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Various arguments for wiring your home with Cat 6 (gigabit) ethernet or better.

Bottom-line advantages of Cat 6 over 802.11ac WiFi:

• Better capacity. While 802.11ac, under optimal conditions, can approach 500 Mbps, having a wired connection that guarantees 1000 Mbps can be useful.
• Better reliability.
• Better security.
• Better latency.

All of this said, it isn't either-or -- you can use your wired connections for connecting computers to NAS or when you need maximum speed for uploading.

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import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.optim as optim
from torch._jit_internal import weak_module, weak_script_method

@weak_module
class PolicyGradientLoss(nn.Module):
    """
    Multiplies an unreduced CrossEntropyLoss by a `q` vector.
    """

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def abbreviate(phrase):
    def shorten(w, t=7):
        if len(w) <= t:
	    return w
        else:
            return "{}{}{}".format(w[0], len(w)-2, w[-1])
    return " ".join([shorten(w) for w in phrase.split(" ")])

abbreviate("The Heilmeier Catechism demands a thoughtful approach to risk taking")
# 'The H7r C7m demands a t8l a6h to risk taking'

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Neural networks are capable of interpolating (fitting the training set perfectly) and driving test error lower.

Can the AdaBoost algorithm also do this?

Why or why not?

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I believe LoC (Lines of Code) is a poor choice to compare different languages. Instead, count characters.

Elm, for example, uses a lot of vertical space, by design: https://twitter.com/rtfeldman/status/983384187116949505

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Rust Error Handling

Some resources:

• https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch09-00-error-handling.html
• https://users.rust-lang.org/t/the-state-of-error-handling-in-the-2018-edition/23263/25

Crates for Rust Error Handling

simple-error

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Open Source Projects:

• https://github.com/wummel/linkchecker (1.2k stars)
• https://github.com/stevenvachon/broken-link-checker (843 stars)
• https://github.com/dkhamsing/awesome_bot (626 stars)
• https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check (90 stars)
• https://github.com/peter-evans/link-checker (7 stars)

Note: star counts last updated on 2019-12-31.

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ASCII Diagram version of
https://thefastingmethod.com/wp-content/uploads/HOT-Fatty-Liver2.1.jpg

                       ┌────────┐                       
┌───────────┐          │  high  │          ┌───────────┐
│  glucose  │────┬────▶│insulin │────┬────▶│  obesity  │
└───────────┘    │     └────────┘    │     └───────────┘
                 │                   │                  
                 │                   ▼                  
          ┌────────────┐      ┌─────────────┐           

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Hiding macOS Icon Files

If you customize a Finder icon, macOS will put an Icon file in that directory.

While ls -al will show the filename as Icon?, the real file name is Icon$'\r', which can be found using Zsh's autocomplete functionality. Yes, the last character is a carriage return. Why, you may ask. That's a fair question.

Anyhow, to apply the hidden flag to all icon files located recursively within the current directory, run this command:

find . -name Icon$'\r' -exec chflags hidden {} +

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#!/usr/bin/env zsh

(( $# == 1 )) || {print -u2 "One argument required"; exit -1}
[[ $1 ]] || {print -u2 "First argument is empty"; exit -1}

local dir=$HOME/.man_cache/ps
[[ -d $dir ]] || mkdir -p $dir
local file=$dir/$1.ps
[[ -f $file ]] || man -t $1 > $file
[[ -s $file ]] && open -a Preview $file