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How To Write Functions In TypeScript
Beginner-friendly series to future proof your app
Hey There
The other parts of this series are below for your convenience. 🥳
Part 1 of future-proofing your app
Part 2 of future-proofing your app
We previously talked about prop-types and moving on to an introduction on TypeScr... | ['Programming', 'Web Development', 'React', 'JavaScript', 'Typescript'] |
Read Your Code a Week From Now
Can you tell how it works at a glance? Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts.
One way to make your code very, very readable is to have lots of little parts with very clear functionality. This is known under the name of the single responsibility principle. If your code base is ... | ['JavaScript', 'Software Development', 'Programming', 'React', 'Python'] |
We Can All Go Back to Kansas Now
People have the memory of a gnat. We don’t have to cancel history, because 99 percent of it is already forgotten. How much do you remember yesterday? Last week? Last month? How different is your point of view, relative to those around you? Multiply that by billions.
That’s the nature ... | ['Society', 'Culture', 'Politics', 'Philosophy', 'Future'] |
Anthropologists and sociologists have been studying the emotion — or feeling, rather — of awkwardness for quite some time, but, despite this, the majority of what the average person knows about it is often exclusively limited to their own personal experience.
For the most part, we’re all vastly familiar with what it’s... | ['Culture', 'Psychology', 'Society', 'Human Behavior', 'Evolution'] |
Nowadays people will be showing more interest in learning new technologies. There are a number of top trending technologies in that Artificial intelligence is one of the top trending technologies. Who is wade through Artificial intelligence it is good for their career?
Artificial intelligence is one of the most import... | ['Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Software Development', 'Technology', 'AI'] |
What is Machine Listening? (Part 3)
“I saw the news about security camera with scream detection 10 years ago.”
It’s like speech recognition in the early 2000s.
When people first encounter machine listening technology, some remember the news articles about smart security camera with scream and gunshot detection funct... | ['Machine Learning', 'Audio', 'Machine Listening', 'Music', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
After that, we’re going to have to build a relationship between the Deals and TouchPoints table. This is because many TouchPoints can happen during the life of a Deal, and we’re going to want a has_many relationship to model that.
All you’re going to need to do is drag the Deals table over the TouchPoints table’s sch... | ['Development', 'Apps', 'Software Development', 'Productivity', 'Low Code'] |
Pitching Your Manuscript On Twitter’s PitMad Event
Is It Worth The Time And Effort to Pitch Your Work During This Quarterly Event?
This December was the first time I took part in Twitter’s PitMad. Since I got my manuscript as polished as I can get it in time for the event, I thought I should give it a go.
But was it... | ['Writing', 'Pitmad', 'Writing Tips', 'Creativity', 'Writer'] |
Step-1: Project Set-up
Ideally, a good practice to set up the bare skeleton of the project. As I have mentioned earlier in my previous stories as well. I prefer to store all my project in a folder named Work.
Input - This is where we will download our statements. Output - Storing our output file Main.kjb - This is wh... | ['Productivity', 'Data Science', 'Data', 'Programming', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
Exploratory Data Analysis — EDA — plays a critical role in understanding the what, why, and how of a problem statement.
Originally published at kite.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction Defining Exploratory Data Analysis Overview A detailed explanation of EDA Quick peek at functions Univariate and bivariate analysis ... | ['Data Visualization', 'Exploratory Data Analysis', 'Data Analysis', 'Data Science', 'Python'] |
Moses Eboigbe was the first to speak. He highlighted the work ICCDI does and what has been achieved this year, covering training and sensitization of secondary school students of Minas Academy on proper waste management and climate change. He also mentioned the SDGs for Universities intervention currently driven by ICC... | ['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Health', 'Lagos', 'Knowledge'] |
As it goes, we were doing an internal conference, and one of the speakers had no time to do a visual wrap-up for his presentation. So, he went with the slides that only had the portraits of the authors to whose work he was referring. The presentation was about the basics of lean, and the authors were Deming and Taylor.... | ['Learning', 'Software Development', 'Creativity', 'Insights', 'Visualization'] |
Choosing the best AutoML Framework
A head to head comparison of four automatic machine learning frameworks on 87 datasets.
