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He who is brave is free.
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What is Turbulence
Using latent space regression to analyze and leverage compositionality in GANs
Euler’s Formula Visualized
Deep Dream
DeepDream is an experiment that visualizes the patterns learned by a neural network. Similar to when a child watches clouds and tries to interpret random shapes, DeepDream over-interprets and enhances the patterns it sees in an image.
Upcoming Podcast
Friday Episode
Coming Friday at 6pm CET, I will release a new podcast Alex Castillo who was a Software Engineer at Netflix and left to pursue his dream to build Neurosity. He is very passionate about the human brain and how we can use technology to understand it better. Neurosity is reimagining brain-computer interfaces and neuro-powered applications.
Topic: Brain Computer Programming - Mind Controlled Computer with Neurosity 🧠
Early Access: https://patreon.com/theengiineer
Went Live This Week
A new podcast with Reuven Lerner went live this week! Reuven created one of the first 100 Web sites in the world just after graduating from MIT’s computer science department. He opened Lerner Consulting in 1995, and has been offering training services since 1996.
Topic: Python Workouts 💻
📚 His book: http://bit.ly/30jgp8j
Early Access: https://patreon.com/theengiineer
Visualize Ideas
“Go the extra mile, it's never crowded there.”
– Dr W.D. Dyer
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Tool of the Week
Final Cut Pro X
Some people asked me what software I use to edit all of my videos. The answer is Final Cut Pro X from Apple. I have used the Adobe Creative Suite in the beginning and the only products remaining that I use from them are Photoshop and Lightroom. Problem was that Premiere Pro always crashed or had some runtime issues. Another big factor for switching was the OS compatibility, I feel that every software that Apple brings runs way better with their operating system.
DaVinci Resolve (if you look for a non-Apple alternative) and Final Cut Pro X base their performance on the user’s GPU compared to Premiere Pro which heavily relies on the CPU (it is still a critical element for smooth operations though, make no mistake!) but as for load balancing, Resolve and FCPX prefer GPU from what I have researched. Rendering is a lot quicker which saves me more time in the end, for me that’s totally worth the investment! Apart from the fact that you pay once for FCPX and the Adobe Suite costs you a fortune if you are aiming for a long term “editing career” ;-)
Favourite Animation
Meme of the Week
Just do it.
Closing Remarks
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Jousef