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Re:Graphical Linear Algebra on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @09:15AM (#24198163)
Linear algebra is often taught so poorly. So I am happy someone took the time to create such relevant content. Thanks.
I think this initiative should be welcomed and Indian govt should also do this.

I was just talking to an Uber driver in India just the other day. In India Uber got its dominant market share by offering incentives to the drivers when they joined. Something like if you do n number of trips you will get more money. The incentives were great and so a lot of people got into driving. Bought their own cars. Got cars financed from Uber. And then as supply increased Uber pulled off the incentives with nowhere to go for the drivers.

Now a driver who got 800 rs for an airport trip by himself has to make do with 400 rs in his pocket and Uber gets a 200 rs commision.

Re:Ask HN: What are the best courses you've taken? on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @10:50AM (#20867011)
Machine Learning by Andrew ng for sure and by far the best.
Re:What Happened to Hadoop on Monday September 02, 2019 @11:13AM (#20859565)
I think Hadoop lead the big data space for a long time. It was just that better solutions like Spark arrived which sort of made us move from it. On another note, there are still remnants of Hadoop. My company still uses Hive for example.
Re:Three Kinds of Good Tech Debt on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:54PM (#20687629)
Sometimes going in a Hardcode way is much better than going around in circles to get the perfect code. Saves time and is more intuitive.
Re:Supercomputers will start building a 3D map of the world on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:52PM (#20687613)
Don't they already have the map of the world in 3D?
Re:Python Is Eating the World on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:41AM (#20673339)
I have been a Python guy for 10 years now switching from another profession - I was a mechanical engineer. I tried to learn other languages like Java ,C and was partially successful too. But I don't remember creating anything useful in those languages.

Everything was so verbose that I got drowned in the syntax rather than the logic behind the program. For me, Python signifies ease of development and fast iterations and as such is suited for any young developer.

Re:Should lawyers learn to code? Arguments for and against on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:35PM (#20637520)
In my view everyone should learn to code let alone lawyers.
Re:Chatbots aren't as difficult to make as you think on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:38AM (#19673976)
It seems good. Will check up on it
Re:Chatbots aren't as difficult to make as you think on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:23AM (#19673853)
I agree. They do reduce customer experience.

Most of the websites that employ these are using it in some form of an IVR Anyways when I end up calling such sites I get stuck with IVR.

And I like it better to type than pressing numbers on the phone and listening to that automated and slow voice.

Re:Chatbots aren't as difficult to make as you think on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:17AM (#19673801)
Its not only FAQ based bots that we intend to remove. It won't serve many purposes. Customers call banks to know about their balances. Or retail Customer care to know the status of order. Once I saw a chatbot use case where chatbot recommended dresses if we talk to it in a natural way. For example: "I have to go to a Christmas party today " and it handled this...

We are only limited by our thinking on how to create them.

Re:Chatbots aren't as difficult to make as you think on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:03AM (#19673675)
haha. Why? I Am not good at grammar.
Re:Chatbots aren't as difficult to make as you think on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:01AM (#19673664)
QWe can always switch to a customer service executive if we sense something going bad. Or the Chatbot not able to get the intent it has been trained for.

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