💡 Abstract: Python raw strings are a convenient way to handle strings containing backslashes, such as regular expressions or directory paths on Windows. By prefixing a string with the letter ‘r’ or ‘R’, the string becomes a raw string and treats backslashes as literal characters instead of escape characters. [1] This feature simplifies working with … Read more
I wanted to learn how to read from the text of the US Army field manual and build a chatbot to answer questions from it. The military is embracing ChatBots, so there is demand for a question and answer Chatbots that can give them their operational data at their fingertips. They want to use their … Read more
Deploying a Machine Learning model as a web application makes it easy for others with little or no programming experience to use it. In previous tutorials, where I explained how I created a house price prediction app and a loan eligibility app, we made use of Streamlit. Streamlit is easy to use. This is why … Read more
I rely on spreadsheets every day to manage my business, make informed financial choices, and organize lists that help structure my day. My business simply couldn’t function without the aid of spreadsheets. 📈 Spreadsheets are immensely useful tools for managing and analyzing data. Among their many features, one invaluable capability is 💻 generating sample data … Read more
I recently wrote in one of my emails that you should seek to “try out new and unconventional ways to approach life. The old ways will not work forever. Don’t take your parents’ advice (or even mine) because they would’ve told you the world market for computers is a couple of dozens, Bitcoin is stupid … Read more
GitHub swiftly replaced its RSA SSH host key today after discovering it was briefly exposed in a public repository. Fear not, as the key switch doesn’t affect GitHub’s infrastructure or customer data, and only impacts Git operations over SSH using RSA. HTTPS Git operations and web traffic remain unaffected. The exposure wasn’t due to a … Read more
Hallucinations in the AI context refer to AI-generated experiences, like text or images, that do not correspond to real-world input, leading to potentially false perceptions and misleading results for users. The term was coined in a 2018 ICLR paper written by Google’s AI Research group: 💡 Hallucinations in Neural Machine Translation – Agarwal et al. … Read more
🤖 Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a concept within artificial intelligence that refers to a machine’s ability to understand or learn any intellectual task that humans or other animals can perform. Unlike narrow AI, which is designed for specific tasks, AGI aims to achieve a level of intelligence that is equal to human beings, allowing … Read more
💡 This article summarizes Bill Gates’ article on “The Age of AI has begun” but focuses on the most important ideas for ease and speed of reading. I left the overall structure intact but reduced the text by approximately 70%. Time savings with average reading speed: 9 minutes. ⌛ 💡 In the article, Bill Gates … Read more
Working with different number systems and their representations is a common practice in the world of programming. One such conversion involves changing integer values into their corresponding hexadecimal representations. In Python, this transformation can be achieved with ease by utilizing built-in functions and string formatting techniques. Hexadecimal, also known as base-16, is a number system … Read more
In today’s rapidly evolving world, embracing exponential growth can be the key to success. To harness this growth, two crucial elements must be considered: In this article, I’ll delve into exponential growth, 🚀 discuss how to identify promising opportunities and explore the role of time in achieving success. The Power of Exponential Growth Exponential growth … Read more
From April 1st through August 14th, I tracked everything I ate on cronometer.com as part of a weight loss challenge. Overall I lost almost 25 pounds at a rate of 1.2 pounds per week. I always wondered what I could learn if I could scrape that data and get it into a Jupyter Notebook. In … Read more