago
I am going to break OPs rule: anybody here has linux running on a macbook air? I really wanted to get a light laptop with a long battery and found no alternative as good as MBA
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by jebediah 12y ago
I feel the exactly opposite way, I think IRC is the place where I am the most open
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by jebediah 12y ago
But the whole point is to have a general place with lots of people where all things hacker could be talked about, I spend some time on topic-specific IRC channels but I don't want to talk about python or arch all day, I wanted a channe
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by jebediah 12y ago
Though I think this document exagerates a little, by hacker I meant this: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
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by jebediah 12y ago
Because I am 16
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Ask HN: Hacker forum or IRC?
26 points by jebediah 12y ago|27 comments
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by jebediah 12y ago
He said transcribed, I guess he meant letter by letter
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by jebediah 12y ago
funny you ask it like that, there is a book which is literally named "design for hackers" and it is pretty good