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All the R code for this post is available on GitHub: nanxstats/deep-learning-recipes.

Photo by Ablimit Ablet on Unsplash I once read a joke with some dry humor a long time ago.

Ten years ago, the Netflix prize competition made a significant impact on recommender systems research.

Five years ago, GNOME 3’s immaturity was one of the reasons for me to switch to a Mac.

Inbox zero means having zero unread emails in your email’s inbox.

I feel super honored to say that I have received the 2018 John M.

It was August 2003, when I was in the 8th grade, enjoying the summer break.

Photo: Middle of Nowhere by David Kovalenko Anything posted on the Internet, stays there forever.

Photo by Esteban Lopez.

Shiny is my favorite web application framework.

The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1604/1605.

The world is a fast-changing place.

Heart of the Matter by Otis Kaye, 1963.

Photo: Lead type As people said, web design is 95% typography.

As programming languages and their ecosystems evolve, we have many more powerful tools in our toolbox(es) than ten years ago.

Nate Ruess’s songs have magnificent voices and amazing arrangements, while often unbelievably sad at their cores, such as Grammy’s favourite “We Are Young”.

I don’t always care about popular topics because they usually fade fast.

Figure: Album cover for Skip to the Good Part by He Is We, 2011.

I used to mention creating a purely R-based static website generator named Haiku with my then classmate Arjun about two years ago.

Here I will post some collected quotes that influenced my opinion on how learning, inference, and science should be.

It’s a new start.