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One-Hot Encoding is making your Tree-Based Ensembles worse, here’s why? | One-Hot Encoding is making your Tree-Based Ensembles worse, here’s why?
Optimizing Tree-Based Models
I am a Master’s Student in Data Science at the University of Virginia and I am working on lots of Machine Learning Projects. Every week, I will be addressing one problem that I faced when working on a project along wi... | https://towardsdatascience.com/one-hot-encoding-is-making-your-tree-based-ensembles-worse-heres-why-d64b282b5769 | ['Rakesh Ravi'] | 2019-01-12 14:02:55.188000+00:00 | ['Kaggle', 'Computer Science', 'Machine Learning', 'Random Forest', 'Data Science'] |
Important changes of DesignBold in early June 2018 | Bonus Coin and the new policy
There might have been a lot of question on the appearance of Bonus Coins that every user can see very clearly when clicking on their account.
This is the new type of coin that DB team developed for some specific occasion of usage and they are a bit different from the DB coins all users h... | https://medium.com/designbold/important-changes-of-designbold-in-early-june-2018-545745e3efea | ['Anh Nguyen'] | 2018-06-25 03:59:33.687000+00:00 | ['Bitcoin'] |
Netflix made chess cool again | It is amazing to see how a streaming service can have a such a large influence, both in its reach and its power.
About the data
The data is available via Google Trends and can be found here.
The original visual is also on his twitter here. | https://medium.com/portfolio-danyal-huq/netflix-made-chess-cool-again-11032d99842c | ['Danyal Huq'] | 2020-12-03 15:21:43.450000+00:00 | ['Data Visualization', 'Netflix', 'Queens Gambit'] |
The Case of Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Dukheil | The Case of Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Dukheil
Confronting fears of retribution, the son of an imprisoned Saudi academic is now campaigning for his father’s release Jaime Moore-Carrillo Apr 5·5 min read
Last spring, during the holy month of Ramadan, Abdulhakim Al-Dukheil received a flood of texts and voicemails from his relati... | https://medium.com/@jmcreporting/confronting-fears-of-retribution-the-son-of-an-imprisoned-saudi-academic-is-now-campaigning-for-70a116d4d0d | ['Jaime Moore-Carrillo'] | 2021-04-06 00:15:40.797000+00:00 | ['Middle East', 'International Relations', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Human Rights', 'Journalism'] |
The Utter Cringeworthiness of Scrolling Through Instagram During a Pandemic | The Utter Cringeworthiness of Scrolling Through Instagram During a Pandemic
Let’s normalize the social-media Covid disclosure
Photo: Markus Winkler/Unsplash
For health journalists like me — and, I suppose, for basically any well-informed person who believes in science and cares about public health and, like, the gre... | https://forge.medium.com/covid-related-social-media-comments-i-have-not-posted-91d759dcfd68 | ['Anna Maltby'] | 2020-11-16 19:40:08.399000+00:00 | ['Covid 19', 'Social Media', 'Social Distance', 'Masks', 'Influencers'] |
Nutrition Types — Our Metabolism is unique | Nutrition Types — Our Metabolism is unique
Many people follow diets in the hope of doing something good for their health, reducing body weight, getting type 2 diabetes under control or simply to increase their well-being. But often such diets do not lead to the desired success, but rather to frustration and disillusio... | https://medium.com/@perfood/nutrition-types-our-metabolism-is-unique-8ebb2be8a7d3 | ['Perfood Gmbh'] | 2021-12-27 12:47:49.530000+00:00 | ['Health Foods', 'Blood Sugar', 'Food', 'Nutritional Guidance', 'Metabolism'] |
The Umbrellas Are Back! | Hong Kong Today Reminds Me Of Poland 30 Some Years Ago
Hong Kong sits on the cusp after its third major anti-government demonstration on Sunday. Estimates from demonstrators suggest that as many as 2 million people (the island city has just short of 7.5 million total residents) turned out to protest the proposed extra... | https://medium.com/@quovadishealthcare/the-umbrellas-are-back-96b5e66586b3 | ['Marc S. Ryan'] | 2019-07-01 21:02:23.506000+00:00 | ['China', 'Poland', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Current Events'] |
Road To Code : Amir Helmy. From Network Engineer to Web Developer | From Network Engineer to Web Developer
Amir Helmy
What’s your name and where are you from?
Amir Helmy, I am an Egyptian/Canadian. I grew up in Egypt and spent the last decade living in Montreal.
What were you doing before you decided to take up coding?
I am a Telecommunications Engineer with a master’s degree in E... | https://medium.com/@CodeCoreYVR/road-to-code-amir-helmy-dda02b25595c | [] | 2019-04-12 22:32:26.241000+00:00 | ['Education', 'Career Change', 'Web Development', 'Codingbootcamp'] |
I’m not sure if anyone has told you this today…but you’re amazing. | I’m not sure if anyone has told you this today…but you’re amazing. You’re beautiful. You’re Strong. Keep pushing. The fight isn’t over yet. | https://medium.com/@zoelitz4446/im-not-sure-if-anyone-has-told-you-this-today-but-you-re-amazing-f913563387ed | [] | 2020-12-18 09:08:47.042000+00:00 | ['Mental Health Awareness'] |
Learn about peacebuilding and other interfaith groups on December 16. | Learn about peacebuilding and other interfaith groups on December 16. The United Religions Initiative (URI), a worldwide consortium of more than a thousand peacebuilding and other interfaith groups, is celebrating its new Cooperation Circles (CCs) over Zoom on December 16. One is a group I maintain, Quora’s Israel-Pale... | https://medium.com/illumination/learn-about-peacebuilding-and-other-interfaith-groups-on-december-16-e34a853c8b16 | ['Rebecca Sealfon'] | 2020-12-15 16:52:25.791000+00:00 | ['Peace', 'Cooperation', 'Peacebuilding', 'Religion', 'International Relations'] |
Projects: regaining normalcy in online high school classrooms | Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in urban cities, forcing citizens to stay indoors. Schools across the nation have switched to online learning, with teachers and students across the nation struggling to keep up. According to this article, high school students are missing the normal in... | https://medium.com/@kendrajacobk/projects-regaining-normalcy-in-online-high-school-classrooms-8f1677cc1f87 | ['Jacob Kendra'] | 2020-12-18 23:02:21.034000+00:00 | ['Learning', 'High School', 'Covid 19', 'Education Reform', 'Online'] |
5 Books from 5 Genres to Read During Pregnancy | 5 Books from 5 Genres — To Accompany You During Your Pregnancy
I have selected this list of books to excite a range of sensations instead of a single note of emotion. Therefore, I prioritized a degree of variety and diversity in my recommendation to save you from a monotonous experience.
1. Poetry- The Essential Rumi... | https://medium.com/books-are-our-superpower/5-books-from-5-genres-to-read-during-pregnancy-ac7447af9d5c | ['Anirban Kar'] | 2020-10-28 17:07:12.070000+00:00 | ['Pregnancy', 'Life', 'Books', 'Reading', 'Readinglist'] |
The Tragedy Surrounding Jamaica’s ‘Face of Pride’ | On August 31, 2017, Jamaican authorities found the body of 35 year old man in his home in Kingston who had suffered numerous stab wounds and his body had begun to decompose after numerous days. His name was Dexter Pottinger and he was the 2016 “Face of Pride” for the Jamaican Forum for Gays, All-Sexuals and Gays.
