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Elod Pal Csirmaz
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Oct 24, 2022

We cannot cope with randomness

Randomness is liberating, yet our thinking keeps rejecting it. From games of chance to victim-blaming and self-help books, our thinking betrays us and makes us believe there is a reason when there is, most likely, none. We, as a species, are unable to deal with randomness. This manifests itself, among…

Philosophy

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We cannot cope with randomness
We cannot cope with randomness
Philosophy

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May 18, 2022

Reversing the Chinese Room: brains are computers, and all computers can feel and think

Far from supporting Searle’s conclusion, the Chinese Room is actually a very good argument for emergent qualities in physical systems like intelligence or consciousness. The philosopher John Searle created a thought experiment to show that no computer can ever be said to have a mind or be conscious. By extension…

Philosophy

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Reversing the Chinese Room: brains are computers, and all computers can feel and think
Reversing the Chinese Room: brains are computers, and all computers can feel and think
Philosophy

4 min read


May 15, 2022

We cannot know if we have free will, and so maybe all science is broken

We cannot decide whether humans have free will because we experience time as monotonic. This fact, surprisingly, also undermines the credibility of scientific experiments. If we argue that the human mind is like a computer, or a physical system in general, we will encounter the counter-argument of having free will…

Philosophy

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We cannot know if we have free will, and so maybe all science is broken
We cannot know if we have free will, and so maybe all science is broken
Philosophy

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Towards Data Science

·Apr 17, 2022

Linear and Logistic Regressions as Degenerate Neural Networks in Keras

Neural networks are supersets of linear and logistic regressions. Use Keras to quickly and efficiently build regression models and switch between them and neural networks as needed. — If you are tasked with creating a prediction for some measure, you may wonder whether a simple linear or multiple regression would be sufficient (or, in case we want to predict a binary value, logistic regression), or perhaps use a neural network. And how much coding would be involved in…

Machine Learning

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Linear and Logistic Regressions as Degenerate Neural Networks in Keras
Linear and Logistic Regressions as Degenerate Neural Networks in Keras
Machine Learning

7 min read


Jan 5, 2022

The Best Defense

It all started when Base II (there had been no contact with Base I for some years by then), so when Base II decided that we should go and see what Europans would do if we tried to take some of their stone. I guess the Allies knew the answer…

Fiction

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The Best Defense
The Best Defense
Fiction

13 min read


Nov 27, 2020

How to write (or customise) a templating engine?

While working on extending a web templating system to support a new programming language, I collected some features I wanted to implement or preserve. …

Web Development

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How to write (or customise) a templating engine?
How to write (or customise) a templating engine?
Web Development

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Towards Data Science

·Jun 28, 2020

Interpreting Neural Networks by Reducing Nonlinearities during Training

Machine learning and neural networks are used more and more widely, despite the fact that they mostly function as black boxes, and we have little insight into how they generate their output. This makes it difficult to scrutinize and account for decisions made using these systems. In this note I…

Machine Learning

7 min read

Interpreting Neural Networks by Reducing Nonlinearities during Training
Interpreting Neural Networks by Reducing Nonlinearities during Training
Machine Learning

7 min read


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Management Matters

·Jun 27, 2020

Remote Management in 9 Simple Steps: A Quick Practical Guide to Transitioning Away from the Office

Introduction This note offers practical ideas to team leaders and managers who suddenly find themselves organizing the work of and managing their team remotely and are not entirely sure where to start. The coronavirus pandemic means that many of us are now asked to work from our homes. However, for…

Management

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Remote Management in 9 Simple Steps: A Quick Practical Guide to Transitioning Away from the Office
Remote Management in 9 Simple Steps: A Quick Practical Guide to Transitioning Away from the Office
Management

20 min read

Elod Pal Csirmaz

Elod Pal Csirmaz

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Senior Data Engineer | Independent researcher | https://www.epcsirmaz.com/

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