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Google’s annual revenue jumped from $100 billion to over $300 billion in six years: Year Revenue Growth 2011 $37,905 2012 $46,039 21.46% 2013 $55,519 20.59% 2014 $66,001 18.88% 2015 $74,989 13.62% 2016 $90,272 20.38% 2017 $110,855 22.80% 2018 $136,819 23.42% 2019 $161,857 18.30% 2020 $182,527 12.77% 2021 $257,637 41.15% 2022 $282,836 9.78% 2023 $307,394 8.68% … Read more
Tesla is doubling down on its focus on becoming the global leader for large-scale AI applications such as self-driving cars and humanoid robots: “While many are pulling back on their investments, we are investing in future growth– including our AI infrastructure, production capacity, our Supercharger and servicenetworks and new products infrastructure – with $2.8B of … Read more
Python’s magic methods __new__ and __init__ play complementary roles in the lifecycle of an object: 👉 __new__ is a static method, primarily concerned with creating and returning a new instance of a class; it acts before the object is fully instantiated in memory. 👉 Following this, __init__ functions as an instance method, tasked with configuring … Read more
Problem Formulation You’re given a number. How do you check if the number lies between two numbers, i.e., a numeric range? When you check if a number lies between two other numbers it returns a boolean that determines if the number is greater than or equal to the minimum number and also less than or … Read more
💾 Problem Formulation: Editing very large (huge!, giant!!, massive!!!) text files, XML files, or CSV files (e.g., sizes ranging from 100 GB to 250 GB) on Windows is problematic with standard editors like Notepad, as they often crash or become unresponsive due to their inability to efficiently handle massive data loads. This necessitates the use … Read more
🎯 Problem Formulation: How to create a list from 1 to n with a specified step in Python? Let’s start with one of the easiest ways: 👇 Method 0. Using list() and range() The Python expression list(range(1, n + 1, step)) generates a list of integers starting from 1 up to and including (n), incrementing … Read more
Creating a Python list that counts down from 10 to 1 can be done in several efficient and interesting ways. Below, I explore ten different methods to achieve this, each with an explanation and a code snippet. Method 1: Using range() The range() function is versatile and commonly used for generating sequences of numbers. It … Read more
💡 TLDR: To quickly launch an HTTP server using Python, open your terminal, navigate to the directory you want to serve, and execute the command python3 -m http.server which will start serving files over HTTP on port 8000 accessible through the default network interface. If you need to specify a different port or bind to … Read more
I just wanted to create a banner image for my social media account with Midjourney. But banner images are usually wide — while Midjourney returns a square image. 💡 Problem Formulation: How to make a wide banner image with Midjourney, i.e., how to change the aspect ratio? Here’s an example of the standard output for … Read more
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Creating a list containing a range of numbers from 1 to N in Python can be achieved through several methods. Here’s a concise list of alternative solutions: Method 1. List Comprehension with range() This method utilizes list comprehension, a concise way to create lists. The range(1, N+1) generates numbers from 1 to N, and the … Read more
Python’s elegance and readability often come from its ability to execute powerful operations in a single line of code. One such instance is the combination of for loops and if statements into a list comprehension. Understanding the Basics At its core, a list comprehension offers a succinct way to create lists. The syntax [expression for … Read more