At t... | https://princeshakur.medium.com/the-tragedy-surrounding-jamaicas-face-of-pride-f56887fb05d1 | ['Prince Shakur'] | 2020-11-30 15:48:10.205000+00:00 | ['Jamaica', 'Gay', 'LGBTQ', 'Pride Month'] |
Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 7 and the millions of PCs that still run it | Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 7 and the millions of PCs that still run it DailyTend Jan 14, 2020·2 min read
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Today is a big day for Windows. Microsoft is dropping support of Windows 7, nearly 11 years after first launching the operating system with a flashy New York City marketing campaign. “I’m a P... | https://medium.com/@DailyTend/microsoft-bids-farewell-to-windows-7-and-the-millions-of-pcs-that-still-run-it-d0130483a182 | [] | 2020-01-14 16:36:11.617000+00:00 | ['Windows', 'Windows 7', 'Windows 10'] |
INHUMANITY IN ITS CORE: RAPE :: END THE STIGMA | INHUMANITY IN ITS CORE: RAPE :: END THE STIGMA
Pen is mightier than a sword, the power of words, can make or break something. Right now there are a lot of issues happening around that needs attention, and one of the most horrific act is Women Assaultation.Every day I open my news feed, there are several incidents in t... | https://medium.com/@blshruti/inhumanity-in-its-core-rape-end-the-stigma-e7bae28e7fde | ['Shruti Bl'] | 2020-11-22 08:25:23.887000+00:00 | ['Victims', 'Rape', 'Awareness', 'Justice'] |
List of free resources to learn Natural Language Processing | Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the ability of a computer system to understand human language. Natural Langauge Processing is a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are multiple resources available online which can help you develop expertise in Natural Language Processing.
In this blog post, we list reso... | https://medium.com/aimarketingassociation/list-of-free-resources-to-learn-natural-language-processing-f4b3c528800c | ['Shashank Gupta'] | 2018-08-28 18:39:10.022000+00:00 | ['Machine Learning', 'Deep Learning', 'Neural Networks', 'NLP', 'AI'] |
Action Coin Swap Updates & Procedures | Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
As many of you already know, we launched a new blockchain earlier this year. This resulted in a more than 5X reduction in the Action Coin supply; from 10 billion ACTN to 1.799 billion ACTN.
These changes have resulted in a mandatory coin swap, with 1 new ACTN being provided in excha... | https://medium.com/@actioncoin/action-coin-swap-updates-procedures-69c22a608ced | ['Nicholas Morley'] | 2021-01-01 00:14:51.186000+00:00 | ['Blockchain', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Blockchain Startup', 'Blockchain Development', 'Crypto'] |
My Struggles with Mania and Goal Setting | Stress is a huge trigger for my hypomania or maybe even full-blown mania. I’m sure I’m not alone when it comes to the stress that 2020 has given, and this stress has compounded many mental health issues for people not just myself. When I get manic I easily get bored, anxious, restless, and oddly even depressed when I’m... | https://medium.com/@dankoweedburn/my-struggles-with-mania-and-goal-setting-b079f1672c2d | ['Danko Weedburn'] | 2020-11-24 07:16:44.134000+00:00 | ['Goal Setting', 'Manic', 'Mania', 'Bipolar', 'Stress'] |
Books I Read In 2020 and Recommendations For You | This is now the fifth year I’m writing this post, hopefully, it has not become boring and you find a couple of books from this list that are new and you get to read over the holidays or next year. You can also find the lists for the last three years here: 2019, 2018, 2017.
Many of you know that I Mostly Listen to Book... | https://medium.com/@alitamaseb/books-i-read-in-2020-and-recommendations-for-you-d799dfa90973 | ['Ali Tamaseb'] | 2020-04-01 00:00:00 | ['Reading', 'Book Review', 'Book Recommendations', 'Books'] |
Our Nation’s Counter-Majoritarian Institutions Make it Harder to Fight Climate Change | Saving our planet will require making our country more democratic.
Is America’s failure to address climate change evidence that democracies are not up to the task, that voters won’t support the adjustments and sacrifices necessary for a transition away from fossil fuels? Plenty of ink has been spilled about this quest... | https://peterfcannavo.medium.com/counter-majoritarian-institutions-hamper-our-ability-to-fight-climate-change-a573d7510e1f | ['Peter F. Cannavo'] | 2020-10-31 16:33:39.223000+00:00 | ['Electoral College', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Biden', 'Climate Change', 'Election 2020'] |
Using Pulumi to register OAuth clients | We have started using Pulumi for our newer projects and wanted to share how we register new web apps as OAuth clients.
When any team member puts up a pull request of our web project, we build and deploy a ephemeral environment to test that pull request with. The links to each product are put in the pull request descri... | https://medium.com/pixel-and-ink/using-pulumi-to-register-oauth-clients-786aa9583288 | ['Jake Ginnivan'] | 2020-06-27 00:32:34.911000+00:00 | ['Pulumi', 'Oauth'] |
I hate people who think there saying something funny | I hate people who think there saying something funny
I Hate fake two faced people i feel like i just want to put them all in a line and slap them all and then slap them all again. people just dont understand that everything isnt about them. when people want to be trashy and h*e all the time it makes me feel like there... | https://medium.com/@KidMontana/i-hate-people-who-think-there-saying-something-funny-fcee1cb30e44 | ['Austin Ramos'] | 2015-10-13 19:13:59.034000+00:00 | ['Life Lessons', 'Cycling'] |
What nobody ever tells you, though, when you are a wide-eyed child, are all the little things that come along with “growing up.” | Life is a journey of twists and turns, peaks and valleys, mountains to climb and oceans to explore.
Good times and bad times. Happy times and sad times.
But always, life is a movement forward.
No matter where you are on the journey, in some way, you are continuing on — and that’s what makes it so magnificent. One da... | https://medium.com/@ramsalisburyvskrawietzlive/what-nobody-ever-tells-you-though-when-you-are-a-wide-eyed-child-are-all-the-little-things-that-600aa43def46 | ['Ramsalisbury J Vs Krawietz K Mies A Live Tv'] | 2020-11-19 17:42:18.591000+00:00 | ['Technology', 'Sports', 'Social Media', 'News', 'Live Streaming'] |
Google Illegally Surveilled and Fired Employees for Organizing, New Complaint Alleges | Google Illegally Surveilled and Fired Employees for Organizing, New Complaint Alleges
‘This complaint makes clear that workers have the right to speak to issues of ethical business and the composition of management’ jahid Dec 2, 2020·8 min read
Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images
Google illegally surveil... | https://medium.com/@jahid444/google-illegally-surveilled-and-fired-employees-for-organizing-new-complaint-alleges-921de98b6e09 | [] | 2020-12-02 19:50:41.698000+00:00 | ['Surveillance', 'Google Analytics', 'Organization', 'Google', 'Community'] |
A Modern Business Intelligence Stack for Startups | When we invest at Series A startups are often at the point where Business Intelligence is still primarily run with a combination of Excel and engineers running SQL queries against operational databases.
