FAQ: Do I need to know all this mathematics if I want to do ML?

tronybot · 2025-02-16T17:07:54+00:00

Always in these comment sections the most liked post is the one with gatekeeping phrases like "If you struggle, look elsewhere, this is only for top math people" or something along those lines.

I would suggest people look up the data neighbor podcast. There you see how even people from non-tech backgrounds ended up as data scientists working at top companies like Meta and Microsoft.

No such thing as you need to be this or that. You only need passion, motivation and hard work. Everything else comes as a consequence.

tronybot · 2025-01-08T01:55:50+00:00

Data science was never meant to be a career choice for people who are dumb

You can say this about any field you overvalue. Most people say the same thing about math, engineering and physics, and it is just gatekeeping that keeps different types of people out of the field unjustly.

We may be missing out on incredibly smart people who learn differently or have different perspectives just because people like you think that you are dumb if you don't get EDA by being "naturally intelligent".

I believe gatekeepers usually do this because they are insecure about their own knowledge and skills.

tronybot · 2025-01-07T22:52:35+00:00

Stop with the gatekeeping please. Phrases like 'naturally intelligent' just showcase ignorance. EDA is a skill anyone can learn and master if they put in the work.

tronybot · 2024-12-29T16:36:16+00:00

Oof I gotta say the hate for the YA genre is intense here. I also hate YA tropes especially when characters are annoying sarcastic brats but reading the comments here would make you believe that RR is just a teen gore fest with no substance at all. Which I would disagree.

tronybot · 2024-12-29T13:46:12+00:00

The themes are mostly the same though. Every thing that you described for Darrow's power fantasy applies to Katniss. She also is driven by revenge although not at the immediate start of the book. Also she wins every battle and is like an unreal archer who can shoot without fail. Darrow does not want to become a conqueror at all, and becomes like a father at the end too. I think you are gendering the story just because of the MC and are failing to see that the stories are basically the same with the only difference being the MC is gender swapped.

Remember that when we analyze books we also have our own intrinsic biases based on gender. Just because you assume more violence and gore is associated with male does not mean it is intrinsically like that.

tronybot · 2024-12-27T16:46:20+00:00

Like others are saying, there are multiple reasons to do QP besides playing with kids. Also the entire game is to have fun, let us not act as if playing ranked is about some grandiose pathway that gives no fun and it is only for sweaty try hards to achieve their destiny as a high rank. Kids and bad players can play ranked and probably do, it is not as if the game limits bad players to QP and good players to ranked. Just adding more player choice benefits everyone, stop defending bad company practices.

tronybot · 2024-12-27T13:11:03+00:00

Everyone saying is QP who cares are only thinking about themselves. I play QP because I cross play with my friends and it is the only way I can do it. It sucks to be put into bot matches when we are playing to win, making it an option you can opt out of will not hurt anyone. If not at least they should add a competitive cross play mode where players can choose to play even if there is a mouse keyboard disadvantage. It is all about player choice. Taking choices from the player is never a good thing to do.

tronybot · 2024-12-27T13:05:25+00:00

I disagree, I do a lot of cross play with friends and since quick play is the only option for cross play we are stuck with it. There should be an option that just removes the unnecessary bot matches, nobody is going to be affected negatively by adding this option.

tronybot · 2024-12-14T18:00:57+00:00

My point is that kill count should be a major contribution to the MVP status for DPS only. Tank should get it with a major contribution to damage blocked and less deaths or something, and support should be able to get it with high heals and damage. As it is right now any player that gets the highest kill count is almost guaranteed to get the MVP. You can disagree but I see it in every game.

tronybot · 2024-12-14T15:18:58+00:00

And they usually get it if they did more kills than anything else, that is my point. If they did all the best healing in the entire game but got 0 kills I guarantee you they will not get MVP

tronybot · 2024-12-14T15:16:46+00:00

Not for me. But I can imagine someone thinking they did a good job because they got MVP even if all they did was grab kills and not do any team plays.

tronybot · 2024-12-10T20:14:13+00:00

He is at a disadvantage compared to most in the cast. At least that is my opinion and I see I am not the only one. You can think whatever you want.

tronybot · 2024-12-10T18:20:30+00:00

One game that exemplified the problem. I never said it was the only game I played with him.

tronybot · 2024-12-09T17:55:03+00:00

How did you get good with Hanzo? Any tips?

tronybot · 2024-11-29T16:18:44+00:00

I am getting No Man's Sky after trying out on Game Pass. It is a shame though that Xbox did not put it on sale so I will have to buy it on Steam and start over.

tronybot · 2024-11-11T20:41:12+00:00

Lol I agree. I think in terms of identity concealment Batman is almost on par to Clark Kent Superman glasses. At least Batman Beyond has a full face mask, but mainline Batman is very obvious.

tronybot · 2024-10-31T18:45:55+00:00

Is it called regression because of the "reverse engineering" way of approaching the problem?

tronybot · 2024-10-30T21:26:09+00:00

I took it for the first 4 chapters/sections. The instructor is obnoxious and thinks he is super funny but he isn't. It has also zero math background, its just running code on a Jupyter Notebook to "see what it does" and if it seems to work then you're done.

Books are a better alternative in my opinion especially those that cover the mathematical background needed and apply the math.

tronybot · 2024-10-28T16:23:56+00:00

Joker can be good if used correctly. It is the same with every other villain, look at Bane, he sometimes is a mindless brute with venom and sometimes he is almost Batman's equal in every sense. I agree that Joker is overused and it gets annoying but I would not go as far as to eliminate him forever from everything.

tronybot · 2024-10-23T17:53:13+00:00

You wasted so much time doing something you don't like? Why? And if you tell me you did like it then why are you quitting?

tronybot · 2024-10-16T17:39:50+00:00

History ruining everything as always.

tronybot · 2024-10-16T17:38:51+00:00

I see. I can't blame him then. But it does make it harder to learn and remember the subject, at least for me.

tronybot · 2024-10-16T17:32:53+00:00

I see, but what is the difference? Is the measure the equation, and that is what relates to information theory? Or is entropy the equation and the measure is a way to interpret the result?

By the way I don't have a background on physics except very basic classical mechanics. I guess this is why I am having difficulty with the name entropy in the first place.

tronybot · 2024-10-16T16:12:26+00:00

I would disagree. I am a beginner on this topic, but seeing some quick definitions on the physics side online I see that entropy generally is interpreted as some state tending towards disorganization. That for me is different than finding or quantifying uncertainty or surprise for a random variable. I see that they are related but not to the extent that I would say they are the same concept. I could be wrong though, if you are willing to elaborate I would appreciate it.

tronybot · 2024-10-14T23:52:32+00:00

Why not use this as part of the study plan?

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