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The Good Egg: A Story To Start The Week
By: The Good Egg
Tags: Cycling, Improvement, Self Improvement, Competition, Better Humans

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Well hello and GOOD MORNING all you Good Eggs! Last week, we talked A LOT about 1 percent… some would say much more than just 1 percent of the week ;)

Many of you responded with excitement, so I figured I would send one last story that really brought the concept to life for me.

Trivia Time: How many Olympic Gold Medals and Tour de France wins had Great Britain won from 1908 to 2003?

britishcycling.org.uk

If you said “1” then you’d be correct.

The point is, Great Britain’s cycling reputation and history of success was quite poor for a very long time. In 2003, when Dave Brailsford took over the British National cycling program, everything changed.

cyclingweekly.com

Brailsford implemented a concept he called: “the aggregation of marginal gains.”

“The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improve it by 1 percent, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together.”

thetimes.co.uk

Brailsford soon got to work. This excerpt from Atomic Habits by James Clear…

“Brailsford and his coaches began by making small adjustments you might expect from a professional cycling team. They redesigned the bike seats to make them more comfortable and rubbed alcohol on the tires for a better grip. They asked riders to wear electrically heated overshorts to maintain ideal muscle temperature while riding and used biofeedback sensors to monitor how each athlete responded to a particular workout. The team tested various fabrics in a wind tunnel and had their outdoor riders switch to indoor racing suits, which proved to be lighter and more aerodynamic.

The Telegraph

But they didn’t stop there. Brailsford and his team continued to find 1 percent improvements in overlooked and unexpected areas. They tested different types of massage gels to see which one led to the fastest muscle recovery. They hired a surgeon to teach each rider the best way to wash their hands to reduce the chances of catching a cold. They determined the type of pillow and mattress that led to the best night’s sleep for each rider. They even painted the inside of the team truck white, which helped them spot little bits of dust that would normally slip by unnoticed but could degrade the performance of the finely tuned bikes.”

SO WHAT HAPPENED?!

Well, over the next several years, Great Britain went on to win 60% of gold medals in 2008 Olympics, they set 7 world records in 2012, and they won 5 Tour de France’s in 6 years.

telegraph.co.uk

We may not all stand on the podium in Paris next to these cyclists, but applying the rule of 1 percent improvements every day could certainly help (and if you’re looking to read more into this story, check out: https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains)

Have a 1 percent better day than yesterday, Good Eggs!

-The Good Egg 🐣
Habits…The Struggle
By: James D Nelson
Tags: Habit Building, Second Chances, 100 Naked Words, Improvement, Goals

Photo by christopher lemercier on Unsplash

Day 2 of 100 words! This building a habit thing can totally be tough and I almost gave myself the excuse to miss today, but then I listened to that little voice deep in my soul that I need to do this. Not for Medium or for the Publication, but to prove to myself that I can build a positive habit for once!

Unlike smoking, which I’ve been trying to break the bad habit for a couple years, but it just keeps weaseling its way back into my life…

Why is it so difficult to start something good and so easy to start something bad or so difficult to put the bad behind you? When everything inside your body, mind and heart says “NO! Don’t do this thing anymore!”

Here’s to making a good habit for once and working to find the strength to finally rid myself of the unhealthy habits that have plagued me for so long…And no, this is no New Year’s resolution, just a desire to change and taking advantage of the opportunity that conveniently came up because Johnson decided to come back and re-light the torch for those in need of something to focus on. Thanks Johnson!!
Improving Toronto -> NYC train travel
By: Peter Kruzlics
Tags: Travel, Via Rail, Improvement, Train, Amtrak

A few weeks ago, I was having a discussion about implementing a high speed rail connection between Toronto and New York, and how cost prohibitive it would be to upgrade the rails and trains to allow for faster speeds. It did get me thinking about how long the current trip takes, and I wanted to figure out *why* it’s as long as it is.

Here’s a breakdown of the main modes of transportation between (roughly) Downtown Toronto to Manhattan, New York City:

I’ve based the plane duration on gate-to-gate from Toronto Island airport to Newark, and not Union Station to Penn Station (which would make it much longer than 1.5hrs). I also assume the bus will always take longer than the car since it’s limited to the same highways and makes stops on the way.

But why is it slower to take the train than to drive, when trains typically have much more direct paths and have higher top speeds?

Let’s look at what contributes to the long train travel time.

