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Friday Thoughts 01 — My Epic Film Viewing Spreadsheet | Hello again, world. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Rest assured, I’ve not spent the last 3 months vegetating in front of the goggle box (although Westworld is rather good, isn’t it?). I have in fact been quite busy writing, working on bits and bobs, the usual.
I’ll be talking more about all of that in future updates. F... | https://medium.com/simonprior/friday-thoughts-01-my-epic-film-viewing-spreadsheet-831511df03c6 | ['Simon Prior'] | 2017-07-08 22:34:53.808000+00:00 | ['Film', 'Film Review Spreadsheet', 'Film Log', 'Film Spreadsheet', 'Friday Thoughts'] | 752 |
Cohort 7 Student Spotlight: Meet Chris | Christopher Olley joined the MSDS program after obtaining an MS in Physics from Imperial College London. Continue reading to learn more about what brought him to Data Science and his experience on the USF cross country team!
What were you doing before joining the MSDS program?
Before the MSDS program, I graduated wit... | https://medium.com/usf-msds/cohort-7-student-spotlight-meet-chris-7df34249d6da | ['Victoria Suarez'] | 2019-02-12 19:26:54.750000+00:00 | ['Students', 'Data Science'] | 1,006 |
Top 20 US Department of Transportation (US DOT) Federal Contractors for 2016 | The US federal government is the world’s largest customer spending approximately over $1 trillion annually through grants and contracts on products and services each year. In FY 2016 alone the US Federal Government spent $666B on grants and $461B on contracts. Yet only a fraction of all the 28+ million businesses in th... | https://medium.com/launchdream/top-20-us-department-of-transportation-us-dot-federal-contractors-for-2016-70f94a2b2b9 | ['Nitin Pradhan'] | 2017-08-15 05:42:43.174000+00:00 | ['Entrepreneurship', 'Government', 'Transportation', 'Federal Government', 'Startup Lessons'] | 600 |
Want your kids to help? Stop asking them for help! | Hello, I’m Curt Jordan. The founder of Kong Academy. A place for kids to thrive!
What can you do if your kids are not as helpful as you want them to be (and let’s face it, most kids aren’t)? The first thing that you need to do is
stop asking them for help instead ask them “Who is willing to be a helper?”
The moment ... | https://medium.com/@curtjordan/want-your-kids-to-help-stop-asking-them-for-help-2578d0812284 | ['Curt Jordan'] | 2020-12-23 21:19:10.059000+00:00 | ['Parenting', 'Emotional Intelligence', 'Family', 'Children', 'Mindfulness'] | 316 |
Skyblock Map for Minecraft PE | Do you like playing maps like Skyblocks? If yes, then the new SkyBlock map is what you will definitely like. This is a new map with unique new skins and new features. We also draw your attention to the fact that the nearest blocks will not be visible to you, in order for you to get to them you should move directly plac... | https://medium.com/@stronger.rocky/skyblock-map-for-minecraft-pe-a823aa596e37 | ['Robert Weide'] | 2020-08-20 14:24:34.963000+00:00 | ['Minecraft', 'Maps', 'Minecraft Pocket Edition', 'Skyblock'] | 278 |
The Borderlands – Feliz Navidad from Cuidad Juarez, Mexico | Thus far my experience here in the borderlands has been full of new experiences, challenges, and friendships. My first two weeks were spent in orientation which consisted of daily group reflections, a few sessions about the history and work of Annunciation house, and daily projects at the house where we were staying.
... | https://medium.com/@hughtruempi/the-borderlands-feliz-navidad-from-cuidad-juarez-mexico-87b3723facfe | ['Hugh Truempi'] | 2020-12-29 22:02:48.442000+00:00 | ['Migrants', 'Us Mexico Border', 'Migration'] | 1,640 |
Everyday items that will help in a snowstorm | If ATMs and credit card readers shut down during a winter storm, you’ll be glad to have cash at the ready.
Keep cash just in case. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
“In a major emergency, oftentimes ATMs won’t be working and stores won’t accept credit cards, so it’s good to have extra cash on hand,” Michael de Vulp... | https://medium.com/insider/10-unexpected-items-that-can-help-you-during-a-blizzard-af7e453e802a | [] | 2021-02-02 03:16:40.650000+00:00 | ['Red Cross', 'Blizzard', 'Snowstorm', 'Weather', 'Safety'] | 665 |
What is 3D Mapping | 3D mapping, another wonder of modern technology, is a new machine vision technology in the field of cartography. While we are already familiar with 2D maps and 3D vision, it is not hard to imagine how a 3D map looks like? Don’t let the curvature of Earth hinder your view and zoom in close to your location using 3D mapp... | https://medium.com/@thegeospatialnews/what-is-3d-mapping-5fb86944a96 | ['The Geospatial'] | 2019-12-07 11:31:29.612000+00:00 | ['3d Mapping', 'GIS'] | 827 |
Trading Competition Is Over! | Dear Community,
We hope everyone is having a very merry Christmas and is enjoying the fabulous holiday season! We are pleased to announce that our second-ever cryptocurrency trading competition has concluded and traders were once again able to utilize the Covesting platform to trade their way to profitability, despite... | https://medium.com/covesting/trading-competition-is-over-fd7dfbf1b265 | ['Covesting Pr'] | 2018-12-24 17:19:47.358000+00:00 | ['Trading', 'Competition', 'Crypto', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin'] | 312 |
Week 248: The Meal | This was the day. Due to COVID-19, our usual family Thanksgiving gathering had been changed. It would be difficult to forego the time with family, but we knew that safety was the top priority. So Sarah and I planned a full Thanksgiving meal for the first time. Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, rolls, two differe... | https://medium.com/cooking-with-sarah/week-248-the-meal-ad8aa41fde41 | ['Aaron Charles'] | 2020-12-12 15:39:43.906000+00:00 | ['Food', 'Short Story', 'Thanksgiving', 'Cooking', 'Marriage'] | 484 |
Virtual Make-up : Snapchat Style Glass Filter | Face without filter
In this post I will describe the project that I did as a part of OpenCV vision course. The goal of this project was to take an unedited face and add glasses to it, similar to a Snapchat filter.
Step 1: Detecting Landmark points
First we have to detect the landmark points, using Dlib facial landma... | https://medium.com/@poulastyab/virtual-make-up-snapchat-style-glass-filter-b7ac89fd8c9 | ['Poulastya Mukherjee'] | 2020-12-26 19:41:01.566000+00:00 | ['Python', 'Opencv', 'Filters', 'Computer Vision'] | 666 |
How to Train Your Mind Finish Task In Less Time | No task should take > 30 minutes.
“Really?”
Yes, hold up a bit.
I felt the same way about this one the first day I read about it. Now I’m quite at home with the technique and the psychology behind it.
In the book, The Magic Of Thinking Big, David, Schwartz reiterated intentionally walking faster towards creating an... | https://medium.com/afwp/how-to-train-your-mind-finish-task-in-less-time-60b4c0f9ee8f | ['Joshua Idegbere'] | 2020-12-22 18:27:49.028000+00:00 | ['Work', 'Life Lessons', 'Procrastination', 'Self Improvement', 'Productivity'] | 497 |
How to Make Money With Substack Newsletters in 2020: Overview | Can I make money with a Substack newsletter?
For sure! But don’t expect to make a million dollars, or even $10 right away.
Let’s start off by asking a few questions:
Is your goal to quit your job and start a new career? Are you trying to make a new side hustle for some extra coffee money? Do you just want to start w... | https://medium.com/feedium/can-i-make-money-on-substack-720556e3940 | ['J.J. Pryor'] | 2020-12-23 13:59:47.118000+00:00 | ['Side Hustle', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Freelancing', 'Newsletter', 'Substack'] | 993 |
Are you really okay? | We all know this question “Are you okay?”. We hear it every single day from our friends, family, neighbors. But how often do we ask ourselves this question and answer honestly?
