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Seyma Tas Seyma Tas
Updated on April 29, 2025

Garbage Collection in Python: A Tutorial

Garbage collection in Python is an automated memory management process that deletes objects when they’re no longer in use. Learn how it works.

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Sanketh Balakrishna Sanketh Balakrishna
Updated on April 29, 2025

How Data Replication Can Help You Get the Most Out of Your Database

Data replication is the process of creating multiple copies of data across different systems or locations. Here’s how it can help you get the most out of your database needs.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on April 29, 2025

An Introduction to Double Deep Q-Learning

Double deep Q-learning reduces overestimated action values in deep Q-learning by splitting the max operation in the target into separate action selection and action evaluation steps, resulting in more stable and accurate learning.

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David Koff David Koff
Updated on April 29, 2025

Base 12: An Introduction

Base 12, also called duodecimal, is a numeral system that uses 12 as its base. Here is how the base 12 system works.

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Bill Canady Bill Canady
Updated on April 29, 2025

The Butterfly Effect in Tech: Why Your Startup Plan Will Never Be Perfect — and How to Adapt

In this book excerpt, our expert explains what chaos theory can tell you about growing your business.

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Patrick Gruhn Patrick Gruhn
Updated on April 28, 2025

Is Crypto Finally Headed in the Right Direction?

Cryptocurrency ownership is on the rise, but is this new trend sustainable? Our expert examines what crypto’s new season means for its future. 

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on April 23, 2025

A Deep Dive Into Deep Q-Learning

Deep Q-learning is a reinforcement learning algorithm that uses deep neural networks to approximate the Q-values for each possible action based on a given state. It is an extension of the Q-learning algorithm.

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Stepan Solovev Stepan Solovev
Updated on April 23, 2025

Big Tech Is Tightening Control of Public Data. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

Big Tech platforms are redefining the rules around public data. Our expert examines what that could mean for the digital marketplace. 

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Ronn Torossian Ronn Torossian
Updated on April 23, 2025

What Does the Google Ad Tech Monopoly Verdict Mean for Digital Advertising?

The U.S. Department of Justice won a landmark case against Google, so what happens next?

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Eric Kleppen Eric Kleppen
Updated on April 23, 2025

How to Practice Word2Vec for NLP Using Python

Word2vec is a natural language processing (NLP) technique used to represent words as vectors, where vectors close together in the vector space indicate they have similar contexts. Here's how to vectorize text using word2vec, Gensim and Plotly.

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