Michael A. AlcornA Python User’s Response to “Python Criticism from a Julia Perspective”A colleague recently brought an article titled “Python Criticism from a Julia Perspective” to my attention. I didn’t really agree with any…3 min read·Aug 25, 2022----
Michael A. AlcornHow Wrong Was Ioannidis?This video was censored on YouTube.12 min read·Jun 18, 2020--3--3
Michael A. AlcornWhen a Scientist Survives a StrokeAt approximately 9:00 PM on Tuesday May 14th, 2019, my 28-year-old marathon-running, scuba diving, Ph.D.-earning wife collapsed in our…22 min read·Aug 1, 2019----
Michael A. AlcornYet Another PCA ExplanationI saw a post (since deleted) the other day on /r/MLQuestions asking about PCA and it made me re-realize that PCA, despite being commonly…15 min read·Jul 21, 2019----
Michael A. AlcornMy Grad School ApplicationsI’ve applied to graduate school three times in my life — each time under rather different circumstances and with different goals.6 min read·Jul 20, 2018--2--2
Michael A. AlcornStuck in GRUB Rescue/Cannot Access BIOSThe other day, I decided to do a clean install of Fedora 27 on my Asus U24E laptop. I dual boot my laptop with Windows 10, so I figured I…2 min read·Mar 31, 2018--1--1
Michael A. AlcornHow to Use PyLuceneThis blog post will briefly outline how to install PyLucene on Fedora and give some examples of how to use the analyzers to process text.2 min read·Mar 31, 2018--1--1
Michael A. AlcornHow to Print Output for Debugging SolrPrinting output is a crucial part of debugging code. Doing so is easy in Solr, but it wasn’t at all obvious to me, so I’ve put the steps…1 min read·Mar 31, 2018----
Michael A. AlcornFrom Evolutionary Biology Dropout to Data Scientist in Three YearsThis post was originally published on my blog in December 2015.2 min read·Mar 31, 2018----