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Where does the Sigmoid in Logistic Regression come from? (Rather, why log-odds?)

chromophore — Wed, 18 May 2016 10:48:32 +0000

Article URL: https://onionesquereality.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/where-does-the-sigmoid-in-logistic-regression-come-from/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11720985

Points: 2

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Darwinian Evolution is a form of PAC (Machine) Learning

chromophore — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:05:19 +0000

Article URL: http://onionesquereality.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/darwinian-evolution-is-a-form-of-pac-machine-learning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3227269

Points: 2

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Blind Mathematicians

chromophore — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:32:20 +0000

Article URL: http://onionesquereality.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/blind-geometers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2828196

Points: 21

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New comment by chromophore in "Introduction to Logic in Computing Science [pdf]"

chromophore — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:28:55 +0000

to be precise - http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~guttman/cs521_website/Dougherty_lectu...

New comment by chromophore in "Introduction to Logic in Computing Science [pdf]"

chromophore — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:26:58 +0000

Look at the notes similar to the one linked at the end of this website. http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~guttman/cs521_website/index.html

I think this is a very helpful page.

New comment by chromophore in "Which programming language do you really hate?"

chromophore — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:56:49 +0000

MATLAB is a language? ;-)

N is a Number : A Portrait of Paul Erdős

chromophore — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:48:21 +0000

Article URL: http://onionesquereality.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/n-is-a-number-a-portrait-of-paul-erdos/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1875406

Points: 4

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New comment by chromophore in "India: Land of many cell phones, fewer toilets"

chromophore — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:55:48 +0000

The comments are as retarded as the article itself.

Typical western comparison as one commenter put it as.

New comment by chromophore in "Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction"

chromophore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:06:13 +0000

This has been here before : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=795388

New comment by chromophore in "Matrioshka Brains: computing at the limits of physics"

chromophore — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:45:05 +0000

Unfortunate because it has distorted the original idea beyond recognition. :) A lot of people know F. J. Dyson only for Dyson "spheres" (the original conception was that of a swarm, SF modified the idea to a sphere, then shell). Though it's obvious he did a lot of other work and that the Dyson sphere was nothing as compared to what he has done. It was just a thought experiment.

New comment by chromophore in "Matrioshka Brains: computing at the limits of physics"

chromophore — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:26:17 +0000

Of course it has. Dyson Spheres are famous in SF. The Matrioshka Brains are just distant relatives of the same.

New comment by chromophore in "Matrioshka Brains: computing at the limits of physics"

chromophore — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:24:31 +0000

http://home.fnal.gov/~carrigan/infrared_astronomy/Fermilab_s...

The link above is to a fermi lab program to look for Dyson spheres. The Matrioshka brain is a subset of the Dyson sphere. Something made famous, unfortunately, by Trekkers.

New comment by chromophore in "Climate Change Authority Admits Mistake"

chromophore — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:52:42 +0000

I notice some people above saying that it could be a mistake. I think it could be. But it is less likely that it was.

I say that because Pachauri had been saying for a year that the Indian government was being arrogant by not agreeing to their "findings". And he rejected research such as this : http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/MoEF%20Discu... Compiled by people who have 3-4 decades of experience in Himalayan glaciology.

Please do check that review paper. It is not easy to find.