Chris

While working as a researcher in distributed systems, Dr. Christian Mayer found his love for teaching computer science students.To help students reach higher levels of Python success, he founded the programming education website Finxter.com that has taught exponential skills to millions of coders worldwide. He's the author of the best-selling programming books Python One-Liners (NoStarch 2020), The Art of Clean Code (NoStarch 2022), and The Book of Dash (NoStarch 2022). Chris also coauthored the Coffee Break Python series of self-published books. He's a computer science enthusiast, freelancer, and owner of one of the top 10 largest Python blogs worldwide.His passions are writing, reading, and coding. But his greatest passion is to serve aspiring coders through Finxter and help them to boost their skills. You can join his free email academy here.

How to Invest in OpenAI? 5 Alternative Vehicles

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Not financial advice – I’m not a financial advisor and I own some of the companies in this article. Can I Buy OpenAI Stock? Initially founded as a non-profit, OpenAI later created a for-profit arm to attract capital and is now structured as a capped-profit company. As of 2024, you cannot buy OpenAI stock in … Read more

ChadGBT – 10 ChatGPT Memes for a Hearty Laugh 😂🤣

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Meme 1: ChatGTP, ChadGPT, ChadGBT, ChapGBT I created this meme because there are so many misspellings of the term “ChatGPT”, it’s hilarious! See this: Each of these misspellings has millions of searches per month! And don’t get me started on “Midjourney” misspellings: Meme 2: Hacking Artificial “Intelligence” Meme 3: The Six Stages of Karen (according … Read more

5 Easy Ways to Save Terminal Output to File (Linux)

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✅ Problem Formulation: What are the various ways to save terminal output in Linux? For example, you might need to capture output for later review, document command results for reporting, or track error messages for debugging. Method 1: Redirection Operator Use the > operator to redirect output to a file. For example, ls > file.txt … Read more

The Boring Midjourney Prompt: Create Random Boring Photos of Everyday Situations

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We all know the fancy Midjourney images from Instagram. Beautiful bodies, girls, boys, places, houses, and art. In this article, we’ll look at something more boring but 10x more useful: prompting Midjourney to generate BORING images from everyday people or situations. Images that 99.9% of people wouldn’t suspect are created by an AI. 🧑‍💻 I … Read more

Prompt Engineering: More Prompts Than Atoms in the Universe

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Nobody fully understands why LLMs work. The best analogy comes from Simon Willison, aka. LLM = alien technology. We don’t know why a huge CSV file of numbers generates intelligent and useful responses, so we don’t know the limit of the model’s usefulness and intelligence. Say you ask Midjourney to draw an image, but the … Read more

Tesla Bot Optimus Price vs Value – What You’ll Pay and What You’ll Get

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“The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.” — William Gibson Tesla’s humanoid bot, “Optimus“, is not a mere vision anymore. Real bots are built, doing real work. I’ve written two articles attempting to value its impact on the TSLA stock price in the long term: But to conduct a realistic valuation, we first … Read more

30 Everyday Human Tasks AI Can’t Replace in the Foreseeable Future

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💡 TLDR: Do you want to stay on the right side of change? Become an investor. Be reactive, i.e., if somebody needs something from you, give it to them. Embrace the little things that ChatGPT cannot do just yet. Be grateful you’re still needed. Most of us fear the same thing: AI taking on more … Read more

Let it snow()

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The following script creates an animated snowfall effect in a terminal window. It continuously updates and displays snowflakes falling from the top of the terminal to the bottom. The snowflakes are represented by Unicode characters (feel free to change!) and their movement is simulated by updating their positions in a grid that represents the terminal … Read more

LLM in a Flash – Apple’s Attempt to Inject Intelligence Into the Edge

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A new Apple research paper is taking the world by storm: LLM in a flash. ⚡ The ideas is simple: Making large language models (LLMs) work better on computers that don’t have a lot of memory. 👉 If you’re a human reader, chances are you’re reading this on such a computer or smartphone. If you’re … Read more