Neural Style Transfer – Current Models

Dec 29, 20181 min read

I’m working on a neural-style transfer project, and have several machine learning models trained to render input photos in particularly styles. The current set is…

Elektro, the Smoking Robot of 1937

Dec 15, 20184 min read

I’ve always been fascinated by past visions of the future. Science fiction uses the future to tell us something about ourselves, so looking back on past…

Monitor Shell Status Remotely with Seashells.io

Dec 14, 20181 min read

Now that I’m knee-deep in machine learning models, I’m finding there are several times where I need to let my CPU/GPU crank away on a…

Applying Artist Styles to Photographs with Neural Style Transfer

Dec 7, 20186 min read

In 2015, a research paper by Gatys, Ecker and Bethge posited that you could use a deep neural network to apply the artistic style of a…

Amy Schumer, Viagogo and the “Postponement” Scam

Dec 6, 20189 min read

They say that a fan tells 3 people about great service, and someone who has received poor service tells 10. Well, I’m pissed at Amy…

Survivorship Bias

Dec 5, 20182 min read

In WWII, researcher Abraham Wald was assigned the task of figuring out where to place more reinforcing armor on bombers. Since every extra pound meant…