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What are *Args and **Kwargs in Python?
What are *Args and **Kwargs in Python? Boost your functions to the n-level. Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash If you have been programming Python for a while now surely you’ll have had a doubt in how to use a function properly. You went to the paper and have met with *args and **kwargs inside the parameter of this functio...
https://towardsdatascience.com/args-and-kwargs-d89bdf56d49b
['Toni Domenech Borrell']
2020-12-29 13:14:57.903000+00:00
['Data Science', 'Python', 'Programming', 'Software Development', 'Matplotlib']
Algorithms Tell Us How to Think, and This is Changing Us
Silicon Valley is predicting more and more how we are going to respond to an email, react on someone’s Instagram picture, determine which government services are we eligible for, and soon a forthcoming Google Assistant will be able to call our hairdresser for us in real-time. We have invited algorithms practically eve...
https://orge.medium.com/algorithms-tell-us-how-to-think-and-this-is-affecting-us-eec7fb215dfa
['Orge Castellano']
2019-03-04 19:34:06.614000+00:00
['Machine Learning', 'Privacy', 'Future', 'Technology', 'Artificial Intelligence']
How To Configure Custom Pipeline Options In Apache Beam
Example Project Let’s see what we are building here with Apache Beam and Java SDK. Here is the simple input.txt file, we take this as an input and transform it and output the word count. input.txt Pipeline for example project As shown above, we split the text file based on the “:” and then extract and count words, ...
https://medium.com/bb-tutorials-and-thoughts/how-to-configure-custom-pipeline-options-in-apache-beam-37a32f84d1aa
['Bhargav Bachina']
2020-10-05 05:03:09.607000+00:00
['Programming', 'Java', 'Software Development', 'Web Development', 'Software Engineering']
How to Support Indie Writers
How to Support Indie Writers In the rapidly changing world of publishing, more and more writers are going indie — but we need your help in order to succeed Photo by Min An from Pexels Being an indie or non-traditional writer is a tough path. We are a tenacious group of people who are determined to get our work out t...
https://medium.com/wilder-with-yael-wolfe/how-to-support-indie-writers-6a0923da63bf
['Yael Wolfe']
2020-08-21 05:08:28.158000+00:00
['Writing', 'Business', 'Creativity', 'Indie', 'Self Publishing']
How To Provision Infrastructure on AWS With Terraform
How To Provision Infrastructure on AWS With Terraform A Beginner’s Guide with an example project Terraform is an infrastructure as a code tool that makes it easy to provision infrastructure on any cloud or on-premise. Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. Te...
https://medium.com/bb-tutorials-and-thoughts/how-to-provision-infrastructure-on-aws-with-terraform-d0d2710a0169
['Bhargav Bachina']
2020-11-13 06:02:25.989000+00:00
['Software Development', 'Terraform', 'Programming', 'Cloud Computing', 'AWS']
The Business Value of RPA — Robotics Process Automation
Introduction RPA is on the critical agenda of CEOs to cut cost, increase profitability, and generate new business; and agenda of other CxO level executives for accuracy, compliance, and security. As part of my business architecture and designer roles, I architected and designed several business solutions using Roboti...
https://medium.com/technology-hits/the-business-value-of-rpa-robotics-process-automation-2cc017ba9e88
['Dr Mehmet Yildiz']
2020-12-27 16:32:36.128000+00:00
['Technology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Business', 'Robotics', 'Writing']
Tensorflow — Learn How to Use Callbacks Efficiently
So, you’re training a highly complex model that takes hours to adjust. You don’t know how many epochs are enough and, even worse: it’s impossible to know which variant will deliver the most reliable results! You want to take a break, but the longer it takes to find the right set of parameters, the less you have to del...
https://medium.com/swlh/tensorflow-learn-how-to-use-callbacks-efficiently-b13e0df89de3
['Renan Lolico']
2020-10-20 22:54:18.246000+00:00
['AI', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'TensorFlow']
Exploratory Data Analysis: Haberman’s Cancer Survival Dataset
What is Exploratory Data Analysis? Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is an approach to analyzing data sets to summarize their main characteristics, often with visual methods. EDA is for seeing what the data can tell us beyond the formal modelling or hypothesis testing task. It is always a good idea to explore a data se...
https://towardsdatascience.com/exploratory-data-analysis-habermans-cancer-survival-dataset-c511255d62cb
['Deepthi A R']
2019-09-15 11:01:16.990000+00:00
['Haberman', 'Exploratory Data Analysis', 'Data Analysis', 'Data Science', 'Data Visualization']
Can music help you study?
Do you listen to music while you study? Some people swear by it, others can’t stand it. What does science say? Over the years, several research groups have studied how music affects learning or whether music can help you concentrate. These studies are all different: they look at different types of music, different typ...
https://easternblot.medium.com/can-music-help-you-study-1a9af07f8a39
['Eva Amsen']
2020-04-04 10:26:56.813000+00:00
['Learning', 'Education', 'Science', 'Students', 'Music']
Our Economy Was Just Blasted Years Into the Future
Throughout history, pandemics have left varying, sometimes momentous impacts on the societies in which they have occurred. In the 16th and 17th centuries, smallpox, measles, and other diseases brought by the Spanish wiped out up to 90% of the South and Central American population, utterly transforming the historic orde...
https://marker.medium.com/our-economy-was-just-blasted-years-into-the-future-a591fbba2298
['Steve Levine']
2020-07-08 12:48:43.784000+00:00
['Economy', 'Automation', 'Society', 'Business', 'Future']
Being Noble Is Not Important, But It’s Important To Me
I was once hanging out with a couple of my friends and we were having a discussion when somehow this question popped up: “How important is it to be noble, anyways?” There was a pause in the conversation as we considered the question. It was something that I’d wondered for a long time, too. Eventually one of my friend...
https://medium.com/the-partnered-pen/being-noble-is-not-important-but-its-important-to-me-f8dae2f06546
['Ryan Fan']
2019-10-17 00:52:00.881000+00:00
['Self', 'Psychology', 'Creativity', 'Spirituality', 'Religion']
20 Articles That Will Get Your Writing Career Started
You want to learn how to become a writer, but all the writing courses you’ve seen are expensive. Is it really worth handing over thousands that you may never get back? What if you do a course and discover writing isn’t for you after all? I know it’s not easy breaking into the writing world. After over a decade in this...
https://medium.com/inspired-writer/my-top-20-articles-for-new-writers-254157064c9f
['Kelly Eden']
2020-11-28 06:09:16.569000+00:00
['Freelance', 'Writing Tips', 'Creativity', 'Life Lessons', 'Writing']
Social Media Can Have Mixed Results For Your Mental Health
Our brains crave stimulants throughout the day — especially in people who struggle with ADHD and depression. The stimulants increase dopamine in the brain. We need that little dose of stimulation in the morning to wake up the brain. It is addicting because the brain loves it. “According to an article by Harvard Unive...