Especially in today’s fast moving society, we are so immersed in this cut-throat race we’re all running in, doubting ourselves every time we f... | https://medium.com/@shamsyashara9/are-you-really-okay-1cb64a2f4f8c | ['Yashara Shams'] | 2020-12-20 16:39:25.843000+00:00 | ['Mental Illness', 'Self Care', 'Mental Health', 'Therapy', 'Startup'] | 1,136 |
TOP 5 Reasons More Women Are Using Green Smoothies To Lose Weight, Boost Energy, And Look Years Younger | TOP 5 Reasons More Women Are Using Green Smoothies To Lose Weight, Boost Energy, And Look Years Younger Amit Kumar Oct 11, 2021·6 min read
Written by Drew S., CHC, AADP, Certified Health Coach
It seems life just keeps moving faster and faster these days. As a woman, you juggle so many different tasks and responsibili... | https://medium.com/@kumaramit.ak7087/top-5-reasons-more-women-are-using-green-smoothies-to-lose-weight-boost-energy-and-look-years-c5cdc9d9d037 | ['Amit Kumar'] | 2021-10-11 16:10:35.811000+00:00 | ['Weight Loss', 'Health', 'Healthcare', 'Loss Weight Diary', 'Fat Burning Foods'] | 1,409 |
Simple image classification on raspberry pi from pi-camera using the pre-trained model VGG16 and TensorFlow | Note before you start:
So, Let’s start :)
Hardware preparation:
Software preparation:
1 So, for that, you need to create a new file image_classify.py with the next code:
#import modules
from keras.applications.vgg16 import VGG16
from keras.preprocessing import image
from keras.applications.vgg16 import preproce... | https://medium.com/@oleksandrg/simple-image-classification-on-raspberry-pi-from-pi-camera-used-the-pre-trained-model-vgg16-part-3d7ce73dde9c | ['Alex G.'] | 2020-12-14 03:43:36.526000+00:00 | ['AI', 'Raspberry Pi', 'Keras', 'Machine Learning', 'Python'] | 508 |
Professional Advice: LinkedIn | LinkedIn is one of the best places to get connected with people in your field, receive job advice, keep updated on the news in your industry, and to even receive an internship for job. When creating a LinkedIn profile you want to make sure you keep it professional as possible. We have some tips and tricks for you to do... | https://medium.com/@sevans49/professional-advice-linkedin-7aef49717f9e | ['Sarah Evans'] | 2019-05-01 13:43:08.145000+00:00 | ['LinkedIn'] | 425 |
Why I won’t make New Year’s Resolutions and what I’m doing instead | Lisbon, Portugal. Hugh Culver
There’s something seductive about making lists.
Like New Year’s resolutions.
We dream of all the changes we’re going to make — how we will be a new person in the New Year.
All good stuff.
The problem is about 80% of all New Year’s resolutions die on the vine and never make it past Jan... | https://medium.com/@hughculver/why-i-wont-make-new-year-s-resolutions-and-what-i-m-doing-instead-6384688483e6 | ['Hugh Culver'] | 2020-12-11 14:49:18.915000+00:00 | ['New Year', 'New Year Resolution', 'Resolutions', 'Goals', 'Personal Development'] | 971 |
Going From Stata to Pandas | Going From Stata to Pandas
A Single Guide In Three Parts, Overview
This guide is for users of Stata that want to begin learning Pandas. It has been written using examples and workflows that Stata users will know well. Also, this article references data many Stata users will recognize.
In Part 1.1 of this guide, I re... | https://towardsdatascience.com/going-from-stata-to-pandas-706888525acf | ['Adam Ross Nelson'] | 2021-03-01 15:12:31.037000+00:00 | ['Data Visualization', 'Programming', 'Statistics', 'Dataviz', 'Data Science'] | 2,416 |
Is Blazor ready for public-facing websites? | BlazorWorld’s video module
Is Blazor, Microsoft’s latest front-end UI framework that runs on WebAssembly, ready for public-facing websites? I have wondered about this ever since MS Build this year, so I created this Blazor content/community website, BlazorWorld.com, to answer that question.
BlazorWorld is the culmina... | https://medium.com/@jasebanico/is-blazor-ready-for-public-facing-websites-32c933fdd554 | ['Jase Banico'] | 2020-10-26 09:59:35.306000+00:00 | ['Dotnet Core', 'Aspnetcore', 'Blazor'] | 696 |
Home Camera Security System Louisville KY | 877.740.1411 | With all the current advances in technology, a home security system can provide you with peace of mind that your home is protected and that your family is safe and sound no matter where they choose to spend their time, whether it be at home or away. If you are thinking about installing a home security system in your ho... | https://medium.com/@homesecuritycamera8777401411/home-camera-security-system-louisville-ky-877-740-1411-33c361c4ca9c | ['Home Security Camera'] | 2021-03-02 08:18:27.896000+00:00 | ['Best Home Security Camera', 'Home Security Systems', 'Arlo Camera Setup', 'Security Camera', 'Security Services'] | 2,953 |
AMA Recap: Gem Chasers & Ethopt | Gem Radar ✪:
Ok @gemchasers, welcome to another AMA series for the day. Today we have with us @hdizzle83 @captoshi of which are from the Ethopt team. Welcome guys 🙂
Captain Toshi:
Thanks, Just a moment for @hdizzle83. having some connection issues :)
Look forward to answering all the questions here.
Gem Radar ✪:
... | https://medium.com/@gemchasers/ama-recap-gem-chasers-ethopt-77422e95c9b7 | [] | 2020-12-22 14:21:46.845000+00:00 | ['Cryptocurrency', 'Altcoin', 'Defi', 'Crypto', 'Bitcoin'] | 3,229 |
Warming Up Isn’t Optional, It’s Optimal | Warming Up Isn’t Optional, It’s Optimal
Practice breeds improvement. Warming up primes practice.
Photo by Bernard de Clerk on Unsplash
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again,
WARM UP!
I’m not talking about doing little arm stretches across the chest or touching your toes.
I mean a full-on, designated warm-up rou... | https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/warming-up-isnt-optional-it-s-optimal-57b843bfe640 | ['Brandon Sarmiento'] | 2020-06-09 17:22:57.859000+00:00 | ['Fitness', 'Running', 'Life Lessons', 'Health', 'Exercise'] | 1,214 |
The Magic of Remote Work at Digits | Back in early March, before the full extent of this pandemic set in, I kicked off our introduction to remote work at Digits as follows:
To be sure, working remotely is not for every business, and not for every individual.
Little did I know how soon so many businesses and individuals would be forced to make do, and ho... | https://medium.com/@jeff_seibert/the-magic-of-remote-work-at-digits-86b37ad4d98c | ['Jeff Seibert'] | 2020-12-04 19:46:50.149000+00:00 | ['Startup', 'Productivity', 'Remote Working', 'Business', 'Silicon Valley'] | 2,508 |
Data Screening | Data Screening
The first important step before analyzing your data is getting to know the data. This tutorial uses R and focuses on basic data screening principles, such as checking outliers and testing general linear model assumptions before beginning data analysis.
Case study: The data for this tutorial is fictitio... | https://medium.com/swlh/data-screening-32b7896af0a | ['Kay Chansiri'] | 2020-12-15 11:01:15.341000+00:00 | ['Data Science', 'Quantitative', 'Social Science', 'Quantitative Analysis', 'Data Visualization'] | 3,182 |
API Testing with HTTPie | The Basics
What is an API?
