How to Convert an Integer List to a Float List in Python

The most Pythonic way to convert a list of integers ints to a list of floats is to use the list comprehension expression floats = [float(x) for x in ints]. It iterates over all elements in the list ints using list comprehension and converts each list element x to a float value using the float(x) … Read more

How to Determine the Type of an Object in Python?

Problem Formulation Every Python object is of a certain type, also called “class”. The class is a blueprint that shows the data and capabilities of each object/instance that is created after this blueprint. Given a Python object (=instance). How to determine/check/get its type (=class)? There are many variants of this question: How to determine the … Read more

Akkio – How to Add Machine Learning to Your Python Project in 30 Lines

AI is hard! Transforming tensors, cleaning data, building complicated networks- these are all specialized skills that can take months or even years to learn. But the times are a-changin’. Businesses understand that adopting state-of-the-art AI is no longer a choice.  Of course, those burdened with actually implementing that AI are the software devs. High-level talk … Read more

How To Sort A Set Of Values?

Summary: This blog explores the steps to sort elements of a Set. Python offers the built-in sorted() function to sort elements in container objects such as a set or a list. For example: sorted({1, 5, 2}) sorts the elements in the set and returns the sorted list [1, 2, 5]. Note: All the solutions provided … Read more

Striving for Collective Intelligence

The idea I’m going to tell you is well-researched but little-known. And it’s meta. Thinking about it has become my main passion, life mission, and purpose. It’s how I see the world. In short: what drives me is increasing collective intelligence. Collective Intelligence is Everywhere You are not one individual but many individual cells that are … Read more