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Re:Classical music generation with recurrent neural networks
on Saturday August 08, 2015 @09:12PM (#10029167)
Not quite classical - "jazzical" perhaps? There is a freeform nature to the music that is more Free Jazz than classical, but the underlying classical style of the input is still readily apparent.
It might be interesting to feed it Jazz instead. Jazz in Jazz out.
Re:Cuisenaire rods
on Friday July 31, 2015 @07:55PM (#9985185)
> The only pitfall we've run into was in connecting the manipulation of the rods with the manipulation of the more abstract numbers.
You could try clearly printing the numbers on the rods - connecting the abstract symbol to the physical unit of measure. No science behind this, just the gut feeling of a father of 3.
Re:Arduino-Based Outdoor People Counter
on Sunday May 11, 2014 @07:51PM (#7730515)
The ultrasonic transducer probably does a pretty good job of warding off animals. Nothing quite like disturbing the wildlife while counting how many people are disturbing the wildlife.
Re:Show HN: Abacus – Killing The Expense Report
on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:44PM (#7221441)
concur.com - mostly with the mobile app, but the web app is also very usable.
Re:I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything
on Thursday September 19, 2013 @03:30PM (#6413703)
Ah yes, because that kind of thing never happens on HN...
Re:Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of Android announcement page
on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @08:14PM (#6324765)
Which presumably means it's covered with the same disgusting fake chocolate that the rest of Hershey products are made with, which means it's not really a KitKat...
Re:How 'One Weird Trick' Conquered The Internet
on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @06:06PM (#6137137)
Just like it says in the article. (You did read the article, right?)
Re:New Course: The Design of Everyday Things
on Thursday July 25, 2013 @04:54PM (#6104907)
Wonderful book, but if Norman is updating it, I really hope he drops the 'POET' backronym. It was contrived and awkward, and it's repeated inclusion felt seemed more like a slight to the publisher who changed the name from Psychology Of Everyday Things to its more approachable name.
Re:White Coke
on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @09:02PM (#6061070)
Have to admit, I was more amused by the fake cinder-block wallpaper!
Re:Alan Turing wanted to base early computer memory on gin
on Friday June 28, 2013 @08:32AM (#5957577)
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "drink to forget"!
Re:Introducing Heroku Fork
on Thursday June 27, 2013 @10:26PM (#5955846)
'Fork you' ?
Re:Illegally climbing the Golden Gate bridge at dawn (2011)
on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:42PM (#5955589)
"I hooked up [two] my shock absorbing lanyards"
You really didn't read it, did you?
Re:The IIT Entrance Exam
on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:09PM (#5955489)
"six grueling hours of chemistry, physics, and math"
Otherwise known as three two-hour papers - hardly the stuff of legend! I'm not suggesting the papers are easy, just that by any measure, at this level the length is nothing remarkable.
Re:The TV Apps Economy Will Be A $14 Billion Business
on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @07:36AM (#5945356)
> The BBC did an edit of the first series of myth busters, they chopped it down to 25 minutes, just by getting rid of the stupid recaps.
Now there's a service I'd pay for! It wouldn't even have to sell the edited content, just an edit decision list that given the original video skips over all the dross on playback.
Re:Rails 4.0: Final version released
on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @02:27PM (#5941429)
At one point Rails 4 was considering Test::Spec, and I for one was disappointed when that was dropped, as it was an opportunity to standardise on declarative style tests in a lightweight native library, and might have stood a chance of building enough momentum to build a groundswell of support.
As it is, while one can of course still use Test::Spec, you're likely to be in a small minority.
Re:Rails 4.0: Final version released
on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @11:49AM (#5940303)
CarrierWave appears to support Rails 4; the rest are not doing anything special other than making jquery js acripts available in the asset pipline without manually installing them, so shouldn't cause any issues.
You'll have a bit of work to do to migrate to strong parameters, but you can always add the protected_attributes gem back to re-enable support for attr_accessible.
I'd suggest checking out the Rails 4 migration RailsCast.
