Genetic Algorithms (GA) are a subclass of evolutionary algorithms that emulate natural evolution. Darwin’s theory on natural selection states that the fittest individuals are the ones which reproduce. Following this theory, genetic algorithms are composed of three main phases: selection, reproduction, and mutation that attempt to copy the working mechanisms of nature. Genetic algorithms are […]
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Resumen y reseña de “Cómo hacer que cualquiera se enamore de usted” de Leil Lowndes
Leil Lowndes es una experta reconocida a nivel mundial en relaciones. En su libro “Cómo hacer que cualquiera se enamore de usted” nos asegura que el amor tiene reglas para ambos sexos. Hay ciertas características que hacen una persona del sexo opuesto mas atractiva. Nos pasamos muchas horas frente el espejo intentando mejorar nuestro peinado […]
New Year’s Resolutions 2021: Building a healthy lifestyle
Life is a never-ending learning process. For many years I have been writing publicly my new year resolutions (2020, 2019, etc) and my own assessments at the end of the year (2020, 2019, etc). It is a practice that I find useful to reflect on oneself decide what to keep and what to change. This […]
2020 resolutions revised: Incredible plot twist and the new normal
What an incredible 2020! One year ago nobody would have expected this, and now the whole world has normalized this “new normal”. A bat flu has crashed all world economies and united mankind for the research of a vaccine to overcome this new virus. I guess nobody had a pandemic in the apocalypse bingo for […]
EASY install anaconda on macOS using homebrew
Installing anaconda on a macOS is not a simple task. Sometimes it requires a lot of troubleshooting, like setting the right shell initialization. To solve this I propose to install anaconda through homebrew. All of these commands are performed through the terminal unless otherwise specified in step 3. 1. Install homebrew /bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL […]
Moral hazard…
…that occurs when people don’t have skin in the game. If you’re able to place a bet and you get the wins but you won’t bear the losses why don’t you go all in every time? We should look for people that have skin in the game, they can still err but at least they […]
Theodore Roosevelt “The Strenuous Life” (1899)
Following my Theodore Roosevelt stack of quotes here you can find some segments of “The Strenuous Life” speech he gave in 1899. Each of the following paragraphs represents a segment. I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor […]
Citizenship in a Republic By Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
Here there are some quotes from the Citizenship in a Republic By Theodore Roosevelt that I found were worth keeping and reflecting upon. Each of the following paragraphs represents a segment. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds […]
Is “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” wrong?
What doesn’t kill you kills the weak and gives you the perception that you became stronger.
Conspicuous consumption
Conspicuous: Attracting notice or attention. Consumption: The action of using up a resource. The fusion of both words, conspicuous consumption, is a term coined by Thorstein Veblen in 1899 but it is easily applicable to modern society. It is an economic theory that does not shine optimism. Based on the meaning of the words separately […]