Tag: Loss

When I got divorced in 2017, I fell into a horrible depression. I have told the story many times how I lived on protein shakes for longer than I should have because cooking real food and chewing it required more energy that I could muster. Weight loss ensued. It was not my intention. It was a maj...

The week the father is cremated in Cannes — ending an era and almost the family line — and a day after collecting the ashes in an urn the size of an oil drum and just as heavy (he was a big man), the woman wakes up in a tree house to fresh morning sunlight and birdsong in the forest. ...

I used to say that I learned to love the day my daughter Evie was placed in my arms, her umbilical cord literally tethering her to me. Her leaving for college in August was yet another right of passage for my heart that has adapted continuously as she and my sons Jack and Henry have grown, relying o...

“I dreamt we still had the shop.” The words are thick coming out of his mouth, and his eyes are shut tight. He is postponing the reality that’ll confront him when he wakes. I’m standing in our bedroom doorway and hesitate a moment before going to him. This is called ...

The Las Vegas Raiders suffered a humiliating 30–12 loss to the Chicago Bears after struggling on both sides of the ball. With Sunday’s defeat, the Raiders’ win-loss record this season drops to 3–4. They rank second in the AFC West division. Quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and Aid...

The Los Angeles Lakers lost their second preseason game to the Golden State Warriors on Friday, 129–125, despite a strong first half, ultimately falling in a late fourth-quarter collapse. “It sucks to lose, but a lot of great things to draw from,” said head coach Darvin Ham. ...

Still groggy and shuffling to the bathroom, I noticed 27 messages flashing on my answering machine. Who is blowing up my phone I wondered. I pushed play, rewinding the mini cassette. Caller after caller asked if I was OK and did I see it or can you believe this. I&rsquo...

According to a NASA-funded study in Science, half of the world’s glaciers will vanish with just 1.5°C of warming by 2100. And we are already getting uncomfortably close to that dooming temperature increase set by the 2015 Paris Agreement this year, not in...

The harrowing tale of Britney Jones, a 31-year-old pregnant mother of four, unfolded tragically when she became a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her fiancé, Dante Marquez Bender. The devastating incident not only claimed Britney’s life but also resulted in the death of Offi...

We have just had the first two Republican primaries, Iowa and New Hampshire In Iowa he received 52%, so he failed to obtain at least 90% of the votes a prior President should receive. In New Hampshire he received only 59%, so he failed by 30 %. What I see is a massive rejection of his agenda, If ...

Are you on the quest for effective and sustainable weight loss in Fort Lauderdale? Look no further! Liquivida®, a trusted weight loss clinic in Fort Lauderdale, offers innovative solutions to help you achieve your fitness goals. In this article, we’ll delve into the exciting ...

In past articles, we have seen how neural networks approximate non-linearities and the reason for their extraordinary efficiency. In this article, let us expand our understanding by exploring loss functions. Firstly, what exactly is a loss function, and what purpose does it serve? To answer our q...

Let’s kick off by first understanding what exactly is a loss function. A loss function is a magic wand that converts theoretical concepts into practical reality. Loss function helps us identify and understand the efficiency of a statistical function / model by estimating the variation of predi...

Regression is a machine learning task where the goal is to predict a real value based on a set of feature vectors. There exists a large variety of regression algorithms: linear regression, logistic regression, gradient boosting or neural networks. During training, each of these algorithms adjusts th...