Detecting fraud with the GRIM test
The latest episode of Erik Seligman’s podcast is entitled The Grim State of Modern Pizza. Although you might not realize it from the title, the post is about fraud detection. GRIM stands for Granularity-Related Inconsistency of Means. In a nutshell, the test looks for means (averages) that are not possible
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A few weeks ago I wrote about how the dissonance of a musical interval is related to the complexity of the frequency ratio as a fraction, where complexity is measured by the sum of the numerator and denominator. Consonant intervals have simple frequency ratios and dissonant intervals have complex frequency
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The home team talks with Matt Martin, cofounder and CEO of Clockwise, which offers AI-powered time management and scheduling tools.
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Learn about the essential components of LangChain — agents, models, chunks and chains — and how to harness the power of LangChain in Python. Continue reading A Complete Guide to LangChain in Python on SitePoint.
Read moreWhen a function cannot be extended
The relation between a function and its power series is subtle. In a calculus class you’ll see equations of the form “series = function” which may need some footnotes. Maybe the series only represents the function over part of its domain: the function extends further than the power series representation.
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Read moreChris’ Corner: Can Has Blurs, Filters, and Masks
You’ve seen CSS’ new :has() selector right? There are all these “basic” use cases that leave me smiling because the solutions of the past were inelegant at best, and now are easy and satisfying. Here’s one: You want margin below your <h2> … unless there is a <time> right below
Read moreHow to setup duration based profiling in Sentry
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Read moreCreate an AI Backend in 5 minutes using AWS CDK & Bedrock
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