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Technology

Close Call: PayPal-based Scam

December 11, 2022December 11, 2022

I had a scare on PayPal recently. I have just a few accounts that I consider very high value. PayPal is one of them. I

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Mind Scikit-learn: Machine Learning

Tfidf Vectorizer

May 12, 2022November 20, 2022

Machine learning algorithms typically need numerical inputs to build their models. The challenge arises when the features of the model are textual. In this case,

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Natural Language Tool Kit Python

Interesting Python Idioms

January 20, 2022November 20, 2022

The DataFrame apply() Function An example using Natural Language Tool Kit moby_raw: is text from nltk.collectionsThe first assignment of sentences results in a string list

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Mind Politics Technology

Best Health Care in the World

March 6, 2022March 17, 2022

On occasion, as a counter to not doing anything about our non-existent health care system, a politician will use nationalist rhetoric as a dodge asserting

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Mind Technology

Various Photos

February 6, 2021December 24, 2021

Photos are moments in frozen moments in time. Old photos show us how transient, and eventually meaningless, life is. There comes a time when everyone

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Human Experience Mind Politics Python Visualization

COVID and GDP

December 29, 2020January 9, 2021

Update to this article. The Economist distilled my thinking on 12/5/2020: Two factors tied to the pandemic help account for Taiwan’s relative success this year.

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Technology

Gateway to In the Stream

December 13, 2020December 16, 2020
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