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Ng’s Neural Networks and Deep Learning – Some Thoughts [Nov. 2017]

I stopped taking courses on Coursera circa 2016 because I grew dispassionate about their payment models and because they stopped providing statements of accomplishment at the end of the course. Ironically, the same payment model seems to have reignited my active interest in Coursera. About a few days ago I entered a 7-day free trial

Artificial Neural Networks with Python – [New Series]

I haven’t been posting a lot of stuff on the blog lately, but I have been quite active online. I’m posting almost daily on my steemit blog and I also work on videos for my Youtube channel. Some of the videos are just stuff from my life related to nutrition and fitness while, others are

Recent Physique Update and Lifestyle Changes – [September 2017]

This is a quick video of my physique as of September 2017. Since my last one from early August, I have made some significant changes in my lifestyle. First and foremost, I stopped intermittent fasting and I’ve been eating at least 3 meals a day every since. With IF I tend to lose fat on

Nutrient Dense High Protein Lunch – [New Experiments]

Let’s start with some context… For now, I’ve stopped intermittent fasting. I tried many variations of this type of meal timing and all of them, with adequate customization, seem to work. The one that appears to be most convenient for me is 18-6 with 2 meals; the last one I experimented with was one meal

New York City Personal Video Compilation – [Landmarks]

The above is a compilation of videos that I took while in New York City. Some of the scenes and places are repetitive, like Bryant Park and Park Avenue, marking the fact that I like spending times in these locations. Bryant Park is a patch of green in this urban jungle and in my opinion,

My Steemit Crypto Experience – Personal Reflections [One Year Later]

It was about a year ago (circa July 26, 2016) when I decided to join steemit.com, a social platform that rewards its users for posting, commenting, voting, and curating content. You can think of it like a facebook that rewards you with crypto-currency for your participation. Atop of that, there is no central authority behind

Phising for Phools – The Economics of Manipulation and Deception [Animated]

In this animation I share a few thoughts and take-home messages from reading Akerlof and Shiller’s book, Phising for Phools: If you have a similar book in mind that you read recently, please share it with me. I’m always interested into learning/doing more.

Mid-Summer Physique Update – [July 2017]

This is a another very quick physique update video I posted yesterday on my Youtube channel: I currently experiment with 22-23 hours of fasting per day and very short-feeding windows. It is interesting, but seems to be unsustainable because I have to eat a lot of food in a short feeding window just to maintain

ACTN3 Gene and Sports Performance – A Look into 1,750 Genomes [OpenSNP]

While phenotypes are most often defined by a combination of genetic mutations (SNPs and other), there are single gene modifications that seem to have powerful phenotypic effects – think of diseases driven by single nucleotide polymorphisms. In such circumstances, you can’t do much on the ‘nurture’ side of things – when the ‘nature’ or the

Beginning Machine Learning – A few Resources [Subjective]

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now, because many people following the scikit-learn video tutorials and the ML group are asking for direction, as in resources for those who are just starting out. So, I decided to put up a short and subjective list with some of the resources I’d recommend