“Uncrumpling paper balls is what machine learning is about: finding neat representations for complex, highly folded data manifolds.”
― Deep Learning with Python
― Deep Learning with Python
“When she awoke every morning, she repeated the same words: I will not be afraid.”
― Throne of Glass
― Throne of Glass
“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Throne of Glass
― Throne of Glass
“Respecto a los perros, nadie que no haya convivido con ellos conocerá nunca, a fondo, hasta dónde llegan las palabras generosidad, compañía y lealtad. Nadie que no haya sentido en el brazo un hocico húmedo intentando interponerse entre el libro que estás leyendo y tú, en demanda de una caricia, o haya contemplado esa noble cabeza ladeada, esos ojos grandes, oscuros, fieles, mirar en espera de un gesto o una simple palabra, podrá entender del todo lo que me crepitó en la sangre cuando leí aquellas líneas; eso de que en las peleas de perros, el animal, si su amo está con él, lo da todo.”
― Perros e hijos de perra
― Perros e hijos de perra
“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
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