Dan AllisonHow to manage sleepinessSome strategies for people with narcolepsyFeb 20, 2022Feb 20, 2022
Dan AllisonHow to reduce brain fog using mental talkBrain fog is a general term for mild cognitive impairment or a lack of mental clarity. Mental talk can be used to cut through the fog.Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
Dan AllisonImproving quality of life amidst health strugglesOver the past few years, I’ve been struggling with a number of health problems, primarily narcolepsy. Last year, due to worsening side…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Dan AllisonRiley Gale, 1986–2020Last week, my childhood best friend Riley Gale passed away. Most people knew him as the lead singer of thrash metal band Power Trip.Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
Dan AllisonDimensionality Reduction with UMAPUMAP is like t-SNE, but faster and more general-purpose.Sep 22, 2018Sep 22, 2018
Dan AllisonTools Are Not SkillsIn 2009, I was in animation school. One thing that our teachers repeatedly emphasized was how fast the field of computer graphics evolves…Aug 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018
Dan AllisonHow to Encode the Cyclic Properties of Time with PythonWhen dealing with timestamp data in the context of machine learning, it’s important to encode the properties of time so that your model can…Jun 4, 2018Jun 4, 2018
Dan AllisonSurvivorship Bias in Database SystemsAlgorithmic bias in machine learning systems has been a hot topic recently, but statistical bias more generally is as old as statistics…Jun 3, 2018Jun 3, 2018
