Alex Lenail·Sep 13, 2017Understanding 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Alex Lenail·Jul 31, 2017What 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…A response icon1A response icon1
Alex Lenail·Nov 12, 2015A note to future hackathon organizersReflections from Tufts Polyhack, October 23–24, 2015
Alex Lenail·Oct 15, 2015Led 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.
Alex Lenail·Aug 23, 2015That 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…
Alex Lenail·Aug 21, 2015I 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…A response icon33A response icon33
Alex Lenail·Jul 5, 2015The way we talk about Ethics is brokenAn analogy with the Neural Network AlgorithmA response icon2A response icon2
Alex Lenail·Feb 6, 2015Torres Del Paine ‘O Loop’ in 4.5 daysDespite what others tell you, it can be done.A response icon2A response icon2
Alex Lenail·Nov 14, 2014Optimizing transmission of knowledgeThe really fascinating thing about books is the ecosystem they've given rise to. Books have essentially promulgated a set of cultural…A response icon2A response icon2
