Programming the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
In this post we build an intuition for the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus by using computation rather than analytical models of the problem.
Read MoreHow Big is the Difference Between Being 90% and 99% Certain?
People often discuss the idea of being "90% certain" or "99% sure that this is true", but how big is the difference between these two values? It turns out that the difference between these values is similiar to the difference between having $10 and $100 in your wallet.
Read MoreRejection Sampling and Tricky Priors
We have looked at working with a variety of analytical priors, but how can you sample from a prior probability that is not so mathematically pleasant to work with? In this post we learn about Rejection Sampling as one method of solving this problem.
Read MoreMoments of a Random Variable Explained
Why is Variance related to X squared? To understand this we need to understand Moments of a Random Variable. Read on to learn about the relationship between Variance, Moments of a Random Variable and Jensen's inequality.
Read MoreWriting Finnegans Wake with a Recurrent Neural Net
A short post playing with the idea of using a Recurrent Neural Network to automatically generate text from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.
Read MoreSmall List of Gigantic Books for Summer Reading!
Some people like "light" beach reading during the summer. I prefer sinking my teeth into a massive, challenging and summer long book. Here are a few of my favorites.
Read MoreBayesian A/B Testing: A Hypothesis Test that Makes Sense
Confused by Hypothesis tesing used in A/B Tests? In this post we take a look at building an A/B from scratch the Bayesian way!
Read MoreUsing Bayes' Factor to Build a Voight-Kampff Test!
Learn about Bayes Factor by recreated the famous Voight-Kampff test from the movie Blade Runner.
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