Thanks Scott, You are correct- in fact we're going even further now, that you can do native optimization regardless of the architecture with native-solvers.
Do you or anyone more familiar with the history of the website know anything about the origins/uses of this: https://mahout.apache.org/images/Mahout-logo-245x300.png It seems to be a green mahout logo. Also Scott, or anyone lurking who may be able to help. As part of the website reboot I've included a "history" page and would really apppreciate some help capturing that from first person sources if possible. Ive put in some headers but those are only directional: https://github.com/rawkintrevo/mahout/blob/website/website/front/community/history.md Trevor Grant Data Scientist https://github.com/rawkintrevo http://stackexchange.com/users/3002022/rawkintrevo http://trevorgrant.org *"Fortunate is he, who is able to know the causes of things." -Virgil* On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:18 AM, scott cote <scottcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Trevor et al: > > Some ideas to spur you on (and related points): > > Mahout is no longer a grab bag of algorithms and routines, but a math > language right? You don’t care about the under the cover implementation. > Today its Spark with alternative implementations in Flink, etc …. > > Don’t know if that is the long term goal still - haven’t kept up - but it > seems like you are insulating yourself from the underlying technology. > > Math is a universal language. Right? > > Tower of Babel is coming to mind …. > > SCott > > > On Apr 27, 2017, at 10:27 PM, Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > It also bugs me when I can't suggest any alternatives, yet don't like the > > ones in front of me... > > > > I became aware of a symbol a week or so ago, and it keeps coming back to > > me. > > > > The Enso. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ens%C5%8D > > > > Things I like about it: > > (all from wikipedia, since the only thing I knew about this symbol prior > is > > that someone I met had a tattoo of it). > > It represents (among a few other things) enlightenment. > > ^^ This resonated with the 'alternate definition of mahout' from Hebrew- > > which may be something akin to essence or truth. > > > > It is a circle- which plays to the Samsara theme. > > > > It is very expressive, a simple one or two brush stroke circle which > > symbolizes several large concepts and things about the creator, > expressive > > like our DSL (I feel gross comparing such a symbol to a Scala DSL, but > I'm > > spit balling here, please forgive me- I am not so expressive). > > > > "Once the *ensō* is drawn, one does not change it. It evidences the > > character of its creator and the context of its creation in a brief, > > contiguous period of time." Which reminds me of the DRMs > > > > In closed form it represents something akin to Plato's perfection- which > a > > little more wiki surfing tells me is the idea that no one can create a > > perfect circle because a circle is a collection of infinite points and > how > > could ever be sure that you have arranged each one properly, yet such > > things must exist, or what blueprint would a creator of circles be > striving > > for. This, by-the-by reminds me of stochastic approaches to solving > > problems, and really statistics / "machine-learning" in general, in that > we > > can't find perfect solutions, yet we believe solutions exist and serve as > > our blueprint. > > > > Finally, I like that it is simple. > > > > Things I don't like about it: > > Lucent Technologies used it back in the 90s, however they used a very > > specific red one, and this isn't a deal breaker for me. > > > > Other thoughts: > > Based on the tattoo I saw- one could make an Enso using old mahout color > > palatte if one were to dab their brush in the appropriate colors. This > > could also be represented in any single color. (Not sure what that does > to > > our TM, is it ok if we just keep slapping TMs on the side of it? If that > is > > the case is there any reason we must have a single Enso?) > > > > So there is something to throw in the pot that is a little more grown up > > than my runner up favorites (honey badger, blueman riding bomb waving > > cowboy hat, blueman riding lighting bolt into a squirrel covered in > water, > > etc). > > > > Again, only know what wiki has told me, so if anyone is more familiar > with > > this symbol (like was it used as a logo by some horrible dictator which > > carried out terrible attrocities?) or just general comments. > > tg > > > > > > > > Trevor Grant > > Data Scientist > > https://github.com/rawkintrevo > > http://stackexchange.com/users/3002022/rawkintrevo > > http://trevorgrant.org > > > > *"Fortunate is he, who is able to know the causes of things." -Virgil* > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I don't have any constructive input at all. None of the proposals showed > >> any spark (to me). > >> > >> I hate it when I can't suggest a better path and I hate negative > feedback. > >> But there it is. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Do you have constructive input (guidance or opinion is welcome input) > or > >>> would you like to discontinue the contest. If the later, -1 now. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I thought that none of the proposals were worth continuing with. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Yes, -1 means you hate them all or think the designers are not worth > >>>> paying. We have to pay to continue, I’ll foot the bill (donations > >>>> appreciated) but don’t want to unless people think it will lead to > >>>> something. For me there are a couple I wouldn’t mind seeing on the web > >>> site > >>>> or swag and yes we do have time to try something completely different, > >>> and > >>>> the designers will be more willing since there is a guaranteed payout. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 3:30 PM, Andrew Musselman < > >>> andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I thought we were just voting on continuing this process :) > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Trevor Grant < > >> trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Also Pat, thank you for organizing. > >>>>> > >>>>> +0 > >>>>> > >>>>> I don't love any of them enough to +1, I don't hate them all enough > to > >>> -1 > >>>>> > >>>>> Most of them remind me of some spin on Apache Apex, Python, Numpy (a > >>>> Python > >>>>> Library), or IBM's DSX. However, I realize a big part of that is the > >>>>> colors chosen. > >>>>> > >>>>> #143 is my favorite (possibly because it reminds me of none of the > >>>> above). > >>>>> But possibly if this goes to next round we can have them adjust hues > / > >>>>> colors. > >>>>> > >>>>> Trevor Grant > >>>>> Data Scientist > >>>>> https://github.com/rawkintrevo > >>>>> http://stackexchange.com/users/3002022/rawkintrevo > >>>>> http://trevorgrant.org > >>>>> > >>>>> *"Fortunate is he, who is able to know the causes of things." > >> -Virgil* > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Musselman < > >>>>> andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> +1 to continue; thanks for organizing this Pat! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> My personal favorite is #38 > >>>>>> https://images-platform.99static.com/I9quDzcBrtJXg_ > >>>>> NMaIsH6ySQ7Ok=/filters: > >>>>>> quality(100)/99designs-contests-attachments/84/84017/ > >>>> attachment_84017937 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I like the stylized and simple "M" and it reminds me of diagrams > >>> showing > >>>>>> vector multiplication. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com > > > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> We can treat this like a release vote, if anyone hates all these > and > >>>>>>> doesn’t want to continue with shortlisted designers for 3 more days > >>>>> (the > >>>>>>> next step) vote -1 and say if your vote is binding (your are a PMC > >>>>>> member) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Otherwise all are welcome to rate everything on the polls below. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> In this case you have 24 hours to vote > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Here’s my +1 to continue refining. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Here is a second group, hopefully picked to be unique. > >>>>>>> https://99designs.com/contests/poll/vl7xed > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We got a lot of responses, these 2 polls contain the best afaict. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Apr 27, 2017, at 11:25 AM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Vote: https://99designs.com/contests/poll/rqcgif > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We asked for something “mathy” and asked for no elephant and rider. > >> We > >>>>>>> have the rest of the week to tweak so leave comments about what you > >>>>> like > >>>>>> or > >>>>>>> would like to change. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We don’t have to pick one of these, so if you hate them all, make > >> that > >>>>>>> known too. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >
