Fun fact: NIPS is a zero-indexed conference. The first one was NIPS 0 in 1987.
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Replying to @TomRhysMarshall
Zero-indexing is for people who do not understand applied cognitive psychology. It makes noooooo sense.
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@o_guest convinced me that it made sense for array indices (although tbh I forget how). But yeah, I remember thinking, 'counting real-world objects starts from one, and I'm pretty sure I mentally represent an array as a bunch of real-world objects...'.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @TomRhysMarshall @LorijnSZ
It makes sense for programming, other applications I'm not convinced. More from God himself: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD831.html …
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