Bias, Variance, Training and Validation Sets: Cooking Up a Smart AI Model
When I first started with AI, I used to get confused between bias and variance. It felt like one of those abstract concepts that everyone talked about but never really explained in a way that stuck. Then, one day, I stumbled upon this cooking analogy (which I tried to explain in my own language below),…
Running AI Models on MacBook Pro with MLX
Running AI Models Locally with Apple’s MLX If you want to run an AI model on your own machine without using llama.cpp or Ollama, Apple’s free MLX platform is a powerful alternative. In this guide, we will walk through running an open-source Qwen 1.5GB Math Instruct model locally on a MacBook Pro without modifying its…
Healthy Snacks for Low Carb Diet
Are you on a low-carb diet? If so, you might be thinking that all snacks are off-limits. After all, carbs are found in almost all snacks, from pretzels to chips to crackers. However, there are plenty of low-carb snacks out there that can help you stay on track with your diet while still satisfying your…
The Eternal Dive
Continuing from my last post – even with years of intermittent fasting and exercising, I was noticing the initial signs of aging like graying hair, tiredness and lack of energy, and the missing sprint fullness of youth. I realized the need learn the fundamentals of biological aging and research cutting-edge age-reversal processes that have had some credible…
The Revelation
Eternal youth triumphs immortality, with the latter feeling like a monochrome still life beside the former’s vivid, ever-spring canvas. Everyone wants to stay young, healthy, and fit forever. Since childhood, I have been deeply intrigued by the lure of immortality. Back then, I firmly believed in the existence of amrit, a heavenly mystical elixir of immortality…
20 Years of Programming
Exactly 20 years back today, in August 2001, I started learning ASP.NET with C#. The .NET framework was launched that earlier that year, and I was really excited coding my first Hello World program in C#. Back then there was no high quality programming resource like StackOverflow that solves your queries within minutes, and most…
Quantum mechanics comes out of the sub-atomic world
Few days back I had my own version of the classic “I told you so!” moment. And as expected it had to do with Quantum Mechanics and Chaos Theory, so I am quite excited to write something about it :). Here is my story: ask any theoretical physicist out there, and he (on some rare…
Katla Eruption will overshadow the junior Icelandic volcano
Since late March 2010, southern Iceland’s “junior” volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has been spewing tonnes of volcanic material throwing air traffic though Europe to chaos and threatening to cause long term damage to the environment and weather not only in Iceland but to far flung areas in Western Europe and possibly the rest of…
Human brain and consciousness
Yesterday I was talking with an old friend, discussing the age-old and widely debated concept of souls,or atmas as commonly known in Hindi. As usual I was quite overwhelmed listening his strong views and belief regarding the existence of souls. And being a strong atheist I beg to differ 🙂 , and here is what I think based…
Rafting Trip to Rishikesh
White-water River Rafting in Rishikesh Rishikesh is quite famous for its white water rafting on the holy Ganges river. About 30 kms from Haridwar, an important pilgrimage center in India, Rishikesh also is a holy destination for Hindus. But for adventure lovers, Rishikesh offers not only grade 4+ rafting, but many other adventurous options like…
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Vivek Thakur 