Swish, mish, and serf
Swish, mish, and serf are neural net activation functions. The names are fun to say, but more importantly the functions have been shown to improve neural network performance by solving the “dying ReLU problem.” Softplus can also be used as an activation function, but our interest in softplus here is
Read moreThe Best Free Online Image Editors
We delve into the top free online photo editors and explore their features to help you discover the solution for your design needs. Continue reading The Best Free Online Image Editors on SitePoint.
Read moreGenerating and inspecting an RSA private key
In principle you generate an RSA key by finding two large prime numbers, p and q, and computing n = pq. You could, for example, generate random numbers by rolling dice, then type the numbers into Mathematica to test each for primaility until you find a couple prime numbers of
Read moreRSA encryption in practice
At its core, RSA encryption is modular exponentiation. That is, given a message m, the encrypted form of m is x = me mod n where e is a publicly known exponent and n is a product of two large primes. The number n is made public but only the
Read moreBest Material UI Themes for Stunning Web Applications
In this article, we will explore the best Material UI themes available, each offering unique features to suit various project needs. Continue reading Best Material UI Themes for Stunning Web Applications on SitePoint.
Read moreCode to convert words to Major system numbers
A few days ago I wrote about using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary to search for words that decode to certain numbers in the Major mnemonic system. You can find a brief description of the Major system in that post. As large as the CMU dictionary is, it did not contain
Read moreSoftware and the Allee effect
The Allee effect is named after Warder Clyde Allee who added a term to the famous logistic equation. His added term is highlighted in blue. Here N is the population of a species over time, r is the intrinsic rate of increase, K is the carrying capacity, and A is
Read moreMy First VisionOS Application
Learn some basics of VisionOSSource: apple.comI’ve been working on SwiftUI projects for a while, and I’m really interested in the brand-new upcoming operating system, visionOS. It utilizes frameworks like SwiftUI, RealityKit, and ARKit. I want to play around with it and build a simple app for visionOS.Discover VisionOSApple Vision Pro offers
Read moreImproving My Code by Returning Early, Returning Often!
Photo by Joel Henry on UnsplashI’ve been a developer for over five years, and one of the best things I’ve learned is functional programming. Which gets a lot of hype and can be a bit daunting, but I’ve broken it down into a few simple ideas:Returning early and oftenSingle purpose functionsThese are pretty
Read moreA Simple Demo To Analyze 32GB AML Data With DuckDB
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