https://medium.com/invisible-illness/social-media-can-have-mixed-results-for-your-mental-health-d27e9c8583a3
['Justine Elizabeth']
2020-07-15 00:18:55.507000+00:00
['Mental Health', 'Health', 'Social Media', 'Addiction', 'Media']
Introducing Brushable Histogram
As part of our ongoing effort to be more open to the frontend community, we are announcing the launch of our first open source UI component: Brushable Histogram (click here for a demo). The idea behind this component came up during the development of Genome, our new dynamic visualization engine. We needed a way to dis...
https://medium.com/feedzaitech/introducing-brushable-histogram-6c6b0f0f60ca
['Luís Cardoso']
2019-04-11 16:51:17.633000+00:00
['JavaScript', 'Data Visualization', 'React', 'Software Development', 'Software Engineering']
5 Insanely Simple Writing Tips You Need to Know
5 Insanely Simple Writing Tips You Need to Know Giving you the tools to elevate your writing to the next level Photo by James Pond on Unsplash If you’re reading this, you’re probably a writer who’s looking to improve their craft. You may write solely in your private journal, or you might have your own blog with 100,...
https://medium.com/swlh/5-insanely-simple-writing-tips-you-need-to-know-ed4d4abc90b3
['Jon Peters']
2020-09-10 09:27:04.005000+00:00
['Self Improvement', 'Writer', 'Creativity', 'Writing', 'Advice']
What’s New in React 16 and Fiber Explanation
Previously, React would block the entire thread as it calculated the tree. This process for reconciliation is now named “stack reconciliation”. While React is known to be very fast, blocking the main thread could still cause some applications to not feel fluid. Version 16 aims to fix this problem by not requiring the r...
https://medium.com/edge-coders/react-16-features-and-fiber-explanation-e779544bb1b7
['Trey Huffine']
2018-10-30 13:57:05.603000+00:00
['Code', 'Tech', 'React', 'JavaScript', 'Startup']
The Best Remedy for Insomnia Is the One You Haven’t Tried
The Best Remedy for Insomnia Is the One You Haven’t Tried Most people do exactly the wrong thing during a bout of sleepless nights Stress and worry are major insomnia triggers, and so it’s hardly a surprise that the pandemic has set off a wave of lost sleep. Earlier this year, research in the journal Sleep Medicine f...
https://elemental.medium.com/the-best-remedy-for-insomnia-is-the-one-you-havent-tried-a450f5493cc5
['Markham Heid']
2020-12-03 06:32:42.359000+00:00
['The Nuance', 'Sleep', 'Insomnia', 'Health', 'Brain']
“Okay Google, are you Skynet?” — The Fear & Future of AI.
When I was a kid, I was fantasized about a Japanese Anime —Future GPX Cyber Formula (新世紀GPXサイバーフォーミュラ). It is about racing in the future where race cars are equipped with AI systems called “Asurada.” When Asurada, the cyber system, was near completion, the developer (Kazami) realized that Smith, a high-level executive...
https://medium.com/technology-hits/hey-google-are-you-skynet-the-fear-future-of-ai-b33b27529dae
['Zen Chan']
2020-12-24 16:51:49.723000+00:00
['Machine Learning', 'Technology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'News', 'Future']
The Evolution of Big Data Compute Platforms — Past, Now and Later
The Evolution of Big Data Compute Platforms — Past, Now and Later A journey into the evolution of Big Data Compute Platforms like Hadoop and Spark. Sharing my perspective on where we were, where we are and where we are headed. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Over the past few years I have been part of a large num...
https://towardsdatascience.com/the-evolution-of-big-data-compute-platforms-past-now-and-later-7c46697366d9
['Manoj Kukreja']
2020-12-27 23:39:19.927000+00:00
['Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'AWS', 'Data']
My first year as a researcher at Criteo
My first year as a researcher at Criteo MG Follow Oct 20 · 11 min read Morgane Goibert is a 24 years old PhD Student with an interesting rare background in both Engineering and Business, graduating from the prestigious and highly selective ENSAE and ESSEC. We talked to her about her career path, her projects and her t...
https://medium.com/criteo-labs/my-first-year-as-a-researcher-at-criteo-7064bc4c1f2
[]
2020-10-20 12:42:54.009000+00:00
['Research', 'Computer Vision', 'AI', 'Life', 'Deep Learning']
Structuring Name Data from Strings
II. Structuring Names from String: Now that the importance of structuring names is understood, here’s how you would go about structuring a name from string format: Note: Code is written in python3 . Also, I’ll be using the nameparser library.
https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/structuring-name-data-from-strings-64d6ee50d3e0
['Yaakov Bressler']
2020-12-20 03:42:47.765000+00:00
['Python', 'Software Development', 'Data Processing', 'Data Engineering', 'Pandas']
Introduction to Data Science
After reading this article, you will be able to Explain the steps in data science Apply these steps to predict the EPL winner Explain the importance of data quality Define data collection methods Data Science Life Cycle Step 1: Define Problem Statement Creating a well-defined problem statement is a first and critic...
https://towardsdatascience.com/intro-to-data-science-531079c38b22
['Ishan Shah']
2020-01-13 09:39:41.921000+00:00
['Data Analysis', 'Epl', 'Premier League', 'Data Science', 'Data Visualization']
ISWYDS exploring object detection using Darknet and YOLOv4 @Design Museum Gent
After repeating these steps for all our images we landed on 3000+ images featuring 37 classes (some images containing over 15 classes). Picking your guns. When it comes to object detection there are many options to pick from, but for our case, we will be using Darknet an open-source neural network framework written i...
https://oliviervandhuynslager-75562.medium.com/i-see-what-you-dont-see-exploring-object-detection-using-darknet-and-yolov4-330ada17767f
["Olivier Van D'Huynslager"]
2020-11-12 12:26:04.417000+00:00
['Technology', 'Design', 'Object Detection', 'AI', 'Museums']
Label Classification of WCE Images With High Accuracy Using a Small Amount of Labels@ICCVW2019
Label Classification of WCE Images With High Accuracy Using a Small Amount of Labels@ICCVW2019 Effective proposals for collecting high-cost data sets In this story, Using the triplet loss for domain adaptation in WCE, by the University of Barcelona, is presented. This is published as a technical paper of IEEE ICCV Wo...
https://medium.com/swlh/label-classification-of-wce-images-with-high-accuracy-using-a-small-amount-of-labels-iccvw2019-ddfb18bcc24a
['Makoto Takamatsu']
2020-12-22 22:04:25.302000+00:00
['Deep Learning', 'Biomedical', 'Machine Learning', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Computer Vision']
A juypter notebook extension for graphical publication figure layout
Communication is key to science and in many fields, communication means presenting data in a visual format. In some fields, such as neuroscience, it’s not uncommon to spend years editing the figures to go into a paper. This is in part due to the complexity of the data, but also in part due to the difficulty of quickly ...
https://towardsdatascience.com/a-juypter-notebook-extension-for-graphical-publication-figure-layout-d2f207d7e63f
['Suraj Gowda']
2020-09-15 18:18:43.123000+00:00
['Jupyter Notebook', 'Data Science', 'Matplotlib', 'Data Visualization']
What makes COVID-19 so scary for some and not others?
