Month: March 2019

Non-Divisible Subset

!!! UPDATE !!!

This post has been updated in order to add comments to the code and add the source code to GitHub. Apparently I forgot to create a repository. Sorry about that.

What called my attention was a comment which I will respond to as soon as I finish updating the contents of this post.

It is Saturday and the forecast calls for the sun to shine on and off during the day. I am planning on fixing a couple pizzas from scratch. After breakfast I made the dough. It will rest for at least two hours before I make and bake the pies. My wife and I should be having lunch around 01:00 PM; at least, that is the plan.

This morning I looked at the Non-Divisible Subset challenge from Hacker Rank. Tried a couple approaches but did not submit them because they were using brute force and figured that they would not pass. There had to be a simpler approach. Continue reading “Non-Divisible Subset”

Java Lambda Expressions

http://(https://hackernoon.com/tensorflow-is-dead-long-live-tensorflow-49d3e975cf04This morning I read the post on Medium named “TensorFlow is dead, long live TensorFlow!” by Cassie Kozyrkov who is a Chief Decision Intelligence Engineer at Google. After lunch will spend some time watching the videos embedded in the post and over the weekend will see if I can take TensorFlow 2.o on a Linux machine for a spin. I have a version of TensorFlow 1.0 installed on a Windows machine. Followed some tutorials but as Cassie puts  it so expressively, it was complicated to say the least. Continue reading “Java Lambda Expressions”

Covariant Return Types

This morning I read the article Turing Award Won by 3 Pioneers in Artificial Intelligence by Cade Metz of the New York Times. The recipients are Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio. Continue reading “Covariant Return Types”

A Simple API

I always like to spend some time reviewing and learning new stuff before starting a project or task. The amount of time depends on the urgency of the task. In this case I went over chapter 2 of RESTful Web APIs by Leonard Richardson and Mike Amundsen.

As I have mentioned several times, I like to research a think about the task, implement a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and with the remaining time enhance the software until the scheduled time runs out. Based on my experience, this approach is welcomed by most customers and development teams. When I say research and think, depending on the level and type of the task (e.g., architecting, designing, implementing), such activities may take from an hour or so to several days or weeks. The time is greatly reduced when you constantly read and experiment and when the task is implementation (i.e., generating and testing code). Continue reading “A Simple API”

Can You Access?

Today is going to be the warmest day of the year so far. Forecasts are calling for a high in the mid to upper 60’s. Hopefully the warmer weather will help the remaining snow melt. I would guess that most people in this part of the country had enough snow for the year.

This morning I took a look at the Can You Access? HackerRank problem. The requirements are quite simple. You need to call a method with a parameter in a class that is two levels deep. Continue reading “Can You Access?”

Java Annotations

We all have seen and used annotations in Java. To be honest I have never before created my own annotation. From now on, when the opportunity arises, I will make sure to start adding my own annotations. To read more about the subject at hand, take a look at this page in Wikipedia.

To get a more in depth definition, you might look into this tutorial and the Oracle Java docs. Continue reading “Java Annotations”

Java Visitor Pattern

This morning after waking up I read Why I Write a Data Science Blog by Rebecca Vickery.  The subject of the post is to summarize the benefits that writing a blog, in her case regarding Data Science, provides her with benefits that help her improve towards her goals, and helps others starting a Data Science career with topics and situations that they might / will encounter at work.

I agree with her comments but would like to add that the idea of explaining some topic on writing is a great technique and applies to any type of subject. You do not know what you cannot explain. It is a simple as that. That is the reason I spend a couple hours every day reading, experimenting and then writing about what I have learned. I have tried to apply several of Richard Feynman techniques to my daily life. Hope they are working :o) Continue reading “Java Visitor Pattern”

Java Priority Queue

Yesterday was sunny and all the snow on our deck has melted away, so my wife and I decided to grill for the first time this season. I believe the temperature went up to 58 F. The day was not as warm as I would have liked, but on occasions I went out just wearing a t-shirt. We grilled homemade hamburgers, potatoes, and corn. We fixed on the stovetop mushrooms with onions and garlic. All was very good and as usual we made too much food. That is fine because we will just warm up leftover today. Continue reading “Java Priority Queue”

Tag Content Extractor

It is a nice sunny day, at least when I was having breakfast earlier this morning, in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Better yet, it is Friday!!!

Spoke with one of my sons. He and his family had scheduled a holiday and were on the road. When they moved, they build a home. Some years went by and last fall they decided to buy a new one that they liked. Shortly after they moved and put their first home on the market. A few months went by and finally they closed on it yesterday. I am very glad for them. Having two mortgages is not convenient at all. Continue reading “Tag Content Extractor”