Adithya Balaji and Alexander Allen
Introduction
Automatic Machine Learning (AutoML) could bring AI within reach for a much larger audience. It provides a set of tools to help data science teams... | ['Machine Learning', 'AI', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Software Development', 'Automl'] |
In the past year, our Engaged Journalism Accelerator programme has supported news organisations across Europe to kickstart and evolve promising models of engaged journalism — journalism that puts community engagement at its core, empowering communities and their conversations.
Last week in Berlin, we gathered 140 prac... | ['Media', 'Insights', 'Community Engagement', 'Journalism', 'Community'] |
“There is more information available at our fingertips during a walk in the woods than in any computer system, yet people find a walk among trees relaxing and computers frustrating. Machines that fit the human environment, instead of forcing humans to enter theirs, will make using a computer as refreshing as taking a w... | ['Podcast', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Conversational UI', 'SaaS', 'API'] |
Once upon a midnight dreary, while you pondered, drunk and sleepy,
over many a quaint and creative course that Skillshare owned.
Eventually you signed up for an art class, no thought that you might fail to pass,
Or even take the time to amass, the hours needed to master the skill at last.
“I’ll finish it later,” yo... | ['Apps', 'Poetry', 'Productivity', 'Technology', 'Humor'] |
Exercise Regularly
Regular exercise is considered a keystone habit because of the results that come along with it. Better eating habits, lowered blood pressure, increased focus, and better sleep benefits from regular exercise.
Track Your Spending
Track your spending if you want to change your financial future. Track... | ['Life', 'Life Lessons', 'Self Improvement', 'Inspiration', 'Motivation'] |
Phone Calls With Dead Authors: William Shakespeare
Once I got him on the phone, he spilled the beans
Shakespeare, in a surprisingly revealing phone call. Image: Mercopress —edited by the author
Recently, I found a dusty antique phone in my great-grandmother’s attic. When I polished it the phone began to glow. Intrig... | ['Writing', 'Shakespeare', 'Literature', 'Brooklyn', 'Humor'] |
The NCSS Challenge is an online coding competition which runs 4 times per year and is open to school students from around the world. The July round teaches the Python programming language.
Thinking of joining the NCSS challenge this July? Hear from Lily who’s a seasoned NCSS veteran about why she loves the competition... | ['Edtech', 'Programming', 'Education', 'Student Voice', 'Python'] |
Clients making “changes”
We normally work in Sketch, but some projects are also being done in Figma, if the customer started them that way.
One of our clients recently requested the ability to edit the Figma file we created and we reluctantly complied. What happened next was a typical designer's nightmare.
First of ... | ['UI', 'Collaboration', 'Figma', 'Design', 'UX'] |
A Deep Conceptual Guide to Mutual Information
Embracing the “Correlation of the 21st Century.”
The logical relations between various concepts underlying Mutual Information.
Dependency
Causality is a central concept in our lives. It refers to the idea that one event influences another event. Our perception of causal... | ['Science', 'Machine Learning', 'Correlation', 'Probability', 'Statistics'] |
Lawyers need to get their stories straight…
…Or risk missing out on growth
The legal industry has got a flame under it. While the news value of investment banking is in a down cycle, the fizz in the law firm world is becoming audible.
Domestic U.S. firms are merging to strengthen regional and international positions... | ['Storytelling', 'Law', 'Branding'] |
Abstract
Online market stability is predicated upon consumer trust. Most online platforms provide an open and semi-anonymous platform for posting reviews for a wide range of products. Due to the open and anonymous nature of these platforms, they’re vulnerable to reviews being faked, and the most efficient way to do th... | ['Python', 'Pytorch', 'NLP', 'Gpt 2', 'Review'] |
I haven’t been consistent in my writing blog since Jan 2019. I haven’t been a WRITER (in my own eyes) since before then. This is clear from my weekly posts dropping down to 18 in 2019, and only 8 this year.
But I am a Reinventor by nature: I craft my life, created my identity, and follow my inner fire. And at my heart... | ['Writing', 'Self Improvement', 'Reinvention', 'National Novel Writing', 'Identity'] |
2019 is coming to an end. What’s next for AI?
The limits of Deep Learning and AI ethics monopolize discussions on the future of AI
AI Now and AI Index 2019 Reports
2019 is ending and two of the most well known reports on AI state of the art — AI Now 2019 report, and AI Index 2019 — are out. What are they saying abou... | ['Deep Learning', 'Ai Ethics', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
This is my fourth article in the series of learning basic maths behind neural networks. You can check out my previous articles here:
Coming to LSTM, this is the most daunting of all. Don’t believe me! Just have a look at it..
