Category: Random Thoughts
Posts about anything that I find interesting
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Origins of the Industrial Revolution
The invention of the steam engine is often considered as the turning point that triggered the industrial revolution. It enabled massive productivity gains as well as the ability to scale industry from small workshops to large enterprises producing consumer goods at scale. Other key technologies make up the industrial landscape today, such as electricity, transport,…
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Where do Numbers Come From?
Numbers are an abstract concept that don’t seem to exist naturally in our brains or in the real world. The theory of numbers consumes whole books trying to find their origin. Are numbers invented or real?
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Too much data, not enough scientists
Data science is at the intersection of programming, mathematics and business or domain knowledge. With the recent explosion of tools and data, it has become much easier to process data. But do programmers really understand the science of data?