Different reactions to the risk of COVID-19 as represented by people toasting at a bar and someone staying home and wearing a mask. [Compilation by Nancy R. Gough, BioSerendipity, LLC] What makes COVID-19 so scary for some and not others? Fear of the unknown and comfort with risk For some, the virus is just a part o...
https://ngough-bioserendipity.medium.com/what-makes-covid-19-so-scary-for-some-and-not-others-4bdbe9a18b21
['Nancy R. Gough']
2020-08-13 15:45:08.735000+00:00
['Health', 'Lifestyle', 'Personality', 'Society', 'Covid 19']
Hypothesis Vetting: The Most Important Skill Every Successful Data Scientist Needs
The most successful Data Science starts with good hypothesis building. A well-thought hypothesis sets the direction and plan for a Data Science project. Accordingly, a hypothesis is the most important item for evaluating whether a Data Science project will be successful. This skill is unfortunately often neglected or ...
https://abbysobh.medium.com/hypothesis-vetting-the-most-important-skill-every-successful-data-scientist-needs-6b84126140f8
['Abderrahman Sobh']
2020-10-30 16:16:30.584000+00:00
['Machine Learning', 'Hypothesis Formation', 'Data Science', 'Kaggle', 'AI']
20 Inspirational Front-End Challenges You Can Start Coding Today
20 Inspirational Front-End Challenges You Can Start Coding Today Challenge yourself and bring your front-end skills to the next level As a developer, the more projects and experience you have, the better you become. Coding is a muscle that, like any other, requires constant exercise. Why not spend a couple of evenin...
https://medium.com/better-programming/20-inspirational-front-end-challenges-you-can-start-coding-today-1a7ebd5c5798
['Indrek Lasn']
2020-11-29 23:42:00.438000+00:00
['Python', 'Startup', 'JavaScript', 'Programming', 'Software Development']
Complete Introduction to PySpark- Part 3
Complete Introduction to PySpark- Part 3 Performing SQL operations on Datasets using PySpark Photo by Franki Chamaki on Unsplash What is SQL (Structured Query Language)? SQL is a language that is used to perform different operations on data like storing, manipulating, and retrieving. It works on relational database...
https://towardsdatascience.com/complete-introduction-to-pyspark-part-3-9c06e2c5e13d
['Himanshu Sharma']
2020-11-15 18:36:54.272000+00:00
['Data Science', 'Big Data', 'Python', 'Sql', 'Data Analysis']
A Spoonful of Affection
A Spoonful of Affection Writing into the night Photo by Lester Salmins on Unsplash Some days I wake up feeling sensitive to everything; strong and weak at the same time. I’m not a fledgling, I’m a grown man with all a grown man’s faults. Having people connect with me through my words is a touching thing. I’m not a ...
https://medium.com/literally-literary/a-spoonful-of-affection-2366a2a4d614
['Harry Hogg']
2020-12-01 05:32:31.059000+00:00
['Poetry', 'Creativity', 'Prose', 'Affection', 'Writing']
How to Improve Communication Frequency With Your Remote Team
Virtual Leadership Challenge Why am I suggesting leading teams in different regions is even harder than leading teams within the same location? Because we already have these six common leadership challenges with managing in-person teams: Purpose : connecting the why of daily work for our teams so they are excited to...
https://medium.com/better-humans/how-to-improve-communication-frequency-with-your-remote-team-a446e15e5bb5
['Vy Luu']
2020-10-04 04:27:10.129000+00:00
['Productivity', 'Leadership', 'Work', 'Startup', 'Business']
Expect Less: An Easy Hack to Create More
I never thought I could draw. I apparently had a knack for music and writing. But as far as I was concerned, all of the visual art genes were given to my sister. She was often coming up with new ideas and new creations. I would watch as she would create murals and sketches. Seemingly coming forth from her as fully re...
https://medium.com/swlh/expect-less-an-easy-hack-to-create-more-cb929ecddc18
['Rachel Drane']
2020-03-11 16:59:34.228000+00:00
['Art', 'Practice', 'Motivation', 'Creativity', 'Lifehacks']
Data Science — A Door To Numerous Opportunities
Data Scientists have staying power in the marketplace and they make valuable contributions to their companies and societies at large. Today, Data Scientists have become more important than ever. The reason being they can frame better business goals, make effective decisions and identify the opportunities better. The s...
https://medium.com/cognitior-360/data-science-a-door-to-numerous-opportunities-4f0782dcfc51
['Cognitior Learning']
2019-08-28 14:15:57.652000+00:00
['Python', 'Big Data', 'Data Science', 'Data', 'Data Visualization']
6 Simple Tips From Top Freelancer Jaime Hollander
1. Commit the time There’s no overnight success. Not even in freelancing. If you start out first, the only thing you need to get better is time. You can always have an excuse for why it’s not the right time to focus on Upwork. But if you want to get going and finally start earning money there, you need to invest the ...
https://medium.com/inspired-writer/5-tips-a-top-freelancer-would-give-you-9651af66c022
['Tim Schröder']
2020-09-10 06:27:12.632000+00:00
['Writing Tips', 'Writing', 'Productivity', 'Business', 'Freelancing']
Here’s all one should know about God Class in Java
ILLUSTRATION OF GOD CLASS Let’s say you are building a customer management application. Here’s the following snippet depicting the same. God Class example screenshot by the author This is a bit short example but if we rethink, a customer may have many other fields. Isn’t it a bit obvious that the Customer class has ...
https://herownhelloworld.medium.com/heres-all-one-should-know-about-god-class-in-java-e318acbb9717
['Shalini Singh']
2020-10-28 16:37:11.122000+00:00
['Coding', 'Java', 'Programming', 'Software Engineering', 'Software Development']
5 Quick and Easy Data Visualizations in Python with Code
Data Visualization is a big part of a data scientist’s jobs. In the early stages of a project, you’ll often be doing an Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to gain some insights into your data. Creating visualizations really helps make things clearer and easier to understand, especially with larger, high dimensional datase...
https://towardsdatascience.com/5-quick-and-easy-data-visualizations-in-python-with-code-a2284bae952f
['George Seif']
2019-05-04 11:59:37.974000+00:00
['Python', 'Data Science', 'Towards Data Science', 'Data Visualization', 'Visualization']
Before We Had Google, There Was Googie Architecture
Before We Had Google, There Was Googie Architecture Few things are more representative of the modern zeitgeist than Google. But there was a time when the same thing was said about Googie architecture. Between the late 1950’s and early 1960’s Googie was the undisputed “look of tomorrow.” While Kennedy spoke of Man go...
https://briandeines.medium.com/before-there-was-google-there-was-googie-6146bd973509
['Brian Deines']
2020-01-13 21:21:30.236000+00:00
['Architecture', 'Art', 'Google', 'Design', 'Tech']
Stop Trying To Be Famous, Popular, or A Cash Machine
I’m big on blocking. Life’s too short for slop in my feed. I excise rage aribeters that offer little recourse or solutions. I block those who are abusive, petty, and cruel. Hate-mongers and hate-readers. Complainers that don’t create. People who call me a cunt in the comments or try to tell me how to do the work I’ve b...
