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John Agard
“Half-Caste” is a poem that looks at people’s ideas and usage of the term “Half Caste”. The poem is taken from Agard’s 2005 collection of the same name, in which he explores a range of issues affecting black and mixed-race identity in the UK. It is one of the set poems for English schools, but its influence... | ['Racist', 'Books', 'John Agard', 'Mixed Race', 'Poem'] |
Changshu Liu | Pinterest engineer, Data
Our number one value as a company is putting Pinners first, and putting that into practice with data requires us to deeply understand how Pinners navigate and use our product. A common analysis pattern for Pinner activity is sequentially analyzing their movement from one logged ... | ['Mapreduce', 'Elasticsearch', 'Engineering', 'Hive', 'Data'] |
At StreetLib, we noticed that authors and publishers needed an easy and convenient solution for building high-quality eBooks. This is why we developed our online application with a WYSIWG text editor.
And however amazing this system may seem from the outside, it is on the inside that the magic truly happens.
See, the... | ['Books', 'Web Development', 'HTML', 'eBooks', 'Publishing'] |
The Best-Seller Formula
Want to know if readers will love your book BEFORE you write it?
August Birch’s Book Review Spy
I made this for you.
I used to get these great ideas for books. I’d head straight to my computer and type as fast as I could so the idea wouldn’t leave me. I thought I had the greatest book ideas ... | ['Writing Tips', 'Writing', 'Writer', 'Authors', 'Writers On Writing'] |
About Me — Aldric in Technology Hits.
Technology is intricately woven into our daily life. Look around us and we see all things digital. As I sit and look around my working desk this morning, I realized that being a digital native is as important as learning how to earn. And that wasn’t my takeaway 10 years ago. I hav... | ['Life Lessons', 'Digital', 'Self Improvement', 'Productivity', 'Technology'] |
As you might know blockchain is the technology that helps track Bitcoin transactions. It serves as a digital ledger for those ins and outs of transactions. I become suddenly obsessed with the idea of blockchain and want to see what kind of creative ideas have been derived from it.
After just a little bit of digging, w... | ['Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Startup', 'Blockchain', 'Pitching'] |
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths (Proverbs 3:5–6, ESV).
It’s easy to tell others to trust in God when they’re struggling with something. It’s much harder to trust when the struggle is our own. We all... | ['Trust', 'Christianity', 'Trusting God', 'Proverbs', 'Relationships'] |
We can be turned off by complicated ideas. We want it easy.
Philosophers are damned like the mythical Cassandra, who could see the future and warn people of the dangers before them but never be believed. They have advice for us that can save us plenty of trouble, but the advice rests on complicated ideas.
Epicurus (b... | ['Life Lessons', 'Philosophy', 'Psychology', 'History', 'Culture'] |
In the last couple of years, as digital marketers, we have witnessed how the world has embraced digital marketing and the speed at which more and more businesses are adapting to it. This enormously growing popularity of digital marketing is mainly because of the many advantages it has to offer over traditional marketin... | ['Marketing', 'Digital Marketing', 'Analytics'] |
The Volatility Range Indicator — VRI
The VRI is a slightly complex indicator that is composed of three elements:
Volatility as measured by the historical Standard Deviation.
Momentum as measured by the differencing of closing prices.
The maximum-minimum range technique as measured below.
We will discuss each part ... | ['Machine Learning', 'Trading', 'Data Science', 'Python', 'Finance'] |
This blog post was originally published here on CloudOps’ blog.
People leverage the cloud for many reasons. More often than not, the need to cut costs ranks high among them. And while the cloud does offer significant benefits that include cost-efficiency, some organizations have found out the hard way that this isn’t ... | ['Cloud Computing', 'Cloud Cost Management', 'Data Management', 'Cloud Cost', 'Cloud Cost Optimization'] |
The Contact Page on any website is likely to get the most traffic, so in this article, we’ll explore the key elements of a good contact page creation process. No matter where people come to your site, they are very likely to be on the lookout for a way to get in touch with you. They might want a phone number, an addres... | ['Website', 'Contact Page', 'Design', 'Creation', 'Customer Service'] |
I’m not going to pretend that I’m some expert on this. As a matter of fact, humans in general aren’t engineered to just look at what is. Civilization is a testament to dreamers and their visions, for better and for worse.
