I found these lyrics hidden away in my notes. They were created using my updated lyrics generator earlier this year after retraining the neural network using a sentence embedding instead of a word embedding (lyrics generator code). I guess I was waiting to publish it as part of a larger post. No need. This masterpiece… Continue reading Mighty mighty world
Category: Thoughts
80/20 and data science
“20% of the task took 80% of the time”. If you have ever heard someone say that, you probably know about the so-called 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle. The principle is based on the observation that “for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.”. As an… Continue reading 80/20 and data science
Tax deductions are not free money
So you deducted your loan interest in your taxes. That means the interest was essentially free right? I could not quite figure out the answer to this question in my head recently, so I thought I would do a simple example and share it here, in case it could be useful for someone else. First,… Continue reading Tax deductions are not free money
University is what you make of it
Being a developer in a position far removed from academia, I am often confronted with the question of whether my university degree was worth the effort or not. Or to put it more mildly: would I be where I am today without it. I usually arrive at the same conclusion: yes, it was definitely worth… Continue reading University is what you make of it
A year of stock and fund trading
A year ago, I started saving up by investing on the fund and stock market. In this post, I will share some of my learning, strategy (or lack thereof) and results from a year of fund and stock trading. I will skip a lot of small details and instead provide a high-level overview of what… Continue reading A year of stock and fund trading