Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by bjourne » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:04 PM UTC

Ancient secrets of computer vision
pjreddie.com

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by bloqs » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:15 PM UTC

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by version_five » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:19 PM UTC

bloqs wrote: post #2

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Solid - certainly memorable. I like it a lot better than those ones with meters that show your levels of various skills

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by bozzy » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:22 PM UTC

I can attest to this and I have been making reference back to this course a lot and I have recommended it to a few people starting this CV journey. Joseph is also the creator of Yolo, so go figure!

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by jstx1 » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:24 PM UTC

bloqs wrote: post #2

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Hm. Do you think this is deliberate to filter out people with certain prejudices? Or do they genuinely think it’s a good design?

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by bozzy » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #5

bloqs wrote: post #2

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Hm. Do you think this is deliberate to filter out people with certain prejudices? Or do they genuinely think it’s a good design?

I'd say it is a good example of how not to take yourself too seriously. The contrast is cool too! He's achieved quite a bit and expressed it in such a cool and playful way.

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by dekhn » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:28 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #5

bloqs wrote: post #2

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Hm. Do you think this is deliberate to filter out people with certain prejudices? Or do they genuinely think it’s a good design?

it helped him get an internship at Google where he worked on computer vision. the person who hired him said it was a great resume and he was the smarted guy he ever worked with.

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by canjobear » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #5

bloqs wrote: post #2

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Hm. Do you think this is deliberate to filter out people with certain prejudices? Or do they genuinely think it’s a good design?

Countersignalling. By deviating from the “professional” look so ostentatiously, they signal that they are so good that they don’t need to use the usual look.

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by enriquto » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:34 PM UTC

jstx1 wrote: post #5

bloqs wrote: post #2

Content is solid. I'm afraid I can't ignore the author's resume link... https://pjreddie.com/static/Redmon%20Resume.pdf

Hm. Do you think this is deliberate to filter out people with certain prejudices? Or do they genuinely think it’s a good design?

the space in the filename does it for me. What a savage.

Re: Ancient secrets of computer vision

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Post by randomluck040 » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 3:39 PM UTC

canjobear wrote: post #8

jstx1 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hm. Do you think this is deliberate to filter out people with certain prejudices? Or do they genuinely think it’s a good design?

Countersignalling. By deviating from the “professional” look so ostentatiously, they signal that they are so good that they don’t need to use the usual look.

It’s PJ Reddie after all, the YOLO guy.