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Re:Understanding "Dynamic Programming" it's not referring to "computer...
on Monday July 21, 2025 @04:11AM (#44632841)
In the UK at A-level (age 16-18) you may still be taught linear and dynamic programming before ever touching a line of code! (Indeed, that was the same for me!)
Solving physics-based initial value problems with unsupervised machine learning
Re:Copy is all you need
on Monday July 17, 2023 @10:23AM (#36758588)
I wish we could stop with the “X is all you need” papers! The first one was unintuitive and so are the rest.
Re:The most famous NYT crossword: 1996 presidential election day
on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:15AM (#36550358)
And certainly not Northern Ireland.
Re:New Zealand's plan to prepare for inevitable climate change impacts
on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @03:00AM (#32647435)
Most of this seems sensible. Governments should be spending to prepare for a changed climate, in case global warming is irreversible (which I think is the likely trajectory). Investing totally in net zero by 2050 is not responsible governing.
In the U.K., that means building flood defences for the winter, water storage for the dry summers (avoiding the inevitable cries of NIMBYs like Layla Moran) and possibly investing in AC for hotter summers.
Show HN: Ukrainian.fyi – Find the location of stress in ~2m Ukrainian words
Tech stack:List of word stresses via https://github.com/lang-uk/ukrainian-word-stress-dictionary.I made a Python script to remove the special stress accent from each word. The script then produces a table of words with and without stresses. This script takes a second or so to run.The database is hosted via Supabase. A Python script uploads the data to Supabase.The website is hosted on Vercel....
Show HN: Quizdle – 5 daily quiz questions
Re:'Patriotic millionaires' in the U.K. call for higher taxes on thems...
on Saturday April 30, 2022 @07:28PM (#31220492)
Anyone can voluntarily pay extra tax beyond what they owe in the U.K., but very few people do (~200 between 2000 and 2017).
Re:My Notebook System
on Sunday February 20, 2022 @04:28PM (#30409395)
I think there’s tremendous value in just offloading your thoughts from your brain to a notebook!
I rarely refer to previous notes (digital or paper) even as a researcher.
Re:Apple Delays Rollout of Child Safety Features
on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:41AM (#28404098)
We are likely a week and a bit away from new iPhone releases—a good bit of damage control at play here.
Re:SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant exhibits higher infectivity and immune re...
on Friday August 13, 2021 @03:01AM (#28166268)
Mathematicians say that Epsilon was very small.
Re:An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Te...
on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:56AM (#28086486)
https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/
A stark change since Apple/FBI.