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wforfang

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    Comment #45067571

    Maxwell's Equations --> Dimensional Analysis --> Distance --> Kevin Bacon

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    Comment #39346985

    Tesla makes this mistake with their ambiguous "lock" button on the iOS app. The button toggles between an open/closed padlock icon. I often lock the doors remotely and since I can'…

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    Comment #32631010

    D-sharp and E-flat are two different notes used to describe the same physical vibration for the same reason "father" and "son" are two different words that could describe the same …

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    Comment #30880314

    I do something similar but I include informational notes as well (not just action items/todo's). * incomplete todo ~ completed todo - informational Each day I create a new note, ti…

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    Comment #30571252

    I found a "normal mode" solution in a couple minutes after some trial/error. But then I spent 10 minutes trying to find a solution in "hard mode" to no avail. I ultimately gave up …

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    Comment #30210283

    This exact product is mentioned in the article as evidence for clinical/market demand. It also shows precedence for FDA approval of a pretty similar instrument for clinical diagnos…

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    Comment #29772299

    I enjoyed reading that! Great job.

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    Comment #29608814

    For anyone who found this video satisfying, you may enjoy "Structures : Or Why Things Don't Fall Down" by Gordon.

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    Comment #11802326

    I experimented with a few regularization factors and ultimately settled on a lambda of 0.1. Rather than using a stopping criteria, I ran a fixed number of training iterations (~100…

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    Comment #11801908

    Author here: I'm equally surprised it worked so well with such little training data. Each image contained 1 example of each character (18 total characters * 10 images = 180 example…