Hacker News: quaxi

New comment by quaxi in "Lines of code that will beat A/B testing every time (2012)"

quaxi — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:57:54 +0000

A/B testing is a learning tool, not an optimization tool.

New comment by quaxi in "Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]"

quaxi — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:30:02 +0000

In the original will, invention is given the same weight as discovery.

One could also argue that in 1895, applied computer science and information theory would be considered physics.

New comment by quaxi in "Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]"

quaxi — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:26:03 +0000

When Alfred Nobel wrote his will in 1895, there was no computer science or information theory.

One could argue it's closer to mathematics than physics, but if you'd say to him that someone made sand think like a human he might even put it under the medicine category.