My heart just skipped a beat when I first saw it for the first time (in a bad way of course ... | ['Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'Neural Networks', 'Data Science', 'Deep Learning'] |
State of Blockchains Q2 2019
Blockchain Founders Raise over $822 million by Q2
Despite several strong indicators in both network activity and user growth price continues to lag well behind the highs of 2017–18. The ecosystem is more robust and becoming increasingly professionalised with several new institutional part... | ['Blockchain', 'Startup', 'Bitcoin', 'Venture Capital'] |
Photo by Daniel Funes Fuentes on Unsplash
Lending libraries are for more than just books…
You may have seen a lending library in your own neighborhood. You know, those cute little boxes stuffed full of books, free for the taking. Some communities are taking the idea a few steps further by pooling together by creating... | ['Lending Libraries', 'Green Living', 'Sustainability', 'Green Living Tips', 'Community'] |
The world of small business in the online space is full of rapid change and here-today-gone-tomorrow opportunities.
If you can stay ahead of the trends, you’re more likely to keep yourself focused, build stronger systems into your business, and be more intentional about what you’re creating. It’s not a race — but it i... | ['Freelancing', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Trends', 'Small Business', 'Digital Marketing'] |
In store or online — what’s the environmentally friendliest way to shop?
Drones, robots, crowd-shipping and more offer new options for solving the sticky “last-mile” problem of bringing our purchases home
Photo © iStockphoto.com/baranozdemir
By Fred Pearce for Ensia | @ensiamedia
Is cyber-shopping terrible for the ... | ['Environment', 'Drones', 'Shopping', 'Online Shopping', 'Ecommerce'] |
I wrote an useful python script- ParseCF
It will parse all the Codeforces contests that a particular user has participated in till date, make separate folders for every contest and every folder would contain all the user’s submissions for that particular contest , ordered by the problem names.
For a guy like me who l... | ['Script', 'Codeforces', 'Programming', 'Python', 'Github'] |
Difference between plt.xxx() and ax.xxx()
As shown in Figure 1, there are three main layers in matplotlib architecture. From top to bottom, they are Scripting layer ( matplotlib.pyplot module), Artist layer ( matplotlib.artist module), and Backend layer ( matplotlib.backend_bases module), respectively.
Figure 1, Matp... | ['Data Science', 'Matplotlib', 'Data Visualization'] |
We’re All In This Together?
No. Clearly we’re not.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A proclamation by the pigs who control the government in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell.
It was only back in February that home secretary for the UK, Priti Patel labelled any person earni... | ['Covid 19', 'Salsa', 'Equality', 'Coronavirus', 'The Bad Influence'] |
Medium
As we are on Medium, I can’t talk about it. Some people make money here. Big bucks! Not me.
In all seriousness, I like writing on Medium. The user interface is nice and clean. Easy to write and easy to read. It has a huge visitor base and you can even get paid for writing. It has all I want from a platform for... | ['Money', 'Personal Story', 'Marketing', 'Blogging', 'Freelancing'] |
Having dealt with insomnia since the age of 16, I was no stranger to the inconveniences brought on by the lack of sleep, but pursuing a career in software development alongside being unable to sleep was debilitating.
On most days I would start my work-day around 6 AM, which meant that for me to get a good night’s slee... | ['Lifestyle', 'Productivity', 'Lifestyle Change', 'Insomnia', 'Self'] |
“The way she laughs is classic,
When she is near him everything look cinematic,
He looks her like may be she is a magic.” | ['Poetry', 'Writing', 'Relationships', 'Love', 'Poem'] |
Avoid comparisons.
Social media can be a terrible thing when it comes to mental health and wellness: for those struggling with the illness and for those who are dealing with the repercussions.
So often, I find myself on Facebook or Instagram, looking at all of the cutesy, lovey-dovey pictures of my friends, and I cat... | ['Anxiety', 'Sex', 'Family', 'Mental Health', 'Depression'] |
The news that Apple made cars has become a hot topic in the industry. The CNBC said that Apple has never admitted to making a car plan, but Cook acknowledged that Apple is developing an “Autonomous system” that can be used for self-driving cars or other purposes.
