One commenter on my arduino curve-fitting post asked if it was possible to fit to nonlinear functions as well, such as a decaying sine wave. I said I had no idea, so I did some research and found the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. The LM algorithm takes …
I’ve just finished a research project focused around creating a general classifier for a large data-set. It deals with time series data, and as such must split this time series data into segments using change point detection. In one of the cost functions I was …
I’ve been working for a startup for the past few months, which has been a (mostly) delightful experience compared with corporate hell. We use Azure every day of the week to deliver best-in-class data gathering and insights in a fairly niche market. This cloud experience …
If you’ve ever tried to make consistent, fairly passable-looking forms, your first knee-jerk reaction is probably to reach for Bootstrap. Now it offers a number of great out-of-the box options for forms, one of which I use regularly is split buttons as a radio. It …
I’ve been doing a bit of reading recently, and starting with one of Bret Victor’s talks, some of his references and Paul Graham’s essays I’ve ended up in a rabbit hole I’m quite enjoying. Weird computation, mostly centred around the LISP family of programming languages. …