But it’s important to know when to dream and when to build your dream. You can’t be dreaming whil... | ['Personal Development', 'Mindfulness', 'Self', 'Psychology', 'Self Improvement'] |
Rue, by Kathryn Nuernberger. BOA Editions, 2020
What is the difference between escaping from reality and seeking solace in a space that is located somewhere between reality and an internal world of narrative, where one hasn’t quite crossed over into the realm of the imaginary yet? Does this mean emotionally settling i... | ['Books', 'Literature', 'Review', 'Feminism', 'Poetry'] |
“We believe that tomorrow will be different. We believe that we will be different tomorrow; but in doing so, we prioritize our current mood over the consequences of our inaction for the future self.” — Procrastination and the Priority of Short-Term Mood Regulation: Consequences for Future Self
What’s the future you do... | ['Life Lessons', 'Motivation', 'Self Improvement', 'Personal Development', 'Self'] |
What A Running App Taught Me About Habit-Building
The process is more important than the results
Photo by Steven Lelham on Unsplash
It’s hard to get excited about a workout, but it’s fun to imagine yourself with a perfect body.
With any good habit in general, it’s hard to get excited about starting one when the res... | ['Productivity', 'Apps', 'Habits For Success', 'Habit Building', 'Running'] |
Let it all fall apart.
Denial is the enemy of reinvention.
My whole life was a lie. The solution was to stop pretending and start admitting. And then to ask myself one question: “What are you going to do about it?”
Playing spot the negative is easy. Critics do that all day for free.
So I admitted to myself what was... | ['Startup', 'Money', 'Life Lessons', 'Work', 'Inspiration'] |
Regifting Christmas Presents Can Ruin Relationships
When my mother-in-law gave me back the present I bought her, it nearly broke me
Photo by Artem Kniaz on Unsplash
Regifting unwanted presents may be great for the environment, but it’s terrible for relationships.
When I was a young newlywed experiencing my first Ch... | ['Lifestyle', 'Nonfiction', 'Relationships', 'Christmas', 'Family'] |
Thousands of light years
Farther from Earth
Revolves a cloud of cheers
Where stars give birth
Gases keep mixing
Atoms keep splitting
New matter is forming
And keeps on shining
Full of vivid colors
From red to violet
Splash as watercolors
In patterns of eyelet
A beauty in the sky
Ruling her kingdom
She shi... | ['Astronomy', 'Science', 'Poetry', 'Stars', 'Cosmos'] |
The alarm goes off at half-past six in the morning. Bombay Bicycle Club bassist and solo artist Ed Nash gets out of bed. He sees the sun come up, goes on a walk, has a coffee, perhaps some breakfast and then takes himself off to his home studio, where he reads for half an hour. Next, he’ll take care of the boring stuff... | ['Art', 'Interview', 'Bombay Bicycle Club', 'Music', 'Culture'] |
Nothing breaks the spell of a movie quite like imagining the cameras around the actors and the mundane process of making the film — the lunch trolley at the back of the studio, the Portaloos on location. Movies rely on the willing suspension of our analytical capabilities, but in the consumption of news media, we need ... | ['Insights', 'Reporting', 'Migration', 'Journalism', 'Refugees'] |
So you want to build a website. Sounds simple, right? Do a quick search on Craigslist and you’ll find plenty of freelancers ready to help. But like most projects, building a website is more complex than it seems and it becomes readily apparent creating a site isn’t as easy as putting a little code online in a visually ... | ['UX', 'Design', 'Ux Ui Design', 'UI'] |
Let’s take the data from ElasticSearch and write the data to BigQuery as append, using python in our case.
In each batch operation, get the max value of the relevant delta column (creationDate) from the table in BigQuery. Let’ call this value be our delta value.
