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Machine Learning: Strides and Limitations
A conversation with Andrew McAfee, Hilary Mason, and Claudia Perlich
As AI and machine learning (ML) become more mainstream in business applications and more widely accepted by the public — in everything from ‘smart’ vacuum cleaners and navigation systems, to the ubiquitous A... | ['Machine Learning', 'MIT', 'Automation', 'Algorithms', 'AI'] |
Understanding Performance metrics for Machine Learning Algorithms
Performance metrics explained — How do they work and when to use which?
Performance metrics are used to evaluate the overall performance of Machine learning algorithms and to understand how well our machine learning models are performing on a given dat... | ['Deep Learning', 'Performance Metrics', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Data Science', 'Machine Learning'] |
Once I got a rather simple-looking task from a regular client of mine: he needed to make a screen for an iOS app with several switches. The switch was long and thin. It was different from both the UISwitch, which has size 51x31 points, and the Material switch, which is more flexible in size, but the thumb is bigger tha... | ['Mobile App Development', 'Swift', 'iOS App Development'] |
Everything depends on light.
Zero and one.
Light is the constant in the reality we live. At present. We know, if the light goes out, we’re dead. This means, we can prove that nature codes reality.
If you live in Florida, and you move from south to north, on the eastern coast, you will notice, different kinds of liza... | ['Circular Theory', 'Universal Relativity', 'Universal Circularity', 'Technology', 'Science'] |
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Covid-19’s Other Sobering Statistics
A tale of American woe in 20 numbers
Beyond the more than 100,000 U.S. Covid-19 deaths, several numbers starkly reveal strife and stress that’s distributed unequally and not as routinely publicized. Here’s a snapshot of U.S. statistics at this soberin... | ['Covid 19', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment', 'Death', 'Stress'] |
There it is again, that feeling that I’m not enough. The belief that if I don’t prove that I’m a competent leader, I’m going to get found out.
I just received an email requesting that I update my board on sales performance.
“That’s it,” I think to myself. “I’m going to get found out. At some point, everyone’s going t... | ['Work', 'Leadership', 'Self', 'Mindfulness', 'Productivity'] |
Every project has its specifications and demands. And when you’re building an application, it’s most important to choose the right technology to code it. We’ll take a look at Python vs. Node.js to learn about their benefits, downsides, and use cases so you can make an educated decision about which one is best suited to... | ['Python', 'JavaScript', 'Web Development', 'Nodejs', 'Programming'] |
A perfectly flexible chain in equilibrium suspended by its ends and subject to gravity has the shape of a curve called the catenary. The name was coined in 1690 by the Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and inventor, Christiaan Huygens in a letter to the prominent German polymath Gottfried Leibniz.
The catena... | ['Calculus', 'Physics', 'Science', 'Math'] |
React has seen a lot of changes lately and with evolving terminology and certain buzzwords, there can be a lot of confusion with what’s to come. In this write-up, I hope to clarify some of the understanding around Concurrent Rendering, and also give you some tips on how to get ready for the upcoming changes to React.
... | ['Developer Tools', 'React', 'Web', 'Web Development'] |
Astronomers Have Detected a Planet’s Radio Emissions 51 Light-Years Away ExtremeTech Follow Dec 21 · 3 min read
by Ryan Whitwam
Astronomers have detected thousands of exoplanets, but there’s only so much we can know about them from light-years away. A new study from Cornell University could help shed light on the con... | ['Space', 'Science', 'Astronomy', 'Exoplanets', 'Aliens'] |
Medium has a lot of great features. The story editor, while a bit limited in format options, is intuitive, easy to use and makes a great eye-catching story. The ability to build publications is pretty cool, and the interface between writers and readers is really pretty special.
There is a lot to like about Medium all ... | ['Leadership', 'Inspiration', 'Writing', 'Reading', 'Poetry'] |
Making a Stand Alone Executable from a Python Script using PyInstaller
This article is also available in English. Please, click here to read the English version. | ['Executable', 'Py2exe', 'Make Exe', 'Python', 'Pyinstaller'] |
It’s Mother’s Day. I’ve been a mother for 22.5 years now. It was the biggest blessing to me ever and I am grateful every day for these three amazing humans who call me mom (although I never gave them permission to stop calling me mommy — but that’s another story). I have a lot of friends who are moms and a lot of relat... | ['Parenting', 'Empty Nest', 'Self-awareness', 'Mothers Day'] |
The results maintain a theme seen in last year’s survey that, at least among respondents, we are seeing a real youth movement in the profession. Half of the responses indicated 3 or fewer years of experience. Gender diversity still skews dramatically toward men, who outnumber women practitioners 2 to 1.