One of the frequent questions we get is “how do we progress to a modern business intelligence stack?” — fortunately ... | https://medium.com/blossom-capital/a-modern-business-intelligence-stack-for-startups-6a4748865c08 | ['Imran Ghory'] | 2020-07-28 19:13:59.655000+00:00 | ['Analytics', 'Tech', 'Business Intelligence', 'Data Science', 'Startup'] |
Nexus Mutual Attack: 8 Million Lost | At 09:40 am UTC, Dec 14, 2020, CertiK Skynet found a large transaction from Hugh Karp, the founder of Nexus Mutual, which transferred a total of 370,000 NXM tokens to an unknown account. The total value of tokens is approximately 8.33 million US dollars.
The CertiK security investigation team quickly launched an inves... | https://medium.com/@certik-io/nexus-mutual-attack-8-millions-lost-8d3592d14cfa | [] | 2020-12-15 14:42:44.084000+00:00 | ['Nexus', 'Security', 'Smart Contracts', 'Security Services', 'Attack'] |
4 Things Most People Take a Lifetime to Learn | 1. It’s Okay To Feel Sad After Making A Decision
Just because you feel sad after making a decision, doesn’t mean it was the wrong decision. This could be something you didn’t want to decide but know it in your heart that you had to do it.
It could be things like cutting off someone in your life whom you knew wasn’t r... | https://medium.com/the-innovation/4-things-most-people-take-a-lifetime-to-learn-a278cf09fb32 | ['Charlene Annabel'] | 2020-12-19 06:15:30.321000+00:00 | ['Life Lessons', 'Life'] |
Young Social Impact Heroes: Why and How Sabrina Paseman of ‘Fix The Mask’ Is Helping To Change Our World | Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began leading your company or organization?
When I was just getting started, I had to do small batch prototyping of our design. The prototype was made of a flexible silicone, which was a manufacturing process I was completely new to. I had a reall... | https://medium.com/authority-magazine/young-social-impact-heroes-why-and-how-sabrina-paseman-of-fix-the-mask-is-helping-to-change-our-caf46bc5cf77 | ['Penny Bauder'] | 2020-12-23 12:55:49.232000+00:00 | ['Social Impact'] |
Unboxing of Mind | I believe my mind has become that box which has too many wires tangled inside, each day I untangle few but the next day a new nest is there which I need to dismantle.
It’s a love and hate kind of relationship with my mind and every time my mind wins, there is a poem waiting like a gift which I need to unbox. A good re... | https://medium.com/scribe/unboxing-of-mind-4c372f90a5e4 | ['Priyanka Srivastava'] | 2020-06-08 09:51:01.520000+00:00 | ['Prose', 'Writers On Writing', 'Writing', 'Nonfiction', 'Writers Life'] |
Why trade commodities? | Why trade commodities?
It is essential to add commodities to your trading portfolio as gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas and other basic goods tend to move in opposition to stocks, as well as offer you high amount of leverage and the opportunity to ride sustained bull or bear trends.
Precious Metals
Precious meta... | https://medium.com/@smartfx/why-trade-commodities-e5a1384d41b3 | [] | 2021-04-25 09:56:41.536000+00:00 | ['Commodities Trading', 'Smartfx', 'Gold', 'Commodities', 'Commodity Tips'] |
What’s My Prompt? Day 17: Socks | Me and you were stuck together
Washed until the end
Knew you would be my forever
Thought I had a friend
But disappeared you did
After we tumbled and fluffed dry
Where oh where have you hid
Or maybe you escaped? Why
We have no purpose alone
That’s why we come in pairs
Looks like our bond you’ve outgrown
and c... | https://medium.com/@jeffjohnson/whats-my-prompt-day-17-socks-8417b8ad656b | ['Jeff J.'] | 2020-12-17 21:54:10.711000+00:00 | ['Prompt', 'Socks', 'Creative Writing'] |
Feeling Like An Imposter Shouldn’t Be A Syndrome | Feeling Like An Imposter Shouldn’t Be A Syndrome leap.club Follow Apr 7 · 2 min read
Written By Neha Reddy Kuthuru
Imposter Syndrome is a term that gets discussed about a lot (unfortunately) in women’s circles. To break it down, imposter syndrome is defined as a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despi... | https://medium.com/from-leap-club/feeling-like-an-imposter-shouldnt-be-a-syndrome-b2607ffbefb4 | [] | 2021-04-12 09:40:09.728000+00:00 | ['Startup Lessons', 'Behavior', 'Startup Life', 'Workplace Culture', 'Imposter Syndrome'] |
NuviaGO is best protein bar product to maintaining Fitness | NuviaGo is a delicious protein bar with a cookie and cream flavor loved all over the world! Due to the large dose of protein and a small amount of sugar, this product can replace any meal. NuviaGo provides the body with an energy boost, helps build muscle mass and accelerates recovery after training.
NuviaGo bars are ... | https://medium.com/@trickotech8877/nuviago-is-best-protein-bar-product-to-maintaining-fitness-20c1472fccbc | ['Rishi Kannaujiya'] | 2020-12-23 07:30:56.749000+00:00 | ['Protein', 'Diet', 'Biskuit', 'Maintaining Good Health', 'Fitness'] |
5 Reasons Why Colombia is Perfect for Remote Work | There is an endless list of reasons why I love Colombia, but to save busy professionals a lot of time, I’ve narrowed down the 5 best reasons why Colombia is perfect for remote workers and digital nomads.
1. Culture of Collaboration & Comunidad
The culture of Colombia lies at the heart of the Colombian identity. It is... | https://medium.com/@perrimichelle/5-reasons-why-colombia-is-perfect-for-remote-work-7d7f649e0ac8 | ['Perri Michelle'] | 2021-10-27 23:22:56.563000+00:00 | ['Remote Work', 'Travel', 'Coworking', 'Colombia', 'Digital Nomads'] |
Viewpoint: What Audi’s departure means for Formula E | Credit: Jannis Lucas
After supporting Formula E since the very beginning in 2014, Audi will leave the ABB FIA Formula E Championship at the end of the 2020/1 World Championship campaign.
The German giant supported Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport for the first three seasons of the series before taking over the team as a ful... | https://medium.com/@nathanbasilhine/viewpoint-what-audis-departure-means-for-formula-e-9ed5f31079e8 | ['Nathan Hine'] | 2020-12-02 17:00:31.029000+00:00 | ['Dakar Rally', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Audi', 'Le Mans', 'Fórmula E'] |
Why You Should Play Chess | Problem Solving
Data science is all about solving problems. It’s why companies are willing to build teams of expensive tech professionals and build custom software or models. These problems can range from detecting fraud, to optimizing a process or an ad campaign, to combating bias in facial recognition models.
These... | https://towardsdatascience.com/why-you-should-play-chess-45098a735003 | ['Aren Carpenter'] | 2020-12-15 18:24:57.466000+00:00 | ['Chess', 'Creativity', 'Data Science', 'Problem Solving', 'Learning'] |
New: Live Stream videos from Cloud Storage. | Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and pCloud with OneStream Live.
OneStream is happy to announce the updated cloud storage integration feature. OneStream now enables users to upload their videos with pCloud along with Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. Apart from that, OneStream allows users to either upload their vide... | https://medium.com/@onestreamlive/live-stream-videos-from-cloud-storage-c057e491278d | ['Onestream Live'] | 2020-09-28 05:58:45.790000+00:00 | ['Recorded Music', 'Live', 'Livestreaming Video', 'Live Streaming', 'Livestream'] |
Clients Are Ready To Travel, Provided Hotels Meet Certain Criteria | 70% of hotels have already implemented or are planning to implement contactless technologies, while 70% of customers prefer hotels centered around self-service. Another important thing is that very few decide to travel without proper insurance.