https://medium.com/falling-into-freelancing/stop-trying-to-be-famous-popular-or-a-cash-machine-1a8904c89860
['Felicia C. Sullivan']
2020-08-04 14:30:39.599000+00:00
['Freelancing', 'Creativity', 'Life Lessons', 'Culture', 'Writing']
Real Artificial Intelligence: Understanding Extrapolation vs Generalization
Source. Image free to share. Real Artificial Intelligence: Understanding Extrapolation vs Generalization Stop confusing the two Machine learning models don’t need to be intelligent — most of their applications entail performing tasks like recommending YouTube videos or predicting a customer’s next move. It is import...
https://towardsdatascience.com/real-artificial-intelligence-understanding-extrapolation-vs-generalization-b8e8dcf5fd4b
['Andre Ye']
2020-06-26 17:08:39.359000+00:00
['Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'AI', 'Data Analysis']
Helping Guests Make Informed Decisions with Market Insights
Two common decisions that our guests are making are: Should I book now for better availability or later for better flexibility? Which of the listings should I book? As the service provider, we have broad views of the entire market and guest behaviors that individual guests do not necessarily have. This information us...
https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/helping-guests-make-informed-decisions-with-market-insights-8b09dc904353
['Peng Dai']
2017-07-11 18:48:10.371000+00:00
['Data Engineering', 'AI', 'Data', 'Machine Learning']
Travelling to China and 14-Day Quarantine
Airport Departure Advice from a weary traveller: Constantly check for changes in your flight status, and updates on flight paths being cancelled. Read on for why this is critical. Oh it was meant to be a joyous occasion. I was finally on my way back to my significant other. Documents in hand. How I was wrong. Again. ...
https://medium.com/swlh/china-quarantine-68dd15d41559
['Niall Mcnulty']
2020-10-27 12:20:43.256000+00:00
['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Health', 'Life', 'China']
How Much Is Your Data Worth?
Every time that you register for a new website for free you have to give out your name, email, and date of birth. Sometimes your address, if you’re shopping online. Other times your interests, if you’re hanging out on social media. It might not seem like much to us, but to those websites and companies, your data is th...
https://medium.com/online-io-blockchain-technologies/how-much-is-your-data-worth-40d72d692d45
['Tyler B.']
2019-10-15 17:26:40.197000+00:00
['Privacy', 'Data', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Tech']
What is CICD? Where is it in 2020?
CICD is a development methodology which has become more important over time. In today’s software driven world, development teams are tasked with delivering applications quickly, consistently, and error-free: every single time. While the challenges are plentiful, CI/CD is simple at its core. For many organisations, ac...
https://towardsdatascience.com/what-is-cicd-where-is-it-in-2020-c3298c2802ff
['Mohammad Ahmad']
2020-07-27 15:20:32.490000+00:00
['Software Development', 'Coding', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Programming', 'Python']
Plotting Equations with Python. This article is going to cover plotting…
This article is going to cover plotting basic equations in python! We are going to look at a few different examples, and then I will provide the code to do create the plots through Google Colab! Goals: Learn to Create a vector array Manipulate vector to match an equation Create beautiful plots with a title, axis labe...
https://medium.com/future-vision/plotting-equations-in-python-d0edd9f088c8
['Elliott Saslow']
2018-11-02 19:18:08.441000+00:00
['Math', 'Data Science', 'Matplotlib', 'Developer', 'Science']
Anderson Cooper’s “Obese Turtle” Rant Is a Reminder That Fat People Are Punchlines to the Right and the Left
At this point, Anderson Cooper’s recent viral video has been seen more than 10 million times. In it, he talks about Trump’s absurd claims of election cheating by likening the president to… an obese turtle: “I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like this from a president of the United States. And, I think, like Jake ...
https://medium.com/honestly-yours/anderson-coopers-obese-turtle-rant-is-a-reminder-that-fat-people-are-punchlines-to-the-right-3815060e492a
['Shannon Ashley']
2020-11-06 17:37:14.896000+00:00
['Social Media', 'Culture', 'Mental Health', 'Society', 'Politics']
Using Differentiation to Stand Out From The Competition
What is differentiation? Product differentiation is a marketing management strategy that aims to distinguish or differentiate a company’s products or services from the alternatives offered by competitors. Businesses communicate their unique and distinctive benefit through the marketing strategy to make it more attrac...
https://medium.com/illumination-curated/using-differentiation-to-stand-out-from-the-competition-dacc9f2a1777
['Daniel Hopper']
2020-11-04 21:34:09.188000+00:00
['Strategy', 'Marketing Strategies', 'Marketing', 'Business', 'Startup']
Creatives Have a Psychology Problem
The entire process of ‘transferring’ belief, either through marketing techniques or through works of art, carries with it a lot of psychological weight. This ‘weight’ then leads many creatives to being extremely insecure. The Forgotten Religiosity of Creative Work In ages past, creatives were extremely valuable memb...
https://lesdikgole.medium.com/creatives-have-a-psychology-problem-d420998d0f4b
['Lesang Dikgole']
2019-11-24 18:12:30.296000+00:00
['Creativity', 'Comedy', 'Art', 'Psychology', 'Jordan Peterson']
How China used Artificial Intelligence to combat Covid-19
2020 will go down in history books as the year that witnessed one of its kind global crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Of course, Covid-19 is not the first pandemic on a worldwide scale. There had been plenty of such outbreaks in the recorded history that affected different parts of the globe. But Covid-19 stands ap...
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/how-china-used-artificial-intelligence-to-combat-covid-19-f5ebc1ef93d
['Awais Bajwa']
2020-10-21 17:52:05.557000+00:00
['Deep Learning', 'Healthcare', 'AI', 'Computer Vision', 'China Startup']
Data Pipeline Architecture Optimization & Apache Airflow Implementation
Data pipelines are essential for companies looking to leverage their data to gather reliable business insights. Pipelines allow companies to consolidate, combine, and modify data originating from various sources and make it available for analysis and visualization. However, the numerous benefits that data pipelines pro...
https://medium.com/trackit/data-pipeline-architecture-optimization-apache-airflow-implementation-915821d5ce5b
['Simon Meyer']
2020-11-09 17:49:16.587000+00:00
['Apache Airflow', 'Redshift', 'AWS', 'Big Data', 'Amazon Web Services']
Submitting Your Stories to Discover Computer Vision: Some Guidelines
1. We Need Original Contributions From You Before you submit an article to us, we suggest that you ask yourself how original the content of your article is. Is it something that our readers will be hooked on to & appreciate? If the answer is, YES, go ahead & submit it without a second thought. But on hindsight quite...
https://medium.com/discover-computer-vision/discover-computer-vision-submission-guidelines-27e3f686e596
['Somraj Saha']
2020-05-19 07:45:21.033000+00:00
['Computer Vision', 'Submission Guidelines', 'Deep Learning', 'About Us', 'Join Us']
What does if __name__ == ”__main__” do?
