The Sigmoid Function in Logistic Regression

Re:The Sigmoid Function in Logistic Regression by mindcrime on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:35PM (#11719329)

Unfortunately this is why (IMO) I see a lot of mediocre ML articles upvoted very highly on HN that have either very little discussion, or generally poor quality discussion, especially around hot topics like neural networks

I think you're asking too much of upvotes. Since "upvote" and "save" are the same thing on HN, a lot of people upvote anything that meets the bar of "based on the title, it's plausible this is something I'd like to read eventually". That's really about all you can expect of upvotes.

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Re:The Sigmoid Function in Logistic Regression by argonaut on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:36PM (#11719332)

I realize that's what many people do, but I don't agree with it because it's an implicit signal of interest/worthiness, due to affecting rankings. It gives people on HN the wrong perception of what is popular/worth learning and risks leading autodidacts astray.

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Re:The Sigmoid Function in Logistic Regression by mindcrime on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:10PM (#11719442)

I actually agree and I would love to see HN adopt a separate "save" flag aside from "upvote" (like Reddit does), but... it is what is, for the moment anyway.

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