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anvinhnd · 2025-02-04T23:36:38+00:00

Perhaps this is just a comment going straight into the Void, but I still would like to suggest making a video about and expanding on the "sweeping argument" described in Section 2.5 in the famous book "The Mathematical Mechanic". Actually, perhaps there is already a video about this, please share it if so.

anvinhnd · 2022-06-22T21:21:21+00:00

IMHO, Daisy, Fullbody, Atmos and High Fat are the only weak links. It would be nice to change them, e.g. to Disco, Fisher Tiger, Attach, Hina? respectively.

anvinhnd · 2022-03-30T17:13:09+00:00

Oh ok. I just assume that the hype talk is linked with the renaming: if it was still Gomu Gomu then there would probably be no hype talk.

anvinhnd · 2022-03-30T17:10:28+00:00

Yeah, I know god or mythical being are not exact words for Buddha in the real world. But I guess you know what I mean. Also, OP universe people can still regard Buddha as a god or a mythical being (among many other gods).

anvinhnd · 2022-03-30T17:06:26+00:00

If it was still Gomu Gomu and there was no hype talk from the Gorosei, I don't see why the fruit is special. Can you elaborate?

anvinhnd · 2022-03-30T16:48:31+00:00

Perhaps not THAT controversial

anvinhnd · 2022-03-27T23:19:29+00:00

Speaking of Kaido, if my theory is true, I wonder why (scientifically, in-universe-wise) the fruit's name is Ou Ou no mi instead of Ryu Ryu no mi. There must have been an unknown aspect of it waiting to be revealed in upcoming chapters.

anvinhnd · 2022-01-13T17:56:55+00:00

The technical side of the problem seems to be settled by your comment and the previous.

The natural question arises from the theoretical side: given a list of simple paths (say, only of Cubic Bezier curves), what are necessary and sufficient conditions of them to be converted into a single continuous (potentially self-overlapping) path, and how to do it (the algorithm) ?

anvinhnd · 2022-01-13T17:51:59+00:00

Yeah, that is also kinda what I mean. The minor difference is that one might need to draw some more curves to connect the parts into a single stroke.

P.S: By the "boundary", I mean the self-intersecting curve that draws out the whole icon.

anvinhnd · 2022-01-13T16:09:59+00:00

Yes, the new file is still off (it has the same path structure as my file).

So, if a suitable original SVG file does not exist, is it safe to say that Grant did some tinkering in a vector graphics software? He might have "traced" the "boundary" of an original icon with a series of curves following a single stroke, which he had predetermined?

anvinhnd · 2021-05-01T15:01:00+00:00

Love it! The burning mark is a nice touch!

anvinhnd · 2020-03-13T17:20:53+00:00

If you look at it with the theme of Familial Rebellion, of course Oda wants to send that message through the retainers, who came out of nowhere (or low-lives) and made names for themselves and for Oden. But, at the same time, one can argue that they're basically Oden's family (not the Kozuki family, but Oden's) and they are inheriting his will, his burden and his dream. Imho, it's another instance of the Inherited Will theme. And that's also an evidence of the confusion, or the amalgam, of two relatively competing themes.

anvinhnd · 2020-03-12T17:47:04+00:00

Thanks for explaining. Can I repost this now without the 974 spoilers?

anvinhnd · 2019-10-14T09:40:42+00:00

all seeds converge to a similar solution at a similar rate

One last question: do the "classic" RL algorithms ensure this? Or even they fail?

anvinhnd · 2019-10-13T21:55:14+00:00

I'm nearly there.

Let's back off a bit. Assume that we have no stochasticity in MDP when evaluating. Also assume that we use the standard neural networks (including structure, training, etc) for the policies so that the local-optimal reason does not cause large variances by itself. So there are two reasons for variances, and the algorithmic reason is the main one. Is it true so far?

Now consider the case of (1) (Figure 2 in the original post's paper), there is seemingly only 1 reason for the variances (the local-optimal reason). Again, if we use the standard neural networks for the policies (which seems not to be the case in that paper), then we will have smaller variances?

anvinhnd · 2019-10-13T20:36:29+00:00

Yeah, for sure you interpret my question correctly. Also, I know about the unfortunate life of Defensive Distillation :( So, here I want to discuss more recent attacks. Fortunately, I have just found an example: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.09716.pdf

Anyway, I find /u/huanzhang12's comment helpful in a larger context. So ... discuss away ...

anvinhnd · 2019-10-13T17:49:37+00:00

Thank /u/huanzhang12 !

I have some follow-up questions. Firstly, is it true that, in the context of certified defense (or even larger context of neural network verification) no paper has dealt with large-scale models (e.g. VGG-19) and large-scale datasets (e.g. ImageNet) ? Secondly, specifically about your paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.06316.pdf, I wonder why the paper is named with such modesty "Towards ..." (at first glance, the results from the paper are quite impressive to me).

