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2023
Stochastic Gradient Descent Explained
Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) is a fundamental optimization algorithm used in machine learning to find the optimal set of weights for a model. It plays a...
Summary of Code Nation Cyber Security Course
As I reflect on the whirlwind four weeks of the Develop: Cyber course, I’m astounded at how far I’ve come. From a novice with limited technical knowledge to ...
The human brain as a bird analogy
The brain is a complicated system containing many smaller parts. As a result it can be hard for a newcomer to study its structure. Also, the lack of necesser...
Cold exposure exercise and hariboes
Today is the 12th of February in the year 2023. Waking up was easy today which may have been due to a couple of reasons. Dinner wasn’t eaten the day prior, c...
2022
GPT-3 for text translation
The following is a translation of an article on almonds from English to Russian.
2021
Completion of Microsoft Digital Edge programme.
I am thrilled to share that I’ve just completed the Digital Edge Programme, and the experience has been nothing short of transformative. If you’ve ever dream...
Dopksi Dissected
Dopksi is the name of my computer that I was gifted around 2013, give or take. It is a prebuilt rig from Asus and for the first time it had a graphics card t...
2020
Difference between Stochastic and Batch Gradient Descent
Gradient descent is how a neural network tweaks its weights. It can be visualised as a person moving down a hill. This hill is also a graph of weights vs the...
2019
Oculus Rift S Review
The next step in VR is here and its called the Oculus Rift S. Its easy to set up, has accurate tracking and an improved resolution. All for a very consumer f...
Advanced Programming Module Retrospective
Gradient descent is how a neural network tweaks its weights. It can be visualised as a person moving down a hill. This hill is also a graph of weights vs the...
Academic Goals For Year 3
Second year proved to be more challenging than expected and this is mainly due to bad organization and use of time…. Enter text in Markdown. Use the toolbar...
Welcome to Jekyll!
You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different wa...
2018
Game Jam and Killer Pies
Three Thing game is an annual game jam where teams are given three random words on which to base their game. After obtaining the words you have 2 days to pla...
A.I. Trained to play googles offline dinosaur game.
You know that feeling when you turn on your computer, just to immediately double click on chrome as soon as the desktop loads, in hopes of getting that good ...
2010
Post: Link Permalink
This theme supports link posts, made famous by John Gruber. To use, just add link: http://url-you-want-linked to the post’s YAML front matter and you’re done...
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Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Mark Twain
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A notice displays information that explains nearby content. Often used to call attention to a particular detail. When using Kramdown {: .notice} can be adde...
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Abbott: Strange as it may seem, they give ball players nowadays very peculiar names. Costello: Funny names? Abbott: Nicknames, nicknames. Now, on the St. L...
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All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing...
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This post has been updated and should show a modified date if used in a layout. All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, an...