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On the evolution of the concept of probability as a mirror of the evolution of reason

arXiv cs.AI · 3d ago Cached

This paper argues that probability theory is a historically evolving form of rationality, tracing its development from combinatorial games to Bayesian inference and contrasting it with fuzzy logic and deep learning.

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KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game

Hacker News Top · 6d ago Cached

KL Zero is an interactive browser game where players draw a probability distribution to match a target KL divergence value, helping users intuitively understand the concept of KL divergence in machine learning.

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@techwith_ram: This is a great lecture at MIT by David Shirokoff on Markov Chains. He covers the fundamentals of Markov Chains using a…

X AI KOLs Timeline · 2026-05-23 Cached

A tweet shares a lecture at MIT by David Shirokoff covering the fundamentals of Markov Chains, including transition probabilities, Markov matrices, eigenvalues, and long-term steady state.

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@0xMovez: Jane Street pays $750k/ year for quants who can answer how to use Stochastic Process and Markov Chains in quant trading…

X AI KOLs Timeline · 2026-05-12 Cached

Jane Street offers $750k/year for quants who can apply Stochastic Processes and Markov Chains in trading, and a free MIT lecture covers similar material.

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When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-08 Cached

An educational essay explaining the Birthday Paradox math and its application to hash collisions in cryptography, covering probability calculations for matching birthdays and the historical context of Richard von Mises' contributions.

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From Buffon's Needle to Buffon's Noodle

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-07 Cached

The article presents an elegant geometric proof for Buffon's Needle problem by extending the concept to curved 'noodles' and using a circle to determine the probability constant, avoiding complex integrals.

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