Threshold

Becoming an Adult Orphan — Threshold: the starting point for a new state or experience. Shortly after I got married, my 64 year-old mother lost her battle with breast cancer. Seven years later my father joined her. I was 39 and an orphan. It sounds strange to say it that way, but that was how…

In his ‘Introduction: The Concept of Liminality’, in Margins and Thresholds: An Enquiry into the Concept of Liminality in Text Studies, Dr. …

This morning I was washing my face when I felt a sore spot on my cheek. Upon closer inspection I was somewhat surprised to discover that it was a pimple. I am almost 56 years old. And I got a pimple. In a wrinkle. Can we talk about that for…

Threshold (T) is a community-driven network created by the on-chain consolidation of the Keep Network and NuCypher decentralized networks. Threshold (T) was developed by Matt Luongo, MacLane Wilkinson and Michael Egorov, founders of the Keep Network and NuCypher projects. Threshold claims that it offers alternatives for users to keep their…

Liminal space (a term coined by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep in his 1909 book The Rites of Passage) refers to a threshold or in-between state or place, such as a transitional period or a state of ambiguity. It is often used in the context of rituals or ceremonies to describe…

Yesterday I took my children swimming at St George’s Lake. Normally I go alone with the kids. Sometimes my mum joins us or I bump into a friend there, and for a brief moment I can leave the kids on the bank and have a swim. A proper swim. Yesterday…

What is Imbalanced Data ? Imbalanced data is a condition where the target composition is not evenly distributed for each class. This condition is a common thing to happen considering that not all targets are not commonplace, for example credit card fraud cases must have a smaller number than those…

Beyond the cancer seas and into the menopause mountain It was dank. I think in Scotland they would call this day a dreich day. A day filled with mist and cold and little sun. Not a day for an adventure for most, more a day of firesides, steaming drinks and…