Data science… Understand Python Decorators 31 Mar 2021 Standard Python skills are sometimes forgotten in today's rush to learn pandas, matplotlib, numpy, scipy etc. Of course they are brilliant to learn and very rewarding, but it's also nice…
Data science… Rotate a matrix in Python 27 Mar 2021 The other day I had a coding interview and the following question flummoxed me. You are given a list which represents a matrix as input to a function. A =…
Data science… The COVID-19 Dead Cat Strategy 16 Sep 202028 Sep 2020 Lynton Crosby is famously credited with the invention of the ‘dead cat’ strategy. The dead cat is, of course, metaphorical. It represents a political tool used to manipulate discourse and…
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Data science… COVID: The Case Against the UK Government – The Human Unleashed 30 Aug 202030 Aug 2020 This is a must read analysis on the UK government policies to deal with an existential viral outbreak. Source: COVID: The Case Against the UK Government – The Human Unleashed
