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Misread this as "A Regretable C Compiler" -- likely what would happen to me without a text like this!
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite algorithms? on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:55AM (#13519003)
Contrastive divergence for RBMs. Incredibly simple, but absolutely beautiful how it modifies the energy surface. Also, just in general a cool use of Gibbs sampling.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite algorithms? on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:52AM (#13518995)
This is possibly my favorite as well. MCMC in general is pretty magical.