There’s an int... | ['Design', 'Data Science', 'Data', 'Data Visualization', 'Dvsintro'] |
Example of alliteration in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven poem.
Hey there! Alexander here. I love using alliteration in my poems, prose & other writings. For those that are unfamiliar with alliteration, it is defined as:
“Alliteration is […] a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the fi... | ['Cemetery', 'Writing', 'Poetry', 'Creative Writing', 'Quotes'] |
It’s a crying shame, really. I love Medium. It’s the best writing environment on the web, and they sweat the details like nobody else. The community too is just peach. This could have been a love story for the ages.
But I don’t think we’ll grow old together, Medium and I. I suspect it’ll end quite tragic, actually. $1... | ['Startup', 'Venture Capital'] |
Remember, I’m just going over the MacGyver hacks with science stuff in them.
DIY Blacklight
This one is fairly legit. MacGyver is in an escape room and needs to find a blacklight to read some hidden words on the wall. He says it would be easier to build a blacklight than it would be to find it.
Here is MacGyver’s bu... | ['Macgyver', 'Science', 'DIY'] |
Can’t Sleep Well? One of These Techniques May Help You
How to tell if you suffer from insomnia and improve your sleep
Photo by Ihsan Aditya from Pexels
Insomnia is a sleep disorder that affects as many as 35% of adults. It is marked by problems getting to sleep, staying asleep through the night, and sleeping as long... | ['Insomnia', 'Mental Health', 'Sleep', 'Self', 'Lifestyle'] |
Last week in this post we talked a little about Offline Attribution, its parallel with Online, the use of Lift as a method of attribution and some ways of calculating it. Just to recap, let’s look again at the components of the Lift calculation.
The components of Lift: Observed, Baseline and Difference.
We stopped at... | ['Attribution', 'Data Science', 'Marketing'] |
Or Deep Learning. Or Data Science. Or Data analytics. Or whatever buzz word that utilizes machine learning.
Let’s not begin with our journey into machine learning by straight away analyzing housing price markets using various regressions or by making a ‘recommender system’ using Restricted Boltzmann Machines(RBMs) or ... | ['Deep Learning', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning'] |
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Medium sent you an email at to complete your subscription. | ['The Daily Pick', 'Data Science', 'Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
View of Neglect at Flux Gallery. Image by Jung In Jung.
Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo uses the aesthetics of data visualization to depict the quotidian lives of objects, specifically books. Her piece for Artificial Retirement, Neglect, is an installed library which features an abstracted measure of how (not) often its b... | ['Design', 'Time', 'Art', 'Exhibition', 'Data Visualization'] |
When the world doesn’t take you seriously
You don’t need respect from everyone in order to succeed
Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash
“She barely looks old enough to drive, but she’s a professor.” That’s how one of our deans liked to introduce new faculty at the fall convocation every August. Especially when we were f... | ['Work', 'Professional Development', 'Life Lessons', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Self'] |
Becoming a Data scientist: which path to take?
What are the options out there for you to become a data scientist?
Photo by Lili Popper on Unsplash
Whether you have been into the data science field or just entering, I believe you will significantly benefit from this article in many ways. We first outline the importan... | ['Deep Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Learning', 'Data Science', 'Machine Learning'] |
While I was out running today I got thinking about an Inc. Magazine article I read years ago written by a business consultant who would go into large corporations and tell the executives to take their ties off and start swearing more. This same consultant would tell small business owners to put a tie on and stop sweari... | ['Small Business', 'Startup', 'Leadership Development', 'Business Strategy'] |
A Websocket allows to create a communication channel between a client and a server. In particular, a communication channel that uses the websocket protocol as a communication protocol. The websocket protocol is compatible with the HTTP protocol (yes, the one used to connect web browsers and web servers). However, it ha... | ['Websocket', 'Java', 'Client Server Model', 'Java Apis', 'Eclipse Tyrus'] |
Previously Unrevealed Moments Your Favorite Literary Heroines Had Their Periods
Because moon river plays, whether or not it’s included in the text.