We said that when we go to ElasticSearch, we give this ... | ['Elasticsearch', 'Bigquery', 'Data Processing', 'Google Cloud Storage', 'Python'] |
Expectations
In your first 100 hours of learning Self-awareness, you should be able to:
Do successful Think Days and Self-reflection weeks
Find your life purpose
Get started on a mindfulness practice through Yoga and Meditation
Get better at self-feedback
Get better at receiving feedback from others
How to go fr... | ['Self Improvement', 'Education', 'Inspiration', 'Learning', 'Productivity'] |
The Hidden Cost of Amazon’s Surveillance Tech
A new drone from Amazon subsidiary Ring raises familiar questions
Ring
The phrase “surveillance capitalism” was coined by Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff to describe the system in which internet platforms such as Google and Facebook profit through free services that tr... | ['Amazon', 'Technology', 'Ring', 'Pattern Matching'] |
Background Info on Excel File Structure
Before we dive in, here’s some background information on how spreadsheets work on the backend.
I. Data Structure
Spreadsheets store data as row-wise arrays consisting of column keys with cell values.¹
The functionality of spreadsheets deride from their behavior as a directed ... | ['Openpyxl', 'Pandas', 'Data Science', 'Python', 'Excel'] |
Icons of the Future
Fast forward to the era of Windows 10 and the concept of the personal computer (the PC, fondly) means something entirely different than it did three decades ago. It’s estimated that there are four connected devices per person, with that number rising steadily. As designers, this signals to us that ... | ['Icons', 'Design', 'UX', 'User Experience', 'Microsoft'] |
We will be using the make_classification method in Scitkit-Learn to generate the imbalanced dataset.
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.datasets import make_classification
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.metrics import f1_score,acc... | ['Programming', 'Scikit Learn', 'Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Python'] |
Random variable:
Discrete random variable: X is a discrete random variable, if its range is countable.
Continuous random variable: A continuous random variable is a random variable where the data can take infinitely many values. For example, a random variable measuring the time taken for something to be done is conti... | ['Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Deep Learning', 'Data Science', 'Statistics'] |
Writing Is the Best Thing That Happened to Me in 2020
Finding my blessing in disguise!
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels
2020 has been a big-rollercoaster, we lived through things that no one anticipated(except for Bill Gates of course).
This was a difficult year for everyone, so many people lost their loved o... | ['Family', 'Self', 'Life', 'Relationships', 'Writing'] |
When we were sure that our perfect loop was ready, it was time to bring out the big guns and get to work. We had a 2-hour long Sprint, so we really needed to stay focused, to make sure we stayed on schedule.
Phases of the Project
We kept up a steady pace of work and finished most of what we had planned by the end of ... | ['Cryptocurrency', 'React Native', 'Blockchain', 'Design', 'UI Design'] |
In honor of the iPhone 11 Pro I wish I had ordered
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/ics/502/ | ['Apple', 'iPhone', 'Smartphones', 'Iphone 11', 'Comics'] |
What is Odoo?
Odoo is a suite offering 30 applications via its Enterprise platform — including ERP, accounting, stock, manufacturing, CRM, project management, marketing, human resources, website, eCommerce and point-of-sale apps.
It boasts a community of ~20,000 active members who have contributed more than 16K apps ... | ['Odoo', 'Breakout Startups', 'Erp', 'Startup', 'Sap'] |
Mornings are a magical time for many. A good start sets a positive tone for the day, and most times, when you have a productive and fulfilling morning, your day will be successful.
But what about the people who find mornings to be hideous? What about the people who will murder if someone dares to address them before c... | ['Morning Routines', 'Lifestyle', 'Self', 'Self Improvement', 'Productivity'] |
What is Deep Learning?
In this article, I will be talking about What is Deep Learning which is a hot buzz nowadays and has firmly put down its roots in a vast multitude of industries that are investing in fields like Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Analytics. For example, Google is using deep learning in its vo... | ['Ml Algorithm', 'Machine Learning', 'Deep Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
Far more often than not, while unwittingly dividing ourselves off from the world “around us,” we nonetheless externalize our emotions — the last vestige of our interwoven relationship with the world. Forgetting our own oneness, that union begins to oppress us as a dance becomes a struggle and we begin to step upon one ... | ['Hinduism', 'Philosophy', 'Zen', 'Psychology', 'Religion'] |
We have lots of New Year’s resolutions for 2020 including getting the book out, going to cons, and creating more merch — Lisa actually learned how to screenprint just for that purpose! But the most important resolution we’ve made is to work hard at being better, more consistent artists and writers. | ['Humor', 'Writing Tips', 'Comics', 'New Year Resolution', 'Writing'] |
Algorithms That Surprize Us
How to rethink algorithms to produce more diversity?
