David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms: The Book

Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by dang on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:51PM (#34619950)

Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (2003) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11289488 - March 2016 (9 comments)

Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms (free ebook edition) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=852562 - Sept 2009 (21 comments)

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by p1esk on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:19PM (#34621615)

I remember him (David Mackay) leaving comments here on HN, but I don’t remember the username. I wonder if you can find them somehow.

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by ml_basics on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:45AM (#34623461)

If anyone can find this I'd be very grateful, would be cool to read his comments

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by madcaptenor on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:53AM (#34627266)

Tried Googling "mackay site:news.ycombinator.com" and found a lot of times where this book has been mentioned; I didn't see anything that clearly said "I am David Mackay" but that might be a good start.

(You'll also find the occasional reference to Charles Mackay's book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.)

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by dang on Thursday February 02, 2023 @03:45PM (#34632712)

I did some searches but couldn't find anything. If someone else does and the thread is closed for replying, let me know at [email protected] and I'll reopen it.

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