When your core shielding breaks down
Imagine if you were completely conscious but couldn't move or speak? Neuroscientist Adrian Owen has been using brain-imaging techniques to detect consciousness in patients who are presumed to be vegetative, sometimes for many years. By giving simple commands and then measuring brain activity, Owen has learned some patients are completely …
Machine learning has made great strides in the last few years, and Convolutional Neural Networks have demonstrated some very impressive results in image and speech processing. There are some great opportunities to apply them to healthcare, but there are some significant challenges too.
Genetic programming for the win! This is my entry into the 2017 Battlesnake competition.
A toy proof of a math trick I learned in elementary school.
The good bits of Emacs, after the online tutorial without too much kool-aid