By Hossein Derakhshan
A few months after the Paris attacks by Isis terrorists, Sheryl Sandberg, a senior manager at Facebook, sat down at a warmly-lit gray and blue stage at a conference hall in snow-covered Davos. The ski-resort in Swi... | ['Algorithms', 'Refugees', 'Facebook', 'Tech', 'Social Media'] |
Opinion: Scientists must learn how to interact with indigenous people
Amazing opportunity for progress lies at the intersection of complex systems science and traditional worldviews. Can we find the humility to embrace it?
“Interconnected” by Vannessa Circe. Oil on Canvas — 36” x 48”
By Daniel Henryk Rasolt for Ensi... | ['Ecosystem', 'Culture', 'Indigenous People', 'Science'] |
How I Whitewashed and Silenced My Own Blackness by Writing on Wattpad
At 23, I just had the epiphany that I’ve been idealizing White stories and beauty standards for the majority of my life. I’d never seen Blacks be written about in a positive light, so I rejected their existence, smothered my own identity, and found ... | ['Identity', 'Life', 'Teens', 'BlackLivesMatter', 'Writing'] |
The Matrix is here
To liberate yourself, let go of the stories
Most of us loved the Matrix movie. Many also know that the Wachowski’s, who made the movie, put Buddhist concepts in. What we think is normal is indeed a story. A clever story with several main forces driving you to believe it. And unlike the movie, to st... | ['Revolution', 'Storytelling', 'Life Lessons', 'Matrix', 'Meditation'] |
“Change happens in the boiler room of our emotions. So find out how to light their fires.” — Jeff Dewar
Headlines are the beginning of the reading journey.
No matter how you cut it, your title determines how many people read your subtitle. Your subtitle determines how many people glance at your header image. Your hea... | ['Blogging', 'Content Marketing', 'Headlines', 'Writing Tips', 'Writing'] |
Here’s a video version of some of the content found in this blog.
GridDB has a unique Key-Container data model. In this model, a key points to a container which is essentially a columnar table and a container’s key is often referred to as its name. Different containers can have different schemas and row key types, but... | ['Timeseries', 'NoSQL', 'Data Science', 'Internet of Things', 'Big Data'] |
Blockchain ABC and 123
How does the Blockchain Work? (Part 1)
A simple and easy explanation
Update: April 27, 2018:
Looking for a New Cryptocurrency? Check out the Metabase ICO
Sign up for the Metabase ICO
If you really want to get into the blockchain and cryptocurrency world, I would highly recommend that you st... | ['Startup', 'Blockchain', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Ethereum', 'Bitcoin'] |
It’s better to walk away from the fights you can avoid. And most fights you can avoid, even when it doesn’t feel like it. That’s true in social media and everywhere else.
In fact it’s more true on social media than everywhere else. Arguing on the internet is a bit like shaking your fist at the sky, except it takes thr... | ['Self Improvement', 'Psychology', 'Internet', 'Stress', 'Social Media'] |
1. Volunteer
Yes, this suggestion is a surprise to almost none of you. However, I cannot emphasize how important unpaid work can be when trying to start or change careers. If you are willing, work for a cause you care about that is related to the field you are interested in or that gives you the skillsets you need to ... | ['Marketing', 'Work', 'Career Advice', 'Self Improvement', 'Work Advice And Insights'] |
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is another common way of sharing data, especially on the web, and as the name states, this format holds data in the form of JavaScript objects.
They’re also straightforward to import, but there’s a catch with JSON, any value can be an array of values, and they’re not necessarily... | ['Database', 'Pandas', 'Data Science', 'Dataframes', 'Python'] |
Python Dictionaries
Use Python Dictionaries Like a Pro
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash
Python programming language is widely used by developers in data science projects. To complete such projects, understanding data structures plays an important role. Python has several built-in data structures such as lists, sets, ... | ['Python3', 'Comprehension', 'Programming', 'Python', 'Python Dictionaries'] |
3 Lessons I’ve Learnt to Embrace as a Introverted Black Woman!
I knew that I would face discrimination as a Black woman, but not as an introvert
Photo by Jazmin Quaynor on Unsplash
‘I knew that I would face discrimination as a Black Woman, but not as an Introvert.’
