Refuse the temptation to guess. published on
[…] Systematic deviations from expected value are costly in the long run - and this rule applies to both risk aversion and risk seeking. Consistent overweighting of improbable outcomes - a feature of intuitive decision making - eventually leads to inferior outcomes.1
From “Thinking, fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011). ↩︎
About the fourfold pattern published on
I’ve just read this preprint: it addresses the annoying problem of constricting peptide sequences (here in the SMILES format) into a compressed latent space vector.
SMILES Fingerprints → VAE published on
A node pointing to itself is the most self centered thing I can imagine in computing: an ideal representation of the more vulgar infinite loop.
A node pointing to NULL is a metaphor of loneliness.
A linked list with tail and head connected, a powerful symbol of a closed cycle.
Linked lists published on
A semibreve (also known as a whole note) is one musical note that counts for four beats and is represented by a hollow circle with no stem. The word breve in italian means “brief”, “short”1.
This section contains short sentences, fast thoughts. A semibreve, here, is a bit like a tweet. ↩︎
Semibreve, a definition published on