The DigiTimes predicts that Apple cars will be unveiled... | ['Apple', 'Electric Car', 'Technology', 'Self Driving Cars', 'Tesla'] |
After a very enjoyable initial call where I had a great rapport with the interviewer, she explained that the next round of interviews was a design exercise: I was to redesign a section of their existing product. If the CEO liked it, I’d move on to the next round of interviews.
This is a request I hadn’t heard in years... | ['Work', 'Design', 'UX Design', 'User Experience', 'UX'] |
This article is about when you want to aggregate some data by a key within the data, like a sql group by + aggregate function, but you want the whole row of data. It’s easy to do it the right way, but Spark provides lots of wrong ways. I’m going to go over the problem, and the right solution, then cover some ways that ... | ['Spark', 'Apache Spark', 'Big Data', 'High Performance', 'Performance'] |
Section 1: Styling the calendar header using Flexbox
Before we begin, let’s add some CSS to the main BaeCalendar component so we can see it on the browser and normalize some HTML element styles.
.bae-calendar-container {
box-sizing: border-box;
box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
height: 100%;
width: 100%; h1... | ['Web Development', 'CSS', 'React', 'Sass'] |
Choose wisely
The most fundamental factor in the life-cycle of a start-up: Money. 💰
Not just in the general scheme of fund-raising or making profits but especially if your company relies on online payments for your product to sell. For eg. An event ticketing portal, selling pickle online etc.
Having a smooth paymen... | ['Payments', 'Startup', 'Technology', 'Full Stack Development'] |
You read the title correctly. We’ve heard of classical and quantum computing, but promising research and work suggest that future supercomputers will consist of biological components.
Biocomputing, or organic computing, is an emerging field of computation that’s completely different from anything we’ve seen before the... | ['Data', 'Biocomputer', 'Computing', 'Future'] |
Analytics Vidhya is on a mission to create the next generation data science ecosystem. We aim to make data science knowledge accessible to as many people as possible. We aim to play an active role in enabling people to create products enabled by Data Science.
So, if you can create pieces of work which make data scienc... | ['Analytics Vidhya', 'Machine Learning', 'Writing', 'Data Science', 'Contribute'] |
Modern CI/CD Pipeline: Github Actions with AWS Lambda Serverless Python Functions and API Gateway
Modernizing web application development and deployment
Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash
Cloud is here to stay and more and more developers are seeking ways to effectively incorporate the cloud. Whether you are a startu... | ['API', 'Python', 'DevOps', 'Data Science', 'AWS Lambda'] |
3 Ways To Get A Little More Life Out Of Your Computer
Putting a little structure around the tech in your business can have a huge impact on productivity and profitability.
TECH STRETCH ARMSTRONG
There are many reasons why you might want to get a little more life out of your computer.
You’re in a cash crunch.
You’r... | ['Startup', 'Computers', 'Get Your Tech Right', 'Small Business', 'Managed Service Provider'] |
Before we dive into what we’ve learned about the detention centers immigrant children are being held in, let’s make one thing clear: The inhumane policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border (who are systematically prosecuted) is a Trump administration policy, not Democratic legislation. The... | ['Politics', 'Unpresidented', 'Donald Trump', 'Government', 'Journalism'] |
There are countless articles on the Internet teaching people how to speak up more in meetings. A few of them are not complete bullshit.
What if we think about it the other way around? Instead of focusing on individuals who tend to be quietly thinking in meetings, how about we try to make meetings more effective and in... | ['Meetings', 'Inclusion', 'Work', 'Psychology', 'Random Thoughts'] |
God Is Not Santa
“He wants to move us from being consumers to contributors,” Gray notes.
Photo by Mike Arney on Unsplash
Lately, I’ve been so lost. And I know it’s because I’m clinging to things that will never make me whole. Even though my life looks like it’s going great on the outside, on the inside, I’ve felt li... | ['Christianity', 'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'Self', 'Nonfiction'] |
Why the double diamond isn’t enough
The design process doesn’t end with prototyping. Unfortunately, designers are more often than not are pulled off a… | ['Design Process', 'Ux Translations', 'Startup', 'Product Management', 'UX'] |
Sometimes you just want some quick and dirty tips without all so much of the extra commentary. Hey, I get it. Hopefully these tips will help you take your work on Medium even further.
Decide first and foremost what Medium success looks like for you.
