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Recycling of plastics in the UK

Here's what most people don't know about the recycling of plastics in the UK. I don't think the Government does enough to inform us that not everything we throw in the recycling bin is going to be recycled. Take a look at the table below: The data was taken from

Carbon offsetting projects

Having an environmentally-conscious mindset can make life interesting. In addition to finding new ways to reduce my carbon footprint, I often thoroughly research every products that I need and verify its carbon footprint before buying. Over the years I've become aware that very few products have a zero carbon footprint

My 2020 reading list

My goal this year is to read 20 or more books. Simply because I didn't get to do a lot of reading in the previous year. Here's the list so far: * The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy * Normal People * Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber * People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge

Convolutional Neural Networks

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are a type of deep learning algorithm that is specifically designed to work with image data. They are based on the idea of a convolution, which is a mathematical operation that is used to extract features from an image. These features are then used to classify

Handle behaviour with signals in Django

Django signals are a way to decouple applications by allowing certain senders to notify a set of receivers that some action has taken place. Think of them as the Django framework's event-driven communication system.

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