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Ask HN: How to gain practical machine learning skills?

TLDR: I know the theoretical side of things in ML but lack practical experience. How can I fix that?I am a CS student graduating in about half a year. I have taken a few ML classes in school. All of them went deep into the math (i.e., I know how things work, mostly) but very light on the "practical tricks" (i.e., I don't know how/where to use them). As a result, I do not have much experience...

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