[HN Gopher] Visual explanations of core machine learning concepts
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       Visual explanations of core machine learning concepts
        
       Author : taubek
       Score  : 221 points
       Date   : 2022-05-21 07:11 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (mlu-explain.github.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (mlu-explain.github.io)
        
       | lvl102 wrote:
       | I also recommend StatQuest for this type of quick review.
        
       | cerved wrote:
       | very pretty but some of the fancy scroller effects bug out on my
       | browser
        
       | iddan wrote:
       | This is great! As someone new to the field, concise explanations
       | of the fundamentals are helpful.
        
       | codedeadlock wrote:
       | This is neat and reminds me of R2D3 articles [1], how are these
       | visualisations made? I know the hard way is hand-coding every
       | aspect with D3, is there any simple framework that helps out in
       | creating visual stories like these?
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       | [1] - http://www.r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/
        
         | lvl102 wrote:
         | Have you tried Vega? It sits on top of D3.
        
         | jwilber wrote:
         | Each article's specific resources are listed at the bottom of
         | the articles, but you're right - right now the articles are
         | made using D3, IntersectionObserver API (for scrolling), and
         | vanilla js.
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         | Newer articles use svelte instead of vanilla js, for the
         | following reasons: declarative markup makes constructing charts
         | easier, component-scoped styles make collaboration easier,
         | reactivity allows easy sharing of events between charts, and
         | responsiveness is much, much easier (reactive width/height).
         | 
         | No simple framework exists yet per se, they pretty much all
         | require getting down and dirty on the dataviz side of things.
         | That said, there is some good progress on the interactive
         | article side, the best of which I can think of is Matthew
         | Conlen's Idyll: https://idyll-lang.org/docs
        
       | elevaet wrote:
       | Nicely done, only part-way through and I've already learned a ton
       | from this.
       | 
       | As others have pointed out there seem to be some bugs in the
       | scrolling animations, but they do help explain.
        
       | derbOac wrote:
       | The double descent discussion is interesting and insightful but
       | oversimplified, IMHO. It would have been better if it had
       | embraced the problem, in the sense of scope and unresolved
       | issues.
        
       | torbTurret wrote:
       | Love these articles!
        
       | Minininja wrote:
       | These are really helpful. Great articles and fun visuals.
        
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