Want to earn $500 a month? Or reach 20,000 followers? Pick a goal--o... | ['Medium', 'Writing', 'Success', 'Writing Tips', 'Goals'] |
AI Has Become So Human, That You Can’t Tell the Difference
The truth about machines, and their ability to blend with us
You might be wondering if machines are a threat to the world we live in, or if they’re just another tool in our quest to improve ourselves. If you think that AI is just another tool, you might be su... | ['Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'NLP', 'Data Science', 'Digital'] |
SFU’s professional master’s program in computer science trains computational specialists in big data and visual computing. All students complete a paid co-op work placement as part of their degree. In this feature, we examine the co-op experiences of some of our big data students.
Sagar Parikh completed his bachelor’s... | ['Data Science', 'Big Data', 'NLP', 'Machine Learning', 'Co Op'] |
Framing Good Default Choices
This may have already happened to you: you have just taken out a new insurance plan, but one year later this plan changes its price. So instead of changing, you don’t bother and keep the same plan.
Economists Samuelson and Zeckhauser have described this human tendency as status quo bias. ... | ['Customer Experience', 'Decision Making', 'Marketing', 'Consumer Behavior', 'Customer Service'] |
5 Things You Should Know About Sex Writers
Clearing up common misconceptions
Photo by Richard Jaimes on Unsplash
I got an email some days ago from a fellow writer. She asked what it was like to be a writer who specializes in writing about sex. It was a sensitive question because it felt like she was honest — she wro... | ['Writing', 'Relationships', 'Sexuality', 'Advice', 'Work'] |
5 Scientifically-Proven Ways Happy Couples Help Their Relationships Thrive
And that you can implement in your own relationship today.
Photo by Rosie Ann from Pexels
Anyone who’s in a relationship wants it to be a happy one. We’re not masochists here; joy seems to be the elusive part of life that everyone wants but s... | ['Life Lessons', 'Psychology', 'Life', 'Relationships', 'Love'] |
Photo by Colton Jones on Unsplash
My daughter did not come into this world in a normal fashion. The typical build up to the birth of a child in America — the smiles, Lamaze classes, the swerving through traffic when the contractions start, the push, the scream, the glow, and taking the baby home all bundled up a coupl... | ['Hospital', 'Mental Health', 'Parenting', 'Mental Illness', 'Mental Health Awareness'] |
A Crack at the Edges
Microsoft’s new take on designing for accessibility
In eighth grade, two days before my year-end math test, I slipped while playing soccer and broke my wrist. I was demonstrably bad at the game, and as a thirteen-year-old I tried to compensate for it by kicking the ball with all my strength. Usua... | ['Inclusive Design', 'Ixda', 'Lyon', 'Design', 'Accessibility'] |
As universities move classes online, some science disciplines can transition from physical to virtual classroom more easily than others. Biology is challenging, especially in the courses I teach that focus on cells, molecules and genes. Here are some ‘out of the laboratory’ options for educators to consider.
Virtual l... | ['Higher Education', 'Education', 'Teaching', 'Learning', 'Science'] |
The Subtle Art of Naming the Smells That Shape You
On a nose-first investigation into the world.
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash
Petrichor
Summer smells like fresh rain on hot asphalt. It smells like staying out twenty minutes past curfew, of storms moving in, of running home under newspapers, giggling and laughi... | ['Life Lessons', 'Lifestyle', 'Human Prompt', 'Science', 'Self'] |
By Tyler Sonnemaker
Americans are becoming increasingly intolerant of those with opposing views, and our increasingly digital lives are part of the problem.
Between 1975 and 2017, animosity between Democrats and Republicans nearly doubled, according to researchers from Stanford University. And that survey was conduct... | ['Internet', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Polarization', 'Psychology', 'Social Media'] |
Let us go through a story.
“Not in distant past, I had provided a build of my application to the tester which was about to go live. I had made some fixes to it which as per my dev sanity testing had made build production ready. But after the testing, the situation was completely different. I got bugs in some cases whi... | ['iOS App Development', 'Software Design', 'Test Driven Development', 'Software Engineering', 'Tdd'] |
The term Orchestration in Microservice context might be ambiguous. To get it clearer, I would like to propose the following classification:
SOA-like orchestration
SOA focuses on remote communication between services, built around business capabilities. Central process engine synchronously calls distributed services r... | ['Microservices', 'Orchestration', 'Camunda', 'Bpm', 'External Task Pattern'] |
As I said in a previous post, I decided to focus on mobile apps. I have figured out, there was my previous issue in Flutter.
