How big will a carpet be when you roll or unroll it?
If you know the dimensions of a carpet, what will the dimensions be when you roll it up into a cylinder? If you know the dimensions of a rolled-up carpet, what will the dimensions be when you unroll it? This post answers both questions. Flexible carpet: solid cylinder The edge
Read moreHow to become an AI engineer
Introduction Since the public release of ChatGPT in 2022, innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have exploded—and they don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Industries as diverse as finance, healthcare, and education are increasingly incorporating AI into technology platforms and business operations. Along with rapid advancements in AI comes
Read more7 Easy Ways to Make a Magento 2 Website Faster
Is your Magento site running slowly? In this article, we cover seven practical tips for making a Magento 2 online store faster. Continue reading 7 Easy Ways to Make a Magento 2 Website Faster on SitePoint.
Read moreApproximating a spiral by rings
An Archimedian spiral has the polar equation r = b θ1/n This post will look at the case n = 1. I may look at more general values of n in a future post. The case n = 1 is the simplest case, and it’s the case I needed for
Read moreIf everyone is building AI, why aren’t more projects in production?
Ben talks with Shane McAllister, lead developer advocate at MongoDB, Stanimira Vlaeva, senior developer advocate at MongoDB, and Miku Jha, director, AI/ML and generative AI at Google Cloud, about the challenges and opportunities of operationalizing and scaling generative AI models in enterprise organizations.
Read moreHypergeometric function of a large negative argument
It’s occasionally necessary to evaluate a hypergeometric function at a large negative argument. I was working on a project today that involved evaluating F(a, b; c; z) where z is a large negative number. The hypergeometric function F(a, b; c; z) is defined by a power series in z whose
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