Monthly Archives: January 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by isomorphismes

Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death by Scout Niblett, covered by Jens Lekman (SC101) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/) Advertisements

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Beyond Between Good and Evil

Posted on January 31, 2012 by isomorphismes

“Adults have to deal with moral grey areas” “I’m not liberal or conservative, I guess I’m somewhere in the middle” “It may be helpful to think of data science and business intelligence as being on two ends of the same … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 30, 2012 by isomorphismes

visualisation of how the kernel trick makes a non-separable collection of points linearly separable. I guess the kernel mappings really add a dimension, rather than replacing a dimension, don’t they. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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Posted on January 29, 2012 by isomorphismes

Bob Kenny says [great wealth] isn’t always worthy of envy, and is certainly not worth sacrificing one’s life to attain. “If … people … know that getting the $20 million or $200 million won’t necessarily bring them all that they’d … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 29, 2012 by isomorphismes

the Welsh longbow as Weapon of Mass Destruction stirrups, knights, and heraldic crests Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt the high cost of a plowshare and a team of oxen: That’s why villages happened. horses ≻ oxen legumes + … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 28, 2012 by isomorphismes

Death Cream by Sonny & the Sunsets (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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Posted on January 27, 2012 by isomorphismes

It’s not always possible to say A ≻ B or A ≺ B. Sometimes neither A nor B is smaller. A≹B neither A nor B is more successful. A≹B neither A nor B is prettier. … Continue reading →

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