As Oracle and Skift research has shown, after a long period of isolation p... | https://medium.com/modihost/clients-are-ready-to-travel-provided-hotels-meet-certain-criteria-d113192069b8 | [] | 2020-10-27 11:50:05.018000+00:00 | ['Hospitality', 'Travel', 'Business', 'Hotel', 'Hms'] |
Shelly Plug US review: A European brand makes a splash in the States | Shelly Plug US review: A European brand makes a splash in the States Joe Nov 22, 2020·3 min read
Shelly is a sub-brand of a Bulgarian company, Alltarco, which recently began making its products available in the U.S. While it initially built its name on more contractor-level wiring components, the Shelly brand has expa... | https://medium.com/@joe07996065/shelly-plug-us-review-a-european-brand-makes-a-splash-in-the-states-d482ff375eb | [] | 2020-11-22 16:36:03.620000+00:00 | ['Mobile Accessories', 'Chargers', 'Deals', 'Streaming'] |
How To Test Everyone — Thru Poop. Three studies on detecting COVID-19 in… | How To Test Everyone — Thru Poop
Three studies on detecting COVID-19 in wastewater
You are what you excrete
How do you test everyone for COVID-19, all the time, and anonymously? Well, everybody poops.
Three recent studies have tested entire populations in Amsterdam, Paris, and Massachusetts for COVID-19. These chea... | https://indica.medium.com/can-we-test-an-entire-population-thru-poop-db427250bc62 | ['Indi Samarajiva'] | 2020-05-03 17:46:38.391000+00:00 | ['Medicine', 'Health', 'Science', 'Sanitation', 'Coronavirus'] |
Generational Eating-Out Habits: What Does the Generation X’er Search For? | 11 Ways How to Treat the Generation X’ers as Restaurant Guests Right:
1. Generation X is not a digital native, but members of it are tech-savvy enough and feel really comfortable about online availabilities. They use computers for research, many of them are present on social media, and their mobile devices get filled ... | https://medium.com/@tablein.ltd/generational-eating-out-habits-what-does-the-generation-xer-search-for-3dcd23f5a362 | [] | 2020-01-24 09:19:59.188000+00:00 | ['Restaurant Marketing', 'Generation X', 'Restaurant', 'Restaurant Business'] |
HOPE beats VUCA! | H for Holistic preparedness
HOLISTIC PREPAREDNESS addresses the dynamics of change that drive VOLATILITY. It’s important to devote resources to prepare for and respond to volatile events. Holistic preparedness requires addressing the overall ecosystem. Enabling these resources can be expensive but the amount of invest... | https://medium.com/albert-vazquez-agusti/hope-beats-vuca-e45d333617ec | ['Albert Vazquez-Agusti'] | 2021-02-14 16:12:06.484000+00:00 | ['Investing', 'Supply Chain', 'Venture Capital', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Emerging Tech'] |
Want to Change Your Habits? Scrap The New Year’s Resolutions. Try This 4-Step Behavior Design Approach. | Every year millions of people commit to changing their lives, starting January 1st. And every year their efforts last for a month, two months tops, before flopping.
The reason? We overestimate how much we can do, and underestimate the power of our internal ‘psychological immune system’ — our built-in resistance to cha... | https://medium.com/@helloalexivanov/want-to-change-your-habits-30ec68f7fe76 | ['Alexey Ivanov'] | 2020-12-29 23:36:44.454000+00:00 | ['Design Thinking', 'Motivation', 'Behavior Change', 'Habits', 'Coaching'] |
Insane or Inspired? Book 2 (Part 4) | The Sweetest Gesture
It seemed more than just a little ironic that the term ‘victim mentality’ should even exist, in a world where the entire population had been so relentlessly and mercilessly abused, exploited and deceived, from cradle to grave, since the dawn of time. This complete failure to recognise our own vict... | https://medium.com/@jcshakti/insane-or-inspired-book-2-part-4-7841e08791d7 | ['Jay Campbell'] | 2020-12-19 16:29:17.473000+00:00 | ['Fiction', 'Literature', 'Prose', 'Writing', 'Books'] |
VyprVPN Vs PureVPN? | With the ongoing battle between Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Virtual Private Networks (VPLS), which is more reliable and secure? This is a question that is asked frequently, and because of the large differences in both service delivery and functionality, it is sometimes difficult to draw the correct conclusion. Ho... | https://medium.com/@how-do-u/vyprvpn-vs-purevpn-dbe53d1e1b99 | ['How Do U'] | 2020-12-27 18:57:02.239000+00:00 | ['VPN', 'Hacking', 'Encryption', 'Fast Speed', 'Streaming'] |
Twerking in the #MeToo era | It seems women’s rights just reached new heights.
Yesterday, social media took notice as a contentious exchange occurred between columnist for The Daily Caller Stephanie Hamill and hip-hop artist Cardi B on Twitter. This back and forth began as the result of an initial tweet by Hamill addressing a music video Cardi B ... | https://j-stokes.medium.com/twerking-in-the-metoo-era-4b38634a1367 | ['J. Stokes'] | 2019-01-24 05:31:37.302000+00:00 | ['Womens Rights', 'Metoo', 'Sexual Assault', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Sexual Abuse'] |
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न रस्म-ए-दुनिया की है क़ाएल
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जो वक़्त के साथ बदल जाए
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نہ رسم دنیا کی ہے قائل
وو محببت ہی کیا
جو وقت کے ساتھ بدل جاۓ
It mourns nor depends on life,
nor cares for ways of the world,
the Love that changes with time
is... | https://medium.com/polyglot-poetry/of-love-f243c93db2b5 | ['Lubna Yusuf'] | 2020-10-25 22:30:17.205000+00:00 | ['Time', 'Urdu', 'Love', 'Relationships', 'Life'] |
What is Feature Engineering? | In this article, we’ll look at what Feature Engineering is and discuss some techniques used for feature engineering.
Feature
In machine learning and data science, a feature is an individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon, usually in the form of structured columns. For instance, we have a simple... | https://medium.com/red-buffer/what-is-feature-engineering-5baf02f1b4f1 | ['Ahmad Sachal'] | 2021-09-06 07:07:57.136000+00:00 | ['Feature Engineering', 'Data Analysis', 'Python', 'Data Science', 'Machine Learning'] |
Hey! | I have been trying to deal with my grief issues for quiet a while now, trying being the keyword. I have faced death three times in my life closely, at least. The first time I was too young to understand. The second time I was too sensitive to deal with it. I was a teen, too old to ignore it as just another thing in my ... | https://medium.com/@naeyaer/hey-25df5cfac3af | ['Nae Yaer'] | 2020-12-15 18:38:41.630000+00:00 | ['Mark Twain', 'Wayne Dyer', 'Greif', 'Forgiveness', 'Mark Twain Quotes'] |
Mount Kailash : The Mysterious Mountain | Mount Kailash — the Stairway to Heaven — It is the most intriguing mountain range in the whole of Himalayas, Mount Kailash is 22,000 ft from the Tibetan Plateau, which is largely considered to be inaccessible.
