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New comment by snrji in "Shareable Jupyter Notebooks That Run on Free Cloud GPUs"

snrji — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 06:40:50 +0000

With which option! I have used Colab myself and I don't see live editing. I would like to see the cursor of the collaborators in real time while they edit. Also, the option to share the runtime.

New comment by snrji in "Shareable Jupyter Notebooks That Run on Free Cloud GPUs"

snrji — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 21:37:40 +0000

Does anyone now if this system supports Google Docs-like live editing? I'm struggling to find such a service.

New comment by snrji in "Ask HN: Will getting a PhD lead to a more interesting life?"

snrji — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:31:20 +0000

Not necessarily, it depends on the advisor, university, program and field.

The problem is that once you start you are committed for 4 years. Abandoning a PhD program and starting another one is quite more complicated than changing of job.

New comment by snrji in "Starship Update"

snrji — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:50:23 +0000

SpaceX always beats my expectations, unlike Tesla.

New comment by snrji in "Ask HN: Is there a library for creating cross-editor plugins?"

snrji — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:10:52 +0000

Hey! I didn't see your answer. That's very useful, thanks!

New comment by snrji in "Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911"

snrji — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:32:38 +0000

It's not only about the odds, but the expected return. That's the whole point of insurance, for instance. Having an accident under these circumstances is quite improbable, but in case it happened, the return would be massive. Actually, since it might be a matter of life or death, perhaps it doesn't even make sense to think about the expected utility, because it would be infinite.

New comment by snrji in "Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end?"

snrji — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:16:51 +0000

For studying it would be fine, but for taking exams no way the instructors can let you in with your phone.

New comment by snrji in "Python proposal: add immutable (persistent) dictionaries"

snrji — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:03:38 +0000

That depends on the language.

Ask HN: Is there a library for creating cross-editor plugins?

snrji — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:11:45 +0000

Hi there, assume that you have an idea for a plugin for text editors (or IDEs), but you don't want to mess up with the specifics of Sublime's API or Atom's API. Is there any higher level API that would help me abstract away from Vim's, Emacs' or IntelliJ's APIs?

I'm not looking for specially fancy features, so it should be possible. However, I don't know if I'm looking the right keywords.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21035477

Points: 3

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New comment by snrji in "Python proposal: add immutable (persistent) dictionaries"

snrji — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:30:49 +0000

This is the kind of ad-hoc PEP proposal that could be completely avoidable if there was a generic modifier or initialization/declaration construction for declaring a variable as constant. So incredibly simple, so incredibly useful that it's hard to believe that it hasn't been accepted yet (it was proposed).

New comment by snrji in "Ask HN: Will I be able to talk to a human if I move from Google to Apple?"

snrji — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:35:32 +0000

I see, thanks for warning me.

Ask HN: Will I be able to talk to a human if I move from Google to Apple?

snrji — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:57:07 +0000

I've been a "Google" guy since I started using the Internet. Gmail, Android, Drive and Google Photos. I even have a G Suite account (the legacy, free one).

However, I'm frustrated with some problems that I have had and specifically the fact that it was absolutely impossible to reach anyone. Also, I have read some horror stories about losing data and other problems.

So, my question is: if I migrate from Google to Apple (phone, photos...), which I don't know exactly what's the best way to do it and it will be painful, will I be able to talk to a human from Apple support? Assuming I would buy an iPhone and even pay for an iCloud subscription.

"Apple guys" from HN, if you have a problem with iCloud, for instance, can you easily talk to a human? What's your experience?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20838089

Points: 18

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New comment by snrji in "Benefits of talking to strangers"

snrji — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:23:09 +0000

I do it all the time... on Twitter and Reddit.

In real life I would never even look at eyes of a stranger.

Probably some people here can relate.

New comment by snrji in "Introduction to Genetic Algorithms"

snrji — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 08:45:49 +0000

When I was in college I was mystified by genetic algorithms, without knowing much about them. After taking 2 subjects on the matter and reading some books, I came to the conclusion that apart from being inherently inefficient (that's what you apply them when you have no alternative), they are actually outperformed by hill climbing (which can be seen as a particular case of the former if population = 1). Also, the crossover operator seems to make more harm than good, and it's not fully understood it's usefulness in nature, although there are some theories (this last point is taken from Pedro Domingos book).

New comment by snrji in "TensorNetwork: Open-Source Library for Efficient Tensor Calculations"

snrji — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:13:07 +0000

AFAIK TensorFlow is not Tensorflow but "Matrixflow". This library is truly tensor-based if I understood it correctly?

I found useful the diagrammatic notation, by the way.

New comment by snrji in "Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company"

snrji — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:46:07 +0000

This headline is pure propaganda.

New comment by snrji in "Autism research on single neurons suggests signaling problems in brain circuits"

snrji — Sat, 18 May 2019 20:50:49 +0000

Since always. What is it otherwise?

New comment by snrji in "Building a Silicon Brain"

snrji — Mon, 06 May 2019 14:41:19 +0000

I know, but isn't that what the OP was asking for? Isn't that an inherent tradeoff? Or: isn't that what Neuromorphic hardware and deep learning are about (ie. composing many relatively simple functions without complex branching/logic)?

New comment by snrji in "Reform capitalism or face revolution"

snrji — Mon, 06 May 2019 08:35:40 +0000

Contrary to the belief of progressive billionaires, I think the reform of capitalism will come in form of local "soft socialism". Localism just makes sense and can be accepted by both left and right-wing people.

New comment by snrji in "Building a Silicon Brain"

snrji — Sun, 05 May 2019 18:08:32 +0000

And why not the GPUs themselves? Which inherent limitations do they have? Aren't they essentially general purpose parallel devices?