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viktorppt

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viktorppt··on Startups Democratize Deep Learning So Google and Facebook Don't Own It All
Deep learning is an awesome topic. The problem I find isn't the concept or the maths. It is the enormous amount of damn data janitorial work that I have to process everyday.

Oh data didn't come back in a clean format? 10 hours gone.

All these text need to be tagged? 2 days

What categories do these images fall under? Another 3 days spent tagging

Wanna parallelize your algorithmn? Ok, good luck learning how to deploy to multiple machines on AWS.

I will pay easily for a service that allows me to run my analysis in parallel without any sysadmin knowledge.

viktorppt··on Show HN: A command line tool that aims to replace It'sLearning
Can someone give me some context on what the hell is itslearning.com

It is like blackboard?

viktorppt··on Design for programmers
It is much needed course but it really doesn't compare with Codecademy's beginner course.

The design games were very vague and had no clear objective. I guess it is a bit harder to gamify something that is more subjective and "looser" in nature

viktorppt··on Drone Shield – senses the presence of drones via acoustic detection
Very interesting project. Via acoustic detection, the product aims to detect illegal usage of drones.

The usage cited are:

1. Smuggling of illegal contraband into prison

2. Illegal taping / paparazi usage

I am very surprized that no paparazi has used drones extensively. Surely you get much better angles than if you were hiding in the bushes (e.g. if you wanted to get an exclusive shot of Prince Willaims)

viktorppt··on Is Alibaba comparable to a US company?
Promising title but really a disappointing blog with very little substance or insight.

The blog never answered the question that it was meant to answer.

Ultimately the only evidence it was trying to draw was from Asian stereotypes.

Quote:

  For example, this pre-departure guide for Chinese students contrasts an individualistic US with a collectivist China.