Mikko Kotila

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Guides and lists

Tested how-tos and comprehensive lists.

12 essays, 2015–2018.

Essays12

  1. (tested) 5-Minute Hello World Blockchain with Ethereum on Mac or Ubuntu

    It took me three years to get around with doing the hello world version of blockchain. Here is how to do it in 5 minutes without previous knowledge.

    · 9 min

  2. Deploying / Publishing Python Packages to PyPi with Travis (works)

    There are a lot of instructions online on how to do this, but many of them are out-of-date or outright not working.

    · 2 min

  3. Hyperparameter Optimization with Keras

    Finding the right hyperparameters for your deep learning model can be a tedious process. It doesn’t have to.

    · 16 min

  4. A Comprehensive List of Hyperparameter Optimization & Tuning Solutions

    This article has one purpose; to maintain an up-to-date list of available hyperparameter optimization and tuning solutions for deep learning and other machine learning uses. If you want to…

    · 1 min

  5. Comprehensive List of COPPA Enforcements and Fines

    Does the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act [1], work? One of the ways to try to answer this question is the number of cases. There are less than 40 in total since the act was passed…

    · 2 min

  6. How to Buy Ethereum in 5 Minutes without Feeling Like an Idiot

    com as that was the suggestion everyone seems to be following. Below I show how you can actually do it in 10 minutes. TL;DR If you’re new to cryptocurrencies, it might come as a surprise…

    · 5 min

  7. How to Move Your Medium Posts to Wordpress (tested)

    In this short post I will explain how to actually move your posts easily from medium.com to any wordpress site. None of the online instructions I found actually work. This does, I just did…

    · 3 min

  8. How Much Faster Does LC_ALL=C Make Things in Shell?

    And how much slower using cat in your commands does? This is also interesting, because cat is one of the first commands people learn in shell, and as a result might end up using it…

    · 1 min

  9. Online Anonymity for Researchers – The Simple Edition

    Here is a simple guideline for researchers to establish a basic level of online anonymity for the purpose of disconnecting identity and physical location from research activity.

    · 4 min

  10. Comprehensive List of Major Publishers Reported in Malvertising Attacks

    This page is a collection of malvertising evidence found on major publisher sites. It is continually updated as new findings emerge. 14.3.2016 [1] answers.com zerohedge.com infolinks.com…

    · 1 min

  11. Disable Twitter’s New “Best Tweets” Timeline Feature in 15 Seconds or Less

    e. making more money from its users. For users it means to be directed towards where the company’s algorithmes think it can make more money form ads.

    · 1 min

  12. A Comprehensive List of Dynamic DNS (DDNS) Vendors

    While we are working on a comprehensive list of domains associated with DDNS traffic, here is a list of over 100 Dynamic DNS vendors with various levels of information available on the…

    · 1 min