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Re:Is atomic theory the most important idea in human history? on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @02:13AM (#13469428)
Can we somehow tilt the balance by encouraging more Coops to form etc? I too think society where everything is communal is a worthy goal

Ask HN: Do you think ideas shared by Ricardo Semler can be applied to startups?

If you don't know about Ricardo Semler, he is a brazilian industrial leader, who has a company called Semco that runs on egalitarian principles.https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_company_with_almost_no_rulesHis books "Maverick!", "The Seven-day Weekend" is full of examples and instances of why,how Semco functions the way it does.It is a company which had stuff like profit...

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Re:Practical Deep Learning for Coders on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @04:39AM (#13227889)
If someone thought ^ this was sarcastic, sorry, I was just genuinely wondering wether the exposure to top research in grad schools is worth investing
Re:Practical Deep Learning for Coders on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @01:39AM (#13227250)
I applied for Masters in ML , in one of these univ ,

CMU, UT Austin, Georgia Tech, UCSD..

I am not in US, thought getting MS in one of these would boost chances of getting into something like google brain, or Open AI..

Is it waste of time and money in your opinion?

Re:Practical Deep Learning for Coders on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @01:16AM (#13227156)
How does this compare to udacity's deep learning course?

Or should I take a more theoretical course such as Andrew Ng's to get into ML?