When a website is created for human users, it has a graphical interface. People parse websites visually, looking for common design elements such as headers, navigation, the content section, maybe some metadata.
When we build something for other developers, we call it API: Application Progr... | https://levelup.gitconnected.com/api-testing-with-httpie-2d2d0dbe71ab | ['Martin Thoma'] | 2021-08-24 15:02:59.342000+00:00 | ['QA', 'Programming', 'Software Development', 'Quality Assurance', 'Testing'] | 773 |
How To Celebrate Holi During Pregnancy? | Being pregnant might deliver some further set of tasks for you however that does not imply you possibly can’t take pleasure in and have enjoyable on particular events. If you have not introduced your being pregnant to the remainder of the world, then holi could also be an excellent time to disclose such excellent news.... | https://medium.com/@babiesnmumshop/how-to-celebrate-holi-during-pregnancy-3f376c3ae492 | ['Babies', 'N', 'Mum Shop'] | 2020-02-21 07:29:02.110000+00:00 | ['Breastfeeding', 'Festivals', 'Parenting', 'Pregnancy', 'Baby'] | 384 |
7 Ideas for a Second Floor Home Addition Project | A second-floor home addition is a great investment for growing families. It’s a wonderful way to utilize and maximize the square footage of a small property while giving everyone a chance to get creative with the addition of new fixtures and appliances.
Having a second floor has many perks. First, it can give you a gr... | https://medium.com/@vpconstruction/7-ideas-for-a-second-floor-home-addition-project-29f8e76c3d3c | ['Vp Construction'] | 2021-03-05 06:05:11.721000+00:00 | ['Home Additions Services', 'Home Additions', 'Home Addition Contractor', 'Home Improvement Tips', 'Home Improvement'] | 799 |
Lead Acid Battery Market | Lead Acid Battery Market Future Outlook To Reach $84.46 Billion By 2025
The global lead acid battery market is expected to reach USD 84.46 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Expansion of the automotive industry in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia, and Germany i... | https://medium.com/@marketresearchforecast/lead-acid-battery-market-5dafe9c7df19 | ['Rajesh Varma'] | 2019-08-22 09:06:51.881000+00:00 | ['Business', 'Battery', 'Energy'] | 746 |
Is serverless cheaper for your use case? Find out with this calculator. | At the end of the month, when you receive your serverless bill, you mainly see one number. If you want to compare this number with non-serverless app costs, you shouldn’t simply compare it to infrastructure costs, you should broaden your comparison and also include:
a chunk of Ops salaries
SaaS bills such as a monito... | https://medium.com/serverless-transformation/is-serverless-cheaper-for-your-use-case-find-out-with-this-calculator-2f8a52fc6a68 | ['Xavier Lefèvre'] | 2020-09-20 16:09:52.244000+00:00 | ['Finops', 'Serverless', 'Infrastructure', 'AWS', 'Lambda'] | 894 |
Basics of Functions and Methods in Scala. | When programs get larger, you need some way to divide them into smaller,
more manageable pieces. For dividing up control flow, Scala offers an approach familiar to all experienced programmers: divide the code into functions. In fact, Scala offers several ways to define functions that are not
present in Java. Besides ... | https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/basics-of-functions-and-methods-in-scala-534a1692b8d6 | ['Lavlesh Singh'] | 2020-11-09 13:11:16.737000+00:00 | ['Big Data', 'Love', 'Scala', 'Spark', 'Python'] | 2,085 |
#MeToo Has Finally Reached the Sex Industry | #MeToo Has Finally Reached the Sex Industry
Ron Jeremy faces 28 counts of sexual violence and 250 years in prison. Finally.
Photo by Loren Cutler
Porn icon Ron Jeremy has been charged with twenty-eight counts of sexual violence and faces 250 years in prison after more than a dozen women came forward to accuse him of... | https://medium.com/ecstatic-cling/metoo-has-finally-reached-the-sex-industry-c6f3ec3f0422 | ['Mysterious Witt'] | 2020-09-02 01:15:02.389000+00:00 | ['Feminism', 'Women', 'Sexuality', 'Equality', 'Sex Work'] | 1,207 |
Comedic Cover | Photo by Minh Pham on Unsplash
I am confident I would be a great fit for this job seeing as how I am small and compact, I am more versatile than a Prius and more focused than a Fusion. I have two wonderful kids who have no sense of humor when it comes to me, but we have a third on the way so hopefully, he will be the ... | https://medium.com/@timvarner1989/comedic-cover-d3ea7fcd59b7 | ['Tim Varner'] | 2020-12-17 18:03:35.324000+00:00 | ['Funny', 'Life', 'Job Hunting', 'Job Search', 'Comedy'] | 199 |
Do you want to radically change your life? | Do you want to radically change your life?
Listening is a critical skill for growth and leadership, but how many of us actually listen well?
A consultant friend of mine recently told me a story about telling his managing director that he was struggling in his current role and that it wasn’t working out. The managing ... | https://medium.com/beakerandflint/do-you-want-to-radically-change-your-life-8d4709802920 | ['Reggie James'] | 2020-04-01 00:32:25.099000+00:00 | ['Agile', 'Leadership', 'Transformation', 'Coaching', 'Lean Startup'] | 583 |
The New Marriage between Paid and PR | Within the PR and advertising industries, there’s often talk about the PESO model (paid, earned, shared, and owned media). We group these different forms of media together in a catchy acronym, but they are they working seamlessly?
For PR practitioners, paid promotion can sometimes feel like the black arts, and vice ve... | https://medium.com/the-resolution/the-new-marriage-between-paid-and-pr-f159d46928d8 | ['Laura Joint'] | 2019-10-04 09:06:29.442000+00:00 | ['Coveragebook', 'Public Relations', 'Paid Advertising'] | 1,356 |
Shark Quest: Are the World’s Most Endangered Rays Living in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea? | [Note: this commentary, which was originally published at The Revelator, is the sixth and final essay in a series by researchers with WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) during Shark Week documenting challenges and successes in shark and ray conservation today.]
“We saw two swimming past our canoe the other day as we ... | https://medium.com/wcs-marine-conservation-program/shark-quest-are-the-worlds-most-endangered-rays-living-in-new-ireland-province-papua-new-guinea-bfa048c79224 | ['Wildlife Conservation Society'] | 2020-08-29 21:07:38.782000+00:00 | ['Environment', 'Papua New Guinea', 'Sharks', 'Oceans', 'Conservation'] | 1,667 |
Living Dangerously by Doing Public Philosophy | Living Dangerously by Doing Public Philosophy
Michel Foucault, the French intellectual, who — following in the footsteps of countryman Jean-Paul Sartre — is often characterized as the quintessential public philosopher.
Once upon a time on Twitter, I asked Nigel Warburton, Philosophy Bites podcaster in the UK, how he ... | https://medium.com/the-controversial-idea/living-dangerously-by-doing-public-philosophy-7a13b8a073ed | ['Shane J. Ralston'] | 2020-01-27 16:18:07.286000+00:00 | ['Racism', 'Free Speech', 'Bullying', 'Sexism', 'Philosophy'] | 5,218 |
Repairing Wallpaper Damage, Fix Bubbles and Damaged Wallcoverings | A tear in your wallpaper or a trapped air bubble can easily be fixed so your wall looks perfect again.
