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The deep learning boom caught almost everyone by surprise

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251 points slyall | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 04:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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vdvsvwvwvwvwv ◴[06 Nov 24 07:52 UTC] No.42057939[source]▶
Lesson: ignore detractors. Especially if their argument is "dont be a tall poppy"
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xanderlewis ◴[06 Nov 24 08:16 UTC] No.42058029[source]▶
Unfortunately, they’re usually right. We just don’t hear about all the time wasted.
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blitzar ◴[06 Nov 24 08:58 UTC] No.42058260[source]▶
On several occasions I have heard "they said it couldn't be done" - only to discover that yes it is technically correct, however, "they" was on one random person who had no clue and anyone with any domain knowledge said it was reasonable.
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friendzis ◴[06 Nov 24 09:09 UTC] No.42058375[source]▶
Usually when I hear "they said it couldn't be done", it is used as triumphant downplay of legitimate critique. If you dig deeper that "couldn't be done" usually is in relation to some constraints or performance characteristics, which the "done" thing still does not meet, but the goalposts have already been moved.
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1. marcosdumay ◴[06 Nov 24 22:05 UTC] No.42070205[source]▶
It's extremely common that legitimate critique gets used to illegitimately attack people doing things differently enough that the relative importance of several factors change.

This is really, really common. And it's done both by mistake and in bad faith. In fact, it's a guarantee that once anybody tries anything different enough, they'll be constantly attacked this way.