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I find this stuff fascinating. I would love to study this formally but I only have a finance degree. What do people study to pursue this at a graduate level? Math/Comp Science?
Maybe also Neuroscience or Psychology, but they usually use other kinds of neural network models, which are more biologically plausible.
Again? I love this, and bought the (unfinished) book since it was 1st announced, but it's the 3rd or 4th time this is posted here. The duplicity algorithm clearly needs improvement. Maybe this book could help.
I'm the author. Thanks for the support! And I'm glad you're enjoying the book. The HN search results suggest that this is the second time the book has made it to the HN front page. However, you may have picked up a different impression because the second chapter -- a largely self-contained introduction to backpropagation -- also made it once onto the front page. Given that I'm rolling out chapters as I finish them, t…
Note: most submissions were done by real and reputable users, so I'm not implying any foul play here. Quite the opposite; I backed the original project on Indie Gogo, and am pleased with the progress so far. Would strongly recommend anyone interested in the topic to donate to Michael (BTC address below).
My gripe is with HN duplicity detector, that let people submit equal or very similar links, over and over again.
[1] Book: (some are exact duplicates)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7920183
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6796703
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7555191
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7143192
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6801036
[2] Indie Gogo:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6795285
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6794584
[3] Original Blog post:
I find this stuff fascinating. I would love to study this formally but I only have a finance degree. What do people study to pursue this at a graduate level? Math/Comp Science?
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I'm the author. Thanks for the support! And I'm glad you're enjoying the book. The HN search results suggest that this is the second time the book has made it to the HN front page. However, you may have picked up a different impression because the second chapter -- a largely self-contained introduction to backpropagation -- also made it once onto the front page. Given that I'm rolling out chapters as I finish them, t…
I've found 8 so far [1][2][3]. Some are exact duplicates, some point to / while others to /index.html, /about.html, etc. Note: most submissions were done by real and reputable users, so I'm not implying any foul play here. Quite the opposite; I backed the original project on Indie Gogo, and am pleased with the progress so far. Would strongly recommend anyone interested in the topic to donate to Michael (BTC address b…
I don't understand what's so wrong with dupes, especially the amount of effort you've put into this one. I don't see every headline on HN, neither do you, nor does anyone (I hope). What is your methodology for trawling through the archives to find interesting things you might have missed? Some people like having a chance for them to pop up again, which usually indicates that they're high quality. And inevitably someone will show up in the comments and link all the old discussions and then people can review those and also start a new discussion! And if you've already seen it, you can skip it! What's the issue?
Obviously, a massive flood of dupes is not desirable, so there is balance to be found, but I think they hit it pretty well. They also have to factor in the wide range of reading habits.
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I've found 8 so far [1][2][3]. Some are exact duplicates, some point to / while others to /index.html, /about.html, etc. Note: most submissions were done by real and reputable users, so I'm not implying any foul play here. Quite the opposite; I backed the original project on Indie Gogo, and am pleased with the progress so far. Would strongly recommend anyone interested in the topic to donate to Michael (BTC address b…
I believe the dupe detector is left purposely "leaky." I don't understand what's so wrong with dupes, especially the amount of effort you've put into this one. I don't see every headline on HN, neither do you, nor does anyone (I hope). What is your methodology for trawling through the archives to find interesting things you might have missed? Some people like having a chance for them to pop up again, which usually in…
In this case, both available chapters of the book have had significant attention [1,2], so I think a post of its home page has to count as a dupe. If and when Chapter 3 appears, however, that will make a nice non-dupey post.
(Good luck with the book, Michael!)
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I believe the dupe detector is left purposely "leaky." I don't understand what's so wrong with dupes, especially the amount of effort you've put into this one. I don't see every headline on HN, neither do you, nor does anyone (I hope). What is your methodology for trawling through the archives to find interesting things you might have missed? Some people like having a chance for them to pop up again, which usually in…
The policy, which has been stable for a long time and which we intend to put in the FAQ, is that reposts are ok if an item hasn't had significant attention in the last year. In this case, both available chapters of the book have had significant attention [1,2], so I think a post of its home page has to count as a dupe. If and when Chapter 3 appears, however, that will make a nice non-dupey post. (Good luck with the b…