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vang3lis

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About vang3lis

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    Comment #725632

    Yes, the difference is negligible, but you obviously can't change rules of the game when it has already finished.

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    Comment #691346

    That and the fact that computing the closed form expression still needs log(n) steps (as exponentiation).

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    Comment #691341

    The title mimicks the common misunderstanding that naive calculation for Fibonacci numbers is done in linear time, which is not true when cost of arithmetic operations is not negli…

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    Comment #676543

    > but they're obligated to license them to Netflix Technically they are obliged to license them only if they are about to receive the prize.

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    Comment #571201

    can you elaborate, please?

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    Comment #568830

    I can't edit that anymore, but thank you!

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    Comment #568727

    clever ads == good public image == exploiting bias of people == profit!

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    Comment #568443

    Don't get me wrong, I like Elizier's posts on Overcoming Bias, but I disapprove of name calling when doing one sentence book reviews

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    Comment #568376

    a nice one, because it doesn't even suggest any particular alternatives when an update would suffice

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    Comment #568299

    My name is vang3lis and I'm an alcoholic. So what?

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    Comment #568242

    what would you recommend to supplement Russel&Norvig?

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    Comment #556427

    maybe you could opensource your dataset? ;) (no, no, I'm after votes not images)

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    Ask HN: what linear algebra do you use most often for practical problems?

    Linear algebra comes up in almost every area of modern research, but what applications have you made most often? Is it SVD for latent semantic analysis or computing eigenvector for…

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    Comment #544655

    But everyone in select industries (telecoms?) wants Linux on mainframes or DB2, which still beats crap out of Oracle for some workloads. And don't forget the IBM Research