Most of the air bubbles that occur when wallpapering should have been taken care of when you hung the wallpaper by brushing them out the edges. The majority of the remaining bubbles will disappear as the glue dries a... | https://medium.com/@perlairisb/repairing-wallpaper-damage-fix-bubbles-and-damaged-wallcoverings-7cae08e5e9bc | ['Perla Irish'] | 2019-09-02 08:58:15.874000+00:00 | ['Wall', 'How To', 'Repair', 'Decor', 'Home Improvement'] | 503 |
5 Important Learning Strategies for Programmers | 2. Take Breaks
Wait, what? That sounds unproductive! Actually, quite the opposite.
We all (me at the front) set aggressive deadlines for finishing up a course module in one day just to check it off our plan and progress ahead.
What we end up doing is just cramming in a lot of information in a lot less time. This is ... | https://medium.com/better-programming/5-important-learning-strategies-for-programmers-cdffa94a448d | ['Dhananjay Trivedi'] | 2020-01-15 00:29:04.675000+00:00 | ['Software Development', 'Learning', 'Productivity', 'Programming', 'Inspiration'] | 258 |
RDBMS vs NoSQL | Today in the market various type of Database options are available like RDBMS, NoSQL, Big Data, Database Appliance, etc. developers can get very confused with all the choice. They do not understand why they should consider a newer, alternative database when RDBMSs have been around for 25+ years. However, many big enter... | https://medium.com/@loginradius/rdbms-vs-nosql-cb0a1e32b3d8 | [] | 2020-11-05 17:39:46.019000+00:00 | ['Database', 'Rdbms', 'Big Data', 'NoSQL', 'Developer'] | 830 |
Dezinformatsiya | “Disinformation” is related to “misinformation”, but while both refer to false or misleading information, disinformation is deliberately spread to deceive. The word is adopted from the Russian “dezinformatsiya”, the title of the KGB department for propaganda. A few initial observations:
· The Internet makes it easier ... | https://medium.com/@vic-winkler/dezinformatsiya-d4505e7257af | ['Vic Winkler'] | 2020-12-24 16:26:05.696000+00:00 | ['Lies', 'Truth', 'Disinformation', 'Dezinformatsiya'] | 451 |
Case study: Designing an approachable and inspiring brand | Smartcar is a developer platform that allows mobility businesses to connect with cars. We recently introduced Smartcar’s new brand identity that communicates Smartcar’s mission of “empowering developers to build the future of mobility” in a more inspiring and approachable way.
Why a redesign?
Smartcar’s product has c... | https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/case-study-redesigning-smartcars-brand-33d2fdd76bc8 | ['Kathleen Hsu'] | 2020-12-18 00:52:13.426000+00:00 | ['Case Study', 'Visual Design', 'Branding', 'Brand Strategy', 'UI'] | 1,039 |
The 5 Best Books I Read in 2020 | Being cooped at home this year, I took advantage of the opportunity to dive back into reading. Here are 5 of my favourites.
Photo by Ed Robertson on Unsplash
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Image Courtesy of Waterstones
This book feels like one of those stories your grandparents told you abo... | https://medium.com/@yasminsara/the-5-best-books-i-read-in-2020-7de8c9dbc25e | ['Yasmin Sara'] | 2020-12-24 12:42:43.406000+00:00 | ['Reading', 'Book Recommendations', 'Book Review', 'Books'] | 481 |
Non-Geek Guide to Continuous Software Delivery | How to continuously deliver?
The continuous delivery process starts with keyboard strokes of your engineering team and ends with the experience your customer has with the product. The goal of continuous delivery is to shorten the time and avoid mistakes between these two points in time. A well-oiled mature continuous ... | https://medium.com/swlh/non-geek-guide-to-continuous-software-delivery-aea670f99fba | ['Vasilii Trofimchuk'] | 2020-08-04 20:28:29.075000+00:00 | ['Business', 'Continuous Integration', 'Continuous Delivery', 'Software Development'] | 2,686 |
BREATHE (these limbs) | I need your breath more than this world meets gravity
I need your breath like the melody needs harmony
I need your breath like the chest needs a cavity
I need your breath like the stars need the sky and I need your breath, the wings on which the cosmos fly
Intertwine our desires until yours are mine
I need your br... | https://medium.com/@mvrkus/breathe-these-limbs-153f4dc38f61 | ['M V R K'] | 2020-12-17 07:25:47.350000+00:00 | ['Poetry', 'Christmas', 'Jesus', 'Spoken Word', 'Christian'] | 171 |
How to visualize hyperlocal COVID data | This ggplot2 chart uses the y-axis with a logarithmic (base 10) transformation. This is different from most of the things you will see around. First, the logarithmic scales are (in theory) more suited for cumulative data. Yet, they have huge advantages in this context. They allow us to zoom on the lower numbers and to ... | https://medium.com/lead-and-paper/how-to-visualize-hyperlocal-covid-data-8a7227bf1c14 | ['Francesco Piccinelli'] | 2020-12-27 14:21:10.129000+00:00 | ['Data Visualization', 'Data Science', 'Covid 19 Crisis', 'Covid 19'] | 164 |
AYS Daily Digest 03/03/2021: Iuventa crew and others may face legal charges for SAR work | AYS Daily Digest 03/03/2021: Iuventa crew and others may face legal charges for SAR work
Anti-racism group in Cyprus faces closure // Desperation after evictions in Greece // Rescues off the Canaries // Calls for volunteers in France // First meeting of Frontex working group // New judicial cooperation over human traf... | https://medium.com/are-you-syrious/ays-daily-digest-03-03-2021-iuventa-crew-and-others-may-face-legal-charges-for-sar-work-d7f644f671e4 | ['Are You Syrious'] | 2021-03-04 18:47:01.447000+00:00 | ['Mediterranean', 'Digest', 'Frontex', 'Search And Rescue', 'Refugees'] | 625 |
My Alter is Trans | I was recently diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. It led me to two realizations: I have three distinct alters (personalities) and probably more, and two of my three personalities are trans.
First, we have my core self — Amy. She is a cis woman who is a lesbi... | https://medium.com/gender-from-the-trenches/my-alter-is-trans-65e76490a46b | ['Ames Geliebter'] | 2020-10-07 14:52:51.838000+00:00 | ['Gender Identity', 'Dissociative Disorder', 'Transgender', 'Mental Health', 'Cisgender'] | 599 |
Parsing REST API Payload and Query Parameters With Flask. | Intro
For a very long time Flask was my first choice of framework when it came to building micro-services (until python 3.6 and async/await came to life). I have used Flask with a different number of extensions depending on the situation. flask-restful , flask-restplus , webargs .. etc. All of these extensions were gr... | https://medium.com/swlh/parsing-rest-api-payload-and-query-parameters-with-flask-better-than-marshmallow-aa79c889e3ca | ['Ahmed Nafies'] | 2020-10-25 09:59:55.540000+00:00 | ['Https', 'Json', 'Python', 'Web Development', 'Flask'] | 702 |
Launching Audioshake Live | An On-Demand Stem Creation Platform for the Music Industry
We launched Audioshake earlier this year in the belief that the next wave in music innovation, re-imagination, and consumer engagement would come from stems — the different instrument and vocal parts of a song.
Stems are already an important part of today’s m... | https://medium.com/@audioshake/launching-audioshake-live-81214e3beb3f | [] | 2021-07-22 19:22:36.009000+00:00 | ['Music Business', 'Music Technology', 'Audio Engineering', 'Deep Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence'] | 881 |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Me | I’ve been trying to find a reason to write my first story. It’s been hard. It really shouldn’t have been this much of an internal battle. Every possible outcome analysed over and over in my head; what if people don’t read it, what if people do read it, what if people react or comment…
See, I have generalized anxiety d... | https://medium.com/@thomasarthurb/generalized-anxiety-disorder-and-me-1653f45b79f1 | ['Thomas Arthur'] | 2021-03-22 22:11:28.497000+00:00 | ['First Post', 'Anxiety Disorder', 'Mens Mental Health', 'Generalized Anxiety', 'Mental Health'] | 430 |
5 EdTech trends in 2020 | 2020 is here. The last few years have witnessed a drastic and dramatic change in the learning model. The way students are being taught today is way different from earlier. Hail Technology!