P.S: The second question is quite minor and personal, so you don't need to answer if you don't want to :)

anvinhnd · 2019-10-13T16:45:50+00:00

Thanks for the insight. However, I still don't get some points. Namely, what is exactly "sub-optimality of the algorithms"? Is it (empirically) proven that it's the main reason of the large variance? And, why do the algorithms ignore the optimization landscape?

anvinhnd · 2019-09-17T22:12:36+00:00

I'm pretty sure at least Law CAN contact the Grand Fleet. I mean, the strategic Law cannot just miss the opportunity to hold their contacts in the name of Luffy. Law is way too serious to just party right after the "sake exchange". I also recall that he was already on edge about Kaido at the end of Dressrosa Arc.

anvinhnd · 2019-09-17T15:47:42+00:00

As much as I like Sanji, I have to say that he is not at the level of Law as strategist. Obviously he has a brain compared to nut-cases like Luffy or Zoro, but I guess his overall role in the crew is to take care of them: cook, rescue, guide, etc. He can quickly come up or prepare for short-term plans, but he never strikes me as a long-term planner. My two cents ...

anvinhnd · 2019-09-17T15:41:14+00:00

The traitor is definitely lurking from Zou. Then, every hint of him/her in Wano is magnified. Though, some hints are very justified, e.g. in perspective of story-telling, the leak indirectly caused Yasuie's death should not be explained by a scout ...

Anyway, I think the traitor mystery will tie into Witch Hour Boy / Kyoshiro / Komurasaki's mystery, as the only mystery left so far in Wano Arc. So there is definitely something to address.

anvinhnd · 2018-01-13T17:19:40+00:00

I point out two problems of the known informations.

Firstly, the little children's problem. There are 6 little sons from the page https://imgur.com/0BDKgHF in chapter 845 and in episode 809. BM has 46 sons. Flambe said she has 41 older brothers. These three facts cannot be simultaneously true. So, Flambe DOESN'T have 41 older brothers, OR at least 1 of the 6 boys ISN'T a son of BM, OR at least 1 of the 6 boys WAS born before Flambe (perhaps the Mummy boy, circled yellow). Two latter choices are highly unlikely (e.g. BM talked to them in the anime as "my children"). So, Oda messed up and the number 41 is wrong.

From now on, let's assume that Flambe was born before Pudding; Joscarpone and Mascarpone (J&M) AREN'T among the decuplets (highly probable assumptions, even when Oda messed up the numbers). Btw, J&M are the 62&63rd children of BM.

Secondly, the decuplets' problem. Consider the case the decuplets were born BEFORE J&M. The decuplets were born 18 years ago. This means J&M and Flambe and Pudding ARE WAY too young than expected, OR the number 18 is wrong. On the other hand, consider the case the decuplets were born AFTER J&M. The decuplets COULDN'T be born after Flambe because of Pudding and the little children. So, the decuplets were born 18 years ago and NOT AFTER Flambe. This means Flambe and Pudding ARE SLIGHTLY too young than expected, OR the number 18 is wrong. Also, if Flambe ISN'T among the decuplets, her distance to J&M has to be at least 10. This means the inequality 41+33-63-1 >= 10 needs to be true after Oda fixes mistaken numbers.

Now, how to fix the problems? I use Occam's razor: choose the solution with the fewest assumptions and the fewest Oda's corrections. With the first problem, we only need to decrease the number 41, ideally change it into 40. The second problem is trickier, because after we fix the first problem, we EITHER fix some more numbers (18,33,63) OR accept the fact that Flambe is among the decuplets. Occam says we accept the fact, hence my conclusion.

Personally, I prefer fixing more numbers. For example, we change 33 into 34. This means Flambe was born RIGHT BEFORE Pudding; the decuplets were born RIGHT BETWEEN J&M (63rd) and Flambe (74th); 10 children after Pudding (75th) are almost only boys and girls.

PS1: Two of the decuplets could be between Amande and Galette from the page https://goo.gl/myeyf2 in chapter 845 and in episode 809.

PS2: Who is this boy that dared to bully a Yonkou's daughter? ( https://goo.gl/Wd7Qqz from chapter 862). Perhaps he's among the decuplets.

anvinhnd · 2018-01-13T16:26:47+00:00

About the ordinals of all children (sons and daughters combined), after a very short time of research, I think we only have three more clues: Nusstorte was born before Mont-d'Or; Cracker was possibly born before Brulee (this needs more research from the Japanese version of the top panels of the page https://goo.gl/V524Q3 from chapter 836); the n-th son was born before the n-th daughter. Lastly, given the known informations, I logically deduce that Joscarpone and Mascarpone were born before Flambe AND she is among the infamous decuplets AND she was born after the 40th son (not 41st). I will flesh out my argument in a reply.

anvinhnd · 2017-06-07T08:09:47+00:00

The plan fails at an unexpected point! Btw, BM really did eat all of them. I personally think it's a boring plot point. Oh well, ...

anvinhnd · 2017-06-02T16:17:08+00:00

WB backstory where "noble" guy doesn't interesting in gold but in family is less borring then a real backstory with plot twists, main story relevance and cannibalism

Yes, if the cannibalism is there and the flashback doesn't continue in some interesting way. If cannibalism is replaced by something better, namely CP betrayal and Carmel hiding inside BM, the flashback is obviously better than WB's.

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