Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log In Sign Up User account menu Close 2 4 4 442 Posted by 5 hours ago 2 2 Hey all - recently I took a deep dive into the SVD/PCA. My goal was to understand the math with confidence, and then use it for something interesting. In my project, NumPy's svd function does the hard work, but even still, just using it challenged my understanding in instructive ways. Between my study and the project, I feel I truly understand, mathematically, what the SVD does and why it works. Finally. Feels good. Anyway, my project was to calculate the Eigen Grandito, which is named after the Onion article, "Taco Bell's Five Ingredients Combined In Totally New Way", which, in more mathematical terms, asserts that Taco Bell's dishes are all linear combinations of the same ingredients. And so the Eigen Grand...