Technology has brought various changes in the way education is delivered. From self-learning to web-based classrooms, we have seen... | https://medium.com/@ramakrishna-kalahasthi/5-edtech-trends-in-2020-95fdda74d4f5 | ['Ramakrishna Kalahasthi'] | 2020-12-26 07:23:38.230000+00:00 | ['Learning', 'Environment', 'Students', 'Education', 'Edtech'] | 659 |
The Musician | The Musician
A Poem
Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash
Bound to the town, burnt by the lights, the throat ends up inside the microphone, the telling all done for the day, the thirst that crawls up and won’t leave the table till the sun has shown up again.
Stopped in the car now, looking ahead, to the side, the road it g... | https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-musician-5489691e2f1a | ['J.D. Harms'] | 2020-12-23 17:40:59.188000+00:00 | ['Memories', 'Musing', 'Poetry', 'Image'] | 155 |
Dependency Injection Containers in Swift — Part 2 | Dependency Injection Containers in Swift — Part 2
In the previous article Dependency Injection Containers in Swift we explored what a Dependency Injection Container(DIC) is, and how to create a simple one. In this article, we will explore how to pass parameters to the DIC.
Currently, when resolving an object from the... | https://levelup.gitconnected.com/dependency-injection-containers-in-swift-part-2-5b24f1c4238a | ['Ronen Michael Harati'] | 2020-12-08 23:00:09.997000+00:00 | ['Dependency Injection', 'Decoupling', 'Clean Code', 'Swift', 'iOS'] | 161 |
Volatility, settlement risk and distributed ledger technology | Immediately after the March mayhem, I had a call with a friend who works in prime brokerage and custodian departments at a large bank:
X: These days I receive calls from our friends in other banks to check the background of our clients (asset managers).
Me: Why is that?
X: Markets are very volatile. These friends ar... | https://medium.com/fairom/volatility-settlement-risk-and-distributed-ledger-technology-b7f3ce6e591a | ['Ajay Singh'] | 2020-04-28 02:57:49.075000+00:00 | ['Blockchain', 'Distributed Ledgers', 'Digital Transformation', 'Capital Markets', 'Risk Management'] | 2,063 |
How do we get system32 permission to save/rename/delete? | Its Quite Simple. I am answering this step wise.
Copy the file to any other location. Modify that file and save it as per your need. Rename the file from system32 directory or delete it from there. Now copy the file (Created in Step 2 )to the same directory (System 32).
That’s Done!!
Also if you want to give the per... | https://medium.com/@brajeshofficial/how-do-we-get-system32-permission-to-save-rename-delete-95cbe26e862a | ['Brajesh Kumar Singh'] | 2020-06-03 06:56:06.237000+00:00 | ['Hacking', 'System Administration', 'Windows', 'Settings'] | 291 |
Little Sapling | To Baby Harper
Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash
Little Sapling, next time I see you,
you’ll have mastered the art of balance
and reminded yourself how to grow upright
toward the sun,
although the sun rooted within you
before your first cry
and your smiles warm us
with delight,
even as we sense
the ache to c... | https://medium.com/weeds-wildflowers/little-sapling-6908d0c2b68f | ['Jenine Bsharah Baines'] | 2020-08-10 14:41:00.852000+00:00 | ['Poetry', 'Nature', 'Life', 'Trees'] | 101 |
How I Manifested $1000 in Overnight: 5 Secrets to money overnight! By Expect Alexander | How I Manifested $1000 in Overnight: 5 Secrets to money Overnight By low of attraction expect Alexander.
Our relationship with money can be a funny thing. I didn’t realize it until this year, but my money mindset was nowhere close to where it needed to be. I dive deeper into my money block below, but in a nutshell, I ... | https://medium.com/@manifestation-money/how-i-manifested-1000-in-overnight-5-secrets-to-money-overnight-by-expect-alexander-3c0f61d1e0a0 | ['Law Of Attraction'] | 2020-11-23 13:56:09.715000+00:00 | ['How To Manifest Something', 'Low Of Attraction', 'How To Manifest Anything', 'Manifestation', 'How To Manifest Money'] | 1,741 |
DeFi Warp Finance Recovered 75% of Stolen Crypto Assets | The decentralized Finance Platform Warp Finance reported that it recovered $5.85 million worth of crypto assets from $7.7 million stolen from the Protocol last week.
On December 18, the DeFi Warp Finance Protocol was attacked using flash loans.
Taking a look… https://t.co/UzyDETcmur This is the second attack whish us... | https://medium.com/the-capital/defi-warp-finance-recovered-75-of-stolen-crypto-assets-e269ff006562 | ['The Crypto Basic'] | 2020-12-23 02:31:49.492000+00:00 | ['Cryptocurrency News', 'Altcoins', 'Decentralized Finance', 'Crypto', 'Defi'] | 372 |
Do Military Leaders Suffer Imposter Syndrome? | In 1985, Dr Clance first began her research into Imposter Phenomenon (1). Defined as the internal experience of intellectual phoniness, Dr Clance studied the phenomenon amongst high performing women.
Today, we often refer to the phenomenon as Imposter Syndrome.
In 1978, Clance and Imes studied 150 high performing wom... | https://medium.com/@james-tew/do-military-leaders-suffer-imposter-syndrome-277953abd175 | ['James Tew'] | 2020-12-23 02:11:52.846000+00:00 | ['Imposter Syndrome', 'Military', 'Leadership', 'Productivity'] | 495 |
What Obama Just Said In South Africa And Why It Matters | In his Obama way he said: Let me tell you what I believe. I believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they’re endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. And I believe that a world governed by such principl... | https://medium.com/discourse/what-obama-just-said-in-south-africa-and-why-it-matters-1b665d55e906 | ['Annika Erickson-Pearson'] | 2018-07-28 16:11:00.083000+00:00 | ['Youth', 'Obama', 'Politics', 'Hope', 'Globalization'] | 1,128 |
Journey on finding my true soul while living off grid with coastal community in Lamalera | Journey on finding my true soul while living off grid with coastal community in Lamalera Megginesia Jan 27·3 min read
It’s been awhile I have been living with the community in Lamalera but it’s hard to tell how my feelings were at the very first time to be here since last year. Honestly, it’s not my first experience t... | https://medium.com/@megginesia/journey-on-finding-my-true-soul-while-living-off-grid-with-coastal-community-in-lamalera-9fa2378bed4d | [] | 2021-01-27 02:42:47.820000+00:00 | ['Travel Writing', 'Living Off Grid', 'Journey Of Life', 'Nusa Tenggara Timur', 'Finding Yourself'] | 676 |
How to Protect Your Construction Business Revenue During Budget Restrained COVID-19 Environment? | The Present Scenario of the Construction Industry
Though the effect of COVID-19 has started to slow down, the long-hauled impact it has created on the construction industry is still persistent. From project owners to contractors, subcontractors, and project managers, all have faced the reduced cash flow adding more pr... | https://medium.com/projectpro365/how-to-protect-your-construction-business-revenue-during-budget-restrained-covid-19-environment-f103335dc9f2 | ['Scarlett Jonathon'] | 2020-12-11 08:08:42.310000+00:00 | ['Construction', 'Construction Management', 'Construction Industry', 'Accounting Software', 'Accounting'] | 1,073 |
NASA selects companies to collect lunar resources for Artemis demonstrations | #NASA; #LunarResources; #ArtemisDemonstration
NASA/Canadian-Media: NASA has selected four companies to collect space resources and transfer ownership to the agency: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado; Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California; ispace Europe of Luxembourg; and ispace Japan of Tokyo. Overall, the new ... | https://medium.com/@abajaj033/nasa-selects-companies-to-collect-lunar-resources-for-artemis-demonstrations-7a27102db593 | ['Asha Bajaj'] | 2020-12-03 21:50:25.633000+00:00 | ['Astronomy', 'Astronomy News', 'Artemis Demonstration', 'NASA', 'Lunar Resources'] | 809 |
Learn About SQL Injection Attacks | Preventing SQL Injections
You can see that SQL injection is a severe vulnerability that you should prevent. Let’s now talk about how you can prevent them in your web applications.