What does if __name__ == ”__main__” do? When and how a main method is executed in Python Photo by Blake Connally on unsplash.com If you are new to Python, you might have noticed that it is possible to run a Python script with or without a main method. And the notation used in Python to define one (i.e. if __name__ =...
https://towardsdatascience.com/what-does-if-name-main-do-e357dd61be1a
['Giorgos Myrianthous']
2020-11-15 00:21:35.867000+00:00
['Python Programming', 'Software Engineering', 'Coding', 'Software Development', 'Python']
A Gift Guide for the Data Viz Practitioner
A Gift Guide for the Data Viz Practitioner 13 gift ideas for that data viz practitioners are sure to enjoy It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and it’s time to decide on the perfect gift for that special data viz practitioner in your life. Whether you’re reading this article for them, or for yourself, you’ve s...
https://medium.com/nightingale/gift-guide-for-the-data-viz-practitioner-5ba5495c5c95
['Coleman Harris']
2019-12-16 16:56:25.045000+00:00
['Design', 'Holidays', 'Data Science', 'Creativity', 'Data Visualization']
You Don’t Need Permission
It’s impossible to get stuck when you’re listening to yourself. How many thoughts go through your head every day? All of them are potential ideas. Most crap, some good, a handful great. You never know until you latch onto one and see where it goes. And anyone who claims they do is full of it. I’ve noticed a trend, i...
https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/you-dont-need-permission-bf9c6d7689ef
['Daniel Bourke']
2020-10-10 10:17:32.457000+00:00
['Makers', 'Business', 'Marketing', 'Life', 'Creativity']
Moths in Space
Moths in Space A poem Which are the stars, and which are their paparazzi? The stars hold my gaze. They wink and sparkle and burn ablaze. My atoms: moths knocking each other askew in a whirlwind rocket to the modest moon. But it’s being afar that makes bright beautiful. The sun is a star that will eat you w...
https://wormwoodtheweird.medium.com/moths-in-space-82e33c01a104
[]
2020-03-10 22:09:21.268000+00:00
['Self-awareness', 'Self', 'Creativity', 'Life Lessons', 'Poetry']
How could Santa leverage Blockchain & AI?
Made with Visme.com Made with https://piktochart.com/ How could Santa leverage Blockchain & AI? Until now, Santa have faced a series of challenges that seemed insurmountable, such as knowing the children’s requests in detail and being able to cross-check them with their good behavior during the year, but in a safe, ...
https://medium.com/aimarketingassociation/how-could-santa-leverage-blockchain-ai-ad1832d57125
['Gabriel Jiménez']
2018-11-29 00:20:27.396000+00:00
['Christmas', 'Data Science', 'AI', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Blockchain']
How to Evaluate a Data Visualization
Image by Benjamin O. Tayo How to Evaluate a Data Visualization A good data visualization should have all essential components in place I. Introduction Data visualization is one of the most important branches in data science. It is one of the main tools use to analyze and study relationships between different variab...
https://medium.com/towards-artificial-intelligence/how-to-evaluate-a-data-visualization-e04f75e5ae78
['Benjamin Obi Tayo Ph.D.']
2020-06-22 12:43:36.868000+00:00
['Python', 'Data Science', 'Matplotlib', 'Data Visualization', 'Descriptive Analytics']
The Five Rules You Need to Know to Keep Yourself From Getting Stuck
The Five Rules You Need to Know to Keep Yourself From Getting Stuck brett fox Follow Sep 3 · 4 min read I’ve been doing a lot of research on Steve Jobs lately. Did you know that he used to practice his Macworld and product launch presentations around 200 times before the big event? Picture: Depositphotos Watch any J...
https://medium.com/swlh/the-five-rules-you-need-to-know-to-keep-yourself-from-getting-stuck-3ecc23ce3756
['Brett Fox']
2020-09-04 06:42:02.109000+00:00
['Leadership', 'Business', 'Startup', 'Entrepreneurship', 'Venture Capital']
Why You Should Read More to Write Better
Writing and playing music have many parallels. When you learn to play the guitar, what do you learn first? Do you start composing your own songs and playing complex chord progressions right from the start? Unlikely. Most people who learn to play the guitar start by playing other people’s songs. Then, when they’ve be...
https://medium.com/the-innovation/why-should-you-read-more-to-write-better-8ed636875ba0
['Gary Mcbrine']
2020-12-24 17:07:27.371000+00:00
['Writing Tips', 'Writing', 'Reading', 'Art', 'Creativity']
Alcohol is a Tool of Systemic Oppression
Lurking behind underfunded education, peering through rows of income inequality and over-policing, is alcohol. Photo by James Sutton on Unsplash Before a community can have a high density of alcohol outlets, those seeking liquor licenses must be awarded them from their state or local municipality, most commonly some ...
https://rickieticklez.medium.com/alcohol-is-a-tool-of-systemic-oppression-536f92d735d1
['Richie Crowley']
2020-06-08 15:21:17.072000+00:00
['Addiction', 'Equality', 'Society', 'Health', 'Lifestyle']
Git Branch Control when Deploying on AWS with Serverless Framework
If you are curious about the Serverless framework, you can read this excellent article explaning how to deploy a rest api with Serverless in 15 minutes. Deploy to the Cloud! We use the amazing Serverless toolkit to deploy to AWS. We managed the different environments using environment variables as explained in the Se...
https://medium.com/sicara/control-deployment-git-aws-serverless-plugin-cd12de13abb6
['Antoine Toubhans']
2020-01-30 17:28:13.314000+00:00
['Serverless', 'AWS', 'Data Engineering', 'Git']
On-Device AI Optimization — Leveraging Driving Data to Gain an Edge
Leveraging the Domain Characteristics of Driving Data When I began my journey at Nauto a year ago, I was commissioned to replace our existing object detector with a more efficient model. After some research and experimentation, I arrived at a new architecture that was able to achieve an accuracy improvement of over 40...
https://medium.com/engineering-nauto/on-device-ai-optimization-leveraging-driving-data-to-gain-an-edge-f204838b5dff
['Alex Wu']
2020-10-08 22:21:53.601000+00:00
['Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Machine Learning', 'Automotive', 'Computer Vision']
Submission Guidelines (Updated)
Greetings! I bring to you some new updates regarding the submission guidelines for Know Thyself Heal Thyself. Please make sure to read them thoroughly in order to avoid any confusion in the future. Thank you! Themes: Spirituality Philosophy Holism Life Lessons Mindfulness Self Awareness/Improvement/Growth Love Other...
https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/submission-guidelines-updated-975591746812
['𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.']
2020-12-20 13:07:25.348000+00:00
['Writing', 'Submission Guidelines', 'Know Thyself Heal Thyself', 'Inspiration', 'Creativity']
What are *Args and **Kwargs in Python?
