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Re:E-means: 10x faster k-means at equal loss by akoboldfrying on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:14PM (#50435984)
I found this unhelpful, sorry. "Faster vector calculations" sounds like a faster way to add or multiply vectors, which TTBOMK k-means doesn't help with at all. There are hundreds of types of things called an "index"; I'm familiar with ordinary RDBMS indices but haven't heard of ivfflat or prism indices. Gemini tells me PostgreSQL uses them to support approximate nearest neighbour queries on geometric data -- e.g., finding the nearest train station to your current position.
Re:E-means: 10x faster k-means at equal loss by benjiro29 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:05AM (#50439756)
Well, thanks for the downvote.
Re:E-means: 10x faster k-means at equal loss by akoboldfrying on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:24PM (#50448246)
FWIW I didn't actually downvote, I just complained.