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Re: I Build My Own Not-Hotdog Classifier from HBO's Silicon Valley

#5

is a hotdog a sandwich?

What else would it be? A pastry? I think because the elements (hot dog and bun) are cooked separately it has to be a sandwich. If you baked the hotdog within the bun and severed it then it would be a pastry to me.

Re: I Build My Own Not-Hotdog Classifier from HBO's Silicon Valley

#6

is a hotdog a sandwich?

Err—good question. No, not really, but it's difficult to find a reason why it's not. It's meat between bread.

Is-a-kind relationship. Hotdog is a specific kind of a sandwich with a whole sausage (or sausage-like object, heh, vegan hotdogs) in it.

Re: I Build My Own Not-Hotdog Classifier from HBO's Silicon Valley

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If this last week's episode does one good thing it will be to convince programmers that it's not that hard to get started doing ML stuff. Not to say that it's all trivial or straightforward, if you look at the linked image below you can see that a simple NN will miss lots of stuff. In this example the image is being examined for hotdogness as a whole, not being segmented or searching for a bounding box of hotdogness.

http://i.imgur.com/LxgowXI.jpg

Re: I Build My Own Not-Hotdog Classifier from HBO's Silicon Valley

#8

is a hotdog a sandwich?

In my vernacular, a hotdog sandwich is a bit different preparation than a regular hotdog.

You slice the hotdog meat lengthwise so it will sit flat, then in half so that you have 4 pieces that fit onto regular sliced bread.

https://i.imgur.com/5XbzXOr_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&f...

Note that is usually done not because it's a better idea. Driven by either lack of funds, or the idiotic practice where buns come in packs of 8, but hotdogs come in packs of 10.

Re: I Build My Own Not-Hotdog Classifier from HBO's Silicon Valley

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If this last week's episode does one good thing it will be to convince programmers that it's not that hard to get started doing ML stuff. Not to say that it's all trivial or straightforward, if you look at the linked image below you can see that a simple NN will miss lots of stuff. In this example the image is being examined for hotdogness as a whole, not being segmented or searching for a bounding box of hotdogness.…

I think your link proves that the NN is smarter than you give it credit for. The image is of a laptop screen, so NOT HOTDOG ;)

Re: I Build My Own Not-Hotdog Classifier from HBO's Silicon Valley

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If this last week's episode does one good thing it will be to convince programmers that it's not that hard to get started doing ML stuff. Not to say that it's all trivial or straightforward, if you look at the linked image below you can see that a simple NN will miss lots of stuff. In this example the image is being examined for hotdogness as a whole, not being segmented or searching for a bounding box of hotdogness.…

Good luck with the wedding! :)
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