What are *Args and **Kwargs in Python? Boost your functions to the n-level. Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash If you have been programming Python for a while now surely you’ll have had a doubt in how to use a function properly. You went to the paper and have met with *args and **kwargs inside the parameter of this functio...
https://medium.com/python-in-plain-english/args-and-kwargs-d89bdf56d49b
['Toni Domenech']
2020-12-28 13:14:27.418000+00:00
['Python', 'Data Science', 'Matplotlib', 'Software Development', 'Programming']
Deploying Python, NodeJS & VueJS as Microservices
In this article I cover a number of different concepts and technologies; Web Sockets, Python, Node, Vue JS, Docker, and bring them all together in a microservice architecture. 3 Microservices Each component in this stack will be a microservice. I will take you through building each one, including running them in sepa...
https://medium.com/swlh/developing-a-full-microservices-application-stack-5c9fe14c870f
['Simon Carr']
2020-08-19 12:44:15.619000+00:00
['JavaScript', 'Nodejs', 'Vuejs', 'Docker', 'Microservices']
COVID-19 Vaccine Is Not Effective as Companies Tell Us
The world is creeping deeper due to coronavirus. Coronavirus which is born in China and brought up in Europe and America has made disastrous damage to the American economy and health system. Many vaccines companies have developed a vaccine to eradicate coronavirus but they are rushing to make it available for the publi...
https://medium.com/afwp/covid-19-vaccine-is-not-effective-as-companies-tell-us-796772dc38a9
['Mike Ortega']
2020-12-25 15:32:32.455000+00:00
['Health', 'Lockdown', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccines', 'Covid 19']
Get Started with AI in 15 Minutes Using Text Classification on Airbnb reviews
Watson Natural Language Classifier (NLC) is a text classification (aka text categorization) service that enables developers to quickly train and integrate natural language processing (NLP) capabilities into their applications. Once you have the training data, you can set up a classification model (aka a classifier) in ...
https://medium.com/ibm-watson/get-started-with-ai-in-15-minutes-28039853e6f3
['Reid Francis']
2018-11-20 21:54:07.039000+00:00
['Tutorial', 'Machine Learning', 'Classification', 'Development', 'AI']
How to create a confusion matrix with the test result in your training model using matplotlib
How to create a confusion matrix with the test result in your training model using matplotlib Alex G. Follow Nov 9 · 3 min read confusion matrix (Photo,GIF by Author) https://github.com/oleksandr-g-rock/How_to_create_confusion_matrix/blob/main/1_eg-HeEAMk8mtmblkHymRpQ.png Short summary: This article most the same as...
https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/how-to-create-a-confusion-matrix-with-the-test-result-in-your-training-model-802b1315d8ee
['Alex G.']
2020-12-18 16:19:55.718000+00:00
['Machine Learning', 'Matplotlib', 'Data Visualization', 'Data Science', 'Python']
8 Important Lessons for Programmers That I’ve Learned at 18
Don’t Fall for the Appeal to Tradition The logical fallacy “appeal to tradition” is an issue than can frequently appear among software developers. The key phrase to know if you’re falling into this trap is “we’ve always done it this way!” Especially as a new developer, it can be hard to suggest new ways of doing thin...
https://medium.com/better-programming/8-important-lessons-for-programmers-that-ive-learned-at-18-6e954634322e
['Alec Jones']
2020-05-26 15:18:37.299000+00:00
['Programming', 'JavaScript', 'Software Development', 'Python', 'Startup']
Too Many Small Steps, Not Enough Leaps
I was driving home the other day, noticed all the above-ground telephone/power lines, and thought to myself: this is not the 21st century I thought I’d be living in. When I was growing up, the 21st century was the distant future, the stuff of science fiction. We’d have flying cars, personal robots, interstellar travel...
https://kimbellard.medium.com/too-many-small-steps-not-enough-leaps-d25caa18a20
['Kim Bellard']
2020-07-27 22:25:28.161000+00:00
['Technology', 'Innovation', 'Health', 'Future', 'Healthcare']
A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Event-Driven Microservices With RabbitMQ
Step-by-Step Guide Here is TekLoon’s Dev Rule No 1: Always start with the easiest part. The easy entry will allow you to complete the first task and gain the confidence to face the upcoming challenges. Step 1: TimerService development Let’s start by creating our TimerService: Code for TimerService. View full code...
https://medium.com/better-programming/a-step-by-step-guide-to-building-event-driven-microservices-with-rabbitmq-deeb85b3031c
['Tek Loon']
2019-08-15 16:01:54.319000+00:00
['Microservices', 'Nodejs', 'Programming', 'JavaScript', 'Rabbitmq']
Writing Often is Far Easier Than Writing Well
A lot of people think it’s hard to write frequently. That’s just a belief, of course. You know what they say; what you believe affects what you achieve. Which is not to say believing means achieving, necessarily. I knew a guy that believed he’d be the Prime Minister some day. He’s got one foot pretty much in the grav...
https://medium.com/linda-caroll/writing-often-is-far-easier-than-writing-well-4d1b4b4cfcbb
['Linda Caroll']
2019-08-26 18:35:10.741000+00:00
['Writing Tips', 'Inspiration', 'Creativity', 'Writing', 'Reading']
Understanding the Power of Redux
Let’s take a more in-depth look into this State Management powerhouse. As a relatively new React developer, one thing that’s stood out to me is how top-heavy my React apps can sometimes feel. While each component always has it’s own bells and whistles, the “lowest shared parent” can sometimes feel overloaded by the am...
https://medium.com/swlh/understanding-the-power-of-redux-fb49d4f54f4e
['Maxwell Harvey Croy']
2020-08-22 21:09:38.747000+00:00
['Software Engineering', 'Software Development', 'JavaScript', 'Web Development', 'React']
AWS — Deploying React With NodeJS App On Elastic Beanstalk
AWS — Deploying React With NodeJS App On Elastic Beanstalk A step by step guide with an example project Photo by Moritz Kindler on Unsplash AWS provides more than 100 services and it’s very important to know which service you should select for your needs. If you want to deploy an application quickly without any worr...
https://medium.com/bb-tutorials-and-thoughts/aws-deploying-react-with-nodejs-app-on-elastic-beanstalk-23c1fcf75dd2
['Bhargav Bachina']
2020-09-30 18:42:50.017000+00:00
['AWS', 'Programming', 'Nodejs', 'Web Development', 'React']
Digital Transformation Starts with Process
Digital Transformation is a top priority for many companies, however, 70% fail to meet expectations. Perhaps the most compelling reason is the lack of visibility to how business processes actually execute. While 80% of the companies surveyed by McKinsey consider digital transformation a top corporate priority, nearly ...
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/digital-transformation-starts-with-process-9364998cf59b
['Ryan M. Raiker']
2020-12-03 15:37:57.017000+00:00
['Data Science', 'Technology', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Automation', 'Future']
Happy First Birthday, Better Programming!
