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James Ortiz • Edited

Hi Everyone,
I am a Computer Science major at Florida State University, and I am here to share, review, and learn new skills in Mobile Development, Machine learning, and general Software Development paradigms. Definitely looking forward to meeting new or like-minded learners and developers!

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Andrew Wright

hello! I'm happy to be joining dev.to along side you and others!

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pedrosilva410

Hiiiiiiiiii

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Lucas

Cool

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Dan Govo

Hi James. I am also here to learn all I can and share.

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James Ortiz

Hi Dan, I am glad to hear it! I am happy that I will be able to contribute back to this great website and community.

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webdev653

Hello James!

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Tapesh Patel

Nice having you here.

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James Ortiz

Hi Tapesh, likewise! Greetings!

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Aaron L Carrick

Hello

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Rafael Jurado GonzΓ‘lez

Hello

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James Ortiz

Hi Rafael, greetings!

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Hello

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Nidal

Hi

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James Ortiz

Hi Nidal, nice to meet you!

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Nidal

Nice to meet you too, Bro

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Mark Smith

I like your no non-sense approach to introductions.

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Nidal

(-_-)

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chasehoff

Heller

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Nidal

Hi

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Jamshed Samtiah

Hello

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James Ortiz

Hi Jamshed, greetings!

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Jules Roadknight

Hello! πŸ‘‹

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Sudan

Hi
Welcome to the community James.
i am also a CS Student. from the university of Bahri in Sudan

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@nobody

What's good James~? ✌🏿
Are you staying on campus at FSU? I'm nearby UCF in Orlando (applied maths and biz)
I look forward to work you'll accomplish in ML and app-development; as unofficial mathematician, I love how matrix calculus' making a comeback in programming; but as a Clojurist, frustrated Python dominates the scene with good semantic frameworks to jump into ML.

Do you have a language of choice for your projects or ~do you laugh at us over-opinionated developers~?

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ULTIMATE-NOOVA • Edited

Hello

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L.E. Nichols

Hi Jffry,

Nice to meet you.

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James Ortiz

Hi Jffry,
Thanks for the message! I actually take my degree online through FSU's Distance Learning program, so while I am not on campus directly I still see the same degree material.

I definitely agree with you, Matrix algebra is an important concept to learn about when studying Machine Learning,

For a Software Engineering practice course I helped design a Car Detector for cyclists to use on the road, and before I was able to code it with Python I had to learn and do a bit of review of Linear Algebra (its been a while since I did Calculus 3 lol). Doing that really helped me better understand and conceptualize tensors, which is mainly what ML frameworks are built upon. I used PyTorch, which has a tutorial also on how to build an image classifier.

If you are interested in Machine Learning I definitely recommend using Python 3, and also learning Numpy if you would like to try using PyTorch.

I think even being at my senior year, there is still much for me to learn in terms of different programming languages and technologies. I learned OOP, and Data Structures with C++, and started my programming journey using ANSI C.

When studying CS, I always remind my friends that part of the effort comes with the interest of exposing yourself to new languages and concepts. The more you learn, the more you will improve and succeed! The best advice comes from devs in the field.

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joseph bremer

Hello

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James Ortiz

Hi Joseph, greetings!

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Codemaniac6

HelloπŸ‘‹

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James Ortiz

Hi Codemaniac, Greetings!

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KikoIsrael

Hi

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Codemaniac6

Hey