There can be many reasons why this can happen. In my case I couldn’t locate the change that was made in WordPress that caused the issue. The only major change since the last time a post was added was a WordPress update, but that didn’t strike me as being the reason as it wasn’t a …
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when you code in many languages, you usually need to dig a bit to find answers to questions that are not immediately obvious in a specific language. Mine was whether closures can simulate real private variables in python (i.e that really can’t be accessed as opposed to the __ mangling method). I decided to test …
There are so many tutorials on deep learning that it’s hard to figure out which to choose, but if you want to start your journey into the field of deep neural networks, you should definitely take a look at this unbelievable free gem: https://d2l.ai/ If you prefer a good udemy course to get you started …
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There are various ways to leverage docker to develop AWS lambda serverless functions. One recent method is to deploy Python Lambda functions with container images (as specified here). Another method is to develop the Lambda package from within an Amazon Linux docker container and then upload it to AWS Lambda (more details here). A summary …
Wanting to run Linux command line under windows usually brings you to one of two options: Install WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) – the main advantage here is performance optimizations made by Microsoft to take the most advantage of the hardware and OS infrastructure. Install Docker for Windows 10 and then create a Linux container …
I was curious to see how much slower the training of chapter 1 of fast.ai would be on my GPU-less home desktop vs. a basic cloud GPU servers. The first issue was to get the code running after installing torch, torchvision and fastai modules. Apparently, there are some code modifications to make to get things …
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This was the error I received when trying to import fastbook to study the excellent fast.ai course. I had Python 3.9.1 installed and used pip to install the latest versions of torch, torchvision, and fastai To spare the reader from boring war stories, here’s the bottom line: Download the latest version of torchvision for your …
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A very good tutorial on creating and extending LetsEncrypt certificates on Bitnami: https://docs.bitnami.com/ibm/apps/gitlab/administration/generate-configure-certificate-letsencrypt/
Seems like a comprehensive set of algorithms in one library, based on a similar Java project: https://pypi.org/project/strsim/