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lefnire

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About lefnire

Full-stack JavaScript dev, 10 years in web & mobile with a recent switch to machine learning. Focused on React / React Native, Python, TensorFlow. ML focus on NLP (chatbots), particularly LSTM-RNNs.

Creator of HabitRPG, a startup begun on Kickstarter which now has ~1.5M users. Built an enterprise PDF-creation service employed by 1.5k sites, and websites for clients such as Adidas, BigFix, and UCSF. Obsessed with AI - bonafide Singularitarian and herald for the takeover. Check out my AI podcast http://ocdevel.com/podcasts/machine-learning.

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    By the creator of Habitica. https://github.com/lefnire/gnothi with NLP helpers at https://github.com/lefnire/ml-tools . Of course self-promotion, but I think y'all huggingface love…

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    Read on the treadmill. Or videos, Udacity courses, etc - hard stuff, not novels. Two birds one stone, blood-pumping and endorphins helping maintain focus. I get a quality hour of e…

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    I was prescribed Aderall for ADHD growing up; 14-25yo. Towards the end doctors were loath to continue my prescription, until finally a doctor refused and I couldn't get it since. T…

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    I'm with the others on this. Never mind the cringe - he's all show, so much so I think he's bluffing (doesn't know ML). He amps up on "character" so much you're excited for the kno…

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    * Course: fast.ai ( http://course.fast.ai ). Practical, to the point, theory + code. * Book: Hands-On Machine Learning w/ Scikit-Learn & TensorFlow ( http://amzn.to/2vPG3Ur ). Theo…

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    I wouldn't compare AI to mars colonization. AI is coming in strong, we've made tremendous progress - mars colonization is still in its infancy / theoretics. AI's a constant-moving …

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    With current VR content, these robots will be damn fine archers.

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    So much value. Cross-platform compatibility (browser/JS, server/Node, mobile/React-Native, robotics/Johny-Five, etc). In-built asynchronous execution of nodes (a boon in ANN archit…

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    Or possibly 'extrapolation'. We've seen science explain magic time and again: eg, what was previously an evil spiritual infestation is now a bacterial infection. Think on the analo…

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    I too hate when people dare to dream out loud about interesting unsolved riddles in the universe. For some, sci-fi psuedoscience is their inspiration into the field, boosting their…

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    How has it fared for you so far in the job market, have you started seeking yet / talking to recruiters or employers?

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    I don't have anything certain, nor have I seen anyone answer this certainly - though this question has come up often. Obviously MOOCs will eventually be the way - huge companies ar…

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    Thanks! Right, I aim to be more a syllabus & high-level than deep-dive. I haven't found much of its kind, and with so much commute/chores/exercise seemed like a hole worth fillin'.…

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    Machine learning basics podcast

    I'm creating a podcast on the basics of ML: http://ocdevel.com/podcasts/machine-learning. Audio is an inferior medium to task - but with so much chores/commute/exercise time, there…

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    Google never gets any credit. I used Google Now before Siri exploded the world. I listened to a machine learning series, which started like: "... applications include Facebook's fa…

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    +1k. Don't need anything else. I think the simplicity's a mental hump for many, as I don't get why it's not more popular.

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    Please DO learn to code - https://jobpigapp.com/blog.html#/4

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    Functional proof-of-concept; I wanted to gauge developer interest before getting too deep. A project for building lists of things to be used in developer projects (Creative Commons…