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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by noud on Thursday February 02, 2023 @01:20AM (#34622853)
"Your browser does not support playback of available video formats. Please install Adobe Flash player or upgrade to a more modern browser."

...Okay?

I found the videos on youtube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCiZc0n6COY&list=PLruBu5BI5n...

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by scythmic_waves on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:14AM (#34626733)
From lecture 1 [1]:

> Ok, so, we have an answer of 1000 plus or minus 30 thanks to "Mr. Binomial", the inventor of the distribution that bears his name.

Lol, this is great.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCiZc0n6COY&t=971s

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Re:David MacKay: Information Theory, Inference, and Learning... by mindcrime on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:44AM (#34627141)
Huh. Weird. I'm using Firefox 109.0 on Linux and the videos on videolectures.net play fine for me.
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