Just a warning — if you’re not into reading about dismal lady days, this isn’t the post for you. There are a lot of articles on Medium that do not discuss the great sea o... | ['Satire', 'Humor', 'Women', 'Feminism', 'Books'] |
Furthermore, in a recent study, Richard Schonberger’s research on “frustration-driven processes” outlines an elaborate system (meant to be used by businesses) to provide individuals with a “positive outlet for frustrations” (within the workplace)…
Despite the article’s initially narrow scope, I think that its findings... | ['Innovation', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Stress Management', 'Trends', 'Rage'] |
How design connects sales and product teams to capitalize on market signal
Most product management articles describe how to improve product experiences in a business-to-consumer (B2C) context where there is a clear line of site and access to the end customer. But for many software companies, customer experiences are d... | ['Product', 'Product Design', 'New York', 'Design Thinking', 'Product Management'] |
My second husband and I attended a concert. A well-known singer had released an album. I’d bought us tickets to surprise him. We’d just gotten married a few weeks earlier.
The light show was fantastic, and the band played many of my favorites. I stood the second half and swayed as I sang along.
He grinned and watched... | ['Relationships', 'Intimacy', 'Sex', 'Lessons Learned', 'Psychology'] |
You cannot judge Trump based on normal behavior. He has never lived a normal life like you and me so his behavior, i.e. coping skills, are not the same as everyone else. And while those life skills might be judged as abnormal for the general population, they have worked for him and helped him achieve success for more t... | ['Politics', 'Government', 'Trump', 'Mental Health', 'Life Lessons'] |
A Tiny Moment of “Here’s What You Get When You Never Stop”
Photo by David Bruyndonckx on Unsplash
The Moment
It can take a lot to question if things are working out or if there is a path through all of this uncertainty. I sit here looking beyond the tree line and don’t know why or when the fix is arriving. I know as... | ['Motivation', 'Life Lessons', 'Positive Thinking', 'Tiny Life Moments', 'This Happened To Me'] |
The history of autonomous vehicle datasets and 3 open-source Python apps for visualizing them plotly Follow Oct 15 · 10 min read
Special thanks to Plotly investor, NVIDIA, for their help in reviewing these open-source Dash applications for autonomous vehicle R&D, and Lyft for initial data visualization development in ... | ['Plotly', 'Machine Learning', 'Autonomous Vehicles', 'Uber', 'Lyft'] |
Why Is It Scary to Be a Leader?
8 Ways to Be Bold in a Digital Age
Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet on Unsplash
We litter social media with the quotes that have stood the test of time and triumphantly repeated as motivation to keep us going. The boldly spoken words of men such as JFK and Martin Luther King memorialize... | ['Leadership', 'Courage', 'Emotional Intelligence', 'Productivity', 'Faith'] |
Big Data is always the buzzword in the software industry primarily due to a large amount of data generated which can not be processed with traditional computing methods. Big Data has a characteristic of 3 Vs ie. Volume (amount of data), Velocity (Speed of data in and out), Variety (Range of data type and sources).
Hav... | ['Test Strategy', 'Mapreduce', 'Testing', 'Big Data', 'Hadoop'] |
in In Fitness And In Health | ['Storytelling', 'Mood Board', 'Lifestyle', 'Marca'] |
Do you need to handle datasets that are larger than 100GB?
Assuming you are running code on the personal laptop, for example, with 32GB of RAM, which DataFrame should you go with? Pandas, Dask or PySpark? What are their scaling limits?
The purpose of this article is to suggest a methodology that you can apply in dail... | ['Machine Learning', 'Pandas', 'Spark', 'Data Science', 'Big Data'] |
“There is a major shortage of data scientists.”
M. Stonebraker (Turing Award Winner), March 2020.
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In this article, we will go through some of the basics of machine learning and implement them using Python libraries. I will try to be as basic as possible, avoiding the use of too many “technical jargo... | ['Machine Learning', 'Python', 'Supervised Learning', 'K Nearest Neighbours', 'Data Science'] |
Weekly Machine Learning Research Paper Reading List — #3
Authors: Lei Duan, Guanting Tang, Jian Pei, James Bailey, Akiko Campbell, Changjie Tang
Venue: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Journal
Paper: URL
Abstract:
When we are investigating an object in a data set, which itself may or may not be an outlier, can ... | ['Research', 'Machine Learning', 'University', 'Science', 'Academia'] |
Seth Godin has a post title that scored zero in that headline analyzer everyone recommends. Seriously. Zero. Zip. No score.
