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New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Making deep learning go brrrr from first principles (2022)"

groundzeros2015 — Sun, 24 May 2026 23:02:15 +0000

> You don't need the formal definitions.

To me this is simply an expression of understanding.

> You don't need to solve large derivatives on paper, and you certainly don't need to be fast at it

Agreed.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Making deep learning go brrrr from first principles (2022)"

groundzeros2015 — Sat, 23 May 2026 23:39:25 +0000

> For the initial introduction I think everything you listed is entirely out of scope.

Who are we giving an intro to who doesn’t have 2 years of stem education?

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Making deep learning go brrrr from first principles (2022)"

groundzeros2015 — Sat, 23 May 2026 21:05:35 +0000

I just assume that people who are going to do useful things in ML have basic foundation in math and science. If you don’t know what a derivative is what are we doing talking about multi-variable optimization.

And it’s not about gate-keeping it’s really about being able to reason about these concepts. What this looks like in programming is people memorizing a million clean code rules and not being able to write binary search.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:37:33 +0000

No, but most certainly less than 1940-1970 which was a much more religious time.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Why Japanese companies do so many different things"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:25:42 +0000

Looks interesting! I would like to learn more

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:09:10 +0000

After your formative years when you were done adopting new ideas.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:05:33 +0000

Yeah you made up a completely irrelevant case. Why are you not engaging the following aspects:

- ethnic identity tying one to country of origin (Chinese people identify as Chinese and see their country of origin as their people, Americans rarely hold the same view)

- asymmetry (America is best for education and business)

- strong national government which pursues its interests

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:48:48 +0000

Yes, if a Saudi went to Chinese university, worked in china, sent money home to his family, and then returned to consult for Saudi government or business, that would indeed be beneficial for Saudia Arabia.

It would also be beneficial even if he didn’t do that, but helped others do that.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:36:33 +0000

We just did a 30 year run of “religious people are dumb and holding bus back” and it didn’t start a science boom and just made people more unhappy and disaffected.

And 2020 further revealed that science is not immune from politics or its own religious ideals.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:33:43 +0000

The missing piece is an ethnic and political identity which gives allegiance to the US in that “tables turned” analogy.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Why Japanese companies do so many different things"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:28:35 +0000

> romanticizing the Mondragon

Are they successful?

Japanese culture reflects certain western attitudes which make it stand out.

Do I detect resentment?

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 17:04:55 +0000

Because science is an abstraction for ann incredibly wide range of human activity some of which benefits industrial applications and some that doesn’t.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines"

groundzeros2015 — Fri, 22 May 2026 02:34:47 +0000

Why does every language need every feature? Python has completely lost its charm.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

groundzeros2015 — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:13:01 +0000

No. It means people don’t invest in things they can’t control or keep secret.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

groundzeros2015 — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:55:19 +0000

The alternative to strong property rights and norms is secrecy and enforcement.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines"

groundzeros2015 — Thu, 21 May 2026 12:50:08 +0000

I’m always baffled when language complaints come down to syntax

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Intuit to lay off over 3k employees to refocus on AI"

groundzeros2015 — Thu, 21 May 2026 02:48:32 +0000

Taxes are not objective. No software can reach into your life and classify your activies into legal categories.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Intuit to lay off over 3k employees to refocus on AI"

groundzeros2015 — Thu, 21 May 2026 02:45:54 +0000

That’s a true side fact, but that has nothing to do with how the software behaves once you input your answers.

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

groundzeros2015 — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:16:26 +0000

Care to characterize these ideals for us then?

New comment by groundzeros2015 in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

groundzeros2015 — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:02:25 +0000

Yep, as I described.