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Pretty sure he's just referring to backprop[0] correcting weights more dramatically at one layer vs. another layer

[0]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpropagation

Re:Anti-Patterns in Python Programming on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @10:55AM (#8009916)
You should not ever use mutable default args. The documentation benefit is drastically outweighed by the potential for nasty bugs. http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/mu...
Re:The MIT Lockpicking Guide on Monday April 14, 2014 @08:40AM (#7585755)
If you are on a *nix machine you can run:

wget -rkp -l3 -np -nH --cut-dirs=1 http://www.blurofinsanity.com/mit/lockpick.html

If on mac os you'll need to brew install wget or follow this tutorial to use curl http://psung.blogspot.com/2008/06/using-wget-or-curl-to-down...

After you've downloaded the website you can run a simple server in a terminal by navigating to where you downloaded the website and running

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Then navigate to http://0.0.0.0:8000/lockpicking.html in your web browser.

LPT: I do this with coding tutorial sites before getting on planes so I don't waste money buying internet and time browsing other content.

Re:Is There Anything Beyond Quantum Computing? on Friday April 11, 2014 @02:39PM (#7574630)
If you liked this, checkout the interview "Scott Aaronson on Philosophical Progress" [0]. Possibly my favorite read of last year.

[0] http://intelligence.org/2013/12/13/aaronson/