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phektuson Ask HN: Possible to recover from being a frustrated mediocrity for 30+ years?

1. Realize that wasting time is getting you closer to your deathbed

2. Try to write some short term goals on a piece of paper or notebook

3. Google pomodoro technique

4. appomodoro.appspot.com

5. Start working your @#$ off

...

6. PROFIT!

phektuson Why Athiests Need Church

One could do the same on a religion-free mountaintop.

phektuson Ask HN: Overcoming an Inferiority Complex

1. You are inferior, that's a non-changing fact, so get over it. Everybody is inferior relative to somebody else, just as everybody is superior relative to somebody else; it's just how you compare people.

2. You will get better on what you do if you stick to it, but somebody else will be better than you no matter what; that is true for everybody else.

3. You will die someday. Everybody does.

4. You will die soon, as with everybody else.

5. You will surely die - everybody will. So stop obsessing on what you lack and make the most of the time left.

phektuson CIA.gov Possibly Down, LulzSec Claims Responsibility

terrorists -> hackers al qaeda -> lulzsec patriot act -> ??? tsa -> ??? wtc bombing -> yet to come or spread out into many hacking instances?

lol parallels

phektuson Ask HN: Anyone else stuck?

I'm stuck and a bit unmotivated to create new things. I just busy myself brushing up on my maths ATM, because I'm interested in machine learning, but can't understand the concepts needed to formulate even the most basic of the applications. I'm also in between jobs, and honestly I don't want to be an employee anymore and just work on my own niche website/app, but I lack the ideas that I think will make good enough money to support family.

phektuson Ask HN: My character sheet makes no sense

Just stick to your job for another year, and continue with your android self-study. Don't just study android, also the basics of programming and computer science, and try to apply them on android development. I know that's far too time consuming, but after a year you have more money saved (did I mention you need to save like a monk, even with family and mortgage?), and you will have more options and skills. I'm pretty sure you'll be more capable programming-wise, and some savings will make you a bit more confident during interviews. My 2 cents.

phektuson Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)

Could you please give critique on my side project:

http://www.cvstash.com

About aesthetics, impression on the landing page, ease of use, and the look of the resume (only 2 templates). This means signing up (should be very quick) and trying to put some resume entries and such. If it's cool with you maybe you can also suggest ways to improve the site or monetize it, as I haven't thought of that yet, just trying to move the identity away from LinkedIn resumes. Thanks!

phektuson Ask HN: How machine learning algorithms are helping to solve important problems?

Try the book Numerati by Stephen Baker that talks about current business/government/military applications of the data mining and machine learning practices

http://www.amazon.com/Numerati-Stephen-Baker/dp/0618784608

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bla bla is not programming. bla bla bla is not programming. Now what I do is definitely programming.

(congregation explodes into applause)

phektuson Q for Programmers: Why search for code, when you can sweat and code yourself

deadlines?

phektuson Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner

I'm interested. This can be a group (more than 2 people) activity, right? I'm thinking of a Khan academy approach, not necessarily videos, but exchange of resources and insights as we go into the book.

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Thanks! For an achievable short term goal I just wish to use the libraries first so I can roll my own simple apps. This way I get to learn the basics while making use of what I already know (build web apps). An integration of sorts, should keep me motivated all throughout. Eventually I'll go deeper, and will definitely work on the advanced topics you posted.

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

cool, thanks! bookmarking those, especially great for the text mining related course

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

a recursive solution (or is it?), thanks!

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

will do! thanks!

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Yeah I already played around that site when learning Python. I actually got until (I think) problem #34. Then I sort of stopped, because I can't solved it without resorting to endless nested loops, which made me think I need to brush up on my mathematics because it is somehow limiting me when dealing with some problems. Kind of a chicken and egg situation as far as I could tell now that you mentioned it.

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Yeap they are indeed abstract concepts to me right now, but it's great to have them mentioned, because they'll definitely come in handy later. thanks!

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Thanks! Once I brushed up on the math, I'll be diving deeper onto those topics, which seemed to be math-intensive

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

I believe this to be sound advice, so what I'm actually thinking of right now is to go and pace slowly on the math/theory, while starting a super beginner project to get my feet wet.

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

These are great books, thanks! Haven't heard of WEKA but it sure looks pretty nice, must like like MLDemos?

http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Bookmarked! Thanks!

I know Machine Learning is a subset of AI, but lately I'm beginning to see it more of under Statistics. That's just my impression, I could really be wrong given my very limited knowledge.

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

bookmarked, Thanks!

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

This is great! Python is actually my favorite language as of the moment, using it on freelance work as well as personal projects. Thanks for the link

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

This looks sleek! thanks!

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Thanks! actually saw the first A.Ng lectures already, and he framed all concepts by way of linear algebra, which made me stumble on just the second video

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

going to my bookmarks, and, yeah, got to get that linear algebra problem sorted out, could take me months

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Great! thanks for the tip, didn't realize youtube could be a better help to me that most books about the subject at my level

phektuson Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning?

Thanks for the link! You're mostly correct, I wish to build stuff around, but I also want to get deep into the theory. Just deep enough to be able to try out stuff I guess.