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16 Jan 2021 . learning .
Notes | Khan Academy Personal Finance
17 mins Read


Khan Academy is a great source of learning and I’m thankful for the addition of the section named “Life Skills” lately. The section contains short courses on significant topics that are amiss in college and school education vis-à-vis personal finance, college admissions, careers, and entrepreneurship.

This writeup contains notes that I made while learning Personal Finance from the same set... more

05 Oct 2020 . readings .
Research Paper Summary | Leaping Onto A Higher Degree Of Multiprogramming
14 mins Read


Using Continuations to Implement Thread Management and Communication in Operating Systems, SOSO ‘91.

In the current times, with the advancement of information technology in leaps and bounds over the last decade, our devices hardly take a microsecond to juggle between dozens of open browser tabs, calculations, multimedia playback, and that video game with life-like realistic graphics. However, there is more... more

01 Aug 2020 . learning .
Notes From Learning Technical Writing Two
4 mins Read


After completing Technical Writing One course from Google, I’ve finally finished the Technical Writing Two. This write up contains my notes and is aimed at anyone looking to review the learned concepts in a quick go.

Self-editing

Think like your audience; read your draft from their point of view. Define a persona for the audience. Specify if audience needs to... more

27 Jul 2020 . learning .
Notes From Learning Technical Writing One
8 mins Read


I recently did the Technical Writing One and below are my notes from the same. The notes are arranged in the topic wise manner as is the pre-class material for the course.

Words

Define new or unfamiliar terms; do not reinvent the wheel. Collect definition of unfamiliar terms in a glossary if too many. Use name consistently, do not change... more

05 May 2019 . learning .
So You Want To Do "Data"?
3 mins Read


Even stronger than Modi’s wave in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections is the drive of every second-year and third-year in KGP going into the field of data analytics; and, sadly, unlike Modi wave it’s here to stay for many following decades.

Data Analytics as a field has seen nothing less of a bubble than what was seen by the Internet in... more