Lol! Craig ... wait till you see the rest of the book! A.
On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 6:55:02 AM UTC-7 Craig Brozefsky wrote: > I'm deeply concerned that a paragon of the lisp community has a "Pointer > Sisters" reference as the basis for one of their illustrations. > > This is normalizing abusive, and dangerous direct memory management, and > is not something our young learners should be exposed to. > > Or, maybe I'm just upset because I recognized the image and pun and feel > really old now. > > OMG, squeeeeeee! 😍 > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 6:50 PM Anurag Mendhekar <anu...@paperculture.com> > wrote: > >> Daniel P. Friedman (Of The Little Lisper and The Little Schemer fame) and >> I (Anurag Mendhekar) are pleased to announce that our upcoming book *The >> Little Learner: A Straight Line to Deep Learning* just got its release >> date, complete with a Preorder Sale (Barnes and Noble, 25%) >> <http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9780262546379> The book comes out >> on 2/21/2023. >> >> "The Little Learner" covers all the concepts necessary to develop an >> intuitive understanding of the workings of deep neural networks: tensors, >> extended operators, gradient descent algorithms, artificial neurons, dense >> networks, convolutional networks, residual networks and automatic >> differentiation. >> >> The authors aim to explain the workings of Deep Learning to readers who >> may not have the mathematical sophistication necessary to read the existing >> literature on the subject. Unlike other books in the field, this book makes >> very few assumptions about background knowledge (high-school mathematics >> and familiarity with programming). The authors use a layered approach to >> construct advanced concepts from first principles using really small >> (“little”) programs that build on one another. This is one of the things >> that makes this book unique. >> >> The other is that it introduces these ideas using a conversational style >> in Question/Answer format that is characteristic of the other books in the >> Little series. The conversational style puts the reader at ease and enables >> the introduction of ideas in frame-by-frame manner as opposed to being hit >> with a wall of text. >> >> It is (of course!) written using elementary Scheme that should be easily >> convertible to Clojure. We had a discussion about this book at the >> reClojure conference in 2020 and a number of attendees had expressed an >> interest in knowing when it would be out. .[image: TLLPresale.jpg] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/7428e818-4729-462d-90e7-5c9f7cb03cc3n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/7428e818-4729-462d-90e7-5c9f7cb03cc3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/873dcf72-32a2-4421-b810-d7f896b4801en%40googlegroups.com.