For years I had been told that I was ‘weird’ and ‘... | ['Mental Health', 'Women', 'Racism', 'Race', 'Culture'] |
When you enter our headquarters in downtown Seattle, you will see a phrase on a poster next to the door. These three words carry a world of importance and are the driving factor behind everything we have done and will continue to do as a company.
Together We Rise.
Three simple words. Not only do they hang on the wall... | ['Digital Currency', 'Crypto', 'Bitcoin', 'Startup', 'Coinme'] |
What Is a Good Read Ratio on Medium?
And why a high read ratio can be a bad thing
Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash
A good Medium read ratio is generally between 20 and 50%.
It depends, though, on the length of your article and the audience you’re trying to engage. Very short articles (3 minutes or less) tend to have... | ['Passive Income', 'Read Ratio', 'Medium', 'Metrics', 'Writing'] |
How to make an easy to read flowchart
A guide for VUI designers
When you design a VUI, you will undoubtedly draw a flowchart or two. The examples available make this seem oh-so-straightforward. Just draw a couple of boxes, a decision or two, and you’re done.
The reality is much less serene. Flow charts can quickly g... | ['Flowchart', 'Vui Design', 'Design', 'UX Design'] |
Day 22 — Queue using List
100 Days to Amazon
Image by Richard Mcall from Pixabay
100 Days to Amazon — Day 22 — Queue using List
Out of Free Stories? Here is my Friend Link.
Hey Guys, Today is day 22 of the challenge that I took. Wherein I will be solving every day for 100 days the programming questions that have b... | ['Coding', 'Java', 'Programming', 'Software Development', 'Problem Solving'] |
O kay. I think I’m officially f*cked-up. (Notice how I used the asterisk so as not to hurt my chances of curation?)
I realize I’m not being very helpful here, but I’m going through a bit of a “thing,” and I hope my wonderful Medium friends can give me an assist, mainly by letting me know that I’m not the only one who ... | ['Current Events', 'Mental Health', 'Community', 'Quarantine', 'Medium Writers'] |
This weekend, I took two days off.
It would never have happened if I hadn’t been forced to slow down by the flu. My brain was like a huge piece of fluff and I couldn’t have coherent conversations, let alone trick my brain into thinking and writing. And so after scribbling down a few paragraphs of babble, I gave up, an... | ['Advice', 'Writing Tips', 'Writing'] |
What is product design and what do product designers do?
A first-hand, updated account of the industry and role in 2020
Illustration by Peter Tarka
In the mentoring calls I conduct with students, the two most frequently brought up questions are — what is product design and what does the role of a product designer en... | ['Product Design', 'Careers', 'UX', 'Design', 'Technology'] |
Consumers Have Strong Intuitive Preferences
When Patagonia supported Democratic candidates for the Senate, they tried to use consumer moral tendencies to keep and draw them to their side. Even though they polarized the attachment to their brand, taking a stand on a political side strengthened their identity.
This cas... | ['Morality', 'Marketing', 'Branding', 'Advertising', 'Politics'] |
Dotters Books in Eau Claire, WI, photograph: Elizabeth de Cleyre
In the dead of winter, I relocated from Portland, Oregon to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Donald Trump had just been elected president of the United States, sending shockwaves through the liberal bubble of PDX, as the once-blue state of Wisconsin blushed red. I... | ['Housing', 'Gentrification', 'Wisconsin', 'Portland', 'Writing'] |
1. Setup
Make sure you have installed Telegram on your phone. We’re going to create our bot directly inside Telegram by interacting with BotFather bot. This is the official bot created by Telegram to facilitate bot creation.
Searching BotFather
Open Telegram on your phone and click on the search button at the top ri... | ['Chatbots', 'Telegram', 'Python3', 'Programming', 'Python'] |
There is no denying that the popular video app TikTok has taken the world by storm. Almost every Gen Z that owns a smart phone probably has the app downloaded and use it frequently. From the way the app is formatted, certain messages can spread really, really fast. And that includes movie and show recommendations.
One... | ['Lifestyle', 'Mental Health', 'Self', 'Social Media', 'Film'] |
Why Not Page Object?
