Re: [SiliconBeach] Advancing AI

2019-07-17 Thread Xuanyi Chew
ational requirement for these deep nets? (yes for a lot of the models) Why? [0]: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2017.1414721 *Xuanyi Chew* *@chewxy on Twitter* *Check out my latest talk: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Implementing AlphaGo in Go <https://www.youtu

Re: [SiliconBeach] "Remembering State"

2016-03-07 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Damn, I just saw Unfriended 2 nights ago. Reminded me of the creepiness from that movie. *Xuanyi Chew* *@chewxy on Twitter* *Read:* my blog <http://blog.chewxy.com> | *Watch:* Monads, in Python (PyConAU 2015) <https://youtu.be/WNwV3wR4JjA> *+61403928398* On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 4

Re: [SiliconBeach] Introducing DishMe

2016-03-05 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Hey, Good to see you finally launched! *Xuanyi Chew* *@chewxy on Twitter* *Read:* my blog <http://blog.chewxy.com> | *Watch:* Monads, in Python (PyConAU 2015) <https://youtu.be/WNwV3wR4JjA> *+61403928398* On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Pushpinder Bagga wrote: > Hi everyon

Re: [SiliconBeach] #StopDataRentention

2014-10-03 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Also, there is stopthespies.org, which EFA is working on. I've plugged it at every Sydney Python :) Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > Somebody should put a res

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hello & Survey Help

2014-07-07 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Hey Stacey You might wanna fix your form: What are the main issues you experience with your cleaner? * Doesn't turn up / turns up lateQuality of workOnly takes cashInconsistent with their cleaning This field is required. Please enter a value. I didn't have any of the above issues X

Re: [SiliconBeach] "tech tracking index"

2014-06-05 Thread Xuanyi Chew
I think this is doable because of the precedence of a sports scholarship in US ( which I believe is unique to US ) This idea of investing in a human capital isnt new. There exist scholarships where you have to pay back (it exists notably in the country i grew up in - Malaysia where they're called

Re: [SiliconBeach] device detection

2014-06-04 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Feature detection, not device detection: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/hh273397(v=vs.85).aspx Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Nikhil Singh wrote: > Requirement is to downgrade

Re: [SiliconBeach] whats your home automation desire?

2014-06-02 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Rai - build one :D I built an automatic defrost/sousvide machine with a Raspberry Pi. It's not difficult. Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Rai wrote: > I'd love for a robot t

Re: [SiliconBeach] SydStart Qualifying at ASX Series

2014-05-21 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Never mind. Found the place to buy tickets Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Xuanyi Chew wrote: > Instructions to purchase tickets unclear on site. generally hilarious situation which invo

Re: [SiliconBeach] SydStart Qualifying at ASX Series

2014-05-21 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Instructions to purchase tickets unclear on site. In all seriousness though, any last minute tickets? I might want to put eyemap.io thru Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:43 PM, @pc0 wrote: >

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Advertising network recommendations

2014-05-12 Thread Xuanyi Chew
What's wrong with adwords ? Free to start, pay as you go On 13 May 2014 10:06, "Nikhil Singh" wrote: > Forgot to mention the business is based in Sydney and it doesn't sell > stuff online, so we need to target local population. > > Cheers > On 13 May 2014, at 10:04 am, Nikhil Singh wrote: > > >

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-12 Thread Xuanyi Chew
/r/meshnets, /r/darknetplan Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:27 PM, simran wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Brandon wrote: > >> >> Just a joke.. I want to

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-11 Thread Xuanyi Chew
> Anyone seen a good idea executed by the wrong people? It feels like watching a train wreck about to happen... So, anything recent by Microsoft right? All such good ideas, wrecked by terrible terrible bureaucratic execution On 12 May 2014 14:25, "Brandon" wrote: > Anyone seen a good idea execut

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-11 Thread Xuanyi Chew
7;s okay (or at least that's what I tell myself so I can sleep at night). Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Mark Burch (InvoiceSmash) < m...@invoicesmash.net> wrote: > Depends on how

Re: [SiliconBeach] Anyone had their idea stolen?

2014-05-11 Thread Xuanyi Chew
shouldn't be in the game to begin with. Harsh, but thinking like this allows you to often think out of the box and outmaneuver your competitor Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:47 PM, sam de silv

Re: [SiliconBeach] Anyone using a DIY (do it yourself) standing desk?