For Hindus and Buddhists, Mount Kailash is the physical embodiment of Mount Meru. The Kailash Range is 30 mil... | https://medium.com/@deepanshpalawat/mount-kailash-the-mysterious-mountain-e87b4f26391c | ['Deepansh Palawat'] | 2020-12-22 15:10:03.138000+00:00 | ['Mountains', 'Ancient History', 'Hinduism', 'Buddhism', 'India'] |
What on Earth is CI/CD? | CI/CD, acronyms frequently used in DevOps, what is it? Stepping into DevOps, I wanted to know what it is. So here’s what I learned about it for everyone out there who wants to know too.
What is CI/CD?
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment is a way of continuously integrating all code... | https://medium.com/featurepreneur/what-on-earth-is-ci-cd-64333790a314 | [] | 2020-12-11 14:43:31.831000+00:00 | ['Cicd', 'Continuous Integration', 'Ci Cd Pipeline', 'Continuous Delivery', 'Continuous Deployment'] |
Thailand, Tourism Trauma | Thailand extends a red carpet to tourists, which may seem to be a win for the economy as tourists flood in, but it also meant that Thailand’s economy was heavily reliant on tourism for development. Everything appears to be fine until a global pandemic strikes, resulting in a sharp rise in travel restrictions.
Economic... | https://medium.com/@charleshachem/thailand-tourism-trauma-70162d652db5 | ['Charles Hachem'] | 2021-05-19 10:23:52.680000+00:00 | ['Bangkok', 'Tourism', 'Thailand', 'Economics', 'Covid 19'] |
Where do we go from here | George Floyd protests in Uptown Charlotte (Photo Credit IG: @clay.banks)
In a couple of weeks, Americans — mostly black Americans — will celebrate the 155th Juneteenth holiday. On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the Civil War formally ended, 250,000 African-American sl... | https://medium.com/@jamaur-bronner/where-do-we-go-from-here-ceda3d3d81d0 | ['Jamaur Bronner'] | 2020-06-03 13:02:24.392000+00:00 | ['BlackLivesMatter', 'Social Justice', 'Community Engagement', 'Civil Rights'] |
Bleeding Edge Series: Explainable AI is the key to Social Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence | Systems that rely upon artificial intelligence to make decisions are often black boxes that produce values which are interpreted to signify a certain meaning. There is often no explanation of how the system arrived at these values. This lack of explanation may not be an issue for problems such as predicting film revenu... | https://medium.com/skim-technologies/bleeding-edge-series-explainable-ai-is-the-key-to-social-acceptance-of-artificial-intelligence-93df8a60976 | ['Brett Drury'] | 2019-07-03 10:30:11.903000+00:00 | ['Future Technology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Explainable Ai', 'Technology', 'Machine Learning'] |
Non-Violence — Never think Curelly Of Others | After a long finally, I am writing my first blog. It feels so good doing this. It is quite a long time I felt sharing my thoughts & philosophy which I have been experienced throughout the journey of my life. If it is not today then never. Getting started is one of the difficult one. Let’s get started….
Why you should ... | https://medium.com/@archishthakkar/non-violence-never-think-curelly-of-others-3a1c97336ca1 | ['Archish Thakkar'] | 2020-12-18 19:32:58.218000+00:00 | ['Positive Thinking', 'Philosophy', 'Spirtuality'] |
In Front Of The Fireplace | The fire slowly burns the wood, transforming it
into the warmth I feel in front of the fireplace.
My thoughts slowly burn the seconds, transforming them
into not wasted opportunities.
The fireplace can be very didactic.
It shows me that in order to defeat cold, I have to be close to the fire.
If I go and sit on t... | https://medium.com/scuzzbucket/in-front-of-the-fireplace-3979aa838ae6 | ['Anthi Psomiadou'] | 2020-12-24 02:04:05.409000+00:00 | ['Behavior', 'Observation', 'Fire', 'Awareness', 'Self'] |
I Don’t Know | Admitting that I do not know something I feel like I am “supposed” to, was a hard thing for me to do. It still is. Especially when my 8-year-old daughter asks me something, I feel the immense pressure of being the all knowing super woman in her world and I feel like if I admit that I don’t know, her whole image of me w... | https://medium.com/@junecoffey/i-dont-know-8841f66b2017 | ['June Coffey'] | 2020-11-19 03:18:36.830000+00:00 | ['Career Advice', 'Interviewing', 'Interview', 'Recruitment', 'Interview Tips'] |
That one missed connection | Once I fell in love with a man twice my age. When I was twenty-five he was fifty. I thought I was a mathematics machine because I figured neither of us would age or get bored.
Ever since, my heart dives straight out of my chest onto the pavement any time I see anyone who remotely resembles him in the middle age.
It’s... | https://medium.com/@bonjourdecoeur/that-one-missed-connection-533da7286021 | ['Bonjour De Coeur'] | 2020-12-27 07:52:55.352000+00:00 | ['Missed Connections', 'Love And Dating', 'Romance', 'Funny', 'Love'] |
“CHILD’S PLAY” | play SimCity BuildIt for iPad. I play it so often, in fact, that it might be the thing I do most these days. It is not nearly as immersive and complex as past SimCity titles, but I nonetheless feel wanted, sometimes eve needed, and loved by the Sims who inhabit my city called Monteblo. Monteblo didn’t begin with my rec... | https://medium.com/not-complaining-but/child-s-play-3085bc46d237 | ['The Motor Tom'] | 2015-09-10 20:45:57.272000+00:00 | ['Childhood', 'Ncb Catalogue', 'Storytelling'] |
How The “How I Made 6-figures” Posts Really Make Us Feel | Is it envy?
God, I hope not.
Look, I’ve never considered myself an envious person. I love celebrating other people’s success. I root for them.
But I’m asking you: how do you feel seeing dozens of posts like that every hour?
Be real, though.
Imagine this: I’m in my pajamas, in my studio apartment, still in college,... | https://medium.com/@julia-w4c/how-the-how-i-made-6-figures-posts-really-make-us-feel-3fc299a14996 | ['Julia At'] | 2020-12-13 16:52:16.557000+00:00 | ['Life', 'Work', 'Feelings', 'Startup', 'Personal Development'] |
4 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Blogging | 4 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Blogging
I would’ve found success much faster if I had known these 4 things
Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash
Blogging can potentially make you more money than an average day job. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and make a Google search right now. Better still, go to YouTube, a... | https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/4-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-blogging-39cf31127163 | ['Wajeeh Khan'] | 2020-10-19 18:01:12.170000+00:00 | ['Work', 'Freelancing', 'Writing', 'Blogging', 'Education'] |
PySpark on macOS: installation and use | Spark is a very popular framework for data processing. It has slowly taken over the use of Hadoop for data analytics. In memory processing can yield up to 100x speed compared to Hadoop and MapReduce. One of the main advantages of Spark is that no more need to write map reduce jobs. Moreover, the spark engine is compati... | https://medium.com/swlh/pyspark-on-macos-installation-and-use-31f84ca61400 | ['René-Jean Corneille'] | 2019-10-22 11:35:37.458000+00:00 | ['Spark', 'Python', 'Data', 'Hadoop', 'Data Science'] |
Increase microphone volume Windows 10 | On video calls sometimes volume is not high for receiving user
Below are steps to increase your microphone volume
On your taskbar right click and open volume
Open sound settings
Click on device properties
Slide bar up to 100#
Hopefully this will solve your microphone volume issues
Please get in contact with if y... | https://medium.com/@codecloudservices/increase-microphone-volume-windows-10-44ccf91f53c8 | [] | 2020-12-24 18:16:34.297000+00:00 | ['Work From Home', 'Microphone Accessories', 'Microphone Not Working', 'Microphone', 'Microphone Issues'] |
The Age of Invisibility | Invisibility has always been an intriguing concept — invariably one of the superpowers we all wanted growing up. Popular literature and science-fiction franchises like J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ and H.G. Well’s ‘The Invisible Man’ have done a lot in helping us imagine what it would be like to be invisible.