Here’s the Toronto->NYC route, which is the Amtrak Maple Leaf route operated by both Amtrak in USA and Via Rail in Canada:

Route from Toronto -> NYC (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Leaf_(train)#/media/File:Amtrak_Maple_Leaf.svg)

There are 22 stops in total (23 including the crew switch):

Toronto, ON — Union Station (TWO)

Oakville, ON (OKL)

Aldershot, ON (AST)

Grimsby, ON (GMS)

St. Catharines, ON (SCA)

Switching train crews (done at its own stop) outside Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, ON (NFS)

Niagara Falls, NY (NFL) (border security)

Buffalo, NY — Exchange Street (BFX)

Buffalo, NY — Depew Station (BUF)

Rochester, NY — Amtrak Station (ROC)

Syracuse, NY — Regional Transportation Center (SYR)

Rome, NY (ROM)

Utica, NY (UCA)

Amsterdam, NY (AMS)

Schenectady, NY (SDY)

Albany-Rensselaer, NY (ALB)

Hudson, NY (HUD)

Rhinecliff, NY (RHI)

Poughkeepsie, NY (POU)

Croton-Harmon, NY (CRT)

Yonkers, NY (YNY)

New York, NY — Penn Station (NYP)

For the 12 hours 30min train trip duration, let’s break down where that time is spent:

Let’s assume an average dwell time at each station of 3 minutes (to load and unload passengers). That translates to 1 hour 3 min of time spent waiting at stations (for 21 stops, not including Penn Station, Union Station, or the border security).

Let’s also assume roughly 4min of travel time is lost to decelerate and accelerate from each station (compared to the train not stopping and travelling through). This translates to 1 hour 24min of decelerating and accelerating along the whole trip, if we ignore the initial acceleration from Penn Station and decelerating into Union Station.

There is also a 2 hour wait at the border for customs check.

At the Albany station, there is also a locomotive change (to a dual mode diesel / electric engine) that occurs due to emissions restrictions at underground NYC stations. This stop lasts about 20min.

We can assume the rest of the time (7 hours 43min) is the train going at its average speed along the route, which serves as a hard limit for travel time reduction (without infrastructure upgrades to raise the average speed).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Me
By: Thomas Arthur
Tags: First Post, Anxiety Disorder, Mens Mental Health, Generalized Anxiety, Mental Health

I’ve been trying to find a reason to write my first story. It’s been hard. It really shouldn’t have been this much of an internal battle. Every possible outcome analysed over and over in my head; what if people don’t read it, what if people do read it, what if people react or comment…

See, I have generalized anxiety disorder and the last two weeks have seen it flare up to a state I haven’t experienced for a few years. Stress, pressure, expectation, lockdown, illness – all these things have contributed to it. What I’m struggling to come to terms with is that it’s a permanent thing though.

I’ve spent years convincing myself that mediation, grounding myself, being present and kind, talking and sharing my experiences. I’ve convinced myself that doing all of that will eventually somehow magically make it go away. But it hasn’t. It’s here. It’s back and it’s starting to flood into my everyday life again, into every waking minute of every waking hour.

So today I called for help. More help than I’ve ever asked before. I called Samaritans and I eventually decided to seek help via CBT. My intrusive hyper vigilant thoughts are no longer welcome. No more will they dominant my thought patterns and convince me to always expect and plan for the worst.

GAD is hard. Scrap that. GAD is brutal. It’s crippling. Every fibre of every muscle in my body is bursting with adrenaline whilst every part of my brain is also telling me that it’s so dangerous everywhere that I am safer staying in bed all day. It’s like a voice, another person grabbing me and pulling the strings. It is brutal, it’s hard and I’ve had enough. I can’t carry on letting it dictate me. Tomorrow I start a new chapter and begin what I imagine will be a long, long, slow and difficult journey to getting this beast under control again.

I wrote this to share with others and to offer anyone else a glimmer of hope that other people feel the same. I’ll try, where my brain lets me, to keep writing on this journey.
Things My First Ever Kaggle Competition Has Taught Me
By: Hasanat Jahan
Tags: Machine Learning, Beginner Machine Learning, Kaggle Competition, First Post, Data Science

Until then, I had only tried out the new concepts in the course in Octave for the homework and my skills were shabby, to say the least. I had ever used python for this or any of the popular data science libraries like Pandas, NumPy or even attempted data visualization with the Matplot library.

I put off this task until the very last moment until my friend invited me to join his team for a Kaggle competition, and I decided to join because the universe would not forgive me for passing off a chance to start like this.

Enough backstory, time for me to exude upon the world my fountain of knowledge from my grandiose “Hello World”. This is by no means a guide to Kaggle competitions but more of my takeaway from the experience. A lot of the things that I learned might be obvious, but there might be someone that might find this useful.

Competitions Put Learning on the Driver’s Seat

Being attention-starved as I am, the peer pressure was enough for me to get over my initial uneasiness and start learning more about Machine Learning much faster than before. In the first week, I learned enough about using Pandas, Matplot to use in our group kernels. Our competition had tutorial kernels as it was a beginner’s challenge, which also played a huge role in speeding up our learning.

Within two weeks, I had finished four chapters of “Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow” by Aurélien Géron, which probably would have taken lazy me a month. I discovered new models like Random Forest starting from learning the decision trees they were based on to implementing and fine-tuning the model to increase the base performance of our submission by 0.87%.

Communicating Clearly With Others is Important

Make a change to a group kernel? Tell them what you changed and why. Make an improvement? Tell them what improved and how. This may seem like common sense however in making my first change, I was so excited that I submitted without telling my teammates. It was as awkward as you’d imagine. Either way, I found that conversation leads to better workflow as you know what each team member is working on so that you both don’t accidentally work on the same thing or waste time on totally asynchronous things. It just creates a mixture of lost time and energy, not to mention frustration.

I would also suggest, if you could, to meet your teammates in real life. I think it helped our team better communicate tactics and evaluate what each of us could do individually. It helped us figure out what’s best for our team based on everyone’s skill-sets and preferences.

If you are alone, talk to yourself. Times are hard.
So, who exactly has moved my cheese?
By: Simran Koul
Tags: Lessons Learned, Blog, Who Moved My Cheese, Experience, First Post

I love cheese, but to be very honest, I never looked at “cheese” the way the book “Who moved my cheese?” made me consider.

Hem. I have been unapologetically Hem all my life. One cannot do much about some things because they are grown into them. And, trust me, it is much more difficult to unlearn something than learning in the first place.

For those of you reading this, and thinking “What in the world is she trying to convey?”, I am talking about a wonderful book that I had read today, and it is called “Who has moved my cheese?” by Dr. Spencer Johnson.

No spoilers for the ones who have not read it yet, but Hem is a character that I relate to the most from the book.

While I was reading the book, I literally went numb multiple times. It was so relatable that I could not help but think about the numerous times I have been in the same plight. In the last so many years of my life, I have always been agitated with any new change that came across.

Changes are sometimes necessary and need to be implemented. This book thrives on this idea, but instead of bluntly stating it, it has been turned out into a poignant (especially for the ones who can relate to it) story.

What is Cheese?

Anything that makes you happy is Cheese. A job, your life partner, your hobby, the decisions you take or even the clothes you choose to wear! You decide what your cheese for you is. Materialistic, or non-materialistic, you are bound to have cheese in life.

Precisely, I have three takeaways from the book.

Do you have cheese? Cherish it, but do not get attached to it. Is your cheese drifting away from you? Let it go, and move on.

And, the most important takeaway.

3. Have you lost your cheese? Get up, and fetch the new cheese.

In life, there will be a day when you might feel that you have arrived at the dead end. And, you may also feel like giving up as you see no solution upfront. Take a deep breath, and start again.

Because the end of something is the beginning of some other thing.
Hello to all the people that occupy this earthh.
Tags: Introduction, First Post, Funny, Interesting, Short Writing

Hello to all the people that occupy this earthh. If you're a dog and you can somehow read and you come across this, Sorry for not mentioning animals I assure you that I consider you as equals to humans all offence taken.

Sorry about my boring title btw I was overthinking what to use as a title and overthinking never gets me anywhere so I told myself fuck it let's write something and get it over with.

Now to the big question??

What is this blog gonna be about ma'am? Are you here to waste our time or? What are you bringing to the table??

You guys need to chill. That kind of pressure is what kills people. Planning and having a goal is great but nothing is as exciting as doing something out of impulse. With planning you have great expectations because you didn't just stress yourself and allathat to get this result. But with impulse? You really wouldn't get disappointed at failure. What did you expect anyways. So in essence( ignore the reference to the Wizkid song I have no love for the man) I do not know what I'm bringing to the table. I do not know my what my next sentence will be. I do not know anything about anything. I will be doing whatever comes to my mind at whatever time. Just to be a little bit sane though, all my writings shall be top tier cause life is bad enough and the least I can do is give you good writing AND I will be consistent( I will learn and memorize the meaning of this word first though)

To the second big question??

Why did you choose to open a blog?

I know you guys don't really care about this question. If I was on someone's blog page I would probably just roll my eye and scroll past. You can roll your eyes it's good. I don't care. But don't scroll past guys please thank you.

Here's the answer to the question you want to scroll past

I do not know why I have created this. I think I am trying to find a purpose to my life and just do something apart from the mundane day to day activity. Writing this now I'm sitting in an empty class with my friend Esther who is playing loud burna boy "way too big" and moaning about why she is in school. I do not know the answer to her question because it is a question I am asking myself.

I hope you enjoyed my first blog post. If you didn't I owe you two neck kisses especially if you're of the female gender. Please tap on my link the next time I promise to be as better as people generally promise. I do not know if I love you but there's somebody out there that definitely does( I realized how weird this was after I typed it. Eye rolling allowed. People generally say it's true though). Plus love is overrated anyways( it's not. I'm trying to sound cool). Point is I hope you have a great day AND night for the rest of your life. It will most likely never happen but isn't hope the key?
If the world was a better place….
Tags: The World, World The Better Place, Equality, First Post

Picture credits Google

Introduction

Are we completely satisfied with the world we live in? The lifestyle we have? They place that the world has become, are we happy?

From my opinion no one is completely happy. Only if there weren't so many things that weren't happening we'd all be so happy .

Here is my point of view on the same.