Happy First Birthday, Better Programming! A story about our first year, some fun numbers, and a look at what’s ahead Photo by Gaelle Marcel on Unsplash Better Programming is officially one year old today! Last year we launched with six articles and hoped that readers would show up and care. 2,373 of you did, and we...
https://medium.com/better-programming/happy-first-birthday-better-programming-ca6e82d1415
['Zack Shapiro']
2020-05-01 15:22:19.622000+00:00
['Python', 'Medium', 'Programming', 'JavaScript', 'Writing']
I came up with this crazy formula to help me write faster and better…
I came up with this crazy formula to help me write faster and better… I used to write when the muse struck.Which wasn’t very often because turns out the muse tends to favor people who show up regularly. Which I wasn’t. So I’ve been trying to build a daily writing habit. And I’ve done pretty well — only missed 2 days ...
https://medium.com/linda-caroll/i-came-up-with-this-crazy-formula-to-help-me-write-faster-and-better-674c882beb28
['Linda Caroll']
2020-09-01 18:43:27.547000+00:00
['Writing', 'Advice', 'This Happened To Me', 'Inspiration', 'Creativity']
Interactive AI for Sustainable Architecture
I was recently selected for a research internship at one of the most promising and exciting AEC startups — Digital Blue Foam. I was given a chance to use their Augmented Intelligence enhanced software. Here’s an article that describes its features and advantages. So this software is a web-based interactive generative ...
https://medium.com/digital-blue-foam/interactive-ai-for-sustainable-architecture-c5baf4c0ad3d
['Rutvik Deshpande']
2020-08-27 02:22:24.496000+00:00
['AI', 'Sustainable Development', 'Architecture', 'Generative Design', 'Analysis']
Why You’re Struggling with Innovation. And How to Get Better.
The modern typewriter had a problem. When Christopher Sholes developed the first model in 1868, it was an amazing development for its time. But if you tried to type too quickly on it, the type bars had a tendency to bang into one another and get stuck. Sholes consulted an educator who helped him analyze the most commo...
https://jswilder16.medium.com/why-youre-struggling-with-innovation-and-how-to-get-better-533f5219c3e5
['Jake Wilder']
2019-04-22 01:46:42.469000+00:00
['Management', 'Leadership', 'Innovation', 'Creativity', 'Startup']
Part 2: Stop Using If-Else Statements
APPLIED DESIGN PATTERNS: STRATEGY Part 2: Stop Using If-Else Statements Let’s have yet another look at how you can replace if-else statements. Okay, we both already agree using If-Else statements everywhere is an awful practice. You’ve without a shred of doubt met If-Else statements that made your head ache six way...
https://medium.com/dev-genius/part-2-stop-using-if-else-statements-ae4b0bec5bad
['Nicklas Millard']
2020-08-06 19:30:52.182000+00:00
['Technology', 'Software Engineering', 'Csharp', 'Programming', 'Software Development']
The 5 Kinds of Award-Winning Commercials
2. Larger-Than-Life Results This strategy involves showing the experience the user will go through, once they start using the company’s product. The successful ads tend to exaggerate what you receive. The greater the exaggeration, the more comical and unusual the advertisement is, making it more indelible. Author vi...
https://medium.com/better-marketing/the-5-kinds-of-award-winning-commercials-8c2cd003b927
['Kiran Jain']
2020-06-22 17:37:25.038000+00:00
['Research', 'Marketing', 'Advertising', 'Business', 'Creativity']
Introducing Figma’s Live Embed Kit
We’re excited to announce our public Live Embed Kit to keep teams in sync wherever they are. With this development, anyone can add Figma designs and prototypes that are always up to date to their website. It’s as simple as embedding an iframe. The Kit will also allow 3rd party developers to enable Figma Live Embeds in ...
https://medium.com/figma-design/introducing-figmas-live-embed-kit-a04b9c7ad001
['Dylan Field']
2018-04-03 18:28:44.842000+00:00
['Programming', 'Design', 'Software Development', 'Engineering', 'Tech']
The Future of Information Technology
According to Merriam-Websters dictionary, information technology is defined as, “technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data”. In simpler terms, information technology is technology which processes and distributes dat...
https://medium.com/predict/the-future-of-information-technology-ceeff8e61553
['Jack Raymond Borden']
2020-12-19 03:13:48.317000+00:00
['Future', 'Information Technology', 'AI', 'Blockchain', 'Internet of Things']
How I decide whether to wear a coat every morning
Good evening ladies and gents, it is going to be SOOO SUNNY tomorrow. When you get to that tomorrow: Guys, guys, guys, where the sun at…? Problem Weather news are based on probabilities and those probabilities seem to get accurate only on the day itself. But who has the time and energy to manually check the weathe...
https://raphael-leger.medium.com/how-i-decide-whether-to-wear-a-coat-every-morning-3c081aa21fa8
['Raphaël Léger']
2020-01-26 10:28:38.120000+00:00
['Lambda', 'AWS', 'Serverless', 'Home Improvement', 'Weather']
7 Steps to Develop a Chatbot for Your Business
Since a few years, chatbots are here, and they will not go away any time soon. Facebook popularised the chatbot with Facebook Messenger Bots, but the first chatbot was already developed in the 1960s. MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed a chatbot called ELIZA. The chatbot was developed to demonstrate the superfici...
https://markvanrijmenam.medium.com/how-to-develop-conversational-ai-for-your-business-3ab025a65a52
['Dr Mark Van Rijmenam']
2020-01-10 18:42:19.664000+00:00
['AI', 'Bots', 'Conversational Ai', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Chatbots']
Vaccine Opposition, an Origin Story
Science saves, plain and simple. Science saves time, science saves energy, and above all, science saves lives. Scientific advancements have led to a vast array of efficiencies, improvements in energy production and usage, travel, as well as countless medical breakthroughs. One reason for this has to do with clinical t...
https://medium.com/illumination-curated/vaccine-opposition-an-origin-story-fca89be0b1ab
['Bashar Salame']
2020-12-23 11:01:31.476000+00:00
['Society', 'Politics', 'Health', 'Covid-19', 'Vaccines']
How to Write TypeScript Ambients Types Definition for a JavaScript library
Tips & tricks How to Write TypeScript Ambients Types Definition for a JavaScript library Types definitions made easy for any JavaScript library. Create, extend, and contribute to any repository where types are missing. It has been a complicated time during the early days of TypeScript. Originally designed to work wi...
https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/how-to-write-typescript-types-for-a-javascript-library-e598b9eb8be7
['Andréas Hanss']
2020-12-28 10:19:07.303000+00:00
['Software Engineering', 'Software Development', 'Web Development', 'JavaScript', 'Typescript']
Simple Deno API with Oak, deno_mongo and djwt
Simple RestAPI If you come from the NodeJS world, the first thing you usually do when creating a new app is to run an ‘npm init’ command and follow the process of creating a package.json file. But with Deno, things are different. There is no package.json, no npm, and no node modules. Just open your favorite IDE (I am...
https://medium.com/maestral-solutions/simple-deno-api-with-oak-deno-mongo-and-djwt-2916844f0ef3
['Haris Brackovic']
2020-06-05 12:07:36.692000+00:00
['Nodejs', 'Deno', 'JavaScript', 'Typescript']
10 Insider VS Code Extensions for Web Developers in 2020
10 Insider VS Code Extensions for Web Developers in 2020 Git Graph, Auto Close Tag, Peacock, and more Visual Studio Code (VS Code) from Microsoft will continue to be one of the best code editors/IDEs in 2020. Its great marketplace offers awesome extensions made by the community, helping web developers to become more ...