You might have heard of several SQL injection prevention techniques, like prepared statements, approval listing, typecasting, and escaping... | https://medium.com/better-programming/learn-about-sql-injection-attacks-ce9f8940a5ab | ['Vickie Li'] | 2020-11-03 17:47:00.598000+00:00 | ['Cybersecurity', 'Programming', 'PHP', 'Software Development', 'Hacking'] | 1,843 |
Make an Un-Smart New Year’s Resolution | As we approach the end of the year, many of us find ourselves contemplating possible New Year’s resolutions — lose some weight, exercise more, read X number of books, start a new hobby, etc. In creating a list of New Year’s resolutions, we may find ourselves seeking to craft S.M.A.R.T. goals — goals that are Specific, ... | https://medium.com/@jon-westover/make-an-un-smart-new-years-resolution-470572584f84 | ['Jonathan H. Westover'] | 2020-11-15 19:02:04.702000+00:00 | ['Smart Goals', 'New Year Resolution', 'Goal Setting'] | 836 |
[Review] Pix2Pix: Image-to-Image Translation with Conditional Adversarial Networks (GAN) | In this story, Image-to-Image Translation with Conditional Adversarial Networks, Pix2Pix, by Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Laboratory, UC Berkeley, is presented. In this paper:
Conditional adversarial networks are investigated as a general-purpose solution to image-to-image translation problems.
are investigated as The... | https://medium.com/@sh-tsang/review-pix2pix-image-to-image-translation-with-conditional-adversarial-networks-gan-ac85d8ecead2 | ['Sik-Ho Tsang'] | 2020-12-25 15:35:41.094000+00:00 | ['Artificial Intelligence', 'Convolutional Network', 'Gan', 'Generative Adversarial', 'Deep Learning'] | 165 |
Hands-on with APIOps | This autumn we’ve taken some great steps in APIOps:
Apidays Helsinki meetup in September featured a discussion on how specification standards like OpenAPI and especially the upcoming OpenAPI 3.1.0 help in automating and improving the API development presented by Marjukka Niinioja from Osaango, a recent OpenAPI initiat... | https://medium.com/apiops/hands-on-with-apiops-f11d57c4fd0 | ['Marjukka Niinioja'] | 2020-10-20 14:01:13.313000+00:00 | ['Observability', 'Apiops', 'API', 'Api Development'] | 426 |
Where Do the Jets Go From Here? | Where Do the Jets Go From Here?
Well, the New York Jets can all but say goodbye to Trevor Lawrence after this past Sunday. New York defeated the Los Angeles Rams 23–20 in the biggest upset of the season. While a win is usually a good thing for an NFL franchise, this one stings for Jets fans. The win pushed New York ou... | https://medium.com/@jacobburns2424/where-do-the-jets-go-from-here-4c1815571f79 | ['Jacob Burns'] | 2020-12-21 18:05:57.562000+00:00 | ['NFL', 'Trevor Lawrence', 'Justin Fields', 'NFL Draft', 'New York Jets'] | 1,165 |
The Old Playlist | I used to have a special playlist that I would listen only when I got upset. The playlist was a list of 2000s-2010s songs. When it appeared to be the last song on my playlist, I would press the start over button and the song played starting from number one. Thus, I always put them either on my phone or laptop so that I... | https://medium.com/@alfatihahamini/playlist-57eb32c42f57 | ['Alfatihah Amini'] | 2021-08-25 09:25:29.330000+00:00 | ['Relief', 'Anxiety', 'Songs', 'Mental Illness', 'Acceptance'] | 872 |
2016 year in review | 2016 year in review
2016 was a great year for me. And now, when it has almost ended, is a great opportunity to review it.
I will use last year’s format and talk about some of my achievements, future goals and this year’s reading list (it is in the end of the post).
Writing
This year I’ve written 10 posts on various... | https://medium.com/dennis-nerush/2016-year-in-review-6a3fe433ccf7 | ['Dennis Nerush'] | 2017-01-04 07:26:53.228000+00:00 | ['Leadership', 'Self Improvement', 'Goals'] | 1,069 |
Performing Analysis of Meteorological Data | In this blog we are going to analyse the data from the Weather data-set of Finland, a country in the Northern Europe. You can find the data-set on Kaggle (https://www.kaggle.com/muthuj7/weather-dataset).We are going to use the numpy, pandas and the matplotlib libraries of Python.
Following is the Hypothesis of the Ana... | https://medium.com/@puneetakshit56/performing-analysis-of-meteorological-data-222887c77370 | [] | 2020-10-06 09:17:16.186000+00:00 | ['Sentiment Analysis', 'Kaggle', 'Data Science', 'Data Visualisation', 'Python3'] | 353 |
Demand Side Platform for Programmatic Advertising Market to See Wonderful Rise during 2021–2026 with High CAGR Growth | Demand Side Platform for Programmatic Advertising Market to See Wonderful Rise during 2021–2026 with High CAGR Growth shubham k Dec 27, 2021·4 min read
Demand Side Platform for Programmatic Advertising Market 2021–2026
Straits Research has recently added a new report to its vast depository titled Global Demand Side P... | https://medium.com/@shubhamk.straitsresearch/demand-side-platform-for-programmatic-advertising-market-to-see-wonderful-rise-during-2021-2026-8ffec1af1ae8 | ['Shubham K'] | 2021-12-27 07:21:09.389000+00:00 | ['Programmatic Advertising', 'Market Research Reports', 'Demand Side Platform', 'Digital Marketing', 'Advertising'] | 1,230 |
Singapore’s digital responses to Covid-19 | To combat the pandemic, the city state has rolled out digital platforms to enable contact tracing and border verification. Has its investment in digital infrastructure and talent paid off?
Image credit: Prasit Rodphan/Shutterstock.com
Singapore is a small and young city state in Southeast Asia. It has a population of... | https://medium.com/@ongmbe/singapores-digital-responses-to-covid-19-c49bf4c58ed7 | [] | 2021-01-02 02:08:15.683000+00:00 | ['Singapore', 'Digital', 'Covid'] | 2,502 |
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Our World Traveler’s Blog Community | Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Our World Traveler’s Blog Community
We hope you‘re happy and safe for the holidays!
Dear writers and followers of World Traveler’s Blog,
Our community has come a long way in these past few weeks, and it’s all because of our writers and readers who so love the written word!
Phot... | https://medium.com/world-travelers-blog/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays-to-our-world-travelers-blog-community-17fe2068b73d | ['Cody James Howell Phd', 'Raiden'] | 2020-12-24 07:49:21.986000+00:00 | ['Travel', 'Holidays', 'Writing', 'Community', 'Christmas'] | 706 |
A Better Understanding of Principal Component Analysis by implementing it on MNIST Dataset using Python. | This is my first article on medium. Here, I’ll be giving a quick overview of what Principal Component Analysis is, why do we need it and how to do it using Python on MNIST Dataset.