If the world was a better place a place where mindless acts of rasicm, rapes,abuse, discrimination, sex discrimination etc dint take place these things are like a disease to the world it's plague.

We all need to learn to look past these things that make us different from each other and think about the things that bring us together that makes us one rather than what separates us.

It's important to look past our differences and accept each other.

The fear of what people will think about me has to go it's set in our minds because of us we are equally responsible , we don't want to be judged but we ourselves end up judging consciously or subconsciously a person deliberately going out of the way to please others and to fit in isn't right not for the person doing it and not for the people he's changing.

The mind set that the label of powerful comes to those who have money , yes it's true people with money get a lot more then the people who don't they use their connections they use money to get everything , but money Doesn't resemble power , the power that money brings isn't real isn't solid that power is dependent on money ,the day the money goes away so will the power but the power that comes from within that is everlasting no one can take that away from you , you own your power .

We need to take the bigger things into account. Treat each other like family love and respect them unconditionally. Don't be afraid to disappoint others by being yourself . It's always important to be yourself. If we all think of us as one there wouldn't be so many mindless acts .

No one is born a terrorist. It all starts with small actions , doing small crimes ,not being stopped, these things make a terrorist. If one feels that we are not different from one another if we are one big family then mindless acts would not be performed as you would not put our family through the rough patch.

U can't make everything right but u can always try and have faith and hope.

Conclusion

I conclude by saying that we can't change the whole world but we all can put in efforts and make our little world's different

As they say "charity begins at home"

Do small things,start small your actions may make a huge difference to a lot of people.

Work and ur your little world better if everyone makes their little world better eventually the world will be a better place.
If Money Starts Falling… Just Like Rain
By: Monika Valani
Tags: First Post, Life, Money

Just a thought that came to my mind this morning, what will happen if one day Money rains instead of water?

Wow! I believe the majority of people will love it. And on that day, there will be none sleeping without food.

Basically for our 90% of the problems that revolve around money will get resolved.

Still few of those finicky people might not even touch it thinking this must be China’s other plan to spread some virus.

Though it is just one of those random thoughts, however, take a minute and try to think about it… How will our lives take a paradigm shift if it happens someday?

Pic courtesy -travelwithgrant.boardingarea.com

First of all, the Media will go crazy!

We will have only that news on channels whole day as this would be something people would not have ever expected

People who would have missed watching it for real will watch it on their TV sets

Thinkers will find ways to maximize the opportunity

They might even want to hire people for collecting the same for them

Effective strategies to maximize the storage will be in place

People will start enjoying their hobbies

We all will stop working for 9 to 5 jobs and start having more fun in life.

Some of us might just sit back and relax as they would have seen a tough life before

Many might remain on Holiday for long

Impact on Relationships

Relationships will then be more real

People might just not think of harming each-other for getting saved money

The Status will not matter

We will not differentiate between rich and poor

How to handle that change?

It might take time to understand and accept the change

Some might just keep calm and look around what others are doing with it.

Some who never had so much money, will not know how to use it?

Health will be impacted

There might be some who will stop working hence just sitting and eating will make them obese.

As there will not be any activity hence health will be impacted

Even Doctors might not want to go to work hence nobody will be there to help in the time of need

Nobody will be in a Hurry

As we all run early in the morning for office and school/college that will not be there

We might just end up having fun all day long

No schedule to be followed every day

Life will be much simpler as none of us will be stuck between the issues of Money. Can it really happen? Will it ever happen? I really don’t know or don’t think so!

But no harm in thinking something different for a change.

2020 has already given us many negative thoughts, I want to start my day with some positivity.
Everyone can!
By: Anushka Sen
Tags: Importance Of Goals, First Post, Motivational, Do Read, Please Like

Photo by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash

“ Work hard in silence, let success make the noise.”

One must have a clear-cut and realistic goal in life. A person having a purpose must know what to do. One should move forward step by step to achieve it. One must have fire in their belly to achieve it. Without an aim or set goal, a person is directionless. Having an aim is like a map. One gets to know where they are heading.

It is important to note that a goal is not a wish. Wishes can be unrealistic but, a goal is something that should be practical and achievable. A goal is something, into which one puts all their effort to achieve. The goal does not have to be something very big. Life is all about measurable steps. One can have a simple goal like finding a new job. Further, when one achieves it, then they can think of owning that particular company.

Photo by the blowup on Unsplash

People might even fail to achieve their goals. But life does not stop here. Life is all about winnings and failures, altogether. One should enjoy the journey towards their goal. One must keep in mind, not to get shattered by the failures.

One must analyze their mistakes and learn from them. Moreover, when one gets to know the reason why they failed, they must put more effort than the prior time. When one works hard, then there is no such reason for not achieving their desired goal.

One should always keep in mind that “Everyone Can!”.
Just a random thought
By: Sameer Jain
Tags: History, Questions, Random Thoughts, First Post, People Skills

What is going on?

I look around myself and see lot of people. Everyone with their own stories?

