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Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by tonyhschu on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:51AM (#30628265)
Funny to see this on the homepage today. Part 1 was done so long ago now that looking back on that code is equal parts intimidating and embarrassing.

Maybe this is the motivation I need to actually fix that stupid feet/meter thing.

Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by snapetom on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:41PM (#30630697)
Haha. I remember this. Thanks for creating this back in the day. It was good fun and a good intro.
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by wodenokoto on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:34AM (#30626695)
The animation is amazing and scrolling through the article is really cool.

But reading the article you are constantly stuck negotiating where the text is on and off screen and where the animation is.

Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by tonyhschu on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:55AM (#30628311)
Yeah! This was done before CSS scroll-snap is a thing. I'd probably use scroll snap now. See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Scroll_...
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by monkeydust on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:16AM (#30626069)
Are there any tools in the market that would allow a business user to create such a visual story with zero or minimal coding?
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by tomthe on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:14AM (#30626521)
Not zero coding, but idyll tries to shine in that space. You write markdown + variables and include some visualizations and out comes a scrollytelling site.

https://idyll-lang.org/docs

Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by tonyhschu on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:53AM (#30628295)
Second this. Idyll is the closest thing I know that makes this sort of thing approachable. Those dot animations are unfortunately very custom.
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by jer0me on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:00PM (#30632361)
I've read a few things made with ArcGIS StoryMaps. While focused on interactive maps, it looks like it can be used for general multimedia stories as well: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by shepardrtc on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:57AM (#30626385)
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by torbTurret on Thursday March 10, 2022 @12:45PM (#30629891)
Amazon has similar articles covering individual algorithms:

https://mlu-explain.github.io/

Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by dotancohen on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:03AM (#30625573)
This is terrific! However it seems that the charts are using feet and the text is using meters. This should probably be addressed.
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by twhiteseven25 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:07AM (#30624828)
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by twhiteseven25 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:09AM (#30624838)
This was my first introduction to overfitting. Great explanation of that concept, in particular.
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by jwilber on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:46PM (#30630761)
In case you wanted another, I wrote a similar visual explanation (though different visuals/narrative) covering the closely related Bias Variance Tradeoff!

https://mlu-explain.github.io/bias-variance/

Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by Utkarsh_Mood on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:12AM (#30625222)
Looks amazing, great work!
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by makach on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:34AM (#30625786)
Yes, oldie but a goodie. In my bookmarks, *necro
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by yosef123 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:35AM (#30625355)
The graphics are incredibly well done, props
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by spupe on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:01AM (#30625153)
This is excellent, really beautiful.
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by jackallis on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:33AM (#30626679)
does anyone feel like this is viz overload to senses? My brain is screaming.
Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by jihadjihad on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:32AM (#30625770)
This could use a (2015) in the title. I remember first seeing it as a Show HN [0] post, and it still holds up today.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9955553

Re:A visual introduction to machine learning (2015) by jokoon on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:03AM (#30625975)
part 3 was not written...