It all started with a stupid thing I read…
I honestly think I suck at titles. Like, I pull them out of the damn air.
One time I had an article I thought was pretty good, but no one read it.
Li... | ['Ideas', 'Writing', 'Advice', 'Writing Tips', 'Inspiration'] |
Just a quick anecdote to open: a few months ago, I had someone Facebook Messenger me to go on Slack. When I got on Slack, he sent me something from Google Docs to work on. That’s three platforms in the span of about 47 seconds. Theoretically a Google link can be shared in Facebook Messenger, so we could have potentiall... | ['New Digital Tools', 'Future Of Work', 'Productivity Apps', 'Productivity', 'Management'] |
I Hate it When I am Not Included
Photo by Mockaroon on Unsplash
It bothers me when
I am not
invited
or
included.
I
know I shouldn’t
care
so
much.
But,
I do.
I
hate
that feeling
of being
left out.
It brings up
memories
of
when I
was
younger
and girls talked
about going to places
that I
was no... | ['Self-awareness', 'Emotions', 'Friendship', 'Included', 'Perspective'] |
The ‘subtraction story’
Charles Taylor’s Secular Age begins with an interesting question. Why in medieval times did almost no one doubt God’s existence but for many in the 21st century it is almost impossible not to doubt his existence?
Most of us have heard a version of this ‘subtraction story’. In medieval times, p... | ['Religion', 'Christianity', 'History', 'Spirituality', 'Science'] |
Lines, curved and straight
Understanding straight lines hold the key to gravity. What is a straight line? What is the distinctive feature of a straight line that separates it from non-straight lines? The question might seem silly and obvious at first, but let me warn you, it is not.
Imagine two straight, parallel lin... | ['Astrophysics', 'General Relativity', 'Gravity', 'Physics', 'Science'] |
In a nutshell
Reliable COVID-19 news and human interest stories kept Ukrainian citizens in the capital and the east of the country up-to-speed during the pandemic.
What is Hromadske Radio?
Established in 2013, Hromadske Radio is a public radio station based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is one of Ukraine’s few non-commercial... | ['Resilience', 'Radio', 'Case Study', 'Covid 19', 'Journalism'] |
Motivation: As part of my personal journey to gain a better understanding of Deep Learning, I’ve decided to build a Neural Network from scratch without a deep learning library like TensorFlow. I believe that understanding the inner workings of a Neural Network is important to any aspiring Data Scientist.
This article ... | ['Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Deep Learning', 'Towards Data Science', 'Data Science'] |
3 Reasons Why You Should Be More Like Bamboo
What looks weak is strong.
Photo by Michael Payne on Unsplash
Have you ever wondered how sharks keep their teeth so white without going to the dentist? Well, even if you haven’t, I bet that’s all you’re thinking about now.
It turns out actually, that sharks do indeed go ... | ['Mindfulness', 'Mental Health', 'Self Improvement', 'Life Lessons', 'Inspiration'] |
In my just-over-two-years on Medium, I’ve received my fair share of goofy and/or insulting comments on my stories. Certainly, many of you can relate. Some leave you shaking your head, while others are infuriating. And then there are those “bon mots” which actually incite pity for the commentators.
With that said, none... | ['Sherry Top Shelf', 'Reader Comments', 'Mental Health', 'Satire', 'Sexuality'] |
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There are times when I feel that my older ‘self’ was much more aware than my ‘self’ of today…
I never used to examine why I feel compelled to write.
I just did it.
All through grade school, high school, the Army and in my life post Army.
In 2012 I fell off the wagon and spent 5 year... | ['Writing Life', 'Personal Story', 'Memories', 'Compulsion To Write', 'Writing'] |
Like the rest of the internet, I read the above piece earlier tonight. At first, I had to hold myself back from quoting basically the entire thing on Twitter. It’s so salacious and mind-blowing. We’ve all heard various stories of Stockholm Syndrome. Or people drawn towards prison inmates for various reasons. And in a w... | ['Romance', 'Martin Shkreli', 'Crime', 'Journalism', 'Christie Smythe'] |
Almost every time I start working with a new client, they ask me for pointers on writing character emotion without falling into telling or cliché. As I wrote my answer, I realized it would make a great blog post because, let’s face it, writing emotion is hard. Here’s a technique I’ve come up with over the years that I ... | ['Editing', 'Writing', 'Craft', 'Fiction Writing', 'Writing Exercise'] |
After a year of development, British writer/producer Stu Laurie and his husband Kevin have joined forces with American media company MADE, LLC to form Breaking Rainbow Productions. This brand is dedicated to telling stories from LGBT creators or about LGBT protagonists, and the first creation of this new label is this ... | ['Marketing', 'Entertainment', 'LGBTQ', 'Media', 'Philosophy'] |
A long, long time ago, there was an elephant named Harry Elephante. Harry was known far and wide for his famous singing ability. Crowds of elephants would gather to listen to Harry croon his majestic tones and hit notes once deemed impossible by elephant musical historians.
