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randomx89on Ask HN: What backpack are you using?

REI trail 40: https://www.rei.com/product/136586/rei-co-op-trail-40-pack-m...

It's great for commuting: fits large laptops in sleeve, has space for 2 mugs on each side (coffee and water), and has 2 support straps (chest and waist). It's also good for hiking and travelling. I've had mine for 4.5 years and it still going strong.

randomx89on What made Xerox PARC special? Who else today is like them?

For some reason, I love reading stories about Bell labs. Even though I wasn't alive back then, I look at it with nostalgia. Richard Hamming's "You and your research" talk is awesome and gives a good perspective about how the environment used to be back then.

randomx89on PyTorch – Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python

Are you guys looking for Windows devs to contribute or help maintaining it? I'd be interested in helping out if I can. I currently use Chainer, but I'd like to try pytorch

randomx89on US Senator says games are a bigger problem than guns

I thought the name for this situation was groupthinking : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

"Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an incorrect or deviant decision-making outcome"