making sense of the world one day at a time. Today I read an article about the house values dropping considerably in the eastern part of the city. The part of the city that is predominantly Black and Brown. I felt anger, yes. But I also felt torn. I live in the western part of the city, and our values stayed the same.

A Step by Step Backpropagation Example. Backpropagation is a common method for training a neural network. There is no shortage of papers. Online that attempt to explain how backpropagation works, but few that include an example with actual numbers. This post is my attempt to explain how it works with a concrete example that folks can compare their own calculations to in order to ensure they understand backpropagation correctly.

The Skull and Dagger Dramatic Society. At San Diego State University. This spring on the Don Powell Theatre.

Running at High Speeds with Scissors. As someone who knows me both academically and personally her affirmation and encouragement was that last push I needed to renew my confidence. This was my face on the inside. 24 Questions Black People Have for White People. The Souls of White Folks,. How does it feel to be a problem? Last .