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Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

Abstract: Activation functions are pivotal in neural networks, determining the output of each neuron. Traditionally, functions like sigmoid and ReLU have been static and deterministic. However, the ...

Escape the single-threaded event loop in browsers and on the server. Here's how to use worker threads and web workers for modern multithreading in JavaScript. The JavaScript language is one of the ...

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