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Published in Towards Data Science

·Sep 29, 2020

The Quintessential Linear Algebra for a Data Scientist — Part A

This multi-part tutorial series is an attempt to capture Linear Algebra concepts succinctly and intuitively while not leaving out the difficult concepts. The first part covers the basic definitions which are essential to foray into this area. — The objective of this article, a first of a multi-part tutorial, is to understand the basic definitions in Linear Algebra and start thinking in terms of matrices and vectors. It is also an initiation into understanding and verifying the concepts programmatically.

Mathematics

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The Quintessential Linear Algebra for a Data Scientist — Part A
The Quintessential Linear Algebra for a Data Scientist — Part A

Published in Towards Data Science

·Sep 25, 2020

Exploring the Indian Premier League using PageRank

A Brief Tutorial on the PageRank Algorithm — The overall objective of this work is to explore network science algorithms towards cricket analytics. This article covers a part of this goal. The IPL data is used for this purpose with a particular focus on the PageRank algorithm. A few ways to build the graph networks are presented, followed…

Cricket

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Exploring the Indian Premier League using PageRank
Exploring the Indian Premier League using PageRank

Published in Thoughts And Ideas

·Sep 21, 2020

Sushant’s Death — The True Lies of the Indian Society

A commentary on the continuing series of events after the death of the young actor. — Many years back, when in school, I read a story which went as follows. A tourist travels to a new country and gets tattooed on his back by a famous artist. The tattoo artist suddenly dies, with this tattoo being his last completed art. A journalist takes a photograph of…

Sushant Singh Rajput

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Sushant’s Death — The True Lies of the Indian Society
Sushant’s Death — The True Lies of the Indian Society

Published in Runner's Life

·Sep 10, 2020

Runner’s Gait and Injuries — Cultivating the Right Posture

The right posture is crucial to avoiding injuries. — The objective of this article is to explain the complex science behind the gait analysis of a runner in layman’s terms. It starts by describing the biomechanics of running and what defines gait analysis. Then it explores the relationship between injuries and bad posture. …

Fitness

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Runner’s Gait and Injuries —  Cultivating the Right Posture
Runner’s Gait and Injuries —  Cultivating the Right Posture

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Sep 3, 2020

Is Elon Musk’s Neuralink the Harbinger of a ‘Pandoran Biosphere’? — Not Really!

A roundworm has 300 neurons and 7000 connections between them. We still do not understand how its brain works. Our brain has 86,000,000,000 neurons and 100,000,000,000,000 connections. Neuralink’s device has 1024 electrodes. That sums up as to where we stand. — Neuralink is a neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk trying to build a sewing machine which can thread-in thin electrodes into the brain. It showed its first demonstration, a couple of days back creating hardly any buzz (check the plot below) around it. And rightly so.

Artificial Intelligence

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Is Elon Musk’s Neuralink the Harbinger of a ‘Pandoran Biosphere’? — Not Really!
Is Elon Musk’s Neuralink the Harbinger of a ‘Pandoran Biosphere’? — Not Really!

Published in The Alternate Review

·Aug 30, 2020

Sadak 2 — A Rutted Road, Best Avoided

After 21 years, Mahesh Bhatt returns with a dud of a film. ½ ☆☆☆☆ I watched this movie as soon as it was released on Disney+, but it took many hours for the lingering after-effects to subside, for me to be able to write this review. …

Review

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Sadak 2 — A Rutted Road, Best Avoided
Sadak 2 — A Rutted Road, Best Avoided

Published in The Alternate Review

·Aug 22, 2020

Class of 83 (2020)— Very Ordinary, Lacks Class

Bland, boring and burdensome to watch. A disappointing movie which is based in 83, looks in 83 and feels like it is made in 83. — ★½ ☆☆☆ Class of 83 is a story of cops who start as rogue trainees and become encounter specialists under the tutelage of Vijay Singh donned by Bobby Deol. It is based on the book by Hussain Zaidi. Hussain Zaidi is a prolific and brave crime writer and a former…

Netflix

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Class of 83 — Disappointment from SRK camp
Class of 83 — Disappointment from SRK camp

Published in The Alternate Review

·Aug 13, 2020

Gunjan Saxena (2020) — A Push to the Inevitable Bollywood Fatigue

A decent watch, considering the inspiring real-life story on which it is based, but what accompanies throughout is similar lalaland vibe, of the trademark Karan Johar movie. Apparent shades of GI Jane in the screenplay and a clear case of plagiarism of the beats from Top Gun. — ★★★☆☆ Before getting into the review of the movie, let us look at the pulse of the nation. Which major cities are watching the movie? This would say a lot about what kind of audience the movie connects with. The distribution of viewership is highly non-uniform indicating that this movie is…

Movies

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Gunjan Saxena (2020) — A Push to the Inevitable Bollywood Fatigue
Gunjan Saxena (2020) — A Push to the Inevitable Bollywood Fatigue

Published in Towards Data Science

·Aug 12, 2020

Which Countries are Concerned about Climate Change?

Analysing the viewership of the environment and climate-related documentaries towards quantifying the concern for climate change among countries of the world. — Australia, currently, is highly concerned about climate change. Between the Australian wildfire and the razing of the Amazon forest of 2019, the continued melting of the polar ice, the increasingly raging global weather, the forgotten Europe-sized ozone hole over the south pole and the current centennial pandemic; the key question is — How concerned are the countries of…

Data Science

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Which Countries are Concerned about Climate Change? — Mining BitTorrent
Which Countries are Concerned about Climate Change? — Mining BitTorrent

Published in The Alternate Review

·Aug 4, 2020

Avrodh: the Seige Within (2020) — An Honest But Meek Attempt at Retelling the Surgical Strikes

Avrodh fails to do justice to the 2016 events and falls terribly short in any comparison with the movie. (★★ ½ ☆☆) — Avrodh is a Hindi word meaning bottleneck. It is a nine-part series which shows the Uri terrorist attack and the following surgical strikes from the Indian army. Decent performances from the actors all over and an honest attempt at retelling the events. But fails to have a lasting impact on…

Hindi

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Avrodh: the Seige Within (2020) — An Honest But Meek Attempt at Retelling the Surgical Strikes
Avrodh: the Seige Within (2020) — An Honest But Meek Attempt at Retelling the Surgical Strikes
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