Tag: Conventional

Break Your Chains: The Liberating Power of Defying Conventional Wisdom

Once in a while, we encounter ourselves imprisoned by the stout chains of conventional wisdom, the societal norms we’ve grown to accept as unchallengeable laws. However, on choosing to confront this wisdom, to shatter these shackling chains, an exhilarating force of liberation awaits. Let&rsqu...

Break Your Chains: The Liberating Power of Defying Conventional Wisdom

Once in a while, we encounter ourselves imprisoned by the stout chains of conventional wisdom, the societal norms we’ve grown to accept as unchallengeable laws. However, on choosing to confront this wisdom, to shatter these shackling chains, an exhilarating force of liberation awaits. Let&rsqu...

Challenging Conventional Paradigms with Indie Games — Calxylian

The Impact and Significance of Indie Games in Gaming Culture Indie games challenge mainstream culture with their inventive concepts and broad appeal, as evident in titles like Minecraft and Stardew Valley. Lesser-known developers like Lucas Pope and Zachary Barth achieve success th...

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 ...