🟠 Story: Alice has just been orange-pilled and decides to spend a few hours reading Bitcoin articles. She lands on a mainstream media article on “Bitcoin’s high energy consumption” proposing alternative (centralized) “green coins” that supposedly solve the problem of high energy consumption. Alice gets distracted and invests in green tokens, effectively buying the bags … Read more
Understanding enumerate() in Python Built-In Function enumerate() is a built-in function in Python that simplifies looping through iterables by automatically providing an index counter. As a built-in function, there’s no need to import any external libraries. The parameter required for enumerate() is an object supporting iteration, such as lists, tuples, or strings. The example above … Read more
Check Python Version from Command Line Knowing your Python version is vital for running programs that may be incompatible with a certain version. Checking the Python version from the command line is simple and can be done using your operating system’s built-in tools. Windows Command Prompt In Windows, you can use PowerShell to check your … Read more
Understanding List Comprehension List comprehension is a concise way to create lists in Python. They offer a shorter syntax to achieve the same result as using a traditional for loop and a conditional statement. List comprehensions make your code more readable and efficient by condensing multiple lines of code into a single line. The basic … Read more
If you’re like me, you don’t want to hear tips from people who haven’t been there and done that, so let’s start with a few words on my financial situation: 👩💻 About Me: My investments and business portfolio is worth north of one million USD at the time of writing. While I’m technically financially free … Read more
Understanding Functions in Python 💡 A Python function is a block of reusable code that performs a specific task. Functions help break your code into smaller, more modular and manageable pieces, which improves readability and maintainability. Python functions are defined using the def keyword, followed by the function’s name and a pair of parentheses containing … Read more
Key Points: The following video shows how I fixed a similar error on a list instead of a tuple: If you’re like me, you try things first in your code and fix the bugs as they come. One frequent bug in Python is the IndexError: tuple index out of range. So, what does this error … Read more
Python tuples are similar to lists, but with a key difference: they are immutable, meaning their elements cannot be changed after creation. Tuple concatenation means joining multiple tuples into a single tuple. This process maintains the immutability of the tuples, providing a secure and efficient way to combine data. There are several methods for concatenating … Read more
I’ve written extensively on the advent of alien technology that is large language models (LLMs) and transformers. Magical files with numbers that can take thousands of tokens as inputs and generate thousands of tokens as outputs. If you’re like me, you may have wondered: How does a machine’s creativity compare to that of a human? … Read more
Understanding Timeit in Python The timeit module is a tool in the Python standard library, designed to measure the execution time of small code snippets. It makes it simple for developers to analyze the performance of their code, allowing them to find areas for optimization. ⏱️ The timeit module averages out various factors that affect … Read more
Understanding divmod() in Python divmod() is a useful built-in function in Python that takes two arguments and returns a tuple containing the quotient and the remainder. The function’s syntax is quite simple: divmod(x, y), where x is the dividend, and y is the divisor. 💡 The divmod() function is particularly handy when you need both … Read more
With the rising interest in generative AI, all of us are seeking signal in a noisy world. Those passionate about AI understand that a model’s effectiveness is only as good as its input training data. The principle of “Garbage in, Garbage out” applies here. If you regularly consume superficial news with a negativity bias, it’s … Read more