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Monthly Archives: March 2010
小缘缘六个星期了
最近换了好几种配方奶粉,总算找到了能让她消化好一点的牌子。今天去见医生,量了她的身长(占同龄婴儿身高分布的25% percentile)体重(占同龄婴儿体重分布的50% percentile)和头围(占同龄婴儿头围分布的75% percentile)。真是新生儿头大有宝,希望小缘缘尽快发育,争取身高也早日跻身于同龄儿的正常分布中心。
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AI vs. 机器学习 (by自如 with my comments)
AI要是穷举就能搞定的话,俺们早已失业,转行内蒙古学送外卖去了。 (ENEE6570 Engineering Optimization Course 101: Most engineering problems do not have well formulated objective function and constraints, occasionally not even well chosen decision variables to begin with.) CS101:现实世界里大部分的问题都是NP-hard或#P-hard的。译成中文就是说计算量随着问题size指数增长(除非你相信P=NP,P for polynomial)。(There are problems provable to be PSPACE-complete, some of which … Continue reading
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Zheyuan’s new looks
She likes to suck her little fist even when she was in her mom’s womb. Now she starts staring at the bugs hanging in front of her face and occasionally making some weird voices to show her mom and dad … Continue reading
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给领导换换口味——号称本地最好的面包三明治
Short Stop Po-Boys 有多年历史了,卖的快餐里属各种本地的面包三明治最受欢迎。看小伙子切法式长面包,烤牡蛎和黏鱼,把新烤好的海鲜放入夹着生菜叶子的面包里,闻着面包里散发的香气,实在是一种享受。缘缘妈总算不用老喝骨头鸡汤,可以换一下口味了。一转眼小缘缘已经满月了,她开始好奇地打量挂在摇椅上的小甲虫,不过更多的时候还是处于对外界不闻不问的状态。今天,妈妈兴奋地发现,小缘缘的脐带夹已经脱落了,以后就天天都可以给她好好洗个澡了。
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多年以前的梦想
初中的时候有幸认识了安明明,彼此最大的愿望就是将来能发表自己的文学作品。那时班主任要求写日记,我参加不同学科竞赛得奖的日记本就有七八个,其中一个专门写长篇连载探险故事,在班里流传颇广,还因为我把自己喜欢或不喜欢的人物都加上了班上同学的名字,也吸引了不少认识他们的外班同学偷偷传阅。其实我内心里只希望能博取自己暗恋的一个女生能关心一下故事的发展,可她似乎对我创作的“她”的命运毫不在意,倒是安明明觉得故事线索安排还有可挖掘之处,见我沉迷于早恋情结不肯听他的建议,于是自己也开始了戏虐作品《恋人路抢劫案》。如今网络发展迅速,博客如雨后春笋层出不穷,想发表自己的作品只要开博就行。即便是在纸质媒体发表作品甚至出书,只要有钱并肯屈尊联系出版商,都不是什么难事。而这个多年前的愿望不论我还是安明明恐怕都没有那么在意了。虽然我们的职业和人生经历都有了很大变化,但是至今还没有完全割舍这个文学梦。即便几天前,安明明还给我发来他登香山创作的骈体诗,“忆昔少年时,朋辈以志守”颇合我当下的心境。 高中时有幸认识刘在恒,因为下围棋和打桥牌而结下不解之缘,曾经在大学时同爬峨眉山许下最大的愿望:在四十岁之前登上贡嘎山主峰。昨天突然看到小刘的博客上发的贡嘎山主峰照片,心里不由感慨万千:我为自己的挚友先我一步达成多年的愿望感到欣幸,也期待他支边的教书经历能让他从未放弃的理想达成圆满。当年他送我外号“导师”,大约觉得我能够念大学读博士最终为人师表指导学生,这些我倒是都做到了,可惜是在一个不知名的美国学校教绝大多数来自并非自己国家的学生。而小刘却是放弃自己当下的工作去帮助那些真正需要教育的中国穷苦学生,在人生境界上我觉得他才是真正的“导师”。我初来美国小刘曾经介绍他的本家(其实是电子科大的同学叫刘武)和我交流身在异国他乡的体会,那时我还对巴吞鲁日没有任何概念,收到刘武的信其实是在品味她独特的散文中散发的乡愁和对国内大学生活的怀念。如今我来路易斯安那已逾七年,刘武早已从LSU毕业,我们在美国从未谋面,而我所怀念的电子科大的栀子花香,也随着多年的梦想与我的现实生活渐行渐远。
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You must be kidding – Serious Moonlight (spoiler)
It is quite a luxury to watch a fun movie with spontaneous interruptions since I had Zheyuan, but Meg Ryan did not let me down on this one.Of course she is no longer an American sweetheart, nor does she need … Continue reading
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partial recovery of my VAIO laptop
I’ve been struggling with the laptop that I frequently use for teaching and presentations at group seminars for the past few weeks. The computer does not boot unless I press F5 or F6 constantly immediately after turning the power on. … Continue reading
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