I spent all the evening trying to connect API and mobile. I’m nearly there. I think tomorrow a basic working prototype will be ready.
Primary metric
DAU: 4
Users
Users/prospective users talk... | ['Startup', 'Flutter', 'Dart', 'Mobile', 'Programming'] |
This tweet by a highly competent designer flashed by:
https://twitter.com/johnmaeda/status/839284888075448323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
It is work in progress on a presentation. You see what direction he is taking: the big headline on the left, rather than across the slide, and a paragraph of very small text.
I think this... | ['Design', 'Presentations'] |
Simpler Financial Management with 5 Expense Groupings honeyguide Follow Nov 13 · 1 min read
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels
It is fairly common to see expenses listed in alphabetical order or in some hard to follow default order within financial statements. This means your Rent expense and Telephone expense may have Salar... | ['Accounting', 'Financial Planning', 'Small Business', 'Expense Management', 'Entrepreneurship'] |
5 Signs It’s Time to Raise Venture Capital For Your B2B SaaS Company Emily Brungard Follow Nov 2 · 3 min read
For founders building software startups, money can be a major hurdle. How can you be sure, though, that venture capital is the right choice for you? After all, crowdfunding, bootstrapping, and alternative fund... | ['Venture', 'SaaS', 'Fundraising', 'Startup', 'Venture Capital'] |
CORPORATE MEDIA & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
As Major Outlets Ignore Assange Extradition Hearing, Ai Weiwei Demands Freedom for WikiLeaks Founder
“He truly represents a core value of why we are free — because we have freedom of the press,” Weiwei said.
Artist and Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei staged a silent protest Monday ... | ['Julian Assange', 'Ai Weiwei', 'Wikileaks', 'Journalism', 'Freedom Of The Press'] |
4. Avoid the Boolean Trap
When deciding your output, be extra careful when it comes to primitive booleans, used to determine the output value of something.
It’s known to be a code smell and it forces the developer to look at the source code/implementation of the component to be able to make an accurate assumption of ... | ['Programming', 'Nodejs', 'React', 'JavaScript', 'Frontend Development'] |
X-Variable Cleaning Methods
Applying a function to a column is often needed to clean it. In the case where cleaning cannot be done by a built-in function, you may need to write your own function or pass in an external built-in function. For example, say that all values of column b below 2 are invalid. A function to be... | ['Machine Learning', 'Data Analysis', 'AI', 'Data Science', 'Statistics'] |
I can never forget the day I was told by my manager to start looking for a new job, it was my father’s birthday. I was happy until 6.30 in the evening because for the first time I had gifted my father something expensive out of my pocket and he was so joyous when the gift presented him as a surprise. But all of my happ... | ['Interview', 'Mental Health', 'Job Search', 'Job Hunting', 'Jobs'] |
NumPy: Slicing and Indexing
One-dimensional slicing and indexing with NumPy, a Python package
NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing in Python.
One-dimensional slicing and indexing
Slicing of one-dimensional NumPy arrays works just like the slicing of Python lists. We can select a piece of an arr... | ['Numpy', 'Python', 'Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Programming'] |
1. There’s nothing new about: “Easy Orientalism”
New-Age beliefs, concepts, and practices are primarily borrowed (and by borrowed, I mean stolen) from varying sub-sects of Hindu, Buddhist, old Pagan, and Native-American schools of thought.
Note: As I personally come from a Hindu background and have no personal identi... | ['Spirituality', 'Wellness', 'Social Justice', 'Culture', 'Colonialism'] |
As I type this story, America is getting ready for bed. Our Operations Chief, Q, is heading out to lunch with investors in Hanoi and somewhere between the darkness and the light, is the blur.
We see it twice with each complete cycle because the blur is not the end. Dawn is the beginning of light and dusk is the beginn... | ['Social Media', 'Blockchain', 'ICO', 'Startup', 'Bitcoin'] |
Arshile Gorky & Mark Rothko’s Abstract Expressionism
The Eastern European creators of American Color Field Painting.
