I’ve given up being efficient. “Do it right the first time or not at all!” No, that’s not how I or other people with my modus operandi do things and succeed! Processing my data has been problematic for sure. Each image must have a corresponding label. My lists weren’t...
Persistence and Problem Solving
Obstacles or Learnings?
So here I am in October 2023 still running up against obstacles and frustrations. I now have a new bigger database of images to work with after the 2022 – 2023 facial eczema season here in N.Z. It was a wet summer and autumn which tested our dairy farmers....
Momentum
When you’ve gone as far as you can. With the data you’ve got. What’s next? How do you use the momentum you’ve built to keep going? I’ve shipped what I’ve made so far. A copy of my project notebook in Google Colab complete with code is now available in...
Getting stuck on a Python Truth Value Error
What happens when you get stuck and nothing seems to work? That’s what happened with me. I kept getting a Python Truth Value error when running code in my Colab Notebook. From the 7th of August to the 18th I tried all manner of things to work out why....
Simplicity over Complexity
Edward de Bono in his book “Simplicity” explains why he believes that simplicity is going to be a key value in the future. And describes different approaches we can take to achieve it. The benefits are obvious to those of us that have recently de-cluttered the shelves in our...
Mistakes and Lessons
Mistakes. Learning from your mistakes is okay but it saves time when your teacher makes them first so you don’t have to. My ZTM teacher Daniel taught us the best way to upload our files into Google Drive correctly. You see uploaded files can get deleted once the runtime...