A seasoned tester would find that Page Object falls short of a scalable and maintainable test suite. Many tried to overcome the weaknesses by employing variations of Page Object. In my opinion, the best variation so far is breaking the UI into components instead of pages and introducing a layer of... | ['Automation', 'Software Testing', 'Tdd', 'Software Engineering', 'Programming'] |
CORRECTION(S)
We egret the error(s).
A story that ran on August 23 titled “Flaming Cat Saved From Tree” incorrectly reported that the cat rescued had been on fire at the time of saving. In fact, there was no fire associated with the rescue, though the fire department was involved. Also, it was not a cat that was resc... | ['Humor', 'Comedy', 'News', 'Satire', 'Storytelling'] |
Photo by Catarina Carvalho on Unsplash
She was leaning up against an oak tree, sucking on a long, slender cigarette. She flicked the ashes on the damp ground with her long, red thumbnail as she stared off into space. The memories of him trickled through her brain like a haunted stream, as tears floated down her cheeks... | ['Storytelling', 'Short Story', 'Fiction', 'Relationships', 'Stories'] |
Crazy paths often lead to the right destination!
Optimizing a cost function is one of the most important concepts in Machine Learning. Gradient Descent is the most common optimization algorithm and the foundation of how we train an ML model. But it can be really slow for large datasets. That’s why we use a variant of ... | ['Gradient Descent', 'Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Optimization', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
The master at work. Image from The Daily Beast
Three Quick Tips from Hemingway That Will Make You a Better Writer
Advice from one of the most influential authors of the 20th century
My father always said, “If you are going to take the time to learn something, you might as well learn it from the best.” Makes sense to... | ['Genius', 'Learning', 'Hemingway', 'Writing Tips', 'Writing'] |
Though the concept of leading through change is not new, no one can argue that 2020 has brought about tremendous challenges for design leaders that require drastic transformation. From economic uncertainty to a global pandemic to concerted efforts for social justice, major forces have disrupted every aspect of our live... | ['Design Leadership', 'Leadership', 'Change Management', 'Aquentinsideout', 'Design'] |
Facing the Black Dog
For Christmas this past year, my wife gave me When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend, by Mark Meynell. I devoured it like a New York size slice of sausage and pepperoni pizza after a 24-hour fast.
Kristy knew this book would speak to me in a very personal way. Over the years, she has walked with m... | ['Mental Health', 'Grace', 'Spirituality', 'Friendship', 'Religion'] |
This is one of the strengths of Apple that users adopt new software very quickly and how many devices are currently running on the latest iOS software. Usually, the numbers Apple shared related to software running on their devices are typically very good. Apple launched its latest software iOS 14 for iPhones in Septemb... | ['Iphone12', 'Apple', 'iOS', 'Tech', 'iPhone'] |
prerequisites
I recommend you know the basic knowledge of Kubernetes Pods before reading this blog. You can check this blog for details about Kubernetes Pods.
What Is A StatefulSet
StatefulSet is a Kubernetes object designed to manage stateful applications. Like a Deployment, a StatefulSet scales up a set of pods to... | ['Kubernetes', 'Entry Level'] |
Fourteen years ago he founded an editing company that produces tailor made books. We always say that we are in the business of emotions,” says Eduardo Zemborain cofounder of MSB Storytelling, the “editing company” that makes bespoke books for people and companies.
Link to article: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1903292-vi... | ['Startup', 'Birthday'] |
How Cloud Provider Compliance Affects Your Application Compliance
Cloud is evolving fast and already becoming a significant part of the software ecosystems. With this growth, becoming compliant on standards such as ISO, PCI-DSS, HIPPA, builds confidence for you to trust the cloud in terms of security.
But have you ev... | ['Compliance', 'Cloud Computing', 'Cybersecurity', 'Security', 'Cloud'] |
Remember the last time you applied for a job online? With countless applications, job descriptions, and departments to navigate, it can be overwhelming to find an ideal fit.
Considering how important hiring great talent can be, my team tried to envision an HR solution that would allow companies or applicants to filter... | ['Machine Learning', 'Watson Nlc', 'Code Spotlight', 'NLP', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
In a story published in January on BuzzFeed News, reporter Anne Helen Petersen details her struggle with what she calls “errand paralysis,” or her inability to summon the energy for tasks that aren’t vital to her life or work.
