From eric at intellovations.com Sun Sep 1 11:23:47 2019 From: eric at intellovations.com (Eric Floehr) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 11:23:47 -0400 Subject: [CentralOH] Using Python to determine which spy satellite took Message-ID: Donald Trump tweeted a picture of the damaged Iranian launchpad: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1167493371973255170 Which had a resolution greater than previously disclosed. Someone figured out which spy satellite it came from using Python: https://github.com/cbassa/satellite_analysis/blob/master/nahid1_launch_failure_analysis.ipynb More background here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLVFn9z0Gc Cheers, Eric -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From damiencalloway at fastmail.com Thu Sep 12 21:26:35 2019 From: damiencalloway at fastmail.com (Damien Calloway) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 21:26:35 -0400 Subject: [CentralOH] [DoJo] Useful information for beginners and quants Message-ID: <9f0d8994-9923-96b4-34b4-33cb30842950@fastmail.com> Hello all ! Recently, a few new people have come to the dojo looking for information to get started in Python. There are a variety of resources that come up, and I supposed that I might share a few of them again, since it seems to be a perennial theme. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart - https://automatetheboringstuff.com The author has that website, which lets you read on line for free. Also, has a link to his Udemy course and book available on Amazon. For what most people come to the dojo for, this book is likely the best beginner resource, in that it breaks Python down into small pieces that actually solve real problems and do useful things. Much more useful, in my not-so-humble opinion, than Project Euler and the like. Plus, I have met Al Sweigart, and he is a very cool guy, who has supported Cophy and PyOhio. In terms of other useful sites, consider : The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python - https://docs.python-guide.org This site is good for "okay, what next ?" - has a good overview of the kinds of things a new Pythonista might consider looking into, in order. This site is also available in book form from O'Reilly. Real Python - https://realpython.com/start-here/ This is Dan Bader's website - he has put together an interesting resource of Python from a practitioner's perspective. They share a lot of information for free, but they also have a few paid tutorials as well. And they have sponsored Humble Bundle for the next two weeks or so : https://www.humblebundle.com/level-up-your-python?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_1 Humble Bundle, in general, is a good resource to look at to round out your collection of tech books. YMMV, but I did find this useful - especially when No Starch Press does their bundles. By the way, for those of you who have an interest in security, this bundle is available for the next three days - https://www.humblebundle.com/books/information-technology-security-books?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_5 Again, YMMV - it is not unusual for the Humble Bundles to also have just one or two good items, and a bunch of other stuff you may not need. But for getting started, it can be a good running start on building out a reference library of sorts. ============= A few quants came by within the past few weeks. Python has a number of useful things, and I also noted that quite a few FinTech sites have already switched away from Visual Basic and C++ and towards Python https://pyquantnews.com - seems interesting https://tpq.io - this author also has a O'Reilly book http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython2/html/index.html - Think Python - a classical computer science oriented approach to Python, may be sympatico with the way a quant may have learned about data https://www.numworks.com - This is a graphing calculator that can be programmed using Python. Depending on what your focus is - I will not judge you, though. https://realpython.com/learning-paths/data-science-python-core-skills/ - looping back to Dan Bader - some free videos on Jupyter and Pandas Jupyter - https://jupyter.org - interactive Python notebook that data people will love Pandas - https://pandas.pydata.org - You quants need this Anaconda - https://www.anaconda.com - many many quants working with Python with use this PostGIS - https://postgis.net - PostGRES + GIS - Python is the de facto scripting language for this set up. Eventually, you will want this data.world - https://data.world - esoteric source of user submitted data. Has a database of Big Foot sightings, and UFO sightings, etc. Runstone Academy - https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds/index.html - Another cool Python resource for data and quant oriented people The presence of data itself is information For FinTech FinViz - https://finviz.com - useful grab bag of data for all the major markets - not just the US stock market Quandl - https://www.quandl.com - another source of financial data Both of these suggestions come from your fellow quant Pythonistas Investopedia - https://www.investopedia.com - this site has been around since the early days of the internet - good for basic definitions and famous for their stock market simulator (which, sadly, appears to be gone now) Source for those of you seeking Ohio Blue Sky - https://www.com.ohio.gov/secu/ - you will likely need other resources, though, as this is literally just the front door website for the agency that licenses securities dealers ========== COBOL is alive and well - IBM has open sourced their COBOL Analyzer - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_5.2.0/com.ibm.cobol52.ent.doc/migrate/igymapxc025.html GnuCOBOL is a thing - https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnucobol/ Write NOW ! https://handwritingsuccess.com/write-now/ - handwriting repair in the Italic (and Italic cursive) style From mrehner at e-wrench.net Fri Sep 13 13:11:34 2019 From: mrehner at e-wrench.net (mrehner) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:11:34 +0000 Subject: [CentralOH] [DoJo] Useful information for beginners and quants In-Reply-To: <9f0d8994-9923-96b4-34b4-33cb30842950@fastmail.com> References: <9f0d8994-9923-96b4-34b4-33cb30842950@fastmail.com> Message-ID: <0F9E1D0DC01BC4489DC8D649BF9F27F501F1D75742@EXMBX01.prov.ad.hostmanagement.net> Although the following page was written primarily for middle and high school students it does provide a list of Python resources that can go deeper. Python Learning Sources- "http://www.babarehner.com/ewrench1011/Python/index.html" Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- From: CentralOH [mailto:centraloh-bounces+mrehner=e-wrench.net at python.org] On Behalf Of Damien Calloway Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 9:27 PM To: Mailing list for Central Ohio Python User Group (COhPy) Subject: [CentralOH] [DoJo] Useful information for beginners and quants Hello all ! Recently, a few new people have come to the dojo looking for information to get started in Python. There are a variety of resources that come up, and I supposed that I might share a few of them again, since it seems to be a perennial theme. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart - https://automatetheboringstuff.com The author has that website, which lets you read on line for free. Also, has a link to his Udemy course and book available on Amazon. For what most people come to the dojo for, this book is likely the best beginner resource, in that it breaks Python down into small pieces that actually solve real problems and do useful things. Much more useful, in my not-so-humble opinion, than Project Euler and the like. Plus, I have met Al Sweigart, and he is a very cool guy, who has supported Cophy and PyOhio. In terms of other useful sites, consider : The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python - https://docs.python-guide.org This site is good for "okay, what next ?" - has a good overview of the kinds of things a new Pythonista might consider looking into, in order. This site is also available in book form from O'Reilly. Real Python - https://realpython.com/start-here/ This is Dan Bader's website - he has put together an interesting resource of Python from a practitioner's perspective. They share a lot of information for free, but they also have a few paid tutorials as well. And they have sponsored Humble Bundle for the next two weeks or so : https://www.humblebundle.com/level-up-your-python?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_1 Humble Bundle, in general, is a good resource to look at to round out your collection of tech books. YMMV, but I did find this useful - especially when No Starch Press does their bundles. By the way, for those of you who have an interest in security, this bundle is available for the next three days - https://www.humblebundle.com/books/information-technology-security-books?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_5 Again, YMMV - it is not unusual for the Humble Bundles to also have just one or two good items, and a bunch of other stuff you may not need. But for getting started, it can be a good running start on building out a reference library of sorts. ============= A few quants came by within the past few weeks. Python has a number of useful things, and I also noted that quite a few FinTech sites have already switched away from Visual Basic and C++ and towards Python https://pyquantnews.com - seems interesting https://tpq.io - this author also has a O'Reilly book http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython2/html/index.html - Think Python - a classical computer science oriented approach to Python, may be sympatico with the way a quant may have learned about data https://www.numworks.com - This is a graphing calculator that can be programmed using Python. Depending on what your focus is - I will not judge you, though. https://realpython.com/learning-paths/data-science-python-core-skills/ - looping back to Dan Bader - some free videos on Jupyter and Pandas Jupyter - https://jupyter.org - interactive Python notebook that data people will love Pandas - https://pandas.pydata.org - You quants need this Anaconda - https://www.anaconda.com - many many quants working with Python with use this PostGIS - https://postgis.net - PostGRES + GIS - Python is the de facto scripting language for this set up. Eventually, you will want this data.world - https://data.world - esoteric source of user submitted data. Has a database of Big Foot sightings, and UFO sightings, etc. Runstone Academy - https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds/index.html - Another cool Python resource for data and quant oriented people The presence of data itself is information For FinTech FinViz - https://finviz.com - useful grab bag of data for all the major markets - not just the US stock market Quandl - https://www.quandl.com - another source of financial data Both of these suggestions come from your fellow quant Pythonistas Investopedia - https://www.investopedia.com - this site has been around since the early days of the internet - good for basic definitions and famous for their stock market simulator (which, sadly, appears to be gone now) Source for those of you seeking Ohio Blue Sky - https://www.com.ohio.gov/secu/ - you will likely need other resources, though, as this is literally just the front door website for the agency that licenses securities dealers ========== COBOL is alive and well - IBM has open sourced their COBOL Analyzer - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_5.2.0/com.ibm.cobol52.ent.doc/migrate/igymapxc025.html GnuCOBOL is a thing - https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnucobol/ Write NOW ! https://handwritingsuccess.com/write-now/ - handwriting repair in the Italic (and Italic cursive) style _______________________________________________ CentralOH mailing list CentralOH at python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh From deeppunster at protonmail.com Mon Sep 23 00:13:37 2019 From: deeppunster at protonmail.com (Travis Risner) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:13:37 +0000 Subject: [CentralOH] Special Event at DoJo this Thursday Message-ID: <4B91FA0C-C5E5-438C-BEA1-EBB6A47BB020@protonmail.com> Hi everyone, Next Thursday (Sept. 26) there will be an informal demo of creating a working python program using PyCharm, git, GitHub and friends. The demo will include how to create a repository on GitHub, how to update it, how to bring changes down from it, and how to resolve conflicts between the local and public repositories. The demo will start about 7:30. Although the DoJo itself starts at 6:00, come when you can. Where? Smokehouse Brewing at 1130 Dublin Rd. (just west of Grandview Ave.). Join us in the back. BTW, if you haven?t been to one of the DoJo sessions in a while, here is some good news for you. - Smokehouse Brewing has added a modern wireless router with 5 gHz and 2.4 gHz bands. On rare occasions, it loses its connection to the internet, but connecting to the wireless signal is no longer a problem. - They have added a new monitor on a rolling stand that is 60? diagonal or so. We will be using it for the demo. Note - there will be no DoJo on the following Thursday (Oct. 3). 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