For Harry Elephante, life was good.
The yea... | ['Flash Fiction', 'Writing', 'Fiction', 'Baby', 'Short Story'] |
Drug classification — on cAInvas
Training a deep learning model to prescribe a drug based on the patient’s data.
A prescription drug is one that requires a medical prescription to be dispensed by law. On the other hand, an over-the-counter drug is one that can be dispensed without a prescription.
When it comes to th... | ['Tinyml', 'Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'IoT', 'Deep Learning'] |
“I don’t care who [politician’s name] takes money from.”
I saw this comment on a Facebook post recently, and it shocked me. I had to remind myself that not too many years ago, I might have said the same sort of thing. I knew that some politicians are corrupt, but I also believed that for a genuinely principled person,... | ['Politics', 'Election 2020', 'Psychology'] |
What makes you the person you are today, and what led you to run for public office?
I grew up on a farm that’s been in my family for 200 years, meaning I have that instilled sense of “Americana” in me. I didn’t grow up with a lot of money. My dad was a salesman and my mom was an elementary school teacher. They raised ... | ['Politics', 'New York City', 'New York', 'Interview', 'Government'] |
We have launched the Custom dApps development environment on the dApp Builder website. If you are blockchain developer and good in Solidity, HTML and JavaScript you are able now to create your own dApp such as our Voting, Betting, Multisignature Wallet or Custom Token dApps.
Now we are improving our marketplace to all... | ['Token', 'Blockchain', 'Development', 'Ethereum', 'Dapps'] |
I was scared. I could feel the effects of the pills. I couldn’t control my legs. I knew I was slipping. I no longer wanted to die, but it was too late. I wanted to be upstairs in bed with Flora and Zoey, not fading fast in a beanbag on the kitchen floor.
My whole body went numb.
Help me. I’m scared. I don’t want to g... | ['Mental Health Awareness', 'Suicide', 'Death', 'Mental Health', 'Mind'] |
The Catalyst Programme is a six-week training hosted by The Shortcut to prepare Finnish immigrants for starting or joining startups. This blog follows the October 2018 participants to show what the program is about, what they are learning, and who they are. In Week 3, former Catalyst participants mentored us on the A t... | ['Mentorship', 'Event', 'The Shortcut', 'Professional Development', 'Entrepreneurship'] |
Preventing Screen Capturing and Recording in iOS App
How to Make iOS App Secure From Screenshot and Recording?
Making iOS App Secure from Screenshot and Recording
Thanks to the mobile era we have mobile apps for everything these days. Every business from a barbers shop to huge retailers has apps so that they can be ... | ['Mobile App Development', 'iOS', 'Swift', 'iOS App Development', 'Security'] |
6 Programming Habits That (Surprisingly) Not Many Developers Have
Distinguish yourself from the herd
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When it comes to being a good programmer, there are certain habits that immediately pop up in your mind. There are some habits that most programmers would agree are great to have, but in re... | ['Programming', 'Software Development', 'JavaScript', 'Technology', 'Startup'] |
Sometimes there’s just nothing there, Christyl Rivers
Everything happens for a reason
Nope. Not everything happens for a reason. That raindrop did not fall to the left of the rose petal for a reason. The raindrop just fell.
That dog did not pee on your berry bush for a reason. Silky just peed, because she’s a dog.