Well, Gu... | https://medium.com/the-treatise/the-age-of-invisibility-87e4469f6f02 | ['Asme Iiest Shibpur Student Section'] | 2020-11-11 15:20:57.870000+00:00 | ['Defense', 'Military', 'Science', 'STEM', 'Technology'] |
Coronavirus case in Israel continues to rise | Israel Prime Minister are being positive, telling the people that “we are beginning the end of the pandemic,” and he also announce that the first Pfizer vaccine in the country will be administered.
However, Israel still has to go through a very tough December, as the numbers of infections and deaths continue to rise, ... | https://medium.com/@joiecooper2/coronavirus-case-in-israel-continues-to-rise-16fd01bdcf12 | ['Joie Cooper'] | 2020-12-14 14:10:58.630000+00:00 | ['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer Vaccine', 'Vaccines', 'Israel', 'Middle East'] |
Who’s afraid of Machine Learning? Part 2 : Creating a Machine That Can Learn | Hands down, my favorite food in the world is strawberries 🍓! I can eat them every day, all day, only them, and it would make me so happy! 😁
I want to write a program that will take an image and tell me if there’s a strawberry in it or something else. To simplify:
Is this a strawberry or not a strawberry?
If you we... | https://medium.com/google-developer-experts/whos-afraid-of-machine-learning-part-2-making-a-machine-that-can-learn-a3c6d2715e26 | ['Britt Barak'] | 2019-04-07 19:18:15.411000+00:00 | ['Deep Learning', 'Mlkit', 'TensorFlow', 'Firebase', 'Android'] |
Different Paths to Math Learning Share the Spotlight | I can tell you exactly when I stopped learning mathematics in any meaningful way: dividing fractions. Just the thought of it makes me squirm. Every math lesson after that was a battle for just enough retention to eke out a passing grade and never look back. I’ve told myself there was no real harm done since I pursued a... | https://medium.com/@edgenuity/different-paths-to-math-learning-share-the-spotlight-5dce084399ce | ['The Cutting Edge'] | 2020-12-16 15:56:22.268000+00:00 | ['Students', 'Distance Learning', 'Teachers', 'Mathematics Education', 'Education'] |
Memory Profiling a Go service | The service
Over the past few months, we have been receiving multiple high memory alerts on one of our services referred to as WriteApi. This service is an event driven service which receives events over SQS. Most of the events are fairly low in latency in the order of milliseconds, but a few of them that are slower, ... | https://medium.com/compass-true-north/memory-profiling-a-go-service-cd62b90619f9 | ['Theodore Rose'] | 2020-08-25 16:01:01.032000+00:00 | ['Compass', 'Profiling', 'Go'] |
Benny Joseph — A daring journalist, truthful citizen & a loyal son of the Motherland! | Benny Joseph
First of all, I wish he was in the national level covering issues that needs public attention and deserves justice at the central level. But anyways, unfortunately Kerala is blessed with so much of f**king rascals who day by day are proving that the God’s own country is just a tagline and nothing more. Al... | https://medium.com/@themephobia/benny-joseph-a-daring-journalist-truthful-citizen-a-loyal-son-of-the-motherland-f90a2d76e062 | ['Nishant Netaji'] | 2020-01-14 07:30:26.153000+00:00 | ['Journalism', 'Patriotism', 'Responsible', 'Indian', 'Social'] |
Webflow Review: Pricing, Features & Best Alternatives (2020) | What is Webflow? Review of Webflow
Webflow is a visual website builder that allows you to use an intuitive drag-and-drop editor to design a website without the need to code. Like most website builders, Webflow offers its tools and services in the form of a subscription plan.
However, Webflow is slightly different fro... | https://medium.com/@ronaldd.fdavis/webflow-review-pricing-features-best-alternatives-1b24704c21ef | ['Ronald Davis'] | 2020-09-22 15:04:41.959000+00:00 | ['Zyro', 'Website Design', 'WordPress', 'Webflow', 'Website'] |
US Civil war or Revolution? — Putin’s heaven. | The narcissist and his victims — The $50 trillion steal from America’s suckers, you know…the workers.
President Donald Trump as he returns to the White House after posing for photographs in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church on June 1, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) Source: TheNation
For Trump and the elit... | https://medium.com/@mitchinoz/the-50-trillion-steal-from-americas-suckers-you-know-the-workers-7125978f8139 | ['Mitch Inoz'] | 2021-01-12 18:38:35+00:00 | ['Trump', 'Economy', 'Democrats', 'Putin'] |
WAX Essentials: Technical Article Round-Up | Over the last few months, WAX has released updates on a variety of projects and accomplishments, such as the WAX Bounty Program, the 17th announcement of a new crypto-collectible that will be available on OPSkins.com and tradeable with WAX Tokens, and updates related to events and partnerships.
While we also continue ... | https://medium.com/wax-io/wax-essentials-technical-article-round-up-bd396b9ca5f3 | ['Wax Io'] | 2018-06-12 17:13:56.402000+00:00 | ['Videogames', 'Bitcoin', 'Ethereum', 'Technical Analysis', 'Blockchain'] |
Why On-Demand Mobile Apps Are Booming The Aviation Industry Economy in USA 2021? | Image Source: matellio
Technology is so advanced today that you can find mobile apps for every arena, and it’s not surprising that 75% of frequent travelers use mobile devices. It is therefore clear that mobile presence is extremely important for the best customer service and corporate branding.
