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Ep. 234 - Simplexes and Distributions

Jul 12, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
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2
Mastodon
04:58 • 3min
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3
What a Wasteland Social Media Has Been
08:04 • 2min
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4
Is Twitter Coming to an End?
09:54 • 2min
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5
How to Balance Cost, Quality, and Time
12:01 • 2min
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6
Simplexes Are All About Trade-Offs
14:03 • 2min
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7
The Three-Symplex Is a Three-Cell
16:11 • 2min
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8
Can We Make It Even Smaller Than That?
18:37 • 3min
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9
The Difference Between Simplex and Hypercubes
21:27 • 2min
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10
The Probability Distribution of the Week, Episode 233
23:15 • 2min
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Using a Categorical Distribution in Social Media
25:45 • 3min
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What Is a Categorical Distribution?
28:16 • 3min
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Max discusses a fascinating geometrical object - the simplex - that generalizes to many dimensions, and its connection to the categorical distribution. Starts with some thoughts about Elon Musk spurning the Twitter deal, and the future of Social Media.

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