Thursday: Hopefully the last math post for a while

I think I finally sorted out the issue today:  It's the Levenberg-Marquardt step.  The code is too aggressive with the lambda parameter, and as such, obtains a false minimum after a handful of iterations.  That minimum is decent, but isn't great, and we probably shouldn't be stopping there.  I played with how to change lambda around a few ways, but it either stops at the false minimum or runs until the iteration limit stops it.  It's just a matter of tuning, I guess.

Boot squirrel.

• Read the description of the Burger King.
• I kind of want to look into riding that train when I'm in Taiwan.
• You know how you're not supposed to wish bad things on others?  I'm pretty sure you can still enjoy it when they happen.
• Science programming.
• Another story I want to read, but I'm to sleepy to do so, so I'm sticking it here.  Like the one from yesterday.

The last link is something that you are going to have to stick with me for.  First, you need to know what a "google whack" is.  Next, you need to read this article on cracked, specifically #5.  Then, you need to use your vast useless knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons and note how that is remarkably close in spelling and concept to this creature.  Finally, you get this:

I can't actually use the words because that'd break it.

Unfortunately, I can't get that link to load, so I can't see if they're making the same connection.