preparedzebra
Re:Get Billions of Correct Digits of Pi from a Wrong Formula (1999) [pdf]
on Friday September 21, 2018 @02:00PM (#18041479)
For any pattern, constant, irrational, etc, in math, there exists a set of formulas that models it up until n. It still is a cool little Riemann sum in this paper
Re:Deep learning experiments in OCaml
on Friday September 21, 2018 @01:40PM (#18041334)
I'm not convinced that functional programming will grow in terms of devs using it daily, but it has been very useful for myself in certain contexts (especially when I wrote math based libraries using permutations, heavy recursion, etc). The results of this seminar are awesome!
Re:Ajit Pai calls California’s net neutrality rules “illegal”
on Monday September 17, 2018 @01:19PM (#18007872)
I hate this guy so much
Re:Ask HN: Best way to publish papers as a non-scholar?
on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:40PM (#17751955)
As a potential college dropout looking to publish my CS research, this is an extremely helpful thread. Thanks everyone for your contributions!
Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate
on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:33PM (#17720153)
The speed of computers has scaled / is scaling so quickly. IMO avoiding JS completely is ridiculous.
Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate
on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:27PM (#17718185)
The speed of the web is scaling very quickly. IMO avoiding JS completely is ridiculous.
Re:What it’s like to be young and Venezuelan in a time of widespread c...
on Thursday August 02, 2018 @04:06PM (#17675000)
One word... bitcoin!
Re:Learning Dexterity
on Monday July 30, 2018 @01:25PM (#17646215)
This is a great example of why AI innovation is not moving at the pace we are told to believe. This is using the same basic algorithms we've known about for decades, just more compute and differently formulated problems. We need a paradigm shift!
Which company will reach $1 Trillion Market Cap First
Re:How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China
on Monday July 23, 2018 @01:20PM (#17594187)
Immense oligopoly on its way
Re:Blue Origin successfully lands both booster and crew capsule after ...
on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:10PM (#17561688)
Seems like SpaceX is a light year beyond these guys. Do they just get coverage because they're a private space corp?
Re:Twitch streamers who spend years broadcasting to no one
on Monday July 16, 2018 @01:46PM (#17543277)
Sometimes they make a big break though, and they would've been gaming anyways. Seems like risk adjusted reward is extremely favorable.
Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S
on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:04PM (#17509888)
horsepower is not fuel efficiency
Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S
on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:03PM (#17509884)
I think a lot of people lack imagination here. What kinds of efficiencies could we create with room temp. super conductors? This is a good read for anyone interested in this trend https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211...
Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S
on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @02:49PM (#17509303)
The internal combustion engine seems to have been milked for all the efficiency our current materials can get out of it, while new materials and economies of scale in solar tech keep pushing prices lower. However, material science could also revolutionize the efficiency of engines and make them cost competitive with solar again. Solar-ification seems to be the trend, but it is not guaranteed.