Principal Component Analysis
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a statistical technique that is used to reduce the dimensionality of t... | https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/a-better-understanding-of-principal-component-analysis-by-implementing-it-on-mnist-dataset-using-ebbfaefe017b | ['Rohith Reddy Anugu'] | 2020-10-28 12:51:07.346000+00:00 | ['Dimensionality Reduction', 'Principal Component', 'Sklearn', 'Visualization', 'Python'] | 830 |
When Disney becomes Disney+, where does the magic go? | Branding and user experience (UX) are often considered two distinct disciplines that coordinate only occasionally, for example, when developing a website or an app. However, at its core, UX is about understanding users and customers, and then designing useful products that encourage positive experiences. Branding, in i... | https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/when-disney-becomes-disney-where-does-the-magic-go-2ef55f4baf6c | ['Andre Matt'] | 2020-12-23 06:04:01.880000+00:00 | ['Disney', 'Collective Journey', 'UX', 'Streaming', 'Branding'] | 1,893 |
How to make your Coindelta Account more secure? | How to make your Coindelta Account more secure?
Coindelta Security
Dear Coindelta Users,
Account security has always been our top priority since the dawn of Coindelta. Here are few measures to increase your account security.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
We advise everyone to use Google Authenticator App or Auth... | https://medium.com/coindelta/how-to-make-your-coindelta-account-more-secure-c8d6c4dc4cac | ['Shashi Bhukya'] | 2018-05-21 07:55:47.639000+00:00 | ['Trading', 'Security', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Exchange', 'Bitcoin'] | 885 |
Power to the Foodcast | Once considered niche, the food-themed podcast or “foodcast” has officially entered the mainstream, touching on all aspects of the food world — from food history programs and personal narratives about food to inspiring conversations on diversity in the field. But what exactly attracts listeners to “foodcasts” and how d... | https://bellocollective.com/power-to-the-foodcast-967f63d8ca18 | ['Lory Martinez'] | 2020-08-25 20:08:43.826000+00:00 | ['Podcasting', 'Food Podcasts', 'Podcast', 'Foodies', 'Features'] | 1,865 |
Air Cargo Containers Market Statistics, Analysis & Forecast To 2024 | Asia Pacific will contribute significantly towards the air cargo containers market place. This growth is attributed to the proliferating e-commerce activities across the region. Further, the increasing trade activities including transportation of cargo and goods related to the pharmaceutical industry is further strengt... | https://medium.com/@rbose032/air-cargo-containers-market-statistics-analysis-forecast-to-2024-3435d9a66a1 | ['Rahul Bose'] | 2019-02-06 11:49:57.796000+00:00 | ['Trade', 'Market Research Reports', 'Aerospace', 'Business Development', 'Business'] | 922 |
Order Online alcohol in Kolkata for your husband, boyfriend in New Year 2021 | Alcohol gifting is tricky and it holds true for genders and age brackets, socio economic status as well. We all know that men are hard to shop for. However, the question is what do men really want as a gift in the role of a family man, husband, single males like boyfriend? The traditional way of surprising males in the... | https://medium.com/@liquesip/order-online-alcohol-in-kolkata-for-your-husband-boyfriend-in-new-year-2021-ea1ecd68f80e | [] | 2020-12-27 09:10:09.613000+00:00 | ['Alchohol', 'Liquor Store Online', 'Online Shopping', 'Home Delivery', 'Liquor'] | 771 |
Let’s Make the Cannabis Industry More Black & Brown | My journey with cannabis began in high school. After school, I would consume it with friends. One day, we thought it was a good idea to smoke in my backyard while my mom was home. We definitely got caught, yelled at, and lectured about how it wasn’t a good idea for young Black people to smoke weed. From that day forwar... | https://medium.com/@vickyjonas/lets-make-the-cannabis-industry-more-black-brown-a7c91d14fc1 | ['Victoria Mba-Jonas'] | 2020-12-17 21:07:44.841000+00:00 | ['Cannabis Legalization', 'Community Engagement', 'Cannabis', 'Social Equity', 'Social Journalism'] | 1,306 |
How to de-escalate a heated situation at work 🔥 | Ever felt your cheeks go hot in a meeting? I sure have. Sometimes it’s because I’ve felt dismissed, sometimes because I’ve felt attacked. But in a work setting, I have to somehow control that reaction and find a way to de-escalate. Here’s a method I’ve used successfully in a lot of heated moments.
Find the unspoken fe... | https://medium.com/@danaeshell/how-to-de-escalate-a-heated-situation-at-work-277d407468da | ['Danae Shell'] | 2019-10-13 19:13:19.504000+00:00 | ['Management And Leadership', 'Work', 'Management', 'Conversations'] | 616 |
Know when to Go Out, Know when to Stay In, and Get Things Done | Just before the lockdown, I went to a some rammed, stuffy rooms in Bristol to see something that was politically completely inconceivable five years ago. Here, socialist historians, tenants rights activists, self-professed communists, Labour MPs, non-binary Marxist-Leninist physicists and trade unionists got together t... | https://medium.com/@owenhatherley/know-when-to-go-out-know-when-to-stay-in-and-get-things-done-d696e0f8da2 | ['Owen Hatherley'] | 2020-04-06 18:02:09.153000+00:00 | ['Revenge', 'Local Government', 'Socialism'] | 2,523 |
Impact Of Online Teaching And Learning In Higher Education | Impact Of Online Teaching And Learning In Higher Education Projectclue12 Jun 1·3 min read
Institution of higher education have increasingly embraced online education, and the number of student enroll in distance education program is rising rapidly in colleges and universities.
Today’s students are exposed to a techno... | https://medium.com/@projectclue1/impact-of-online-teaching-and-learning-in-higher-education-8202b4455406 | [] | 2021-06-01 13:21:06.403000+00:00 | ['Online', 'Impact', 'Higher Education', 'Learning', 'Teaching'] | 840 |
Scratch to SOTA: Build Famous Classification Nets 5 (ResNet) | Photo by Rashi Raffi on Unsplash
Introduction
The advent of ResNet family at the end of 2015 shattered many computer vision records. Its model ensemble achieved 3.57% of top-5 error on ImageNet classification challenges (nearly halved GoogLeNet’s 6.67%). It attained a 28% of relative improvement on COCO object detect... | https://medium.com/swlh/scratch-to-sota-build-famous-classification-nets-5-resnet-dab4f8444a43 | [] | 2021-02-05 01:49:54.885000+00:00 | ['Pytorch', 'Image Classification', 'Step By Step Guide', 'Machine Learning', 'Computer Vision'] | 2,096 |
Episode 2: The Disappearance | Welcome back to your favorite established series of stories that you plan on sharing with everybody, but first you need to read it. So, let’s continue on!
“Are we a just two puzzles pieces meant for each other and no one else?” -Jake
If getting drugged was not bad enough for Jake. Now, he was feeling a unique sensati... | https://medium.com/@lylegrossi/episode-2-the-disappearance-3a304fa7e0e0 | ['Lyle Grossi'] | 2020-12-19 18:18:14.608000+00:00 | ['Mystery', 'Storytelling', 'Connection', 'Love', 'Limitless'] | 1,225 |
Solving my first regression problem | How I began my journey of data science and the learnings from solving my first regression problem
Photo by Maximillian Conacher on Unsplash
It’s the middle of the pandemic. My friend casually mentions Data Science in one of our conversations. Being a computer science graduate, I have heard the terms ML, AI, DS etc a ... | https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/solving-my-first-regression-problem-ffbd76d9032e | [] | 2020-12-22 16:38:54.373000+00:00 | ['Regression', 'Data Science', 'Tutorial', 'Beginner', 'How To'] | 3,241 |
The future of recruiting is marketing and 5 top tools for lead generation. | A lot of companies have been saying for a few years that the future of recruiting is marketing.