One can’t help but think how so many people with so many different ideas, thinking about life can really get along.

What sticks us together? Why conflict arise but are an accepted term? How social media (with no intention) effect so much of our thinking? How people react so much to silly ideas but avoid some simple reality like “Coronavirus” on the face. Sheer ignorance on such a deadly disease.

How can a normal person make other people understand? How can we talk to each other without getting offended?

People are difficult to deal with even you are closest to them. (At least how I feel this way). You can’t make them understand things even with best logic or best empathy. Two topics which are highly shared ideas for people skills but in my experience they don’t work.

Problem with logic is simple — Instead of following the reasoning people get offended

Problem with empathy is complex but pretty visible

Even if you are listening deeply other guy may not and most probably will not People are complex & tough with emotional lows and down (even me). So even the best empathy will take years to fully understand how the person exactly think.

My question is simple. Even after so many and ideas are written they are pretty useless because of some simple problems

Too much political correctness — The way romance, brotherhood, friendship are shown in movies, books and series have a huge need. They have to be politically correct or they are banned or hated. The reality is for most of use political correctness is straight way to hell Natural human — What do you think happened 30 years before all this media came and started screwing with our mind. Life was boring, dull and above all average (not saying its a good thing) but this is how real life is.

People don’t agree with you , people don’t start dancing when you dance on street (Bollywood reference), life is not so flashy. It’s tough, challenging.

Young generation think the old customs are stupid, retarded and old people think.

But just think

Our Ancestors developed these customs 1000years of non-media life.

Bollywood correctness came what like 50 years back.

All I am saying is why a very important simply ignored question is not asked/

How to deal with people that works? How do we effect the people around us? How does our tradition effect us?

These discussion are happening at very superficial level and for business purpose but on individual level these are most ignored question.
The beginning
By: Z Writes
Tags: Medium, First Post, Writing, Zoha, Expression Of Self

Well, it’s time. I have joined Medium. I have clapped, commented, and highlighted. I have even joined into the membership so that I too can support the community. Now, it's my time to write. I’ve always been one to keep a running of notes for all the thoughts, opinions and views that I would write about, never to have published. Well, here it is; my start.

Why did I make a Medium?

It all started when I read one Medium article, which lead to another, and then ultimately I became preoccupied by continuously reading a variety of different subjects. Medium to me is a platform in which “everyone has a story to share and the best ones are delivered right to you.”. In fact, I noted how Medium had resembled to twitter alot - which is also social platform i’m also very dedicated to. You could say Medium in comparison to Twitter, consists of longer content and an more algorithmic timeline of various stories and topics of your interest. For being an advocate Twitter user, I decided I wanted to publish my thoughts, stories, views & opinions elsewhere- not to have an engaging audience, but simply to write by letting my own words out.

Not only do I write on social platforms, but I also enjoy handwriting but to more deep and personal content. Words manifest emotions, nourish imagination, and benefiting to heal/process wounds & grief- clearing them out.

I liked Medium because you don’t just brainlessly scroll through pictures and videos without discovering what they are truly about. I’ve naturally always been a very inquisitive person, to know how one’s mind works , what they think and why they choose to perceive things in a certain way- Medium appears to be the ideal platform to captivate this curiosity of mine ; to discover various people solely through their words. This is a platform for people to read, acquire knowledge, and communicate through their words, and I'm excited to let my mind be put into words.
My First Day Of Foster Learning Pakistan (a beautiful day ever)
By: Muhammad Fizan
Tags: First Post

Asslam -o- Alaikum too all….!!! :)

when she entered in the exhibition hall and she said Salam to us in very impressive and energetic way. It was really an awesome behavior i have ever seen. She talked in a very calm, energetic, friendly and nice way. It was totally opposite of my expectations. She was be like that she knows us since for a long time. I am talking about our trainer respected Ms. Hira Javaid from Lahore.

Impressive game

Foster Family

We firstly played a game to active ourselves. It was really awesome moments when we followed what Simon says 👌 but unfortunately we all become failed 👎😆. we become very energetic after playing such type of funny game.

A beautiful Compliment 😍

Compliment on this 😜

When i introduced my self to Ms. Hira, she said, “Looking Good By the way”.

This thing make me more happy and energetic as well LoL. 😜

Foster Road Map

I got shocked when i saw the impressive, beneficial and an awesome road map of foster training Pakistan. It will help us to become a Leader, entrepreneur, a good public speaker, and a confident person.

Foster’s Mission

I can and I will

You vs You, is the mission of Foster. Means we must fight with ourselves to improve our abilities, personality skills and to know what we are and what should we do to improve ourselves.

Warm welcome every time to every one

warm welcome

It was really amazing to see that Ms. Hira was saying Salam to everyperson who entered in the hall even while delivering the lecture and said warm welcome to all and Re-call all the session to take them together.

Bingo 😍 😆 👌

A funny moment 😍

In the end, we played BINGO 👌 but the logic behind this game was to interact with each other in the session. It was also a good and impressive thing.

