Oct 3, 2021Playing with Video Files on LinuxI have been recently playing with editing videos for some of my personal work. For e.g., obtaining the frames from a video, merging the frames back into a video after making some changes to the frame(s) or combining audio and video. …Video Editing2 min readVideo Editing2 min read
May 5, 2021Sweden: the country where all your personal data are online — and what you can do about it982Alessandra PaiuscoI was also surprised during my stay in Sweden that such information was easily available.I was also surprised during my stay in Sweden that such information was easily available. But I was lazy enough not to pursue having them removed. The steps you have identified are certainly cumbersome but certainly worth the shot. Being transparent and democratic is certainly different to having your intimate details being made public, specially if you are not a public office holder.1 min read1 min read
Mar 17, 2021Reluctant Researcher — Improving Work Habits and ProductivityThis post is a continuation of reluctant research blog series. I thought I was done with being a reluctant researcher having taken the jump from being a reluctant research to a determined one. However, Covid-19 brought up a new challenge of working at home which led to a continuous struggle…Lifestyle26 min readLifestyle26 min read
Nov 7, 2020Python — multiprocessing and subprocess Library IntroductionThe Multiprocessing Library Python provides a multiprocessing library where multiple processes can be spawned by the script and synchronized at some point. Variables can be shared between multiple processes including the parent process (the script that implements multiprocessing. This article is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to use the multiprocessing library…Python7 min readPython7 min read
Nov 1, 2020Working from Home — My StoryCovid-19 The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted all our lives in ways we never imagined. It has forced some families to live apart for long duration, mentally impacted those who are either forced from work or are working from home. Those working from home at least have had the fortune of remaining…Work From Home6 min readWork From Home6 min read
Apr 7, 2020PhDs…Go for a Post-DocIwrote in my previous blogs how I did PhD for a practical reason without a significant interest in research. There were multiple reasons for it, all highlighted in various blogs previously. Another thing that I planned during my PhD was to immediately settle in some kind of teaching job in…Research5 min readResearch5 min read
Feb 27, 2020The Reluctant Traveler — Journey to SwedenIntroduction The reluctant researcher blog series chronicled my journey from the start of PhD to its end and thereafter. But how did I end up being in Sweden in the first place. No, it was not the PhD. …Sweden14 min readSweden14 min read
Feb 9, 2020Dowry — Getting Rid of itYou may have read a lot of articles about the evils of dowry and read real stories of women suffering at the hands of evil in-laws. Before I move forward about what is the article for, let’s define dowry. So, what is dowry? …Wedding7 min readWedding7 min read
Published inAnalytics Vidhya·Feb 7, 2020Compiling CAFFE with Python3.8 and OpenCV4.2.0 on ArchLinuxThis blog is about installing CAFFE v1.0 on ArchLinux. The default CAFFE distribution on the GitHub does not compile with OpenCV version 4.2.0 and Python 3.8. OpenCV is specially problematic. …Caffe5 min readCaffe5 min read
Jan 31, 2020Enjoying Research and the Tangible Reward of PublicationThis blog is in someway an extension of the earlier series of ‘The Reluctant Researcher’ and there may be some redundancies. This is more about my struggles translating work done as part of my research into the written publication and what I have learnt with time. …Research4 min readResearch4 min read
