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piqalq

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    Ask HN: Where can I do a self-study math degree online?

    My background is in CS and I’m currently working as an ML engineer, but I’m very eager to go back for a PhD soon. In the mean time, I’ve noticed my maths isn’t as strong as I’d lik…

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    Ask HN: How to restart with a new email address?

    I'm making the move from my old (8+ years) gmail account to fastmail, mainly for privacy reasons and what not. Has anyone ever done this, and/or how would you recommend starting th…

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    Comment #17074748

    Odd. I’ve used Firefox exclusively for the past 4 years and am a tab hoarder (150+) and my laptop is as quiet as the night with Firefox using very little memory when compared to Ch…

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    Comment #17074510

    Ah, different use case then as opposed to using AI or ML for drug discovery. I agree, robots are hit and miss

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    Comment #17073160

    What makes you think that? Media? What are you including under the umbrella of AI? ML, Deep Learning? Are you in the industry?

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    Comment #17050157

    I’ve wondered, why are these types of games, such as Screeps or WarriorJS only ever made to be played with JS. Why not Python or Go or Assembly?

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    Comment #17029784

    I think he means the volatility/instability of it.

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    Comment #17004607

    I can tell you, a very bad one.

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    Comment #16863003

    Are you simply wanting to see your data, or do you want it deleted? After GDPR comes in I’m going to be looking into the latter.

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    Comment #16856939

    How’s that going? I was pretty surprised when I’d downloaded my data to see they hadn’t given me so much of what I know they have...

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    Comment #16712616

    Not as good as - “StackOverflow: How to add numbers”

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    Comment #16711800

    What do you think commits are? git commit -m -S “just having my 4th Oreo milkshake haha”

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    Comment #16614506

    I see what you’re getting at, but this would be a very lengthy and arduous process. Not to mention, many ML and DL algorithms are incredibly mathematically complex that describing …

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    Comment #16601821

    It’s a pain in the ass. I built one for a steganography thesis and the psychoacoustic model is really what made it difficult. The psychoacoustic model took more time on its own to …