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user1713952 commented on Memray: a memory profiler for Python   github.com/bloomberg/memr... · Posted by u/shcheklein
user1713952 · 4 years ago
Really impressive feature set! I just wish it could run on windows too.
user1713952 commented on Substring Removal Game with Python and JavaScript   ezzeddinabdullah.com/post... · Posted by u/ethink
codetrotter · 6 years ago
Page is not readable in Safari on iOS 13.7. The left margin of the text is outside of the left margin of the viewport and cannot be brought into view with scroll nor zoom either.
user1713952 · 6 years ago
Same issue but solved it by rotating the phone..
user1713952 commented on Matrix Multiplication   matrixmultiplication.xyz/... · Posted by u/kasbah
staltz · 9 years ago
Comments like these (aside from providing a nice link) just make authors of content sad. Why say such thing? You can say "here is another helpful link", but "misses the point entirely"? The point is to provide a self-evident mnemonic, as explained here: https://github.com/staltz/matrixmultiplication.xyz

Not nice.

user1713952 · 9 years ago
Mr Staltz, please allow me to elaborate. I did not mean to be mean at all, nor to reduce the value of your work, excuse me if I made you feel like that. I am actually grateful that you made this animation as it allows one to reflect on the concept.

If your kid proudly brings home a drawing, you are most probably going to greet him with warm encouragements no matter the quality of the art. The kid is in a process of developing his creative sense, learning, and forming his/her sense of reality. Comparing the drawing to what mature artists produce would certainly have a negative effect on the kid. The point is to provide a feedback relevant to the recipient of the critic.

The same goes here with this animation. I respect your work but obviously disagree with the usefulness of it. You made an animation to explain the matrix product, which is a really good idea. Alas, I think the realization of it gives a confused picture of what it is. I doubt that a student with no prior understanding of matrix products will get much enlightment. Too many operations are going on at the same time. This means that it misses its intended audience: students in need of building an intuitive understanding of the matrix product. That's what all those javascript (among others) animations (ex: http://jackschaedler.github.io/circles-sines-signals/dft_int...) are all about: make it simpler to grasp a concept. Unfortunately, though beautiful, the animation is not clear. At best it provides a visual mnemonic for multiplying matrices which maybe useful for some but not for the younger version of me in need of understanding :)

I realize that instead of providing such a harsh critic, I would have been better inspired to suggest improvements. Mea culpa :)

user1713952 commented on Matrix Multiplication   matrixmultiplication.xyz/... · Posted by u/kasbah
user1713952 · 9 years ago
The idea is good but I am afraid it misses the point entirely. Multiplying both columns of the right hand side matrix to the left hand side matrix is really not helping the target audience understand what is going on. 2 operations are going on as the same time. I believe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkY2DOUCWMU is a much better way to illustrate the matrix multiplication (and provide a clear explanation of the why) .
user1713952 commented on Schoolchildren ordered indoors as air pollution cloaks Shanghai   theguardian.com/environme... · Posted by u/ck2
Nav_Panel · 12 years ago
EDIT: apparently my post below was predicated on a false assumption, please disregard.

That's Beijing, not Shanghai, and I think we can assume that Beijing is at least slightly cleaner than Shanghai, if not by much.

According this article[0], Shanghai's level reached 602.5, which, when compared to the data on the graph you linked, is about 75 points higher than Beijing.

[0]: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/smog-extremely...

user1713952 · 12 years ago
According to the data from this page: http://kopf.github.io/chineseair/ Beijing seems to typically have higher pollution levels than Shanghai.

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KarmaCake day24December 6, 2013View Original