... | ['Life Lessons', 'Writing', 'Humor', 'Inspiration', 'Philosophy'] |
Nimiq and Kindhumans
Blockchain tech for charity campaign transparency
Introducing Kindhumans
Kindhumans celebrates the good in humanity by creating a community around kindness, promoting conscious consumption, and always giving back. Co-founded by Suzi and Justin Wilkenfeld and a team of former GoPro, Live Nation/F... | ['Sustainability', 'Ecommerce', 'Blockchain', 'Nimiq', 'Cryptocurrency'] |
What if I told you to pay more attention . . . pay lots of attention to the “long tail” ? Would that mean anything to you? If yes, keep reading. If no, keep reading and pay very close attention, because this is the single most important issue for your business’ growth and your business change that you will encounter.
... | ['Marketing', 'SEO', 'Business Process'] |
Often when people talk about how loving their parents were, how loving their spouse is or how loving they are, they cite two things: caretaking and sacrifice. While these two traits are usually thought of as positive, they can be used in a negative context.
A codependent is someone who constantly gives and sacrifices ... | ['Relationships', 'Love', 'Sex', 'Self', 'Psychology'] |
7 Easy Tips For Effective Content Writing Visualmodo Follow Jan 16 · 4 min read
Effective content writing is a complex mixture of an accurate structure, tips like high writing standards, unique information, and clarity of what is being presented. Regardless of the content deals with an entertaining blog post or an art... | ['Content', 'Writing', 'Creative', 'Blogger', 'Creation'] |
Time Series Analysis, Visualization & Forecasting with LSTM
Statistics normality test, Dickey–Fuller test for stationarity, Long short-term memory
The title says it all.
Without further ado, let’s roll!
The Data
The data is the measurements of electric power consumption in one household with a one-minute sampling ... | ['Machine Learning', 'Tutorial', 'Python', 'Time Series Forecasting', 'Deep Learning'] |
My name is Vidya, and I just graduated from UC San Diego, where I studied Mathematics and Computer Science. This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at Strava on the Platform team, and learned a lot along the way.
Airbrake for Scala Services
My first project focused on integrating Strava’s Scala microservices wit... | ['Airbrake', 'Internships', 'Microservices', 'Strava', 'Scala'] |
The Virus vs The Virus
A Trump Twitter Timeline
Here’s a look at what the President of the United States was Tweeting as America’s Covid-19 body count continued to mount. The below examples are not exhaustive. But they are certainly exhausting.
March 28: 2,000 American Covid-19 Deaths
March 31: 3,000 American Covid... | ['Politics', 'Trump', 'Social Media', 'Media', 'Coronavirus'] |
Provoking care and curiosity for the environment
California Chaparral Photo by Ian McDermod
When I would teach children about the natural environment, I set the stage as all of us being “field scientists” who are being tasked to learn about the different ecosystems around them. Being based in Orange County California... | ['Nature', 'Outdoor Education', 'Environment', 'Child Development', 'Outdoors'] |
Easy-to-Read JSON With This Chrome/Firefox Extension
Print JSON and JSONP nicely when you visit it directly in a browser tab
Img source: Chrome web store
JSON is a very popular file format. Sometimes we may have a JSON object inside a browser tab that we need to read and this can be difficult.
We may need to go and... | ['Technology', 'Json', 'Productivity', 'Education', 'Programming'] |
Tricks.
Suspended, silent, still,
experienced placed ancestral Gaea, giver of sky and shore,
earthen immaculate goddess sits
a thankless nymph
a mythological whore.
Ancient runes, abandoned schools, their leather binds like memory around her waist. Reshaped bestiary whips and chains against command’s foolish race... | ['Poetry', 'Sustainability', 'Ignorance', 'Tragedy', 'Sex'] |
It was a breezy raining day, I stayed by the front room window watching the restless trees swaying under the unforgiving force of the wind. Living in an area that’s prone to flooding, I hated rain with a strength I never knew I had. Seeing our goats and other goats from neighbouring streets hiding under the collapsed u... | ['Storytelling', 'Life Lessons', 'Storyofmylife', 'Life', 'Autobiography'] |
I am a warrior of life, striving to be a better person every day. Finding my voice on writing.
Follow | ['Poetry', 'Self Improvement', 'Motivation', 'Life Lessons', 'Positive Thinking'] |
A Framework for Doing Good
Do good unless, to do so, you would have to sacrifice your long-term happiness.
In 1972, a 25-year-old philosophy student published an article in Philosophy and Public Affairs. His name was Peter Singer, and his Famine, Affluence, and Morality became a classic. In it, Singer asserted th... | ['Society', 'Effective Altruism', 'Philosophy', 'Ethics', 'Philanthropy'] |
With over a billion hours of video watched daily, YouTube is one of the largest and most influential content platforms of the modern day. It’s algorithm, while flawed, is regarded as one of the best at determining what its users want to see, consistently delivering new and interesting videos.