A Little Party 😍

In the last, we entertained by a little but very precious, lovely and interesting party in which we all got happy just like a hungry man who see the food after some rest 😍 😜

Selfie with Foster Family

A selfie with Foster family 😘

At the end of the session, we took a selfie of Foster family along with respected Ms. Hira Javaid. 😊

That’s all about my first session with foster learning Pakistan.

“This is my first Blog ever, please give your precious and advisory feedback so that, i can improve my blogging. Thanks a lot for reading my blog.”
India a country with no rules
By: Mahul Bhalla
Tags: First Post, Government, Lawsuit, India, Rules

India is the 7th biggest country in the terms of size. India has the longest written constitution in the world but the point is that no one even bothers about the rights which are given by the constitution to us. I know i am writing on a topic which everyone knows. Even if we know each and every wrong aspect of our country then why we don’t take a step against all this. There are many topics on which we can discuss. The biggest topic in today’s world is Relationships. This is the biggest problem in the mind of old age people or people living in backward area. We never punish rapist in our country but we can beat a couple in a train who love each other. Few months ago, in Kolkata Metro, a couple hugged and people around them started beating them. Communities like bajrang dal are not allowing people to have a good perspective. They beat couples just because they are roaming in an open atmosphere. What a perspective! Hats off to the Indian Government! This country people needs to develop their own mind before developing their country. I am going to discuss all the topics in this blog which i think that these topics should be discussed in all the people around. In India, we have bigger problems than all this stuff. People don’t want to change their own perspective but at the same time they also want to change the whole nation. Everyone wants that the country should run according to their mind and thoughts. Indian Government alone cannot do anything. To make a good country, we have to work with the Indian government. If someone feels that something is going wrong in the locality or country, then he/she must raise voice to fight against it. Until Now, we are not able to change anything in this country just because nobody from us wants to raise voice against the government. Some people which raise voice never get support from the locality or the colleagues. To change this nation and to make it a law obeying nation, we all need to raise voice. So its a request, please raise voice against wrong laws and wrong people. I have not written that much in this but i am going to discuss each and everything in my coming blogs. I Hope you liked my perspective.
What should be the mindset before starting to learn something new? Taking the First step.
By: Ak Subodh
Tags: Productivity, First Post, Growth Mindset, Growth, Learning

What should be the mindset before starting to learn something new? Taking the First step. AK Subodh Jun 1·2 min read

Learning always require efforts. But above all what is it that decides whether we fail or succeed? If I start learning a skill today, as an individual in this time of pandemic where any way I could contact peer is virtual, will the old ways work?

Working alone while managing the ongoing semester. Fear of imperfection. Self-assessment revealing the same poor results persistently.

Being daunted by this ever-growing void, I’m somewhere missing out the opportunities. If there’s no one to counter or compare to, then managing my own profile might work.

Almost all the resources and tutorials out there are by the people having considerate amount of experience in their field. This scenario gets reversed when we practice with our peers. They’re inexperienced and learning along with us at their pace which is beautifully challenging and exciting.

The process to attain the flow actually leads to satisfaction while sometimes watching too many people already having rehearsed access to it, leads to unnecessary comparisons and frustration, whether we accept it or not. Truth is, everyone has their individual timeline. Difference is of relativity.

Acceptance is the key.

I was unable to find anyone in my field, at my level whose growth + failure + success+ challenges I could witness and learn freely with them. Hence, deciding to record my own thought process, approach and activities for anyone in a situation like me.

I’ve fear of presenting my work. Divergent interaction between the natures of the subjects I want to pursue and the one I’m studying at college, results into chaos in maintenance of knowledge I gather.

Therefore, I’m working on developing connections between the dots. Somehow it’s easier to find topics to read but problem is too much availability of the content out there. Being a beginner, you’re a dead man the moment you dig in too deep in the first topic you find. The connections I develop definitely are based on the assumptions on the data I could find. Hence,process is based on trial-an-error.

This post is to just mark the Day1. All the plannings and challenges I plan to undertake are part of second post.

P.S: If it reaches you, I’m really happy to find you! It was surprising to find out that even a loner being like me could miss observing people from a distance. Contribution of people in our lives is significant, even if their interaction is minimum.

Happy First step!
Single round-robin tournament problem
By: David Huang
Tags: First Post, Optimization, Gurobi, Python, Scheduling

Obj = LinExpr()

for k in range(0,n):

for m in range(0,n-1):

Obj+=y[k,m]

M.setObjective(Obj*2,GRB.MINIMIZE)

在setObj乘2，因為這邊只會記錄到連續主場的break，但我們客場也要~

接著是限制式

這邊要注意addTerms的使用方式

當有兩個以上係數時，前面用矩陣去對應

#set constraint

for m in range(0,n-1):

for l in range(0,n):

cons[0] = LinExpr()

for k in range(0,n):

cons[0].addTerms([1,1],[x[k,l,m],x[l,k,m]])