Re:Font Awesome 3.2 Released – 58 new icons, SCSS support, many new br...
on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @03:22PM (#5870079)
Is it just me, or do quite a few of these look like they've been auto-converted from a bitmap, and picked up jaggies in the process (icon-windows for example)?
Re:Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA ...
on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @12:16PM (#5862726)
They'd allegedly get lucrative govenment contacts cancelled:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest#Refusal_for_NSA_spying
It has also been suggested that the insider trading charge were trumped up as retribution, in that the CEO was accused of purchasing shares with 'insider' knowledge of government contacts, but that he was prohibited by law from publicly disclosing those contracts.
Re:NSA whistleblower goes public
on Sunday June 09, 2013 @04:42PM (#5850496)
Blog spam. No original research - just paraphrasing the Guardian article.
Re:How three pacifists were convicted as terrorists
on Sunday June 09, 2013 @08:28AM (#5848638)
If you read the article you'll see they were convicted of the "puffed up charges". They await sentencing.
Re:How three pacifists were convicted as terrorists
on Sunday June 09, 2013 @08:27AM (#5848633)
I couldn't help but be struck by the parallels between this case and that of Aaron Swartz, given the significant overreach by the prosection in continuing to add federal charges to the indictment as the case progresses. We have a glimse here as to how the Swartz might have ended; it will be revealing to see how the sentencing in this case pans out.
Re:Our Server’s Hard Drive is Dead. We didn’t have a backup.
on Thursday May 23, 2013 @10:01PM (#5760828)
Not to be depended on as a substitute for backup, but 'dead' doesn't necessarily mean dead. Forensic recovery (either DIY or professional, depending on the nature of the failure) may still be an option.
Logic board failures are common, and replacements cheap (the cost of a new HD of the same model), data can be highly recoverable from soft failures. Mechanical failure is the worst case, but as long as the platter(s) is/are in tact, not insurmountable.
Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore
on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:54PM (#5760073)
From his comments defending not visiting ER given a recent unrelated health issue: The hospital billed $11,000 for a cat scan; the insurance paid 6k.'
Seriously, if you need a an elective scan and it's going to cost you more than a couple of grand after insurance: take a vacation, fly first class, stay in a 5 star hotel, get seen privately in a first class facility, have a relaxing rejuvenating break, and come home with change. Cost of a full-body CT scan in Europe?: < $1000.[1]
[1] http://www.privatehealth.co.uk/private-healthcare-services/d... Other parts of Europe (and no doubt elsewhere outside the US) will be much cheaper still.
Re:Soylent Campaign
on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:43PM (#5747521)
Call someone off this list and ask a professional what they think of these people selling Soylent: http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/directory/faculty/professors-and-....
Was it really necessary to post this, or a variation of it, five times?
Re:Yahoo aquires Tumblr
on Monday May 20, 2013 @10:10PM (#5741502)
You've got to hand it to her, the 'NSFW?' 'WFH!' image is near genius!
Re:Evolution of Hacker News
on Saturday May 18, 2013 @05:22PM (#5730517)
If a flamewar in the comments can be detected, why not demote the comment thread, rather than (or in addition to[1]) the article?
[1]In addition to because presumably the logic is that the article content is flame-bait.
Re:EFF now accepting Bitcoin again
on Friday May 17, 2013 @05:58PM (#5726896)
Hardly insignificant.
Re:Not Having A Real Job
on Thursday May 16, 2013 @08:09PM (#5722026)
Try travelling on a budget. A really really low budget. You'll have to bum lifts, work casual labour, sleep in less than luxurious places... If you aren't making meaningful human contact after a month on a starting budget of $100, then you probably never will.
Re:True-color GIF with 32697 colors
on Saturday May 11, 2013 @09:05PM (#5692724)
"No one tried or needed to generate images with more than 256 colors since they could not be viewed on anything less than high priced graphics workstations."
Except that given this refers to the late 80's, Amigas had been displaying 4096 colors since the mid 80s. Not millions of colours until the early 90s but still a far cry from the 256 colours of the average PC.
(No, gif was not a native datatype, but the Amiga was remarkably ahead of its time with plug-able file formats.)