However, one thing Google... | ['Kevin Sun', 'Android', 'Case Study', 'Design', 'YouTube'] |
Photo by Malvestida Magazine on Unsplash
There are a plethora of stock alert systems available for free or for a nominal price. However, I found most of these alert system too simplistic (e.g. daily price movement, magnitude, etc.). Maybe I was not lucky enough to find better alert system so I decided to write an aler... | ['Python', 'Analytics', 'Data Science', 'Stock Market', 'Stock Alerts'] |
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Content marketing is such a broad and multifaceted discipline, it’s maddening to try and reduce it to any one block of advice. Even in specific industries, it’s hard to find a one-size-fits-all approach that works for everyone — different industries, business sizes, and brands requir... | ['Marketing', 'Content Marketing', 'SEO', 'Content Strategy', 'Online Marketing'] |
Welcome back to the View from the Monolith! I’ve spent the last few years siloed in a monolithic organisation, but now I am adventuring in the world of startups. In this blog, I share the learning I glean along the way.
It took me a while to realise that there was one obvious word missing from my look at the language ... | ['Stories', 'Startup'] |
Hello,
In Today’s Online Era every customer is loaded with multiple choices. Suppose recently I was looking to buy a budget-friendly laptop without having any idea of what to buy. There are possibilities that might waste a lot of time browsing around on the internet and crawling through various sites hoping to find so... | ['Machine Learning', 'Pyspark', 'Spark', 'Recommender Systems', 'Big Data'] |
Hello, dear friends!
We are happy to present new features we have delivered:
Adding pictures
Now you can make your bid even more attractive for potential investors! After all, your very idea, impression and passion determines investment decision, not only numbers.
From now forward you could attach photos and change... | ['Development', 'Credit Scoring', 'Blockchain', 'Features', 'Release Notes'] |
4. Find common ground
Heck, a few of my best friends to date, are my old enemies. After forgiving them, sympathizing with them, and understanding them, we found out we actually had a lot in common.
Finding common ground allows you to see past the hate and anger and look at that individual as a human, and possibly, on... | ['Self Improvement', 'Mental Health', 'Life', 'Love', 'Forgiveness'] |
Step by Step Facial Recognition in Python
A simple how-to using Python, Pillow, and a few lines of code…
In this article, I will guide you to create your own face recognition in images. For this purpose, I will use the Python face recognition library and Pillow, the Python Imaging Library (PIL).
I chose to use Visua... | ['Python', 'Python3', 'Facedetection', 'Face Recognition', 'Data Science'] |
Writing has become a passion of mine in the past couple of years, and I did struggle a lot at first because I did not have a system in place to get some writing done. I didn’t know where to start and I wasn’t confident enough.
That’s why becoming confident in my writing has been one of my main priorities. I have proba... | ['Copywriting', 'Confidence', 'Writing', 'Writer', 'Writing Tips'] |
How do you get a Data Scientist job? It is difficult to know enough statistics, understanding the machine, scripting, etc. to be able to get a job. One thing I’ve noticed recently is that quite a few people might have the qualifications needed to get a job but no portfolio. Although a resume counts, getting a portfolio... | ['Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Data Science', 'Deep Learning', 'Towards Data Science'] |
Machine Learning for Inventory Optimization
by Larry Snyder
There is currently a lot of buzz about using machine learning (ML) techniques for predicting the future state of a supply chain (demand forecasting being the most popular use case). ML algorithms predict future behavior based on past occurrences and their as... | ['Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Operations Research', 'Deep Learning', 'Analytics'] |
Before starting, let’s check what is for loop and what is forEach.
