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Kickstarting your ML projects using pre-trained models from IBM’s MAX

One of the biggest challenge when you want to use ML in your project is training models using right data. It’ not super tough if you have enough data to build a model but most of the time when I want to quickly experiment, i don’t necessarily have the data for it, forget...

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Almost Everything You Need to Know About Kannada Transliteration

Wikipedia says Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways. For Kannada we usually use Latin letters to represent1 Kannada script. Most of the time this conversion is based on phonetic similarity. It sounds simple but...

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Using SQLite with Libreoffice Base on Linux

I love SQLIte for its simplicity, portability and stability. Most of my personal projects use SQLite as the database. For most I suggest using DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project which has a great UI, is open source and cross-platform. But I still know some who like to use LibreOffice Base. LibreOffice is...

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Freedom Struggle is a Continuous Process

August 15th is one of those days for which we would wait. It’s a happy day when we get to hear the stories of revolutionaries. Sing and dance to celebrate it. It’s also the day that would make me think, what would I do if I was there, then. i.e amongst the rest...

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Getting Started with Zeroplus LAP Educator 8 Ch Logic Analyzer

Logic Analyzer is a good tool to have on your work bench. You read about my experiments with cheap knockoff last time. Now I have a Zeroplus LAP Educator1. It’s a 8 channel Logic Analyzer targeted at DIY community. In fact its a part of a kit which includes an Arduino based kit...

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Learn Kannada using Flash Cards

I started Nithya Kannada – ನಿತ್ಯ ಕನ್ನಡ a month back, along with a friend. Nithya Kannada – ನಿತ್ಯ ಕನ್ನಡ is simple and quick learning material to learn Kannada. It’s a collection of audio files. Each audio file is a simple conversation in English and Kannada. It also contains text in English, Kannada Transliterated...