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This is how I've always visualised matrix multiplication in my head, I find it quite intuitive.

How did it get this bad?

> CPython doesn't have a just in time compiler right now, instead the interpreter is running the bytecode instructions directly. Isn't compiling and then immediately running the co…

What's the cheapest and easiest way to set up a VPN that authenticates with G-Suite OAuth? Asking for a friend...

That's surprisingly effective. Nice!

I think his attitude of quality and direct feedback is good and definitely contributed to the success of his projects. But even so, why can't we still call him out on his callous a…

Linus is such an asshole. It's not even cute or funny. He's just an ass.

I'm interested in chatbots for learning foreign languages. In that scenario I really don't care how dumb the conversation is, just that it's grammatically correct. Does anybody kno…

" A significant problem with the current implementation of PSDoom is that monsters are much more likely to attack each other than expected. This causes many windows to mysteriously…

https://stackoverflow.com/a/3224910

Super cool, as long as you can change the font on your terminal! Programming fonts are really aweful for reading prose...

Prediction successful

"Increasing the gap" By what measures are living standards higher in the US then the EU? Genuinely curious.

I scored incredibly far on the left and now I feel woefully inequipped for everyday life.

This would be a terrible study to try to ascertain the impact of the internet on mental health. You would be comparing two populations who are completely different in many many way…

This is great advice, I often use programming to distract myself from some pain or other. It can be a useful tool but can also become a long-term avoidance which isn't healthy.

Is this entrapment? He isn't coercing people to commit a crime, but he is encouraging it

There are a couple of language features in Python that I thought were cool when I discovered them, but actually have never ever find a need for them in my code. The first is using …

I'm partial to Papyrus myself. Tribal, yet futuristic.

> Reread what you just wrote for a moment and reflect on that. This comes across as very patronising. I would assume the author is perfectly aware of what they just wrote.

For what it's worth, I didn't get this impression at all, I interpreted it as very amusing light-hearted humour

I'm no ML expert, but my understanding is that the bias is usually in the training data, not the model. The idea here is that you can generate bias-free "garbage" and therefore red…

I've never seen PEP582 until now, but it looks concerningly short. It doesn't discuss tradeoffs, alternatives, and is nowhere near comprehensive enough in its examples. It just doe…

"Have you tried TPPMTINTATO? It's great!"