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I build all my calendars in Excel—here's how you can too

Stay on top of your personal and work commitments.

Excel YEAR function not working

If the Excel YEAR function is not working on your Windows 11/10 PC, change the cell format, convert text dates to real dates, ...
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How to use the REPT function in Excel to create text-based progress bars

Build stable, high-performance dashboards using REPT formulas and UNICHAR symbols instead of conditional formatting.

Power Query Isn’t Required: New Excel Functions Handle Straightforward Sources Cleanly

Use formulas instead of Power Query for tidy files, with a visible source path and clear parameters that teammates can review ...
GitHub

This is a simple example of how to deploy an Azure Function using ZipDeploy. This is a very simple way to deploy an Azure Function without having to use a full CI/CD pipeline.

To learn more about how the template was done refer to the blog post on How to Deploy a .NET isolated Azure Function using Zip Deploy in One-Click on frankysnotes.com. There is also a video on YouTube ...
IEEE

LiDAR-based Model Predictive Control using Control Barrier Functions

Abstract: This paper presents a model predictive control (MPC) with recursive feasibility guarantees for robots with LiDAR sensory measurements. Control barrier functions (CBF) are incorporated within ...
IEEE

Influence-Balanced XGBoost: Improving XGBoost for Imbalanced Data Using Influence Functions

Abstract: Decision tree boosting algorithms, such as XGBoost, have demonstrated superior predictive performance on tabular data for supervised learning compared to neural networks. However, recent ...