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Re:Introduction to K-Means Clustering by nerdponx on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:13PM (#30675897)
Why read articles about computer science when you could take a proper course in computer science?
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Re:Introduction to K-Means Clustering by tus666 on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:38PM (#30676261)
Because it is far more generic and likely to be actually useful.

Could you imagine someone doing K-means outside of a specific data science application?

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Re:Introduction to K-Means Clustering by magicalhippo on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:45PM (#30676398)
> Could you imagine someone doing K-means outside of a specific data science application?

I implemented k-means clustering to reduce noise in a path tracer. I've never done a data science course or anything like that.

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