Around 3.6 billion pa... | https://medium.com/@kalyanitechblogs/why-on-demand-mobile-apps-are-booming-the-aviation-industry-economy-in-usa-2021-73dcb55fa665 | ['Kalyani Tangadpally'] | 2020-12-21 04:37:09.799000+00:00 | ['Aviation Mobile Apps', 'Mobile App', 'Mobile Apps Usa', 'Aviation Mobile Apps Usa', 'Aviation Industry Apps'] |
AYS Daily Digest 30/04/20- Maltese government official admits to coordinating pushbacks | Finland to accept refugees from Greece // Updates from Stand By Me Lesvos // EU to make €4.5 million accessible to Bosnia and Herzegovina // Turkish soldier shoots at Frontex // Behind the scenes with Sea-Watch International
Feature
Maltese government official Neville Gafà has reportedly admitted under oath that he h... | https://medium.com/are-you-syrious/ays-daily-digest-30-04-20-maltese-government-official-admits-to-coordinating-pushbacks-6343a3a8c662 | ['Are You Syrious'] | 2020-05-01 17:13:39.523000+00:00 | ['Digest', 'Migrants', 'Malta', 'Europe', 'Refugees'] |
UnQovering Stereotypical Biases in Question Answering Models | Photo by Megan Nixon on Unsplash
Natural language question answering by AI systems has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years thanks to the emergence of powerful new language models trained using the enormous volume of text available on the internet. Their success comes with a catch, however; the web text they use ... | https://medium.com/ai2-blog/unqovering-stereotypical-biases-in-question-answering-models-d04f9e771118 | ['Tushar Khot'] | 2020-11-17 23:55:17.924000+00:00 | ['AI', 'NLP', 'Bias', 'Language Modeling', 'Stereotypes'] |
Hillary Clinton Thinks You Are Very Dumb | Last night, Bernie Sanders asked why Hillary Clinton’s foremost campaign donors have been Wall Street banks. I’ve linked a video of the exchange below, but here’s a transcript of what he said:
I have never heard a candidate — never — who has received yuuuge amounts of money from oil, from coal, from Wall Street, from ... | https://medium.com/@iandonovan/hillary-clinton-thinks-you-are-very-dumb-e7c3de21d543 | ['Ian Donovan'] | 2015-11-15 21:57:10.550000+00:00 | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Debate'] |
Superhero Chronicles: Boys Breaking Borders | The Magic of Taking Leadership V
When I was planning out what this series: the Magic of Taking Leadership would look like, I knew I had to conclude with stories of seemingly “ordinary” young people that have made magic through their choices. Because there’s this inspiration that comes when we see that one doesn’t need... | https://medium.com/@pcd.opara/superhero-chronicles-boys-breaking-borders-913b1ee36cd9 | ['Davida Opara'] | 2020-12-21 06:46:55.236000+00:00 | ['Magic', 'Leadership', 'Social Change'] |
Active Wheelchair Market Size Worth $2.3 Billion By 2027 | The global active wheelchair market size is expected to reach USD 2.3 billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 4.4%, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Surge in the geriatric and disabled population along with the rising prevalence of chronic diseases in the geriatric population are some of the key f... | https://medium.com/@marketnewsreports/active-wheelchair-market-aa38f4ff9ab0 | ['Gaurav Shah'] | 2020-12-10 06:39:12.109000+00:00 | ['Singapore', 'Australia', 'Indonesia', 'Medical Devices', 'Russia'] |
How to Place Virtual Artwork on your Wall in 15 Minutes or Less | Always wanted to add some artwork to your wall but found it too expensive? Try adding a virtual artwork instead! This is a demo iOS app that allows users to add a picture from their camera roll to a vertical plane (like a wall!). The pictures are added with a picture frame, which is a 3D model brought in from echoAR. T... | https://medium.com/@maicel-8312/how-to-place-virtual-artwork-on-your-wall-in-15-minutes-or-less-e88e8b97737f | [] | 2020-12-17 22:55:58.293000+00:00 | ['Art', 'Gallery', 'Augmented Reality', 'Artwork', 'Echoar'] |
The Ride Home | The Ride Home
A poem.
Photo by Vidipt Saroj Kalla on Unsplash
Sometimes a crisp
ash night before a dull
melodic rain unfurls
hardened fists and
cranks the windows
down. Hair dancing
on the tongue,
radio scrubbing
off the pain. | https://medium.com/write-like-a-girl/the-ride-home-dbbc67886f97 | ['Addey Vaters'] | 2020-12-27 17:46:52.949000+00:00 | ['Poetry On Medium', 'Poetic', 'Poet', 'Poetry', 'Poem'] |
Christmas Holidays at Home: 5 Ways to Make It More Enjoyable | Most of us have been spending this December in lockdown, away from family and friends. This year’s holidays will differ from our usual Christmas experience in many ways.
Even if social distancing is forcing us to stay at home, keeping the holiday spirit alive makes the whole situation a little more bearable.
The next... | https://medium.com/@lana-vinko/christmas-holidays-at-home-5-ways-to-make-it-more-enjoyable-bb7ecabcdf35 | ['Into The Mundane'] | 2020-12-27 12:13:44.595000+00:00 | ['2020', 'Pandemic', 'Holidays', 'Christmas'] |
What Is J.K. Rowling Trying to Prove? | In what appears to be a shockingly tone-deaf attempt to get the world to agree with her ideas about transgender people, J.K. Rowling has done something really strange.
She’s turned herself into a villain.
In her latest book under the pen name Robert Galbraith, she’s written a cross-dressing male murder suspect inspir... | https://medium.com/honestly-yours/what-is-j-k-rowling-trying-to-prove-d5bcd2fd8bde | ['Shannon Ashley'] | 2020-09-21 22:26:31.277000+00:00 | ['Women', 'Books', 'LGBTQ', 'Film', 'Culture'] |
I’m the “Everybody Black” Cheerleader | And I’m proud of it
Issa Rae let the cat out of the bag at the Emmys last year when she said she was rooting for everybody Black. The look on the host’s face was a cross between shock and awe. But Issa in all of her Black girl magic just said what the rest of us Black folks were thinking. In a country where Black peop... | https://medium.com/we-know-what-we-know/im-the-everybody-black-cheerleader-28194e3f91af | ['W. Island'] | 2018-05-30 13:34:31.571000+00:00 | ['Culture', 'Black Women', 'BlackLivesMatter'] |
Square’s Open Approach to Code | Square’s Open Approach to Code
A quarter of a million lines of code later.
Written by Lindsay Wiese.
Heads up, we’ve moved! If you’d like to continue keeping up with the latest technical content from Square please visit us at our new home https://developer.squareup.com/blog
Nearly 3 years ago we open sourced our fi... | https://medium.com/square-corner-blog/squares-open-approach-to-code-c94c04a9feae | ['Square Engineering'] | 2019-04-18 21:51:57.026000+00:00 | ['Engineering', 'Open Source'] |
The Streaming Wars Illustrated | Summarizing the growth of Streaming Platforms
There hasn’t been much to get excited about in 2020. One positive thing was the incredible growth of streaming services. Here’s a quick review of streaming services as they stand at the end of the year.
Photo by Bermix Studio on Unsplash
Research
I began this effort by ... | https://asjamieson.medium.com/the-streaming-wars-illustrated-a64ed882fba5 | ['Andrew Jamieson'] | 2020-12-21 08:11:01.473000+00:00 | ['Streaming', 'Disney Plus', 'Netflix', 'Amazon Prime Video', 'Streaming War'] |
The Heart Grows Weary | Learn more. Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Learn more
Make Medium yours. Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, a... | https://medium.com/chalkboard/the-heart-grows-weary-f64060a9da50 | ['Daniel A. Teo'] | 2020-12-22 16:25:34.933000+00:00 | ['One Line', 'Time', 'Prompt', 'Heartbreak', 'Poetry'] |
Deep Dive in Machine Learning with Python | Deep Dive in Machine Learning with Python
Welcome to another blog of Deep Dive in Machine Learning with Python, in the last blog, we worked with the Gapminder Dataset to understand the data distributions, histogram plots, and density plots. In today’s blog, we will focus on heatmaps that are commonly used in visualizi... | https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/deep-dive-in-machine-learning-with-python-19a67423218c | ['Rajesh Sharma'] | 2020-02-08 18:30:12.443000+00:00 | ['Data Visualization', 'Seaborn', 'Data Science', 'Matplotlib'] |
No Mas: Why It’s Okay To Quit | We’re always told to not give up. To push and follow through, to see things to their end. It’s become a timeworn staple in the side of all growing pains, a Hollywood trope and the centerpiece of all great stories — to never surrender, to fight on, to never back down.
