Reindert-Jan Ekker
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Reindert-Jan Ekker
@codesensei.bsky.social
Code Sensei | Python Trainer and Developer | Pluralsight Author | Dev Coach | Dev Mentor | Helping Teams to professionalise
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The @pragprog.com folks are having their annual Black Friday sale. 40% off with coupon code turkeysale2024 at checkout.
(They distribute many of my self-published books, too, so you could get a Rothman Library!)
Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers
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pragprog.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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🐍📰 Python Protocols: Leveraging Structural Subtyping

##python
Python Protocols: Leveraging Structural Subtyping
In this tutorial, you'll learn about Python's protocols and how they can help you get the most out of using Python's type hint system and static type checkers:
realpython.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Recently I gave a try at uv. I couldn't believe how fast it is! ⚡
It feels like this once you start using uv #dataBS #dataSky #python
November 21, 2024 at 3:33 PM
When working with categorical data I use LabelEncoder for a single column at a time. TIL there's about OrdinalEncoder for multi dimensional data. You use one for your label (duh) and the other one for your features. #python #ml #machinelearning #til datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/39...
Difference between OrdinalEncoder and LabelEncoder
I was going through the official documentation of scikit-learn learn after going through a book on ML and came across the following thing: In the Documentation it is given about sklearn.preprocess...
datascience.stackexchange.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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Foursquare just open sourced their 100 million place point of interest dataset! Some notes on poking around with it using DuckDB (it's Parquet files on S3) simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/20/...
Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community
I did not expect this! > [...] we are announcing today the general availability of a foundational open data set, Foursquare Open Source Places ("FSQ OS Places"). This base layer …
simonwillison.net
November 20, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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Hey everyone! I made a Python Communities, Events, and Conferences Starter Pack. Follow these groups to know what’s happening in the Python Event Space! Also, if you want your event/group added comment! go.bsky.app/4QPcAQo
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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📦 trungdq88 / Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday
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Awesome deals on Black Friday: Apps, SaaS, Books, Courses, etc.
GitHub - trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday: Awesome deals on Black Friday: Apps, SaaS, Books, Courses, etc.
Awesome deals on Black Friday: Apps, SaaS, Books, Courses, etc. - trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday
github.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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docs.astral.sh/uv/ is eating all of python packaging, and hopefully becomes the standard. Defacto or otherwise.
uv
docs.astral.sh
November 8, 2024 at 8:43 PM
@jdhitsolutions.com please add me to the pluralsight starter pack
November 6, 2024 at 10:05 PM