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Used its output with a laser cutter and plywood, result was neat

Not sure I follow, isn't Python single threaded by default? Changes to GIL is coming but does it change how the interpreter uses CPU?

plotly could be worth a try, i use its python bindings and much prefer it to matplotlib, but i don't know much about the quality of it's R API

I’m not under any illusion that there’s any “Swiss exceptionalism” when it comes to privacy.

% of Caloric RDI isn't the whole story. A can of Coke is less of a blip on the radar as you suggested.

[0] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/a...

[0] https://devforum.zoom.us/t/have-you-considered-building-zoom...

But I do wonder if bandwidth limiting certain types of applications would be more effective, like reverse qos. There was a post a week or so ago on HN about adding delay to websites that sucks away productivity.

edit: I went and did that on my home router (a ubnt ER-X) and was pleasantly surprised by how granular its DPI and QoS categorizes applications (by protocols, by domain, IM, social network, P2P). It even allows you to make your own categories of apps that are (ab)used often, and rate limit access to them on a range of local IP. I'm hoping that this would be more subtle than an outright block, and the not so instant gratification lead to voluntary reduction of mindless consumption.

Perhaps I'm too used to engineering style writing which just cuts to the chase. Is it common for book reviews to include those bloats?

felt like I've seen this complaint about the performance of the JSF not too long ago. Maybe things have gotten better?

Consider rephrasing to "PhD with publication record, or MSc with 3 years of work experience, or BSc with 7 years of work experience, 3 of which at {a specific advanced level}".

I understand if the job requires a certain minimum education background, but how can you possibly consider holders of all three of the above degrees, without stating the specifications for each degree? Can I still apply if I'm just about to get a BSc, or would you require some amount of work experience? Am I competing directly with PhDs? Confuses the hell out of me. I once applied for a SWE I position that had that kind of degree requirement during my senior year. Passed two phone screens, even handled questions about computer vision and deep learning well during the on site round (answered beginner and intermediate level questions well, was honest to admit my limits when asked about advanced topics). Two days after the interview I went back to check the job posting, and it was somehow changed to say Principle Computer Vision Scientist then I was like "oh there goes my chance". Needless to say I wasn't selected. It makes sense for them to select candidates with advanced degrees if they are really looking for a Prin. Scientist. But please, spell out the requirements so that candidates make informed decisions about whether to apply. It saves both parties valuable time.

But in this case though, any kind of state space control also requires rather precise knowledge of the physical laws that govern the dynamics of the vehicles. When such information is not available, can neural nets do a decent job at mimicking an analytical control algorithm? I think that's an interesting problem worth exploring.

I think back to the days when I basically implemented lane following with an array of photo resistors, an Arduino, a shitty robot made from Vex parts and some c code. The problem is much simpler than the one presented in this article, but then the computational resource used was order of magnitudes less. At what point then, do you decide that "OK I think the complexity and nature of the problem warrants the use of ML" or "Hmmm I think neural network is an overkill here"?