laGrenouille

3 giorni fadiscuss

I have always stayed away from additional software for bibliography management for similar reasons that the authors cites. However, while I do not use Zotero the software, their ZoteroBib (https://zbib.org/) has been a huge time saver. No login or account needed; just copy the URL or DOI and it generates the BibTeX entry. I find it far more accurate than Google Scholar.

laGrenouille

2 mesi fadiscuss

Great visualizations. Really enjoyed having a well-written example where mathematical proofs directly help with understanding a practical application.

I wonder what would happen with this analysis if a momentum term was added to the gradient descent. It seems that it would fix the specific failure modes in the examples, but I wonder if there's a corresponding mathematical way of categorizing what kinds of functions can(not) be quickly optimized with GD + momentum.

laGrenouille

2 mesi fadiscuss

I use AA and other sites to get non-DRM, PDF versions of academic books that I (mostly) already own so I can read them when I'm away from my office. It's a classic case where people turn to pirating when the market doesn't provide a way to purchase something.

Same thing with movies. Ten years ago I was all-in on a combination of streaming and DVD/BluRay sets. The market has completely collapsed for me with region locking and overly aggressive DRM. So, I've started pirating those again as well when it's not possible to get through another route.

laGrenouille

anno scorsodiscuss

I have read the quoted GitHub docs page before and also found it somewhat odd. Not because it shouldn't be allowed to post public code without a LICENSE (or with a restrictive one), but because GitHub has a "Fork" button on every repository. It's strange to me that GitHub has a one-click button that can violate the default terms of code uploaded to the site.

laGrenouille

2 anni fadiscuss

> His fame may outlive Foch and Ludendorff, Wilson and Clemenceau.

Funny to think how this has aged since 1915. Over a century later Einstein is an almost universally known figure. The others on this list are, particularly outside of France, names that I would not expect the median person to be able to say something interesting about.

laGrenouille

2 anni fadiscuss

Hotels with similar amenities are usually priced at absurdly high rates for corporate clients.

The place you linked to has the equivalent of a studio apartment with no laundry machine going for over 9000 CAD for a month. AirBnB has plenty of one bedrooms going for a third of that.

laGrenouille

5 anni fadiscuss

This is fascinating. Does anyone know the original source of the material?

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