Travel
Nepal on foot
Being an alpinism enthousiast and a mountain lover it was only natural that I visit Nepal at some point in my life. I eventually ended up joining my brother and two of his friends on this trip, the tour of …
Travel
Mongolia by Motorbike
I was skyping with my brother discussing potential travel destination when we finally agreed on what would become a great adventure. Rent motorcycles in Oulan-Bator and ride Mongolia and Camp. We searched a bit on internet on how to do …
Travel
USA West coast roadtrip
In August 2012 I left with two friends to visit he famous tour of the West Coast. It was quite easy to find hotels, campgrounds, gas stations or places to shop and eat and there are so many things to …
Travel
Iceland Roadtrip
In May 2012 I left with a bunch of friends to explore the mysterious Iceland. Herding a bunch of young guys through an island of ice implies a lot of preparation and planning, especially concerning where we sleep. We organized …
Reading notes
Book notes – The coaching habit
Author : Michael Bungay Stanier Say less, ask more & Change the way you lead forever Build an habit of coaching regularly Ask just one question at a time and wait for the answer The kickstart question : What’s on …
Reading notes
Book notes – The Outsiders
Author : William N. Thorndike, Jr. The book looks at 8 CEOs with a common pattern of behaviour : Tom Murphy and Capital Cities (Media + Broadcasting) Henry Singleton and Teledyne (Electronics, industry) Bill anders and General Dynamics (Defense) John …
Personal development
Book notes – The subtle art of not giving a fuck
Author : Mark Manson Good values are : Reality based Socially constructive Immediate and controllable Some examples : Honesty Innovation Vulnerability Standing up for oneself Standing up for others Self respect Curiosity Charity Humility Creativity Bad values are : Superstitious …
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Book notes – 12 rules for life
Author : Jordan B Peterson Rule 1 : Stand up straight with your shoulders back Sleep on predictable schedule and eat fat, protein breakfast. If you present yourself as defeated, then people will react to you as if your are …
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Book notes – The end is always near
Author : Dan Carlin Chapter 1 : Do tough times make for tougher people ? Hard times makes people resilient and tough, easy times makes people more easy going Chapter 2 : Suffer the children Children suffered more before and …
Andrew NG Machine Learning Course
ML 05: Logistic Regression
Classification Where y is a discrete value Develop the logistic regression algorithm to determine what class a new input should fall into Classification problems Email -> spam/not spam? Online transactions -> fraudulent? Tumor -> Malignant/benign Variable in these problems is Y Y is …