kirankamath.hashnode.devUnlocking Efficiency: How Bloom Filters Save Space and Supercharge Data AccessBloom filters stand out as a clever and efficient way to determine whether an element is a member of a set. This probabilistic data structure is particularly useful when dealing with large datasets and applications where memory efficiency and fast se...Sep 19, 2023·7 min read
kirankamath.hashnode.devWhy should one minute be 60 seconds and not 100 seconds?To understand why 60 seconds.Let's see where all this began? Well, to start with, we have to know about the history of the Babylonian period. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC. They decided 24 h...Jun 12, 2021·3 min read
kirankamath.hashnode.devMeasures of Similarity and DistanceIn statistics, a similarity measure is a real-valued function that quantifies the similarity between two objects. The purpose of a measure of similarity is to compare two vectors and compute a single number which evaluates their similarity. The main ...Jun 12, 2021·5 min read
kirankamath.hashnode.devIs Confusion Matrix really Confusing?After reading this blog, I am sure you will not be confused with the confusion matrix. Let's get started. The confusion matrix is the table that is used to describe the performance of the model. We can use accuracy as a metric to analyze the perfor...May 30, 2021·4 min read
kirankamath.hashnode.devBetween Stimulus and response - We have freedom of ChoiceStimulus is an event that happens to us, and response is our reaction or action towards that event.We respond in a particular way to a particular stimulus. But in between stimulus and response, We have the freedom to choose how we respond.And based...May 3, 2021·3 min read