Author: Shankar Ananth Asokan
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Mastering Deep Work: My Journey Towards Focused Success
In an era where distractions are just a click away, maintaining focus can seem like a Herculean task. This was the challenge I faced before I stumbled upon Cal Newport’s game-changing concept: Deep Work. Initially, I grappled with constant distractions and a never-ending battle against the urge to check social media or respond to every…
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The Unassailable Influence of Charm: Beyond Beauty
“But charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can’t resist charm.” – Irene (Hors De Prix) Charm operates with an uncanny potency that often overrides rational thinking. Throughout history, charming figures have garnered greater public recognition and rewards than those who truly excelled in their fields. Unlike mere beauty, charm…
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Correcting ChatGPT’s Misconceptions with the Help of References: My Experience
Also published on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/correcting-chatgpts-misconceptions-help-references-my-asokan As someone who is always looking to learn and stay up-to-date on the latest technologies, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to use and also teach ChatGPT, a natural language processing model. Initially, #ChatGPT believed that Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) did not utilize Kalman filters, but after I provided a…
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Bye Bye Visual Basic…
“Going forward, we do not plan to evolve Visual Basic as a language.” – Microsoft It is a bit of emotional moment to see Visual Basic go. BASIC in some form (GW-BASIC, QBasic, VB6 and then VB.net) has been part of programming for the rest of us! Easy to learn and fit for purpose. But…
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Keras Nonlinear Regression Guass3
View in Colaboratory – Github Code Guass3 Function In my previous post (Non Linear Regression Example with Keras and Tensorflow Backend) I used a multi variable non linear function to demonstrate function of non linear regression with Keras. The function was of lower order and hence in this post I am using an example with…
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Ultrasonic Radar
There was an interesting share in our SDC Nano Degree Bangalore Whatsapp group. I wanted to try out something similar based on the stuff I had with me. The intent is to map room using ultrasonic sensor and stepper motor The project is forked from Param’s Project https://github.com/paramaggarwal/pingray that uses ultrasonic sensors and magnetic compass.…
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Non Linear Regression Example with Keras and Tensorflow Backend
New! – Google Colab version of this code is available in this link. No need to install any software to run code. Download these files (training.csv and validation.csv) and upload when Colab requests for it. Github Repository of Colab Code is available in this link. For post on Keras Nonlinear Regression – Guass3 function click…
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Udacity Self Driving Car Nano Degree – First Impressions and experience with lane finding project!
I would like to share my experience with the new Udacity Self driving car Nanodegree. I am very excited about this technology due to my work experience in Process Control. There are similarities in engineering concepts but the control objective, sensors and final elements are very different for this technology. My end goal is to…
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Female Infanticide: A Flash Back
Year 1996: My team from school would travel to Karumathur, a small village near Madurai to collect data and statistics for a project to present at the National Science Congress. We had no clue of the risks of project we were pursuing which would later win us a National Award (after District and State Level).…
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Logos, Ethos, Pathos – On identifiable victim effect and why it is more powerful even when you realize that you are biased
Aristotle’s ‘On Rhetoric’ has clearly explained the three modes of persuasion Logos – Logos is logical appeal or the simulation of it, and the term logic is derived from it. It is normally used to describe facts and figures that support the speaker’s claims or thesis. Ethos – Ethos is an appeal to the authority…