Several shifts in the intellectual, social and political climate of post World War II America gave way to the rise of Abstract Expressionism. The artistic style gained popularity as a weapon against To... | ['Painting', 'Artist', 'History', 'Art', 'Creativity'] |
When Laura Baldwin arrived at O’Reilly Media in 2001 as Chief Financial Officer, she was well equipped for the job. She had previously held the same position at Chronicle books and then spent a few years as a consultant for BMR & Associates, a firm that specializes in helping media companies.
The challenges at O’Reill... | ['Startup'] |
Immediately, the authors of the Batch Normalization paper begin by initializing variables.
Tip: Machine learning papers are notorious for creating dozens of variables and expecting the reader to know what they mean when they are referenced later. Take a highlighter and highlight where a variable is ‘initialized’ and w... | ['Data Analysis', 'Machine Learning', 'Research', 'AI', 'Data Science'] |
Once again, be ready for sacrifice — as long as it serves your little ego at the expense of everything else.
I am tired.
Ever since I came to this world, whether through schools relying on grades and competition, or more perniciously by being faced constantly with ads and commercials urging me to become a better-self... | ['Environment', 'Nike', 'Opinion', 'Advertising', 'Sports'] |
A Letter to Students Who Just Started (or Are About to Start) Coding Bootcamps
My experience in coding bootcamp can hopefully help you overcome anxiety and nervousness before your first day
Photo by Tonik on Unsplash.
Hi, my name is Megan. First off, I want to congratulate you on starting/being admitted to the bootc... | ['Software Development', 'Coding', 'Startup', 'Learning To Code', 'Programming'] |
Data Binding
The Data Binding Library is a support library that allows you to bind UI components in your layouts to data sources in your app using a declarative format, rather than programmatically.
The Data Binding Library generates binding classes for the layouts, which we can use in Android components like Activit... | ['Programming', 'AndroidDev', 'Software Engineering', 'Kotlin', 'Mobile'] |
The world of AI/Machine Learning is evolving fast. If you’re like me, keeping up with the latest developments can seem like trying to reach a destination while walking on a treadmill. Sometimes it’s worth it to just step off, pause, and look back at the origins of many of the paradigms and algorithms that got us to whe... | ['Machine Learning', 'Algorithms', 'Data Science', 'Creativity', 'Management'] |
Ultimate Guide to Python's Matplotlib: A Library Used to Plot Charts
A simple guide to draw Bar Charts, Line charts, and Pie charts in Python
Photo by Cookie the Pom on Unsplash
Data visualization refers to the graphical or visual representation of data and information using elements like charts, graphs and maps, et... | ['Technology', 'Digital Life', 'Design', 'Programming', 'Computer Science'] |
Written by Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet
A CAPTCHA, (an acronym for “completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart”), is a test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. You’ve all seen those distorted codes or image-selection chal... | ['Artificial Intelligence', 'Online', 'Technology', 'Captcha', 'Accessibility'] |
Medium writers always try to check their progress using their earning dashboards. It is not a good idea to check the dashboard on medium to check your progress. Medium is not all about money. On medium, every writer can write to give world knowledge and further can change the lives of the people.
Medium earnings do no... | ['Writing', 'Self Improvement', 'Writer', 'Success', 'Writing Tips'] |
The year may be drawing to a close but the WePower team is feeling more motivated than ever! We’ve just had a very successful live AMA session on Telegram where our community raised lots of questions and shared their interest in the WePower story. We are thrilled to have so many people supporting our journey.
Thank yo... | ['Energy', 'Blockchain', 'Renewables', 'Renewable Energy'] |
If you are in Pythoneer/Pythonista or at least familiar with python, you will encounter the word PIP as this is a vital tool that we will use to install a package to import any package in the program. Have you ever thought of creating your package or wanted to know how this process works then you came to the perfect pl... | ['Programming', 'Python3', 'Python', 'Package'] |
Catalytic events are historical occurrences that cause important changes. How can you build wealth in the middle of one?
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Life is filled with uncertainty, especially in times like this!
We find ourselves in the middle of a pandemic that has triggered an economic recession, escalated ... | ['Work', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Self', 'Money', 'Wealth'] |
If you’re reading this post you probably already know about Amazon Elastic Block Store, aka Amazon EBS, one of the many services provided by the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem.
An EBS volume can range from 1GB to 1TB and can be mounted to an Amazon EC2 instance as a device, each EBS volume can be mounted to one i... | ['Cloud Computing', 'Programming'] |
What’s the difference between self-preservation and hiding?