2014-04-28 Thread Xuanyi Chew
One question - is it automatic? I built my own standing desk and used it for not very long before I began to get back aches and strains, so I went back to sitting. Apparently the ideal situation is to change from sitting to standing back to sitting Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: An Eye Tracking Service - Thoughts Solicited

2014-04-10 Thread Xuanyi Chew
w the API would allow for that, but I guess, if I can hack something out of the Android API to track gaze, I can probably hack that too. Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:13 AM, William Leung wrote: > I

[SiliconBeach] An Eye Tracking Service - Thoughts Solicited

2014-04-09 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Hey SB-ers I've not started a thread on SB since I last introduced my previous startup. So I recently made something I think is cool. It's called eyemap.io - *Gaze analytics for the rest of us*. As we know,

Re: [SiliconBeach] Malcolm is here to help

2014-03-20 Thread Xuanyi Chew
While we're at that, can we just tweet him pictures of our slow internet? I tweeted him a picture of a vagrant box that took 2.5 hours to provision (2 hours of which came from downloading Ubuntu 12.04). No response. Do it en masse! Show off your shitty download or upload rates Xuanyi Chew C

Re: [SiliconBeach] getting adverts on my website

2014-03-20 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Heh. Even $0.50 eCPM is a pretty high ask, especially for unknowns. Most likely what will happen is you will be offered a rev share deal instead of a fixed rate Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:06 AM

Re: [SiliconBeach] getting adverts on my website

2014-03-20 Thread Xuanyi Chew
FWIW, text link ads have a much higher CTR (at least when I experimented with advertising my book (https://leanpub.com/underhandedjavascript) on my blog) - about 1-5% CTR, so you might want to consider those kinds of ads. Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing

Re: [SiliconBeach] getting adverts on my website

2014-03-20 Thread Xuanyi Chew
? Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:32 PM, sam de silva wrote: > Ok - so if I am preparing to publish a magazine (and I have done that), I > can talk to agencies and figure out from them what they

Re: [SiliconBeach] getting adverts on my website

2014-03-20 Thread Xuanyi Chew
ad it first. pricing data might be a bit out of date, since I no longer am in the ad industry Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Max Kraynov wrote: > Sam, > > are you *planning* a high-traf

Re: [SiliconBeach] Introducing Stripe and their Australia lead Susan Wu

2014-01-28 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Been testing stripe locally for a couple of projects of mine. Pretty great stuff. Fantastic API Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Kate Kendall wrote: > Hey Beachers, > > I just wanted

Re: [SiliconBeach] Recommendation sought for simple incorporation docs

2014-01-22 Thread Xuanyi Chew
I'd also like to plug a friend's startup for this: General Standards - generalstandards.co. Kurt and PJ are stand up guys, and if you're ever in Melbourne - check them out. Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398

Re: [SiliconBeach] Intro

2014-01-12 Thread Xuanyi Chew
How do you reckon Pin will compete against Stripe? Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Chris Dahl wrote: > Hey all, > > Just joined the group last week, good to be here. > >

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hi

2014-01-10 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Hi Michael, What's your favourite backend language? Xuanyi Chew Chewxy: Currently creating critically crazy concept computing contrivances +61403928398 On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Michael Dausmann wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm a Full stack engineer, dev manager, facilitat

[SiliconBeach] Venture Capital/Angel Investment Contracts Sample

2011-12-30 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Hi guys, So the guys at edgeyo (http://edgeyo.com) were kicking back this evening and we had a wicked idea and wanted the community's help. You see, we're big into machine learning, statistics and artificial intelligence, and a question just floated over our conversations tonight - are there point

[SiliconBeach] Re: SyPy: Next thursday (5th Jan) (django security + numpy + more...)

2011-12-30 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Good to know that there are other Python users around in Sydney. Do you guys hold talks on high-performance and high-availability python stuff? On Dec 30, 4:20 pm, Dylan Jay wrote: > Hi > > There has been a bit of talk lately about finding technical founders > and django/python as a technology ch

[SiliconBeach] Re: Show SB: edgeyo

2011-12-15 Thread Xuanyi Chew
vestors) who renege on their contracts. Now, if you were a savvy (micro)economist, you'd notice this as operating outside the core of a market. This is entirely intentional. On Dec 16, 10:42 am, "Daniel Barnett" wrote: > Hi Xuanyi Chew, > > Congrats on the impending l

[SiliconBeach] Show SB: edgeyo

2011-12-15 Thread Xuanyi Chew
Hey guys, With about a week to go before the invites trickle out, I thought it might be a good idea to show Silicon Beach what we've been (re)- working on for the past month. Introducing edgeyo - the marketplace for startup funding. We aim to change the way startups are funded. Check it out: http: