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Python’s async and await are powerful features that enable you to write asynchronous code to improve the performance of your applications, particularly when dealing with I/O-bound and high-level structured network code. Async and await are used with coroutines, which are special functions that can pause and resume their execution at specific points. This allows multiple … Read more
I just made this Python mini-game with ChatGPT and Python. You can try the game on your local machine easily by running pip install pygame and pasting the following code into a Python file “game.py“, followed by running python game.py. Here’s a screenshot before I give you the code: If you need help with any … Read more
You can engage with LLMs in three ways: If you’re using a hosted or embedded solution, you’ll sacrifice privacy and security because your chat will be sent to an external server doing inference, i.e., asking the model to give an output. But if the data is on the external server, they have complete control of … Read more
š¶ Winsound provides a simple way to play sound using the Windows built-in sound-playing machinery. š Now you may ask: “How to install Winsound?“ Answer: You don’t. š winsound is a built-in module in Python’s standard library for Windows. Like all standard libraries in Python, you don’t need to install it separately if you’re using … Read more
Developing a Python application can be a rewarding experience, but sharing your creation with others might seem daunting, especially if your users are not familiar with Python environments. One solution to this dilemma is converting your Python script into an executable (.exe) file with all its dependencies included, making it simple for others to run … Read more
Python dictionaries are a versatile and powerful data structure. A common query is: “How can I access a dictionary key using its index and subsequently update the dictionary?” In this article, I’ll delve into this specific problem and explore the three most Pythonic solutions. Problem Formulation Given a dictionary, for instance: How can you: Method … Read more
Developing Python applications is a popular choice among programmers due to the versatility and ease of use of the language. However, there comes a time when you might want to distribute your Python application as a standalone executable, especially if your target audience isn’t familiar with Python itself. This is where the process of converting … Read more
When working with Python, you might occasionally need to convert your Python script to an executable file to run on machines without Python installed. While PyInstaller is a popular choice for creating .exe files, you may be looking for alternative solutions for your project. One such alternative is py2exe, a Python Distutils extension that can … Read more
Price is a function of supply and demand. Increase demand and price goes up. Increase supply and price goes down. Bitcoin has a fixed supply of 21 million coins forever. So we don’t need to worry about supply, it is 100% predictable and limited to 21,000,000 BTC in the year 2140. With fixed supply, the … Read more
The multiplication operator (*) allows you to repeat a given string a certain number of times. However, if you want to repeat a string to a specific length, you might need to employ a different approach, such as string slicing or a while loop. For example, while manipulating strings in Python, you may need to … Read more
I just realized that the link to my doctoral thesis doesn’t work, so I decided to host it on the Finxter blog as a backup. Find the thesis here: š PDF Download link: https://blog.finxter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dissertation_christian_mayer_distributed_graph_processing_DIS-2019-03.pdf Here’s the abstract: š” Abstract: Distributed graph processing systems such as Pregel, PowerGraph, or GraphX have gained popularity due to their … Read more
Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network (V) is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (NĀ²). In this article, I’ll develop a Bitcoin price prediction (V) in the year 2030 based on the average growth rate of the number of Bitcoin nodes (N). General Intuition Metcalfe’s … Read more