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ScoutOrgo··on GPU utilization can be a misleading metric
As someone that is familiar with using nvidia-smi to track util, what are some commands people use to track the SM efficiency? The end of the article had some references, but no examples of what to use explicitly.
ScoutOrgo··on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
At what point is google liable for the increased rate of accidents from features like this? Surely they have some data that can estimate users getting in accidents while using gmaps.
ScoutOrgo··on Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16
You also had to go in store to buy cigarettes, so the application of regulation would work a little differently in the case of social media.
ScoutOrgo··on Can LLMs learn from a single example?
Hey Jeremy, it seems like you could calculate exactly how much a model learns in a single step by calculating the loss for a batch a second time (with no_grad) after the loss is calculated the first time and gradients are updated. This seems like it could produce interesting outputs when graphing the difference of first and second losses at the batch or observation/question level.
ScoutOrgo··on Reddit goes down fully as thousands of subreddits protest API changes
In spez's AMA, he mentioned reddit was not profitable. I don't see an advantage for the CEO to say that publicly and it not be true.
ScoutOrgo··on Valve bans 40k Dota 2 accounts using honeypot patch
I wanted to do this but never figured out where I could get access to the data. I think with setting up the inputs correctly to handle 0-5 heroes chosen per team it could work. Once you have a model you just need to rank remaining heroes by the expected win probability if they are included with the team. If you have a way to get data I would be interested.
ScoutOrgo··on I Lost All Faith in LastPass
Does bitwarden work well with autofill? Lastpass was awful with that and very finicky.
ScoutOrgo··on LastPass appears to be holding users' passwords hostage
Do you have experience with it working on android? It seems Lastpass is only semi reliable with how android allows auotfilling fields in.
ScoutOrgo··on How not to sort by average rating (2009)
The formula still works for scales of 5 or 10, you just have to divide by the max rating first and then multiply by it again at the end.

For example a 3/5 stars turns into 0.6 positive and 0.4 negative observation. Following the formula from there will give a lower bound estimation between 0 and 1, so then you just multiple by 5 again to get it between 0 and 5.

ScoutOrgo··on Shorting and Indian capital markets
Not passed, but bought since the underlying price will have changed.
ScoutOrgo··on We Are Preparing a Class Action Lawsuit Against Robinhood
FUD, the ability to buy a stock is not an option that exposes the broker.
ScoutOrgo··on Machine Learning Engineer Guide: Feature Store vs. Data Warehouse
As a data scientist using snowflake and in the market for a feature store, the snowflake streaming is only for data ingestion, not serving. It doesn't solve the problem of serving data for a low latency app.
ScoutOrgo··on Split Keyboard for Professionals
I've was using my 13" MBP keyboard for awhile, but ended up getting a little bit of wrist cramps from using it plus the trackpad. I got this keyboard ~2 years ago after seeing a link here and I have had 0 regrets since purchasing it.

The wrist cramps went away almost immediately (which I would assume would have worked for any split keyboard with a better wrist resting angle). The learning curve took a little as the UHK has a Mod key on one side where the space bar is supposed to be and I would also sometimes try to hit keys with one hand that are on the other side of the keyboard. The UHK agent app makes it super easy to map any key from any layer (fn or mod) to something else or even a combination of keys. I pair this with Better Touch Tool app which helps me map keyboard combinations to other things like switching to apps. The last part is using the mouse with the "mouse button" in place of capslock key, which I feel has cut the need to take my hands off the keyboard by ~70%.

It was a little pricey purchase, but the quality is phenomenal and 100% worth the money. If mine broke for whatever reason today, I would buy another in a heartbeat.

ScoutOrgo··on Tables: Tracking work for teams
Tangentially related, but google nixed android chrome's "home"/"duet" feature which allowed having the url bar at the bottom of the screen and made navigating on a phone/tablet _much_ easier. I'm somewhat baffled how they can work on a tablet and be so unaware of what a good UI looks like.
ScoutOrgo··on Apple (Pro) Mouse (2014)
How do folks here fix the drastic scrolling and acceleration that seems to come with using any mouse _except_ apple ones on their mac?
ScoutOrgo··on Mac keyboard shortcuts
You may not have tab access for windows/dialog boxes. I think it is deactivated by default. You can activate with ctrl+f7 or system preferences > keyboard > shortcuts > click radial at the bottom for all controls.
ScoutOrgo··on GitHub Super Linter: one linter to rule them all
I really want one for sql, but haven't found any good ones available.
ScoutOrgo··on AWS Ruins Own Attempt at Sabotage
The reason is to get a job at Amazon where you will earn $. It is part of their offer and lots of employees take it because the salary is worth the risk of impact down the road.
ScoutOrgo··on Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use
What happens if someone replies with IP not owned by Disney and they use it?
ScoutOrgo··on YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
Yep, kill any content an ML model has predicted of high risk or unprofitable. Classic example of a regulation second order effects resulting in the opposite outcome of what was intended.
ScoutOrgo··on Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites
I recently worked on a fraud detection POC with a few vendors in this space and it is common for them to require adding a js snippet to capture info like this. This isn't out of the ordinary behavior.
ScoutOrgo··on Shirt Without Stripes
The OP most likely isn't up to date on latest NN architectures which can learn from the ordering of words. Statistical methods <> ML, not anymore in NLP.
ScoutOrgo··on Zoom Endpoint-Security Considerations
Just general video/audio performance too. Zoom is the only one I've used where everyone can have an open mic, have noise in the background (or even music), and the whole group can still have a good conversation.
ScoutOrgo··on Senate Stock Watcher
Same way SEC deals with everyone else.
ScoutOrgo··on Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash
But if you sit on cash, you will miss the day where it has a huge gain due to some news like a vaccine announced.
ScoutOrgo··on Format Python Code Using YAPF
My team has a handful of junior data scientists that really don't have a lot of experience of coding "well". Black was super helpful in 1, getting people used to decent coding format and 2, removing any effort or discussion around formatting in PRs. I added the formatting to pre-commit and the rest is effortless.
ScoutOrgo··on If this project is dead, just tell us
Serious question, what does pipenv (and poetry) have over conda?
ScoutOrgo··on Ask HN: What have you done to improve your desk ergonomics?
I got the ultimate hacking keyboard [1] this year and it has helped with wrist strain immensely.

[1] https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/

ScoutOrgo··on My Python Development Environment, 2020 Edition
Miniconda makes this really simple and their doc on environments is easy to read/understand. The benefits of conda really shine when trying to install a package with external dependencies to an environment.

The one thing I thought was neat here was pipx. I do have a few CLIs set up in my default conda env and haven't run into any dependency problems yet, but have occasionally tried to use them while another env is activated. Having a separate env automatically created for the entry points is a nice value add.

ScoutOrgo··on Slack’s Shares Plunge After It Predicts a Larger Loss
As someone that uses both slack and webex teams at work, I cannot emphasize enough how much better slack is. Maybe it's because webex teams is beyond awful, but I've used skype and hipchat before as well, so I feel like I can make a somewhat fair assessment.
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