https://medium.com/better-programming/10-insider-vs-code-extensions-for-web-developers-in-2020-91bdef1658c6
['Simon Holdorf']
2020-01-28 00:48:53.490000+00:00
['Technology', 'Programming', 'Productivity', 'Creativity', 'JavaScript']
Reinforcement Learning and the Rise of Educational AI
Ever since the astounding triumph of Alphago over Lee Sedol at the Go contest in 2016, the world’s attention has been drawn to artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning. This victory signalled that machine learning was no longer simply about big data classification, but was making progress in the realm of true...
https://medium.com/vetexpress/reinforcement-learning-and-the-rise-of-educational-ai-99a68a687a55
[]
2018-01-15 22:46:21.610000+00:00
['Algorithms', 'Edtech', 'AI', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Reinforcement Learning']
Change Your Life by Changing Your Posture
Change Your Life by Changing Your Posture Boost confidence and performance with this simple activity Photo by Michał Parzuchowski on Unsplash If you’re reading this, you’re probably sitting down. And your shoulders are probably hunched. And your chin is probably tilted down toward your phone screen or your laptop. ...
https://medium.com/afwp/change-your-life-by-changing-your-posture-551f3d37d13e
['Cathlyn Melvin']
2020-06-15 03:32:42.234000+00:00
['Posture', 'Mental Health', 'Health', 'Life Lessons', 'Self Improvement']
Data-Driven Design is Killing Our Instincts
What is data-driven design? Simply put, data-driven design means making design decisions based on data you collect about how users interact with your product. According to InVision: Data-driven design is about using information gleaned from both quantitative and qualitative sources to inform how you make decisions fo...
https://modus.medium.com/data-driven-design-is-killing-our-instincts-d448d141653d
['Benek Lisefski']
2020-02-11 00:49:11.592000+00:00
['Craft', 'UX', 'Creativity', 'Data', 'Design']
Multitasking Is Not My Forte, So How Can I Blame Python?
I consider myself to be an efficient person. I always try to utilize my time wisely. When I have some time to kill, like waiting in line to run some errands, I always bring my laptop and get some work done. I exercise whilst listening to podcasts or audiobooks and other nerdy stuff. This week I just started training in...
https://medium.com/swlh/how-has-python-helped-me-bake-cakes-more-efficiently-b870a1f111ac
['Danielle Shaul']
2020-11-03 09:00:02.521000+00:00
['Python', 'Concurrency', 'Engineering', 'Backend Development']
Deciding between Row- and Columnar-Stores | Why We Chose Both
Row oriented databases Row-stores are considered “traditional” because they have been around longer than columnar-stores. Most row oriented databases are commonly known for OLTP (online transactional processing). This means that row-stores are most commonly known to perform well for a single transaction like inserting...
https://medium.com/bluecore-engineering/deciding-between-row-and-columnar-stores-why-we-chose-both-3a675dab4087
['Alexa Griffith']
2020-08-10 20:25:03.312000+00:00
['Bluecore', 'Data Engineering', 'Programming', 'Data', 'Software Engineering']
Is your current BI tool holding you (and your data) back?
If you’re currently managing and analyzing your data in a BI tool, it’s time to ask yourself: how happy are you? It’s okay, you can be honest. We promise we won’t tell. Truthfully, most people utilize tools like Excel because it’s comfortable. They know how to use it, how to navigate it, and feel confident with how it ...
https://medium.com/plotly/is-your-current-bi-tool-holding-you-and-your-data-back-42f66ad494b
[]
2019-04-29 16:14:18.780000+00:00
['Plotly', 'Data Analysis', 'Python', 'Data Science', 'Data Visualization']
The Shift That Will Change Marketing Forever
The Shift That Will Change Marketing Forever The marketing industry is at evolutionary crossroads. It’s a time of reckoning, an inflection point perhaps. Call it want you want, a shift is finally starting to occur. Photo: Shutterstock There are multiple definitions of marketing. Just Google it. You’ll spend the next...
https://medium.com/the-kickstarter/the-shift-that-will-change-marketing-forever-4665b927577
['Aarron Spinley']
2020-07-28 12:06:46.733000+00:00
['Society', 'Business', 'Marketing', 'Strategy', 'Digital Marketing']
Dashboard Using R Shiny Application
I decided to look at the change in patterns related to terrorism from 1970 to 2017 using the Kaggle dataset. I know the data is sad but interesting to work with. About the DataSet: The Global Terrorism dataset is an open source database which provides data for terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2017. Geography: Worldwid...
https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/dashboard-using-r-shiny-application-a2c846b0bc99
['Hassaan Ahmed']
2020-07-10 13:58:28.169000+00:00
['Dashboard', 'Rstudio', 'Shiny', 'Kaggle', 'Data Visualization']
VJ Loop | Lattices RYG
This blog takes the broadest conception of sound design possible including visual effects because audio likes video. Over 90,000 views annually. Follow
https://medium.com/sound-and-design/vj-loop-latticeryg-5c54b6c3178c
["Michael 'Myk Eff' Filimowicz"]
2020-12-29 02:23:29.952000+00:00
['EDM', 'Flair', 'Design', 'Art', 'Creativity']
Advanced Visualization for Data Scientists with Matplotlib
3D Plots using Matplotlib 3D plots play an important role in visualizing complex data in three or more dimensions. 1. 3D Scatter Plot 3D scatter plots are used to plot data points on three axes in an attempt to show the relationship between three variables. Each row in the data table is represented by a marker whose...
https://medium.com/sfu-cspmp/advanced-visualization-for-data-scientists-with-matplotlib-15c28863c41c
['Veekesh Dhununjoy']
2019-03-13 04:23:15.249000+00:00
['Data Visualization', 'Data Science', 'Matplotlib', 'Python', 'Technology']
Blockchain as a business technology of the future!
Bitcoin and blockchain have been much talked about for several years now and the number of people interested in the technology is growing. In simple terms, blockchain is a database, where information is secure, as it cannot be changed or removed. In short, the block chain is a database you cannot deceive, amend, and ...
https://medium.com/smile-expo/blockchain-as-a-business-technology-of-the-future-f02694d19dc5
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2018-08-03 07:41:53.338000+00:00
['Technology', 'Blockchain', 'Apple', 'Bitcoin', 'Future']
Ensemble Learning — Your Machine Learning savior and here is why (Part 1)
Photo by Romain Baïsse This is a series of posts that explain Ensemble method in machine learning in an easy-to-follow manner. In this post, we will discuss about Heterogenous Ensemble. 1/Heterogenous Ensemble 2/ Homogenous Ensemble — Bagging 3/ Homogenous Ensemble — Boosting As a machine learning enthusiast and a...
https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/ensemble-learning-your-machine-learning-savoir-and-here-is-why-part-1-78ef52c8c365
['Irene Pham']
2020-12-23 16:37:39.310000+00:00
['Machine Learning', 'Data Science', 'Artificial Intelligence', 'Big Data', 'Algorithms']