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Alvin's avatar

I love how you tied Harry Potter into all this, and you make it look so easy. This is a fun read, Sairam!

And, yes, in fact back in the day, I listened to Eiffel 65 (really just their number one hit) and Aqua. Although, I must confess I haven't heard of Vengaboys. I appreciate the recommendation, though. 😆

Sairam Sundaresan's avatar

Thanks a bunch, Alvin :) I wanted to choose a series I actually read a few times over just so that I could verify the insights 😅😅. As for the Vengaboys, it's probably best to skip 😂

Stephen Gruppetta's avatar

What a brilliant article. I feel I understand embeddings now!

Sairam Sundaresan's avatar

Thanks, Stephen. It's one of my favorite ones mainly because I got to experiment on the HP books :D

Karena's avatar

Even more fun after reading this @sairam. I am now sending it to my kids, who used to make me stand in line with them for the new editions "so no one else can spoil the plot for me". I love how you use the HP texts to explain how this is different.

Sairam Sundaresan's avatar

Haha, I can empathize with them. There's a visceral pleasure in finding the resolution to a plot for the first time that gets robbed when someone spoils it for you :)

Many thanks for the kind words, Karena!

Michelle Varghese's avatar

Wow, super interesting to learn about embeddings AND incredible how you weaved in the Harry Potter reference. Really A+ work here Sairam. Great visuals too.

Sairam Sundaresan's avatar

Thanks, Michelle! I'm glad you found it useful. Embeddings are really amazing and pop up in the most unexpected places, much like Dobby at Privet drive ;)