M.addConstr(cons[0]==1)



for k in range(0,n):

for l in range(0,n):

if(k!=l):

cons[1] = LinExpr()

for m in range(0,n-1):

cons[1].addTerms([1,1],[x[k,l,m],x[l,k,m]]) #x[k,l,m]+x[l,k,m]

M.addConstr(cons[1]==1)



for m in range(0,n-2):

for k in range(0,n):

cons[2] = LinExpr()

for l in range(0,n):

cons[2].addTerms([1,1], [x[k,l,m],x[k,l,m+1]])

M.addConstr(cons[2]<=y[k,m]+1)

最後我準備個clock紀錄elapsed time

因為一定很驚人

starttime = time.time()

M.optimize()

endtime = time.time()



for v in M.getVars():

print(‘%s %g’%(v.varName,v.x))



print(‘Obj:%g’%M.objVal)



except GurobiError as e:

print(‘Error code ‘ + str(e.errno) + “: “ + str(e))



except AttributeError:

print(‘Encountered an attribute error’)



print(‘Total:’,endtime-starttime)

結果 / 過程

結果 / 時間、Obj

Total = total time, Obj = min break

Gurobi有一個很方便的方式可以call出所有值，方便確認模型有沒有錯誤

for v in M.getVars():

print('%s %g'%(v.varName,v.x))



print('Obj:%g'%M.objVal)

這邊整理了結果：

當 n = ? / Elapsed time (sec)

* 4 / 0.075

* 6 / 0.12

* 8 / 2.312

* 10 / 1080.774

* 12 / 60000+

* 14 … 直接放棄

以上是自己的實驗過程，若有錯誤的話請多指教，新手入門請多包涵~~~

Reference： https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262220459_Minimization_of_the_number_of_breaks_in_sports_scheduling_problems_using_constraint_programmin
I’ve never been arranged.
Tags: First Post, Life, First Impressions

I’ve never been arranged.

All’s my life, I’ve been erratic. I don’t know how to describe it. Its such a pain to concentrate. My thoughts wander, like Wonder Woman on a quest. Related but Unrelated words calling out to me without form or function.

I don’t remember things. Attention span? What’s that? Can I eat shawarma with it? I guess not.

When do things like this denigrate from quirks to flaws? After all, I should be making eye contract when you speak. I shouldn’t be distracted by the curve of your bosom, nestled firmly against soft silk. I shouldn’t think about the shape of lips, puckered most times, threatening favors unleashed. Wow, I’m really writing. I’m doing it!

When I was 7, I wrote a book. My handwriting was soo poor, I couldn’t read most parts of it. But writing is time and patience and I had neither. I’ve always envied people with calligraphic writings, gifted by the gods to properly spin aesthetics on paper, the record of time.

Wow. Marijuana is a hell of a drug. I’ve had quite the week, up and downs ( sounds like a sexual activity butt fuck it) it’s been largely cool. No lies therapy been working, I hope.

I actually did it. I wrote words in a clean sheet of paper. I conquered the parched, dead slate that is an empty sheet and filled it with actual human words.

Hurray.
How to spend first year in engineering?
By: Jasjot Singh
Tags: College, First Post, First Year, Engineering

Hello friends!

This article I have specially designed out of my experience and study and is about how to get started in very first year of engineering life.when we enter our college there is a lot of things which we worry about like -

1)culture of the institute

2)How to make adjustments in our own

3)new friend circle

4)beginning of freedom era

5)how much to study in college

6)how to approach my career

and the list is endless

But my friends do not worry.Today everything I will put forward in front of you.My aim today will be to explain you the 5 most important tips on how to proceed.

1.Explore,explore and explore:

The first thing I should say that when you go anywhere in your college just get all about the place.Ask from your seniors whichever topic interests you about your college(Do not fear about ragging until you are in the boundaries of your college).Get to know about all the clubs,societies and extract all the information about environment of your campus.

2.Manage:

The real problem to engineering students is that that until secondary education they deal and spend their time only in education.So the problem they face in college is about how to manage time between their studies and their extra co-curricular activities.The ones who remain studious are able to get good scores but they feel neglected and are called nerds.The ones who like the society of college get away from studies and they also get shock when they hear their results.

3.Smart work:

Just manage to do smart work in your college.What I mean to say is that do smart study by working only on important parts and quickly wrapping unimportant content, do smart friendship that is do friendship to that extent until there is no peer pressure on you.You agree to your friends opinion meanwhile putting forward yours also.Also do smart adjustments in hostels,campus,canteen etc.

4.Come in spotlight:

It is very necessary that you come forward in some particular field very strongly whichever is your favorite.It is mandatory because if you cannot prove yourself different from others in one unique way in first year you will not be able to do it in upcoming years also.So master one skill,there should be at least one reason to shine yourself.