Petersen identifies her brand of selective procrastination as a symptom of burnout, which sh... | ['Work Life Balance', 'Mental Health', 'Work', 'Burnout', 'Life'] |
If you ever need to know any kind of charting/visualization technique — look no further. Check out the periodic table of Visualization methods. It is interactive — so give it a try and hover over. | ['Blogging', 'Usability', 'Visualization'] |
Multi-target in Albumentations
Many images, many masks, bounding boxes, and key points. How to transform them in sync?
I am one of the authors of the image augmentation library Albumentations.
Image augmentations is an interpretable regularization technique. You transform the existing data to generate a new one. (Fo... | ['Machine Learning', 'Programming', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Technology'] |
Ill-Conceived
A Poem
Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash
Lost, I abandoned my earlier
strategies that would
have had me leaning back with
the book; but now
I keep reaching into a progressively
drained mind
trying to infiltrate the drafting
propensities, open to flood
this screen
I had a modicum of success
and pe... | ['Poetry', 'Image', 'Musings', 'Writing'] |
A Human Pose Skeleton represents the orientation of a person in a graphical format. Essentially, it is a set of coordinates that can be connected to describe the pose of the person. Each co-ordinate in the skeleton is known as a part (or a joint, or a keypoint). A valid connection between two parts is known as a pair (... | ['Machine Learning', 'Deep Learning', 'Pose Estimation', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
Minimum Viable Structure: Organisational Scaffolding to Get Out of Emergency Mode
8 lightweight interventions to get a working team to shift from sprint to marathon.
First Published September 2017 .
I had a phone call last night with a friend in Houston. They’re doing emergency relief work in the wake of Hurricane H... | ['Startup', 'Agile', 'Collaboration', 'Organizational Culture', 'Activism'] |
Astronomers Spot Potentially Artificial Radio Signal From Nearby Star ExtremeTech Follow Dec 23 · 3 min read
by Ryan Whitwam
Credit: sharply_done/Getty Images
In 2015, Billionaire Yuri Milner launched the Breakthrough Listen project, an effort to scan the million closest stars for radio signals that could indicate i... | ['Science', 'Astronomy', 'Aliens', 'Space'] |
University of North Texas (Unsplash)
Free speech continues to be broadly under attack in the United States, and a new front in the struggle has emerged in America’s high schools.
But the threat to free speech does not always take the form imagined or described in much of the public dialogue on this issue. The challen... | ['Journalism', 'Free Speech'] |
As a writer, your job is to impress the reader. Just as a manufacturer designs a product in a such way as to appeal to the buyer, you as a writer should write in a way that appeals to the reader. That means your writing needs to be clear, spotless, and easy to read.
Here are three mistakes to avoid.
Write in a compli... | ['Self Improvement', 'Self', 'Writing Tips', 'Writing Advice', 'Writing'] |
Spend any time researching blockchains, and you’ll be inundated with a host of benefits with the potential to impact nearly every aspect of our lives. Numerous articles highlight the technology’s ability to replace existing financial systems, revolutionize the delivery of content, tokenize physical assets, establish th... | ['Cryptocurrency', 'Venture Capital', 'Blockchain', 'Internet of Things', 'Artificial Intelligence'] |
Writing is no easy thing. It’s something product designers do all the time — buttons, navigation, empty states, etc — but rarely with the same rigor or delight that we reserve for visuals and interaction patterns. When you come across the rare style guide for in-product copy, most focus on the finer details of writing:... | ['Design Thinking', 'Design', 'UX', 'Tech', 'Copywriting'] |
A sharpened focus on user needs and a new look at business needs.
Challenge:
Re-design four screens on a current iOS or Android product within a two-week timeframe.
Why myfitnesspal?
The myfitnesspal app redesign project was chosen based upon a clear need for user experience improvements. Specifically:
Evolving ne... | ['Health', 'Myfitnesspal', 'Case Study', 'UX Design', 'Data Visualization'] |
Below are some of the most frequently asked question about Medium curation.
General Medium Curation Questions with In-Depth Article Responses
Quick Answers to Questions About Curation
What do the following messages about my article’s curation status mean?
