Kur
AI
deep learning framework
SHOW HN2017
103points
25comments
#442of 2,242 in 2017
Top 20%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks useful for learning and testing neural nets
From 2 comments
Looks very interesting! Particularly because I don't know NNs and would love to be able to get a feel for it. I'll give it a try this weekend and share my noob experience
mrg3_2013 on HNThanks for releasing this for us, Scott! It will definitely help me test different models for my ethereum auto trading bot!
Hydraulix989 on HN
Objections
Installation is confusing and has missing requirements
From 3 comments
Great idea! However installation instructions are a little misleading. It says I only need Python 3, while in reality I need a whole bunch of things to be installed already. Is…
p1esk on HNInstalls all of the packages that Kur relies on But I'd like to know what you're about to install on my machine, where can I find that list? Anyway we can help get it installed…
p1esk on HNNeed updates for installation on Windows. Been trying for more than a day now. -_-
lordvissu on HN
Keras is already easy enough; little real benefit
From 1 comment
I guess I just don't think that's true, Keras is already pretty easy to use for model definition, and this doesn't seem to solve any actual pain points I've encountered.
Eridrus on HN
Declarative approach seems worse than code
From 1 comment
Right, DSSTNE is pretty much abandonware, I'm just surprised that presumably smart people keep wanting a declarative model, when it seems worse to me.
Eridrus on HN
Requests
Clearer Windows installation instructions
From 2 comments
Need updates for installation on Windows. Been trying for more than a day now. -_-
lordvissu on HNGreat idea! However installation instructions are a little misleading. It says I only need Python 3, while in reality I need a whole bunch of things to be installed already. Is…
p1esk on HN
List of installed dependencies
From 1 comment
Installs all of the packages that Kur relies on But I'd like to know what you're about to install on my machine, where can I find that list? Anyway we can help get it installed…
p1esk on HN
Questions
Why use a declarative approach instead of code
From 2 comments
There have been a few frameworks that take this declarative approach; DSSTNE, Twitter's internal framework and probably others. DSSTNE had a clearish reason for doing so:…
Eridrus on HNRight, DSSTNE is pretty much abandonware, I'm just surprised that presumably smart people keep wanting a declarative model, when it seems worse to me.
Eridrus on HN
Alternatives named
DSSTNE
From 1 comment
There have been a few frameworks that take this declarative approach; DSSTNE, Twitter's internal framework and probably others. DSSTNE had a clearish reason for doing so:…
Eridrus on HN
Keras
From 1 comment
I guess I just don't think that's true, Keras is already pretty easy to use for model definition, and this doesn't seem to solve any actual pain points I've encountered.
Eridrus on HN
Twitter's internal declarative framework
From 1 comment
There have been a few frameworks that take this declarative approach; DSSTNE, Twitter's internal framework and probably others. DSSTNE had a clearish reason for doing so:…
Eridrus on HN