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thequotejournals

I know I’m not myself with people… But am I myself when alone? That seems unlikely, too.

Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals & Notebooks (1947-1963)

quotemadness

I demand unconditional love and complete freedom. That is why I am terrible.

Tomaz Salamun (via quotemadness)

70sscifiart

Angus McKie

jbaquerot

The ultimate guide to machine learning. Simple, plain-English explanations accompanied by math, code, and real-world examples.

Roadmap

Part 1: Why Machine Learning Matters. The big picture of artificial intelligence and machine learning — past, present, and future.

Part 2.1: Supervised Learning. Learning with an answer key. Introducing linear regression, loss functions, overfitting, and gradient descent.

Part 2.2: Supervised Learning II. Two methods of classification: logistic regression and SVMs.

Part 2.3: Supervised Learning III. Non-parametric learners: k-nearest neighbors, decision trees, random forests. Introducing cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, and ensemble models.

Part 3: Unsupervised Learning. Clustering: k-means, hierarchical. Dimensionality reduction: principal components analysis (PCA), singular value decomposition (SVD).

Part 4: Neural Networks & Deep Learning. Why, where, and how deep learning works. Drawing inspiration from the brain. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs). Real-world applications.

Part 5: Reinforcement Learning. Exploration and exploitation. Markov decision processes. Q-learning, policy learning, and deep reinforcement learning. The value learning problem.

Appendix: The Best Machine Learning Resources. A curated list of resources for creating your machine learning curriculum.

witchofeindor

So I found this cool website for learning ancient languages

go wild

hot-firebender-archive

holy fuck

twilight-blossom

I just did a quick perusal of the Coptic resources on this site, and it has all the resources I’ve personally found worthwhile and then some. These are resources that took me months, if not years, to discover and compile. I am thoroughly impressed. The other languages featured on the site are:

Akkadian

Arabic

Aramaic

Church Slavonic

Egyptian (hieroglyphics and Demotic)

Elamite

Ethiopic (Ge’ez)

Etruscan

Gaulish

Georgian

Gothic

Greek

Hebrew

Hittite

Latin

Mayan (various related languages/dialects)

Old Chinese

Old English

Old French

Old Frisian

Old High German

Old Irish

Old Norse

Old Persian

Old Turkic

Sanskrit

Sumerian

Syriac

Ugaritic

For the love of all the gods, if you ever wanted to learn any of these languages, use this site.

tuiliel

Likely helpful for various recon-oriented polytheists.

dominicspencer

omg once i have time i want to learn one

theancientwayoflife

~ Calliope. Period: Neronian age Place of origin: Pompeii, Great Gymnasium (Pompei, Palestra Grande)

artsnquotes

…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

Vincent van Gogh (via wordsnquotes)

artist-raphael

The latest from the Raphael Facebook page

thequotejournals

The untrained mind keeps up a running commentary, labelling everything, judging everything. Best to ignore that commentary. Don’t argue or resist, just ignore. Deprived of attention and interest, this voice gets quieter and quieter and eventually just shuts up.

Plato, Conversations with Plato (via wordsnquotes)

Yes.

ohneets

Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

daenerystargaryen

A DRAGON IS NO SLAVE

dominicspencer

THIS HURT ME AH

daenerys-stormborn

game of thrones + in memoriam: viserion - Viserys was cruel and weak and frightened, yet he was my brother still. His dragon will do what he could not.