For Loop
For is a keyword, to create looping statements, just like while and do…while. JS engine can directly understand what it is.
forEach
forEach is a function defined in Array.prototype , just like all other functions. The engine can’t understan... | ['JavaScript', 'Programming', 'Web Development', 'Software Engineering', 'Software Development'] |
User’s permanent relationship with the product is one of the toughest things to achieve for product creators. Despite all their efforts, sometimes the journey with the app may end up being even shorter than a one-time date. Data reveals a merciless truth:
1 out of 4 people who downloaded an app never return to it afte... | ['Design', 'App Design', 'Mobile', 'Apps', 'UX'] |
Your 2 Percent
What 98 Percent Won’t Practice
Image by Brenda Geisse from Pixabay
From middle school through my mid-forties, I was a professional classical musician. During the journey, I learned several lessons that apply to any career and creative endeavor you may choose to undertake. I’ll share with you the follo... | ['Self-awareness', 'Self Improvement', 'Life Lessons', 'Advice', 'Life'] |
Why and when to draw
After a short meditation exercise, we talked through some research about how drawing benefits the mind. For example, drawing stimulates creativity, helps you focus, helps you solve problems, and can reduce stress. For more on this topic I recommend Cara Bean’s cute little illustrated booklet ‘Why ... | ['Healthcare', 'Doodle', 'Design', 'Drawing', 'Visual Thinking'] |
Ego says I am me.
Higher self says not so fast.
It’s not I, it’s we.
The higher self says.
I exist because we are.
This is ubuntu.
Together we can.
Accomplish anything.
Alone we will die. | ['Haiku', 'Theology', 'Ubuntu Not Technology', 'Desmond Tutu', 'Psychology'] |
The Amazon Halo seems like another attempt at Amazon trying to get outside the home. Before the Halo it was the Amazon Echo Loop. Unlike Apple and Google, Amazon consistently struggles to be with their customers at all times. A wearable is a great way to get into the market, but like the Echo Loop, it is not the best a... | ['Wearables', 'Review', 'Technology', 'Amazon'] |
Soon i will post an article on Steemit and OpenBazaar analysis. These products are good examples of platforms. So let’s start with the Platform Basics first.
I highly recommend reading the “Platform Scale: How an emerging business model helps startups build large empires with minimum investment” book.
Next is the sho... | ['Platforms', 'Startup', 'Blockchain', 'Steemit'] |
The Top 10 Programming Blogs in 2020
Blogs from people that I admire or with large communities
Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash
Programming is an interesting field since it gives us the superpower to control computer systems. It can be used in airplanes, traffic control, robots, self-driving cars, websites, mobile ap... | ['JavaScript', 'Programming', 'Software Development', 'Python', 'Web Development'] |
Finding Stillness
A poet’s dive into sensation
Photo by Joshua Fuller on Unsplash
A quiet reserve
This small, silent well stirs
Spinning
And churning the sweetest waters
Dowsing the twisted turning
And burning of flesh on fire
Creates this smoke medicine
Takes disease
Bakes discomfort
Annihilates indifferen... | ['Poetry', 'Reflections', 'Poem', 'Writing', 'Self'] |
When Parks Are Closed
But still we go for beauty and air, for love of place
Picnic table barriers. Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline Trail, Oakland, CA. Photograph by Aikya Param, 8/24/2020
Binoculars and smart phone with me, I’m out exploring
But the Shoreline Trail is closed.
Yet people and dogs walk the path
An... | ['Poetry', 'Environment', 'Memories', 'Outdoors', 'Beauty'] |
Don’t Fear Failure
It is More Risky to Be Complacent
Photo by John T on Unsplash
Possible to Be Too Satisfied
The literal meaning of Complacency’s Latin root is, “Very Pleased”. It is possible to become too satisfied to a point where no amount of change, growth, or improvement seems necessary. | ['Religion', 'Growth', 'Productivity', 'Failure', 'Faith'] |
Catt Small
Title: Product Designer
Company: Etsy
Industry: E-commerce
Tweet at her: @cattsmall
What do you enjoy most about working with a PM on a product’s design?
PMs have a strategic mindset with a heavy focus on where the product is headed. And that’s great because, as a product designer, I’m thinking about t... | ['Product Design', 'Technology', 'Design', 'User Experience', 'Product Management'] |
Crypto community is growing day by day and ever more people are involved in this process. There is nothing surprising in it because cryptocurrency has many attractive benefits in comparison to fiat money. Such funds are safe from counterfeiting, transactions are made quicker between different cash accounts, and operati... | ['Cryptocurrency Investment', 'Mobile App Development', 'New Economy', 'Communication', 'Bitcoin'] |
The Model Building Continues
It cannot be underestimated how strong a grip quantum mechanics held on the physics community. Only a trickle of lone voices, spread over the next several decades, still spoke of the unsolved problem of radiation from a classical electron. So unpopular was this topic that authors, in their... | ['Science', 'Quantum Physics'] |
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