Andrew Lucker articles - 20 total
What is IDF and how is it calculated?
Inverse Document Frequency IDF is one of the most basic terms of modern search...
(not very) Deep Learning
Tensorflow is not a unicorn, its just another tool For the last year I’ve been...
Search Engine Optimization en vogue
All SEO claims should come with a warranty There is a lot of contradictory adv...
Are computers faster than the human brain?
Well, it depends what you are measuring … There have been many attempts to qua...
What is necessary for next steps in deeper learning?
You can explore the related code snippets here on tech.io. Deep Learning has i...
Why does the Pomodoro Technique work so well
The brain is really interesting in its ability to switch between very low level semantics, like a logical if statement, to higher level thoughts such as scheduling time to read and reflect on the philosophical works of Kant.
Work Ethic and Culture
Right now there is a discussion going on in the Machine Learning community abou...
Why does English have such odd rules for verb conjugation
am, is, are, was, were, weren’t, has been, have been, is being… This quirk, of...
This is what CyberWar looks like
BTC-E charged with laundering funds stolen from Mt. Gox A grand jury in Northern California has indi...
Do neural cliques have “dimensions”?
The editorial staff at Frontiers may think so. The Blue Brain team, headed by ...
Open vs Closed User Interfaces
or Why everything looks bad on your phone A responsive website or app understands differ...
Language drift is real
Language drift is real and it is starting to accelerate. Language Map Englis...
Lattice 3.0: Functional Programming in Rust
… and there were many migraines throughout the kingdom. Our FRP windowing libr...
In defense of the “god object” pattern
What makes HTML and SQL so powerful is their total submission to a “driver” object.
Wikipedia doesn’t have cancer
It just is old enough to start worrying about bus factor. Guy Macon wrote a very strong post making...
The 10x programmer is a myth
But the 1/10 programmer is real. There are only 24 hours in a day, and that is...
Functional Reactive Programming in Rust
So, I’m a big fan of FRP for UI. I love to use it on the web. React and other frameworks sort-of foll...
Why is natural language so hard for machines?
Humans lose at everything else, so why is language different?
Why do programmers wear headphones? For the same reason that you can’t juggle.
Some call it eliminating distractions. Some call it flow.
Why I am learning Rust now
beginning programming with Rust