Brushing

How machine learning can lead to exploring relations in data. — Brushing is an interaction technique which allows users to select and highlight particular data points in a visualization by “painting” over them. Brushing has become very widely used in visualizations, allowing users to explore the relations in data quickly and effectively. Each brushing variant comes with its own tradeoffs in…

Are you aware of your daily using toothpaste? — As little as we find to know about it, the toothpaste which we use plays a huge part in our daily life. As I have explained in my previous articles, we should brush twice per day to keep all the structures in the oral cavity healthier. Fluoride is one of…

Why did so many Americans receive strange packages they didn’t think they’d ordered? — By Chris Heath Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, sat atop his stallion Smokey and faced the camera. It was Saturday, August 1, 2020. Miller had a message to share. “Good morning, patriots,” Miller began, raising the coiled lasso in his right hand by way of greeting. “I don’t know…

Some of us claim we’re not consistent at anything. On second thought, we’re much more consistent at something than we think. A good number of us brush daily, right?! But then there are days when you forget to. What happens next? Do you quit brushing forever? Or you pick up from where you left off the next days. Consistency doesn’t only mean showing up every day, It also means showing up even on days after you’ve missed a chance to.

“Brush your knee,” the svelte Tai Chi teacher says. I glance to see how she’s brushing her knee. She stands on one foot and seems to touch her knee with her other knee. Egads! I try to lift my foot. It weighs like cement and refuses to leave the floor. …