But is it actually sensible advice?
We humans are ... | https://medium.com/borealism/no-mas-its-okay-to-quit-6c976d289db5 | ['Michael Woronko'] | 2020-01-13 19:43:56.471000+00:00 | ['Sports', 'Life Lessons', 'Motivation', 'Productivity', 'Self Improvement'] |
Asking for Directions | Asking for Directions
Weekly Pentina Prompt
Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash
Edinburgh, Scotland 3 a.m.
‘Excuse me.’
‘Y-yes?’
‘Is this 3 Fillyside Avenue?’
‘No, that’s the next street. This is 3 Fillyside Terrace.’
‘Thanks. Also, I am sorry for waking you up.’
‘It’s alright. I got scared thinking you came for ... | https://medium.com/centina-pentina/asking-for-direction-25c8c4558373 | ['Kalman Balla'] | 2020-09-23 03:32:55.979000+00:00 | ['Short Story', 'Pentina', 'Microfiction', 'Morning', 'Fantasy'] |
Lessons I Learned From Working In Customer Service | Lesson 1: Put in the effort, you will be compensated
I know this is well-known to everyone, but my personal experience had me believe otherwise. I was always an A+ student, and my parents never congratulated me on it. I worked on relationships, on keeping friends, on making people feel good, and barely got a ‘thank yo... | https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/lessons-i-learned-from-working-in-customer-service-4d38b1c4fee | ['Rita Alexandra'] | 2020-05-27 08:49:47.531000+00:00 | ['Jobs', 'Work', 'Life Lessons', 'Self Improvement', 'Self'] |
Ravencoin Development Update: KAWPOW — Edge | A few weeks ago, Ravencoin, underwent a successful proof of work algorithm upgrade. Congratulations to their community and all the hard work put in to make the transition as smooth as possible. It looks like everything went smoothly and the network is moving along nicely.
One of the design goals of the Ravencoin proje... | https://medium.com/edgewallet/ravencoin-development-update-kawpow-edge-8e82323e6a15 | ['Brett Maverick Musser'] | 2020-06-03 20:11:19.453000+00:00 | ['Progpow', 'Ravencoin', 'Proof Of Work', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Cryptoasset'] |
The Name Game | What ‘Lake Trump’ tells us about the geopolitics of naming in the Balkans
In the year 2020, it has become almost routine for headlines that could have easily been outlandish satire not so long ago to become reality. “Disputed reservoir on the Serbia-Kosovo border to be named after President Donald Trump” is one that f... | https://danhall-68125.medium.com/the-name-game-3048a7d5a3ac | ['Dan Hall'] | 2020-11-10 13:29:20.645000+00:00 | ['Politics', 'Balkans', 'Geography', 'Trump', 'Geopolitics'] |
7 Things to Do Every Day to Stay Healthy : | 7 Things to Do Every Day to Stay Healthy :
We all want a healthy body and mind. But in our busy lives we don’t pay much attention to our own body. So when the impression of age falls on the face in any direction, the weight increases unknowingly, the skin of the body, the hair, everything seems to become dirty. (7 thi... | https://medium.com/@shishirhuman/7-things-to-do-every-day-to-stay-healthy-51378cf288f7 | ['Sree Shishir Roy'] | 2021-07-06 18:55:13.002000+00:00 | ['Health Foods', 'Healthy Eating', 'Healthy', 'Healthy Lifestyle', 'Health Recipe'] |
Well, my friend, your questions are deep and will probably take us both a lifetime to unravel. | Well, my friend, your questions are deep and will probably take us both a lifetime to unravel. I, too, am repulsed by the current perversion of “Christianity” for political purposes — to the point that I and many others simply don’t call that particular worldview Christian at all. Frankly, they are taking positions tha... | https://medium.com/notes-on-the-way-up/well-my-friend-your-questions-are-deep-and-will-probably-take-us-both-a-lifetime-to-unravel-ad97052e346 | ['Rev Dr Sparky'] | 2019-03-31 00:47:40.907000+00:00 | ['Heresy', 'Faith', 'Hope', 'Christianity'] |
ParseMyCF — a codeforces contest scraper | 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... | https://medium.com/sabuj-jana/parsemycf-a-codeforces-contest-scraper-13dc0e9d3872 | ['Sabuj Jana'] | 2019-09-21 12:37:16.693000+00:00 | ['Script', 'Codeforces', 'Programming', 'Python', 'Github'] |
Lambda calls share their runtime and it’s super scary — Here is why | AWS Lambda functions are very popular in the developer world right now. While these are a popular choice, a lot of developers still struggle to understand their execution behavior when it comes to runtime sharing and state sharing. If you ask a somewhat fundamental but critical question like “do two different lambda in... | https://medium.com/leantaas-engineering/does-a-lambda-call-share-any-common-state-4785dfea313e | ['Santhosh Gandhe'] | 2020-12-19 08:31:30.439000+00:00 | ['Lambda', 'AWS', 'AWS Lambda', 'Functional Programming', 'Aws Cloud'] |
This Breakthrough Nutrient Is Called AstraZyme | Explode Your Muscle Growth
MassZymes 3.0 with AstraZyme™ helps make the industry’s leading formula up to 30% more effective in passing nutrients through your gut, and up to 66% more on specific amino acids!
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With the bioavailability of amino acids you’ll repair muscle fibers faster and grow bigger; pl... | https://medium.com/@jameshob498/this-breakthrough-nutrient-is-called-astrazyme-94748720b0f0 | [] | 2021-12-20 04:13:48.777000+00:00 | ['Muscle Building', 'Healthy Lifestyle', 'Weightloss Foods', 'Weight Loss Tips', 'Muscles'] |
eLeanSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) Certified! | Long time no see
Some time has passed since myvery first post, and some major changes have taken place in my life. I’ve started working at IBM in June as an IT Specialist in the Global Technology Services division. I also enrolled in a MS in Cybersecurity. I know MS are not seen as something very useful in the infosec... | https://medium.com/@octa-mihail/eleansecurity-junior-penetration-tester-ejpt-certified-afae75e3a66c | ['Octavian Mihail Romanescu'] | 2020-12-23 12:38:15.965000+00:00 | ['Information Technology', 'Penetration Testing', 'Learning', 'Skills', 'Cybersecurity'] |
Hi | in The Case of Curious Birds | https://medium.com/@frankbylard2/hi-3db599cb1ce4 | [] | 2020-12-22 04:51:13.308000+00:00 | ['Medium Brasil', 'Médium', 'Ｍedium', 'Mediumcom', 'Medium En Español'] |
Looking Back On 2020 And What’s Next | “The Black Swan of 2020.” “VCs are open for business as usual.” “Don’t raise money this year unless you absolutely need to.”
Filled with extremes and contradictions, 2020 was a trial by fire for us all. While simultaneously shouldering the personal toll of an unprecedented pandemic, economic crisis, and social and pol... | https://medium.com/@laconia/looking-back-on-2020-and-whats-next-5be22796a3e2 | [] | 2020-09-13 00:00:00 | ['Startup', 'Venture Capital', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Year In Review', 'Remote Working'] |
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