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This problem is actually pretty obvious to fix and you don't even need a neural net - it can definitely be done "old school" computer vision. Simply detect the presence of "flashin…

I wholeheartedly agree. It's by definition an insult and I don't believe an academic measurement of stupidity (or intelligence) is a terribly fruitful endeavor. "My math says you'r…

What, the elongated, shiny, rotating thing that was able to accelerate without any effect on its rate of rotation? Totally a comet, definitely, 100% guaranteed.

TF's deprecation velocity was way too high for my taste. Things we wrote would stop working randomly with their updates. I feel very similar to you about the models being "buried t…

Interesting, however this just reflects an overfitted model. Fundamentally, this photo is not that different from a fashion influencer's posts. We're a fashion engine and our syste…

Let me flip this around / play devil's advocate (haha). I remember that "election dial" showing 80% chance of Hillary on (I believe) the NYT website. Was that grounded in reality? …

I didn't quite understand, what is the problem with Instagram? It's too popular? Or just that it's not dropping in popularity vs Facebook (due to their recent adjustments)? I would…

That's definitely possible they've already more or less decided. Either way, they're pulling off an impressive optimization to obtain maximum taxpayer funded subsidies.

That's incredible. Humalog is a quite similar low price in Canada. It's strange that it'd actually be economical for many American diabetics to just book a (yearly) flight to Canad…

This is a really good article, I'm impressed. If you read only one deep learning article this month, make it this one. I'm going to borrow that analogy of "teenagers perceptions of…

Exactly, do it or else he's going to take his ball and go home (or take his fund's money and go to China) But don't tell him what happens if he ever tries to take his money OUT of …

I think they wanted to make it free but still deal with the fact that anything that isn't nailed down will get stolen in China. Even toilet paper - you should see the "rations" man…

The internet was actually fine for a long time (just proxy over SSH for everything). But they randomly "turn up the dials" on the firewall to block SSH and so you'll get intermitte…

I've lived and done a fair amount of business there. The car thing is true. I would say people there care a lot more about their immediate network of friends / family and a lot les…

Hey, WoofCoin is going to change the world! Only WoofCoin uses blockchain technology to finally solve the age old question "who's a good boy?"

Based on the paper, I think there is sufficient evidence for "mice who have increases in sEH expression in Müller glia cells" to consider they stop taking Omega3. As I understand i…

I think you're right. It was probably a good bootstrapping strategy at the start to get good designs into the system and also some marketing benefits from promoting top designs fro…

Yes, having a store with selection is good for shopping. The contest is part merchandising and part marketing to show the "top hot new" SKU. For any contest to work, you need good …

Why is it so surprising? From both the designer and shopper perspectives, the Old Way does seem better. With the Old Way: Designer: does N work to create a design and has X% chance…

Oh absolutely, I thought that type of active investor was so contrived that this was just an article written more or less for entertainment (to point out how hard it is to be an ac…

Given the hyperbole and deity references, I thought the article was more for amusement than anything else.

I think he's just pointing out how hard it is to be a good active investor, basically exactly what Warren Buffet thinks (and won that bet over).

Does this mean I'm going to have to charge my clothing now too?