Recruitment website visitors now account for 20–30% of traffic. What this means for employers is that, unless your website is optimised for mobile, up to one-third of visitors will be receiving a poor experience.
This coul... | https://blog.duncanjcarter.co.uk/the-future-of-recruiting-is-marketing-and-5-top-tools-for-lead-generation-e1371140361b | ['Duncan Carter'] | 2020-11-26 14:21:22.252000+00:00 | ['Marketing', 'Recruitment', 'Website Design', 'Lead Generation', 'Recruitment Marketing'] | 1,292 |
Unclear Future for Marine Fuels | This article was originally published on Sustaining Capabilities.
The UN shipping regulator, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), recently adopted two major air pollution regulations to reduce the negative environmental effects of shipping. International trade is crucial to the functioning of the global econ... | https://rmcguine.medium.com/unclear-future-for-marine-fuels-22f73171838d | ['Ryan Mcguine'] | 2019-06-10 18:21:51.772000+00:00 | ['Climate Change', 'Air Pollution', 'United Nations', 'Shipping', 'Industry'] | 1,274 |
James Comey Is No Hero | Former Director of the FBI James Comey’s disdain for partisan politics, and commitment to the rule of law and justice is well known. He is a respected, former prosecutor who has held high-profile jobs in the DOJ under Democratic and Republican administrations. Comey views himself as an apolitical public servant, and in... | https://medium.com/@NeoLiberalHillaryistHawk_85819/james-comey-is-no-hero-e6f9934e7a55 | [] | 2018-12-18 15:43:04.815000+00:00 | ['Hillary Clinton', 'James Comey', 'FBI'] | 737 |
Gathering data sources to coordinate census outreach activities | What is the Census and why is it important?
Every 10 years, the US Government is required by the Constitution to count every single resident in the United States. This exercise has happened since the founding of the country and determines both political representation and monetary resources to every single community i... | https://medium.com/wepoinc/gathering-data-sources-to-coordinate-census-outreach-activities-b06ab08b4161 | ['Riccardo Pressiani'] | 2020-08-17 17:39:17.131000+00:00 | ['Case Study', 'Web Development', 'Software Development', 'Data Science', 'Census'] | 1,091 |
Gerascophobia: The Fear Of Getting Old | Every breath we take, every moment that passes, we get a little bit older. A little bit wiser? Perhaps, but definitely not always. Time is one of those precious commodities none of us can ever get back, yet so many of us waste freely.
We all age. Some better than others. Some gracefully, some too quickly. Some of us c... | https://medium.com/1-one-infinity/gerascophobia-the-fear-of-getting-old-d8256ef783f6 | ['Edie Tuck'] | 2019-10-09 19:26:54.351000+00:00 | ['Life Lessons', 'Anxiety', 'Carpe Diem', 'Aging', 'Regret'] | 993 |
How to Create a Seaborn Palette That Highlights Maximum Value | While working on my latest data science project, I realized I needed a way to quickly highlight the maximum value in each of my visualizations, so my reader could focus on the conclusion to each of my analyses. I was using seaborn plots in my project, drawn to their simplicity and beautiful built-in format, and thought... | https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-create-a-seaborn-palette-that-highlights-maximum-value-f614aecd706b | ['Samantha Knee'] | 2020-12-09 03:07:49.703000+00:00 | ['Data Visualization', 'Python', 'Colors', 'Seaborn'] | 1,088 |
It Wasn’t Religion That Led Me To Denounce My Greek Letters, It Was Hypocrisy | I know more than likely where this conversation will go. I’ve already grappled with the backlash that may or may not come from it and have accepted my obligation to speak on it anyway. Having been a member of a Black Greek-letter organization for over 10 years, I know all of the talking points, rebuttals, and clap back... | https://arahthequill.medium.com/it-wasnt-religion-that-led-me-to-denounce-my-greek-letters-it-was-hypocrisy-2b0f763993b1 | ['Arah Iloabugichukwu'] | 2020-11-21 08:31:31.218000+00:00 | ['Toxic Relationships', 'BlackLivesMatter', 'College', 'Trauma', 'Greek Life'] | 2,492 |
For Founders: How to Effectively Address Competition in Your Pitch? | Credits: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Over the past years, the entrepreneurial ecosystem has changed considerably. Good news for founders is lower launching costs and more capital available. But this has led to increased competition.
As a result, understanding the competitive landscape is key to make investment decisio... | https://medium.com/kerala-ventures/for-founders-how-to-effectively-address-competition-in-your-pitch-5870490a1528 | ['Marc Laurent'] | 2019-10-09 09:07:26.583000+00:00 | ['Kerala Ventures', 'Pitch', 'Startup', 'Pitch Deck', 'Competition'] | 308 |
“Tapioca”, the flutter package to edit videos easily and not using FFmpeg | “Tapioca”, the flutter package to edit videos easily and not using FFmpeg あんはる Feb 14·3 min read
https://pub.dev/packages/tapioca
Introduction
Hi, I’m Anharu.
I’m a Japanese junior-high-school student.
I developed "tapioca", the flutter package to edit videos easily and not using FFmpeg.
I personally published th... | https://medium.com/@anharu/tapioca-the-flutter-package-to-edit-videos-easily-and-not-using-ffmpeg-2e1a85824796 | [] | 2021-02-14 02:58:58.822000+00:00 | ['Ffmpeg', 'Flutter', 'Dart', 'Video Editing'] | 870 |
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Professionals is set against ... | https://medium.com/professionals-series-1-episode-7-hd/s1-e7-professionals-sea-1-episode-7-full-stream-4391b0a442dd | ['Indri Santia'] | 2020-12-14 17:18:56.017000+00:00 | ['Action', 'Thriller', 'Drama'] | 4,192 |
One Reason NOT to Go to Church | I know, I know, shouldn’t I be encouraging people to go to church, not send them away? To be clear, I can give you a million reasons to go to church. My intentions of this post is to to stress to people that there are wrong reasons to go to church too.
If you yearn for God’s love and to have a genuine, Christian commu... | https://medium.com/stumbling-forward-to-be-a-better-person/one-reason-not-to-go-to-church-c1559c5d53e1 | ['Jesse Walters'] | 2017-02-06 15:59:06.349000+00:00 | ['Religious Freedom', 'Happiness', 'Christianity', 'Religion', 'Church'] | 388 |
How tо Gеt Great Photos Evеrу Tіmе | Whаt аrе уоur memories of a fаmіlу photo ѕhооtѕ? Arе they оf dressing up іn your bеѕt сlоthеѕ and ѕіttіng uncomfortably fоr hоurѕ іn a hot studio whіlе being blinded by thе саmеrа flаѕh? Or wеrе уоu a brіdеѕmаіd аt a wеddіng whеrе уоu еndurеd hours of being photographed іn a drеѕѕ thаt rеѕеmblеd a Chrіѕtmаѕ tree dесоrа... | https://medium.com/@oluwaseunosunbade/how-t%D0%BE-g%D0%B5t-great-photos-ev%D0%B5r%D1%83-t%D1%96m%D0%B5-14777b7d9a27 | ['Oluwaseun Osunbade'] | 2021-12-30 10:51:25.354000+00:00 | ['Photograph', 'Photos', 'Câmera', 'Photography'] | 3,010 |
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