bobmichael

I think the level of complexity is so different between these two examples that we perceive them as conceptually separate, but it is still possible that in absolute terms the same laws are being applied.

It could be that as humans we do not have enough intellectual power to understand the second example in terms of these laws. But then it could be argued that this is exactly what makes these two examples fundamentally different, since all human knowledge is limited by our intellectual capabilities.

I want to make that switch, but am rather intimidated by my inexperience in that domain. Are there any guides or tutorials you've used that you'd recommend?

The book this article is excerpted from ("Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions") looks interesting; I'm thinking of buying it. Has anyone read it / does anyone have an opinion about it?

That may be true for countries with online payments that actually work, but keep in mind that for many third-world countries the jump from $0 to $0.001 is hard, since people often do not have any way to perform an online payment.

I like the UI, and the idea is useful. Something's broken with the website though. Clicking on the bluehost vs. Hostgate vs. GoDaddy.com comparison gives me this:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

Line 30: DataTable dtMeta = this.GetData(catId); Line 31: //Add Page Title Line 32: this.Page.Title = "Compare | " + dtMeta.Rows[0]["seo_title"].ToString(); Line 33: //Add Keywords Meta Tag Line 34: HtmlMeta keywords = new HtmlMeta();

Source File: c:\Domain\analyzo.com\Compare.aspx.cs Line: 32

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] Compare.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Domain\analyzo.com\Compare.aspx.cs:32 System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +51 System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +92 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +54 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +772

This is cool, but the website is not very accessible: I found it really hard to read a dark grey font on a black background.

For beginners, you might want to check out the previous article (Kernel 101) first [0].

[0] http://arjunsreedharan.org/post/82710718100/kernel-101-lets-...

Could someone with industry/academic experience in ML comment on the quality and reliability of the resources in the repo?

I don't think I understand your reasoning. You're already tolerating an AI processing your email to produce the ads, so assuming that, why does a cool new feature push you closer towards a "dumber" service?

Technical document explaining the scientific background here: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/201...

This reminds me of one my favorite analogies in literature, from Kierkegaard's Either/Or:

“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. It is with him as with the poor wretches in Phalaris's bronze bull, who were slowly tortured over a slow fire; their screams could not reach the tyrant's ears to terrify him; to him they sounded like sweet music.”

Phalaris's bronze bull is a Brazen Bull: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull