Tag: Wisdoms

Working with Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom

Why work with Athena? Athena is known by many names such as Minerva, Pallas Athene or Parthenos Athene — which translates to “virgin Athena” — reflecting her strong connection to independence and strength of character. As such, she can provide invaluable spiritual advice r...

When Conventional Wisdom Fails: Revisiting Data Augmentation for Self-Driving Cars

The original paper showed that cutout can significantly improve accuracy for vision applications. Because of this, I was surprised that when I applied it to our data, our detection mmAP decreased. I searched our data pipeline for the problem and found something even more surprising: all of the ...

Islamic Wisdom: Haya: More Than Just Modesty

Hello, Dear Readers and followers, welcome back to my new story, I hope all’s well. People always strive to find happiness and tranquility in their lives. Islam contains a good moral code of living. Haya’ (or Al-Haya’) is a key constituent of this code. Modesty is a widely used ter...

The Timeless Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius: Lessons on Living a Good Life

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is known for his philosophical musings in his work Meditations. Written in the second century AD, this Stoic text provides timeless guidance on how to live a good life. Though Aurelius wrote this mainly for himself, his insightful aphorisms contain universal truths ...