If your story is not curated, and you mouse over the questio... | ['Curation', 'Articles', 'Curator', 'Medium', 'Writing'] |
On the web side of things, the last week or so hasn’t been too bad. Things have calmed down from the recent flurry of critical website issues that flooded my consciousness with angst. Things tend to come in waves. I don’t like waves. I like a calm, still ocean of tranquillity. I don’t think life is geared up for fulfil... | ['Work Life Balance', 'Work', '100 Naked Words', 'Life', 'Writing'] |
Nectar
A struggle for existence
Brick by brick they ascend the tower,
each gust doesn’t shake their core but strengthens it.
The ruthless entanglement is softly beautiful,
against the smoke stained edge of the storied edifice.
Gale forces rip their tendrils from the grout,
tormented day in and day out,
But they... | ['This Happened To Me', 'Poetry', 'Mental Health', 'Poetry On Medium'] |
What is Guerilla Marketing?
Guerrilla marketing is an advertisement strategy concept designed for businesses to promote their products or services in an unconventional way with little budget to spend.
What marketers really enjoy about guerrilla marketing is its fairly low-cost nature. The real investment here is a cr... | ['Investing', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Social Media', 'Government', 'Venture Capital'] |
Last week the third edition of ThingsCon Amsterdam took place in Volkshotel. As organiser the experience is always a bit blurred by all the last notice activities, but I was lucky to be part of a couple of sessions and see a lot of the talks. It turned out very well and I’m still chewing on the things that happened…
F... | ['Design', 'UX'] |
Oh, dear. That’s… a really weird error message.
The problem here is that event_params is essentially an array (actually in BigQuery parlance it’s a “repeated record”, but you can think of it as an array). So while it might contain several rows that themselves have a key field, it doesn’t have one itself.
This is wher... | ['Google Analytics', 'Analytics', 'Bigquery', 'Firebase', 'Big Data'] |
Products don’t have to be 100% shiny and new for customers to love them.
It’s not a secret that circular economy is hot right now. Sustainability trends come and go, but circular economy makes sense for both your company and the planet. Here are a few reasons why you should care:
Market leadership
If you sell physic... | ['Business Models', 'Innovation', 'Sustainability', 'Circulareconomy'] |
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Hello everybody! Welcome back to our Python for Cybersecurity web series.
In this post, we are going to concentrate on the data science programming aspect of Python, which will be necessary to understand the role of machine learning in cyber security. Let’s first try to understand how data science and cybersecurity ar... | ['Python', 'Python4cybersecurity', 'Cybersecurity', 'Data Science', 'Python Programming'] |
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Life of Pi was written by the Canadian writer Yann Martel in 2001. The storyline is based on an Indian Boy, Piscine Patel (aka. Pi), a boy with a zeal to explore the notion of spirituality.
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Favicons
Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash
For a long time, favicons were not getting enough attention. Nowadays, with the tendency of more and more businesses going online and digitalization of almost all aspects of our life, favicons are gaining more popularity. And that’s not a surprise, as they are a significa... | ['Favicon', 'Digital', 'UI', 'Design', 'UI Design'] |
In this article, we will learn how to add/draw a border to the image. We use OpenCV to read the image. The rest of the part is handled by NumPy to code from scratch. We rely on it for the matrix operations that can be achieved with so much ease.
There are two aspects in which we can start to think:
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Every person is a quotation from all their ancestors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Autumn is built to honor the places within yourself where are you drawn to connect with those who’ve come before. It is a time well suited for reaching back across time and space in search of connecting with your ancestors, whether blood relat... | ['Halloween', 'Self-awareness', 'Journaling', 'Samhain', 'Ancestors'] |
The Pretty: Advanced plotting with Seaborn
Photo by Pavel Nekoranec on Unsplash
Seaborn utilizes plotting defaults. To make sure that your results match mine, run the following commands.
sns.reset_defaults()
sns.set(
rc={'figure.figsize':(7,5)},
style="white" # nicer layout
)
Plotting univariate distributions
... | ['Data Visualization', 'Data Analysis', 'Data Science', 'Python', 'Towards Data Science'] |
Five New Books to Get Your Hands On in 2020
The YA genre isn’t just for teenagers.
New year, new books. The first few months of 2020 hold many secret treasures for bookworms. Several well-loved authors like Becky Albertalli and Mackenzi Lee are releasing brand new books.
You don’t want to miss that!
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