We are living in the era of Big Data but the problem of course is that the bigger our data sets become the slower even simple search operations get. I will now show you a trick that is the next best thing to magic: building a search function that practically doesn’t slow down even for large data sets… in base R!
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Month: January 2019
If wealth had anything to do with intelligence…
…the richest man on earth would have a fortune of no more than $43,000! If you don’t believe me read this post!
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Understanding the Magic of Neural Networks
Everything “neural” is (again) the latest craze in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Now what is the magic of artificial neural networks (ANNs)?
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Understanding the Maths of Computed Tomography (CT) scans
Noseman is having a headache and as an old-school hypochondriac he goes to see his doctor. His doctor is quite worried and makes an appointment with a radiologist for Noseman to get a CT scan.
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Check Machin-like Formulae with Arbitrary-Precision Arithmetic
Happy New Year to all of you! Let us start the year with something for your inner maths nerd 🙂
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