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How to build XGBoost on Windows - Now with GPU support
This is how I managed to build XGBoost on my environment: Install CMake CMake can be downloaded from here: https://cmake.org/download/ I downloaded the 64 bit zip file:…
Download XGBoost Windows x64 Binaries and Executables
[Edit]: It appears the XGBoost team has fixed pip builds on Windows. There are also nightly artifacts generated. As such, I hereby turn off my nightly builds. [Edit]: These builds (since 19th of Dec 2016) now have GPU…
Angular2 (NG2) Focus Directive
Requesting focus on an input field is surprisingly hard in angular2. Especially when the input field is inside a dialog or an *ngIf that is not initially visible. After much trial and error this is the solution I came…
The Jobs we will lose to machines
It's not paranoia: Hackers can use your webcam to spy on you
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook does it. So does FBI Director James Comey. Should you? Hackers can access your laptop via the video and audio portals, or the wireless dongle on your mouse. What they do, is cover up their…