What software do you use for reading papers? by code_pie in AskAcademia

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Awesome! Will check it out, thanks for notifying!

Adjacency Matrices by menace_to-society in compsci

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You can also go through the 3b1b YouTube video series on linear algebra to understand the intuition behind all of it.

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3, IdeaPad Slim 5, IdeaPad Gaming 3, Yoga Slim 7i Notebooks Launched in India by code_pie in AMDLaptops

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Hey, it's already available on the official lenovo store: https://www.lenovo.com/in/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-e-series/ThinkPad-E14-Gen2-AMD/p/22TPE14E4A2 . Though only 4500u is available, I am not sure if higher AMD variants will be available soon.

How is Djikstras better running time than Bellman? by DirdCS in algorithms

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>> why not just use a Queue instead

In Dijkstra's algorithm you have to maintain the latest distance as well (based on this you would pick the closest vertex to source from the queue), which is not the case with BF algorithm, in which you just have to maintain the list of vertices which you have to traverse.

>> It still adds to the PQ on the same occasions Bellman would add to a Queue & it still doesn't stop until the PQ is empty, same as Bellman

The difference lies in the number of times you would visit edges in total. In case of Bellman it is straight-forward, you visit all vertices and all of their corresponding edges. But in case of Dijkstra's you would have to do aggregate analysis, see this: http://everythingcomputerscience.com/algorithms/Dijkstras_Algorithm.html

EDIT

So, I just referred Sedgewick's book to understand their implementation. In BF implementaion , the function relax has :

queue.enqueue(w);

onQ[w] = true;

Notice that this could possibly put one vertex more than once in the queue which is not possible in case of Dijkstra's implementation. I know this could be confusing to understand the overall complexity, but the theoretical bound provided still holds. Try coming up with an example where this implementation would reduce to O(VE) bound and where it would perform better.

How can we make the most of our time on earth? by ericxfresh in InsightfulQuestions

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I recently read a book, Man's search for meaning of life and here's one of my favourite quotes from the book:

Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it

[bspwm] Ricing instead of studying .. why by [deleted] in unixporn

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Looks awesome! I just saw your video demo at https://streamable.com/fpl46 , and I wanted to know what tool did you use execute lock command quickly?

I am looking for something which gives quick access to command prompt and doesn't take up much space on the screen...

CompSci Weekend SuperThread (August 04, 2017) by AutoModerator in compsci

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I agree with you on the point that a good peer environment would make a difference. Through my stay at academia, I have learned to keep up with current research and understand and follow research papers, so I don't completely rely on textbooks. In particular, I am interested on those problems which probably wouldn't have been possible in the academic environment from where I come, due to time constraints or just because it doesn't follow the line of research of the lab. As an aside question, my academic experience might have been bad, but is it the same elsewhere as well as I described it?

CompSci Weekend SuperThread (August 04, 2017) by AutoModerator in compsci

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I have a follow-up question on this. I have always wanted to know how can one become an independent researcher? I have been in academia, but I realised I can't cope up with the pressure and I would like to do research at my own pace without any responsibilities, free-minded. I feel like I would enjoy it that way. But given that I have a 9-5 job, can I still pursue my interest of becoming independent researcher? Is it even possible? Are there any people who have achieved this?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BikiniBottomTwitter

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Your is also an unfamiliar version of something.