Alex LenailUnderstanding and Implementing the hypergeometric test in pythonWhenever I find a topic I can’t find a sufficiently good tutorial or explanation of online, I feel compelled to offer one. I hope this…Sep 13, 20172Sep 13, 20172
Alex LenailWhat is the difference between Ridge Regression, the LASSO, and ElasticNet?tldr: “Ridge” is a fancy name for L2-regularization, “LASSO” means L1-regularization, “ElasticNet” is a ratio of L1 and L2 regularization…Jul 31, 20171Jul 31, 20171
Alex LenailA note to future hackathon organizersReflections from Tufts Polyhack, October 23–24, 2015Nov 12, 2015Nov 12, 2015
Alex LenailLed By SheepClimbing rocks is probably the best way I know of to slowly lose all your time and money. There is hardly a better way of doing so.Oct 15, 2015Oct 15, 2015
Alex LenailThat Time We Built a Climbing Wall In Our Backyard…For me, Climbing is yoga on a vertical surface. It’s a negotiation between your will and gravity, and demands a holistic self-discipline I…Aug 23, 2015Aug 23, 2015
Alex LenailI want to send emails from my google domains email through gmail.I registered my domain foo.com through google domains, and then I setup email forwarding so that emails sent to alex@foo.com go to…Aug 21, 201533Aug 21, 201533
Alex LenailThe way we talk about Ethics is brokenAn analogy with the Neural Network AlgorithmJul 5, 20152Jul 5, 20152
Alex LenailTorres Del Paine ‘O Loop’ in 4.5 daysDespite what others tell you, it can be done.Feb 6, 20152Feb 6, 20152
Alex LenailOptimizing transmission of knowledgeThe really fascinating thing about books is the ecosystem they've given rise to. Books have essentially promulgated a set of cultural…Nov 14, 20142Nov 14, 20142
