In the middle of the desert you can say anything you want
“A wandering machine learning researcher, bouncing between groups. I want to understand things clearly, and explain them well.”
Apparently, the answer is bcrypt.
Intrinsic VS Extrinsic and Positive VS Negative; only intrinsic positive works; + much more about it + literature Relevant: this TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y “The puzzle of motivation”
Brings back really so many memories, haha. Making a bot in Node.js which retweets everything “Make * great again!”
What I’ve always done explained much better than I ever could. The way we call (=think about) a concept can dramatically change how well we understand it and can use it. Take away point is thinking well about the importance of the metaphors we choose to use.
Using a program to monitor what’s happening on the computer, then nicely visualizes this. Program is here: https://github.com/karpathy/ulogme
Looking at faces in the morning as therapy for BPD and depression – looks pretty interesting. More on the same site here: http://blog.sethroberts.net/category/mood-disorders/faces-and-mood/
One of the best algorithms to decrease dimensionality of a set (think “group together similar elements”). Gotten from here: http://karpathy.github.io/2014/07/02/visualizing-top-tweeps-with-t-sne-in-Javascript/
“I love the feeling of having a new way to think about the world. I especially love when there’s some vague idea that gets formalized into a concrete concept. Information theory is a prime example of this.” Just excellent. Excellent way to explain things and excellent material.