Between private and public?
Today, it seems hard to tell.
One person’s safety will end up another’s hell.
Stashing.
Is it damaging?
Or is it a shield?
Is it an infliction?
Or is it an accommodation?
Being Stashed.
Is it mistreatment?
Or is it protec... | ['100 Naked Words', 'Fiction', 'Writing', 'Relationships', 'Love'] |
Creating a new design for a basketball community platform
After intense weeks of hard work at the Ironhack UX/UI Design Bootcamp, it was time to prepare for the final project.
The students were introduced to real clients facing real problems.
Among all the business, Hoopers got my attention. They are a basketball co... | ['UX Design', 'Design', 'Ironhack', 'UI Design', 'UX'] |
How to Budget as an Emotional Spender
Keeping track of your finances without pulling teeth
Photo by Diane Helentjaris on Unsplash
Did you know that 26% of Americans would rather get a cavity filled than create a budget?
Creating a budget is an unpleasant emotional rollercoaster for many, but for many right now, it’... | ['Money', 'Budget', 'Emotions', 'Anxiety', 'Productivity'] |
The Coup in Caracas
How I reported on days of anarchy in Venezuela as a foreign correspondent.
Image by 272447 from Pixabay
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
The general, the breast of his uniform jacket striped with ribbons and medals, stood ramrod stiff on the TV screen as he declared he was withdrawing his allegiance to... | ['Venezuela', 'Journalism', 'Modern History', 'Coup', 'Chavez'] |
This is how you can become the writer you want to be without selling your soul
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Lately, I’ve been taking a break from Medium to finish writing my book and try ghostwriting. This has given me some time to think about the habits of other writers on here, particularly new writers.
This is ... | ['Life Lessons', 'Writing', 'Writing Tips', 'Writers On Writing', 'Personal Development'] |
My laptop is a bit on the slow side. It's this pretty (as in cute) but cheap HP thing I bought off QVC back in 2012 when I told myself I was going to become a writer and change my whole life.
Okay, so it took a few years for me to actually get started.
Back then, I thought I was going to write a novel, and I don't kn... | ['Medium', 'Parenting', 'Writing', 'Partner Program', 'Success'] |
Which of these three phrases does not belong with the others on the label of a Snapple “Takes 2 to Mango Tea” my daughter recently bought?
“All Natural”
“Made from the BEST stuff on EARTH!”
“Plastic Bottle!”
By the way, I didn’t add the exclamation mark to the last phrase. For some inscrutable reason, the company t... | ['Zero Waste', 'Drinks', 'Advertising', 'Environment', 'Plastic Pollution'] |
2. Matrices, the 2D Arrays
There used to be a dedicated matrix class in NumPy, but it is deprecated now, so I’ll use the words matrix and 2D array interchangeably.
Matrix initialization syntax is similar to that of vectors:
Double parentheses are necessary here because the second positional parameter is reserved for... | ['Programming', 'Python', 'Numpy', 'Numpy Array', 'Data Science'] |
Blessings
Blessings are everywhere,
It is up to us
To recognize them. | ['Poetry', 'Self-awareness', 'Spirituality', 'Life Lessons', 'Spiritual Secrets'] |
Photo by Andy Wang on Unsplash
Rumors surrounding a potential Apple Car began circulating online in 2014, and last week they began to stir back up. According to Reuters, an electric Apple Car could enter production as soon as 2024, with significant battery tech advancements. The article caught the attention of Tesla C... | ['Cars', 'Gadgets', 'Tesla', 'Technology', 'Apple'] |
4 Social Media Tips for Your Small Business
Resources for business owners during Small Business Week
We’re extremely proud to sponsor Small Business Week and celebrate the small businesses that do so much to help their communities and local economies thrive.
We’re honored to hit the road to meet small business owner... | ['Content Marketing', 'Marketing', 'Small Business', 'Social Media', 'Social Media Marketing'] |
I’ve Been Meditating for 48 Years
I’ve learned an incredible amount about myself and the world around me
Illustration: Benjavisa/Getty Images
In the fall of 1972, I was beginning my last year in college. The Watergate scandal was unfolding. The war in Vietnam was beginning to wind down, but unrest and turmoil still ... | ['Self Improvement', 'Life', 'Mindfulness', 'Meditation', 'Mental Health'] |
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