5.Decide your priorities:

By the time you reach at the end of your first year you should be able to develop your priorities in every field.I am not talking about academics.I just want to say that you should know who is the best to chill with,who is best to talk about studies,who is best to spend leisure time with,which is the best way to engage my career,who is my best friend and so on.These priorities will help you a lot in your whole life even after your college.
Backpropagation in Neural Networks
By: Sourav Agarwal
Tags: Backpropagation, Machine Learning, First Post, Neural Networks

Neural networks solve complex non-linear problems. There are various categories into which neural networks are classified. Broadly speaking: Supervised learning, Unsupervised learning and Reinforcement learning neural networks are the major categories.

In this article we talk about an important learning algorithm of supervised neural networks, backpropagation.

Supervised learning is similar to how a child learns. The child is rewarded or punished and the child learns from the result. Similarly, the model generates an output and based on the result, it adjusts its parameters to generate better results.

This learning phase consists of two major tasks. First is to propagate the error back to the model based on the result and second is to update the parameters based on the propagated error or loss.

Backpropagation takes care of the first task. It efficiently computes the gradient of the loss with respect to various parameters and propagates them all the way through the network. It uses chain rule to compute such gradients and iterates backwards from the output layer all the way to the input layer.

However, backpropagation in general terms is also sometimes referred to the entire learning phase in supervised learning (including both the first and the second task), hence the confusion.

Thank you. I hope this article helps you in some way. This article takes reference from wikipedia and deep learning course offered by padhai .
Why start writing?
By: Fabricio Tramontano Pirini
Tags: Motivation, First Post, Hobby, Knowledge Sharing, Writting

Hi, everyone. My name is Fabricio Pirini and this is my first attempt to write here on Medium. I always liked the idea of sharing knowledge and I try to do it with colleges and friends but that is it. To push myself further, I decided to start writing on Medium since it seems like the best place to share my thoughts about a specific subject, new subjects I'm studying and the challenges I'm facing. Some time ago, I read a quote that goes like this:

Knowledge is one of the only things that when shared, it multiplies

Unfortunately, I could not find the author of this quote, yet, it resonates with me and all knowledge that I have today was taught or inspired by someone else, a big part of it came from Medium articles so that is why I chose this platform to start my writing practice.

The final push to start writing happened this week when I read this passage on Reddit from user 0_to_1:

…In any domain that you participate in, you are either a consumer or a creator. Almost always, the most fulfilled members of any particular domain that I have observed are the ones who have a solid balance between consumption and creation. If you choose to continue with gaming, find a way to add social and creative value to your gaming experience — lan parties, youtube channel, cosplay, etc. Whatever you do, don’t just be a consumer. That turns you into a black hole of other peoples creations. On the other side, nothing burns you out on an interest like putting all your energy creating merely for the sake of creating or to maintain the validation you’re getting from people consuming your content. My recommendation is trying to find that balance that allows you to enjoy your own personal consumption of the interest but don’t purely be a creator either…

This passage made me think I am a consumer nowadays and I consume A LOT of content but I am grabbing objects from the basket and not putting anything back inside it. I AM a black hole and I NEED to balance the equation! I am willing to do a weekly post on a subject of my choice (very high chances it will be on technology, growth mindset or productivity).

Since this is an introductory post, I will do a short introduction about myself. I am a Computer Engineer working almost 1 year as a Full-stack Software Developer, using React/Redux for Frontend, Node.js/Express for API, Python for Backend and MongoDB for Storage. I had no prior experience with them, except for Python and native Javascript, and it has been a rewarding challenge to learn and be able to implement the bleeding edge technology in a meaningful company-sized project. By far, Python and Javascript are my favorite languages, even though I had a lot of fun with my last side project using Clojure but that deserves a whole another post.

What I am more excited about writing here is definitely the feedback I can have. My initial plan is to share my decisions during the projects and how I chose to implement them and I hope I can start a discussion on the subject. Feedback is HIGHLY appreciated! haha
My art journey – my first teacher
Tags: First Post, Ode To Mother, Artist, Art

Well, am assuming this is how it happened, as I only have vague memories of scribbling on walls, papers, sketchbooks and even doing imaginary paintings in the air, sand and the candle shadow casts during a power cut. I am sure my mother was thrilled to see how art captivated me as it had done her, and cultivated this desire in me to see everything with a creative eye.

It has been almost 28 years since I began creating art, boy that is a long time! What better way to celebrate than my first medium post :)

The most important lesson I learnt in my journey is “Never stop learning”.

From a pencil sketch, to using markers and colour pencils, to pigment pens, charcoals, pastels, to my first cartoon sketch, drawing a million lines, mixing my first poster colours, creating my first water colour painting, experimenting with mixed media with tutoring from some amazing artists, jumping into an art college and walking into a whole new world of mediums like acrylics, styrofoam and now the jump into the crazy world of digital art. It has been quite a ride so far, and will continue to be so. Everyday is a new beginning, and the desire to learn never ends.

Maybe someday I will give ode to the rest of my teachers, but today, it is time to thank my mother for being my first and my best teacher! She taught me perseverance and curiosity. These changed my life.