Second Post!
This is my second day streak; my second post this summer. My goal is to continue posting once a day throughout summer. Since I can't seem to think of much interesting to talk about, I'll just talk about what I'm up to this summer. First, I've started a YouTube channel, where I make videos about academic topics. So far I've posted two series and am working on the third. The first one was about local sequence alignment, and the second one was about deep learning. The third one I'm working on right now is about Linear Algebra. The whole process of making a video series typically lasts about three, maybe four days. The first day is planning, where I work out the details of what I'll cover in the series. The next day is filming, where I set up the camera and lighting, and record myself teaching the concepts. The last day is the most tedious, where I have to laboriously go through all the footage, add an intro and ending scene clip, and speed up or cut out some parts of the footage. Before doing this, I perform noise removal on the audio for each clip so that what I say is clearer. I also create an intro clip for about 5 seconds, which displays the title of the video. I use Kdenlive for editing, which I've found to be pretty handy (and less buggy compared to other software). After converting the edited videos into the corresponding file, I upload the files to YouTube, enter the description, tags, add an end screen, and change up some of the settings like video language. From there, I can create a playlist for all the videos in the series. Then I just wait and check on the analytics every couple hours, although there's not much to see. Like seriously. I only have 9 subscribers, and so far no one has commented. I have 0 comments. That's pretty sad. But to be fair, I haven't put much effort into promoting the channel. Maybe after this series I'll spend some time on communicating the channel, changing up the channel trailer and channel art. I'm thinking about changing the name of the channel to something more interesting than just my name.
Another thing I have going on this summer is an internship at a smart city Infrastructure to Vehicle (I2V) company. I'm looking forward to brushing up my knowledge on CNNs and their applications. Maybe as I learn I can make a new series in which I explain how these technologies all work. It is currently 5:20 PM. I feel like the concept of grades is pretty weird. Like between school years, there is a transition period. At least at my school, it seems like almost nothing goes on for the last few weeks of school. And the first few weeks of school are similarly pretty light. A lot of investment is put in the beginning and the end of each year. I guess that makes sense, since there should be some logical beginning and conclusion to classes. It also provides an opportunity for students and teachers to come and go. Sometimes, I don't understand the value of humanities classes, such as History, English, or a foreign language. What's the value of learning in the past? One might say, "Oh, so that we can learn from the mistakes we have made in the past and apply that knowledge in the future." Yet, I still have not come across a single circumstance where such knowledge about obscure past events, like the Battle of Bunker Hill, has affected our current decisions. I can understand cases like court decisions, where precedent plays a large role in shaping future decisions made in the court. But I still haven't found the applicability of learning history to the extent that we are taught in History classes. Similarly in English, what is the value of understanding literature. One might say, "Oh, to give us an added dimension of our present world." But I still haven't understood the value of reading past works, such as Shakespeare. They may be great stories and interesting to analyze, but how can I apply this knowledge? Please tell me, how? However, I value the fact that English class has taught me how to write more effectively, as such helps me get my point across more effectively. I may not have to write an essay for the rest of my life after English class, but I'll still have to write. Asking for a promotion, communicating the your work, understanding others' work, persuading someone else to do something are some examples where an effective writing style helps. But the most useless subject in my opinion is learning a foreign language. (Not that I have anything against the subject or my teacher but that the subject in itself is inherently useless.) Now, this may seem contradictory to my earlier post: http://ravitsharma.blogspot.com/2017/11/learning-foreign-language-holds.html, in which I discuss the value of learning a foreign language based on a study which found that learning a foreign language is correlated with higher standardized test scores. One might say, "Oh, it helps to communicate with people in other countries." Yet, I don't understand the application or motivation behind learning a foreign language. For the small portion of people that, say, move to France at some point in their lives, taking French would have likely benefited them and facilitated their lifestyle. But what applicability does knowing another language have for the future? Why was the concept of learning a new language even introduced in the first place? Okay anyway that's all for now... See you tomorrow!
Another thing I have going on this summer is an internship at a smart city Infrastructure to Vehicle (I2V) company. I'm looking forward to brushing up my knowledge on CNNs and their applications. Maybe as I learn I can make a new series in which I explain how these technologies all work. It is currently 5:20 PM. I feel like the concept of grades is pretty weird. Like between school years, there is a transition period. At least at my school, it seems like almost nothing goes on for the last few weeks of school. And the first few weeks of school are similarly pretty light. A lot of investment is put in the beginning and the end of each year. I guess that makes sense, since there should be some logical beginning and conclusion to classes. It also provides an opportunity for students and teachers to come and go. Sometimes, I don't understand the value of humanities classes, such as History, English, or a foreign language. What's the value of learning in the past? One might say, "Oh, so that we can learn from the mistakes we have made in the past and apply that knowledge in the future." Yet, I still have not come across a single circumstance where such knowledge about obscure past events, like the Battle of Bunker Hill, has affected our current decisions. I can understand cases like court decisions, where precedent plays a large role in shaping future decisions made in the court. But I still haven't found the applicability of learning history to the extent that we are taught in History classes. Similarly in English, what is the value of understanding literature. One might say, "Oh, to give us an added dimension of our present world." But I still haven't understood the value of reading past works, such as Shakespeare. They may be great stories and interesting to analyze, but how can I apply this knowledge? Please tell me, how? However, I value the fact that English class has taught me how to write more effectively, as such helps me get my point across more effectively. I may not have to write an essay for the rest of my life after English class, but I'll still have to write. Asking for a promotion, communicating the your work, understanding others' work, persuading someone else to do something are some examples where an effective writing style helps. But the most useless subject in my opinion is learning a foreign language. (Not that I have anything against the subject or my teacher but that the subject in itself is inherently useless.) Now, this may seem contradictory to my earlier post: http://ravitsharma.blogspot.com/2017/11/learning-foreign-language-holds.html, in which I discuss the value of learning a foreign language based on a study which found that learning a foreign language is correlated with higher standardized test scores. One might say, "Oh, it helps to communicate with people in other countries." Yet, I don't understand the application or motivation behind learning a foreign language. For the small portion of people that, say, move to France at some point in their lives, taking French would have likely benefited them and facilitated their lifestyle. But what applicability does knowing another language have for the future? Why was the concept of learning a new language even introduced in the first place? Okay anyway that's all for now... See you tomorrow!
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