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by outrun
June 5th, 2018, 10:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Stupid question of the day
Replies: 3181
Views: 400749

Re: Stupid question of the day

Looks spoiled, almost full MC.. that's pretty far from minimal spanning.  You can still save it, but it'll cost you log log log n time.
by outrun
June 5th, 2018, 3:59 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Stupid question of the day
Replies: 3181
Views: 400749

Re: Stupid question of the day

tt is a weeping willow. It is suffering from watermark sickness. It is rust in peace. It was planted by the previous owner to the memory of his daughter who fell into the adjoining waterway and drowned. That's so sad! But on the literal bright side, the recommended treatment is felling and burning ...
by outrun
June 1st, 2018, 12:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those crazeeeee Dutch
Replies: 1824
Views: 272963

Re: Those crazeeeee Dutch

More seriously, who controls AFM and DNB?
The illuminati?
by outrun
June 1st, 2018, 12:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Those crazeeeee Dutch
Replies: 1824
Views: 272963

Re: Those crazeeeee Dutch

Giro, NMB. it's all ING now. I'm there too (and Rabo, Triodos). When I was a option trader at Beurplein I spend a couple of year in the ABN-AMRO pit. ABN-AMRO options was the 2nd most actively traded options market in the world at that time because of a couple of crazy ego traders who tries to burry...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 9:12 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

BTW I am trying to get my head around DE for backpropagation by using it instead of *GD. Correct me if I am wrong, but the jury is still out on the applicability of GD. Lets start at the beginning: what variable specify the loss functions, and what is the goal of minimizing a loss function? One of ...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 2:11 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

"outdated pseudophilosophical banter"? What you need is a water massage! Theory-ladenness is a very profound concept (yes, another concept!) That concept was discussed by physicists half a century ago, if I'm precise. The problem is you first need to know the subject to which you apply it...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 1:50 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

"outdated pseudophilosophical banter"? What you need is a water massage!
Theory-ladenness is a very profound concept (yes, another concept!)
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 12:30 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

BTW I am trying to get my head around DE for backpropagation by using it instead of *GD. Correct me if I am wrong, but the jury is still out on the applicability of GD. Lets start at the beginning: what variable specify the loss functions, and what is the goal of minimizing a loss function? One of ...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 12:19 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

I think this trying to give you an friendly opportunity to let it dawn?  He knows the answers, everything DE is theory laden by definition. You can't proof that your model of reality *is* reality.  (and you can't present a counter example to a "are there X?" questions, but that's just simp...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 11:29 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

The distance from reality to concept >> distance from concept to realty.  This is "theory-laden" too. What distance metric, and what space are we going to position both "the concept" and "reality"? Do we have a final model of reality as well as how concepts are represe...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 7:46 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?
Replies: 105
Views: 38991

Re: Does Cauchy sequence ever occur in the real world or is it all the minds of mathematicians?

It's only a model and that is a product of the mind.
That's the main point of this topic.

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by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 7:33 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Stupid question of the day
Replies: 3181
Views: 400749

Re: Stupid question of the day

Why is it that CME quotes 3 types of milk futures but only one cheese future? Is Roquefort fungible with Manchego? If you woke up tomorrow morning a billionaire, what's the most extravagantly lavish thing you'd waste some money on? eccentric milk billionaire  uus--6heuw8 If they did it would introd...
by outrun
May 31st, 2018, 7:29 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: Trump -- the last 100 days
Replies: 4584
Views: 480028

Re: Trump -- the last 100 days

I knew something was wrong with this White House, but had perhaps not put my finger right on the root cause: not enough Kardashians! In the name of more photo ops for Trump, this has now been remedied.
From what I've heard Kim is visiting Donald to discuss law reforms.
by outrun
May 29th, 2018, 4:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Stupid question of the day
Replies: 3181
Views: 400749

Re: Stupid question of the day

eccentric milk billionaire 
What was *that*??! Kraftwerk? Joaquin Phoenix or leonardo di Caprisun playing Howard Hughes?
I think leonardo di Caprisun playing Howard Hughes
Time for some eccentric Moloko then!