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A Tutorial on Autoencoders for Deep Learning

Despite its somewhat initially-sounding cryptic name, autoencoders are a fairly basic machine learning model (and the name is not cryptic at all when...

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out and Prisoner’s Dilemma

I have to admit that, despite all this science-y stuff I do, I still have my vices. You know when you're just sitting there waiting for the train...

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What the hell is a “z-score”?

Was having this conversation recently about what a z-score is. What is a z-score? Why is it mentioned so often in statistics? You've probably...

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Why databases?

This article has been a long time coming. I wrote a shitty version years ago, but wanted to update it with new and current info, in a more organized...