Thoughts after taking the Deeplearning.ai courses of Andrew Ng

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Between a full time job and a toddler at home, I spend my spare time learning about the ideas in cognitive science & AI. Once in a while a great paper/video/course comes out and you’re instantly hooked.

Andrew Ng’s new deeplearning.ai course is like that Shane Carruth or Rajnikanth movie that one yearns for!

Naturally, as soon as the course was released on coursera, I registered and spent the past 4 evenings binge watching the lectures, working through quizzes and programming assignments.

 

The article

Machine learning (Coursera)

Deep learning specialization (Coursera)

Fear is America’s top-selling consumer product. By Lewis H. Lapham (Petrified Forest)

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.. the distinctions between what Sigmund Freud in 1917 defines as real fear and neurotic fear, the former a rational and comprehensible response to the perception of clear and present danger, the latter “free-floating,” anxious expectation attachable to any something or nothing that catches the eye or the ear, floats the shadow on a wall or a wind in the trees.

.. people without a feeling of power over the outer world neither flee nor fight.

Fear is the foundation of all government, the law, or the commandment that maintains peace on earth, the hold on property, goodwill toward men. Several contributors to this issue speak authoritatively to the point, among them the Greek dramatist Aeschylus in 458 BC; Niccolò Machiavelli, sixteenth-century courtier and historian; Thomas Hobbes; and Andrés Bernáldez.

 

http://laphamsquarterly.org/fear

http://laphamsquarterly.org/fear/petrified-forest

Beaver Builder

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Custom module developer guide

http://kb.wpbeaverbuilder.com/article/124-custom-module-developer-guide#overview

Create a plugin

  • Make a new folder in plugins: bb-plugin-custom
  • Create a php file with the same name: bb-plugin-custom.php
  • Copy-paste this in the file:<?php
    /**
    * Plugin Name: My Custom Modules
    * Plugin URI: http://www.mywebsite.com
    * Description: Custom modules for the Beaver Builder Plugin.
    * Version: 1.0
    * Author: Your Name
    * Author URI: http://www.mywebsite.com
    */

    define( ‘MY_MODULES_DIR’, plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );
    define( ‘MY_MODULES_URL’, plugins_url( ‘/’, __FILE__ ) );
    function my_load_module_examples() {
    if ( class_exists( ‘FLBuilder’ ) ) {
    // Include your custom modules here.
    }
    }
    add_action( ‘init’, ‘my_load_module_examples’ );

  • Edit the information such as Plugin Name and Author. You should also rename the constants MY_MODULES_DIR and MY_MODULES_URL to match your plugin’s namespace, keeping the _DIRand _URL suffixes.

Add a module to your plugin

 

Overriding built-In modules

Any of the built-in modules can be overridden within your theme by following the steps below.

1. Create a new folder in your theme’s folder named fl-builder.

2. Create a new folder within your theme’s fl-builder folder named modules.

3. Copy the module you wish to override from wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/modulesto your theme’s fl-builder/modules folder.

That’s it! You can now start editing the module to suit your needs. Note that even though you can customize the module’s code, the module’s folder name, main PHP file name, and main class name must remain unchanged to be recognized by the builder.

If you’re not seeing your changes, try clearing the Page Builder cache.