From jackie at python.org Thu Nov 1 16:19:31 2018 From: jackie at python.org (Jackie Augustine) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 15:19:31 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] PyCon 2019 Call for Proposals Message-ID: Greetings Community Organizers! PyCon 2019?s Call for Proposals is open for Talks, Tutorials, Posters, Education Summit presentations, as well as for the hatchery program PyCon Charlas . The submission deadline for Tutorials is fast approaching! Submissions are due November 26, 2018 AoE . The deadline for Talk, Charlas, Poster, and Education Summit proposals is January 3, 2019 AoE . Please spread the word to your user group or meetup. Our goal is to provide a variety of talks, including beginner, intermediate, and advanced on all sorts of topics to interest a broad group of conference attendees. The best location to direct your attendees to is: https://us.pycon.org/2019/speaking/ Thank you for your help! 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Discover the alternatives to pip, functions and passing values, lists, classes, import statements, exception handling, and more. - *Python in a Pod in a Kube in a Pi* By: Joe Jasinski Experience Level: Intermediate Have some extra Raspberry Pi's laying around? Ever want to learn what this Kubernetes thing is about? Do you love running Python inside of Docker? Then this talk is for you! This talk will dive into some core Kubernetes concepts, using a Raspberry Pi cluster as a learning tool. - *Beating Mastermind: Winning Games, Translating Math to Code, and Learning from Donald Knuth* By: Adam Forsyth Experience Level: Novice Mastermind is a logic-based guessing game. Many years ago, Donald Knuth described a way to win the game in 5 moves or less. We?ll implement the game and the algorithm from the article. Come learn how to beat Mastermind and turn a paper by a famous scientist into code! *Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsors: Metis and TelnyxAlso thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, Imaginary Landscape, Lumere, and Signature Consultants. Also, thank you to our Silver sponsor: Markit.Please be aware of our code of conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ * -- Joe J. Jasinski www.joejasinski.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d-lewit at neiu.edu Wed Nov 7 08:18:58 2018 From: d-lewit at neiu.edu (Lewit, Douglas) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 07:18:58 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Anyone know how to do this using Pomegranate? Message-ID: So let's say we have the following transition matrix: 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 And let's say we have the following emissions matrix: 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.8 The initial state vector is given by 1 0 0. (So in regular English, there's a 100% chance of starting in State 1 and 0% chances of starting in any other state.) What confuses me is 1) The algorithm for getting to the next state vector, and 2) Is there a way to do this using the Pomegranate library? (Probably is, but not sure what to do) I know the next state vector is: 0.5185185185 0.4444444444 0.037037037037.... So in regular English there's a 52% chance of being in the first state for T=2. (Assuming we start counting at T=1.) There's a 44% chance of being in the second state for T=2. And finally there's about a 4% chance of being in the third state for T=2. Can someone tell me where these values are coming from? And how can I use Pomegranate (which I installed via conda) to get these same values? Much appreciated. Best, Douglas. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikaeltamillow96 at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 08:33:15 2018 From: mikaeltamillow96 at gmail.com (Michael Tamillow) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 07:33:15 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy November 2018 Main Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2F300EF8-D2CA-45AF-8228-01978EAC76C7@gmail.com> Hey Adam, cool topic! I taught that to 3rd and 4th graders at Northwestern?s center for talent development last spring. https://github.com/MikeTam1021/WEP_class/blob/master/student_C7_C8/mastermind_AI.py The game can be created almost entirely with loops and conditionals. And the solution reuses the same feedback function, so it really sums up simple programming concepts well. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:31 AM, Joe Jasinski wrote: > > Hey ChiPy, > Stop by for a great main meeting on Thursday November 8th. Hope to see you there! > > Thank you to Braintree for hosting us this month! > > When: > Nov. 8, 2018, 6 p.m. > > 6:00pm Doors open > 6:30pm: Meeting starts > > How: > You can RSVP at chipy.org or via our Meetup group. > > Where: > Braintree > Merchandise Mart > 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza > 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 > > What > From Python to Rust > By: Kevin Nasto > Experience Level: Intermediate > Ever been curious about the Rust programming language? Although Rust is a low level language, some similarities exist with Python. This talk describes it from the point of view of a Python user. Discover the alternatives to pip, functions and passing values, lists, classes, import statements, exception handling, and more. > Python in a Pod in a Kube in a Pi > By: Joe Jasinski > Experience Level: Intermediate > Have some extra Raspberry Pi's laying around? Ever want to learn what this Kubernetes thing is about? Do you love running Python inside of Docker? Then this talk is for you! This talk will dive into some core Kubernetes concepts, using a Raspberry Pi cluster as a learning tool. > Beating Mastermind: Winning Games, Translating Math to Code, and Learning from Donald Knuth > By: Adam Forsyth > Experience Level: Novice > Mastermind is a logic-based guessing game. Many years ago, Donald Knuth described a way to win the game in 5 moves or less. We?ll implement the game and the algorithm from the article. Come learn how to beat Mastermind and turn a paper by a famous scientist into code! > > Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsors: Metis and Telnyx > Also thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, Imaginary Landscape, Lumere, and Signature Consultants. > Also, thank you to our Silver sponsor: Markit. > > Please be aware of our code of conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ > > > > -- > Joe J. Jasinski > www.joejasinski.com > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam at adamforsyth.net Wed Nov 7 11:26:02 2018 From: adam at adamforsyth.net (Adam Forsyth) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 10:26:02 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy November 2018 Main Meeting In-Reply-To: <2F300EF8-D2CA-45AF-8228-01978EAC76C7@gmail.com> References: <2F300EF8-D2CA-45AF-8228-01978EAC76C7@gmail.com> Message-ID: That's awesome Michael, thanks for sharing! The simplicity of the game is definitely one of the reasons I picked it to speak about. The code you linked and the code I'll use in my talk are basically the same, except that I use the heuristic from the paper instead of the "random possible answer" heuristic. On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 7:33 AM Michael Tamillow wrote: > Hey Adam, cool topic! I taught that to 3rd and 4th graders at > Northwestern?s center for talent development last spring. > > > https://github.com/MikeTam1021/WEP_class/blob/master/student_C7_C8/mastermind_AI.py > > The game can be created almost entirely with loops and conditionals. And > the solution reuses the same feedback function, so it really sums up simple > programming concepts well. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:31 AM, Joe Jasinski wrote: > > Hey ChiPy, > Stop by for a great main meeting on Thursday November 8th. Hope to see you > there! > > Thank you to Braintree for hosting us this month! > > > *When:*Nov. 8, 2018, 6 p.m. > > 6:00pm Doors open > 6:30pm: Meeting starts > > > *How:*You can RSVP at chipy.org or via our Meetup > group. > > *Where:* > > Braintree > Merchandise Mart > 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza > 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 > *What* > > - *From Python to Rust* > By: Kevin Nasto > Experience Level: Intermediate > Ever been curious about the Rust programming language? Although Rust > is a low level language, some similarities exist with Python. This talk describes > it from the point of view of a Python user. Discover the alternatives to > pip, functions and passing values, lists, classes, import statements, > exception handling, and more. > - *Python in a Pod in a Kube in a Pi* > By: Joe Jasinski > Experience Level: Intermediate > Have some extra Raspberry Pi's laying around? Ever want to learn what > this Kubernetes thing is about? Do you love running Python inside of Docker? > Then this talk is for you! This talk will dive into some core Kubernetes > concepts, using a Raspberry Pi cluster as a learning tool. > - *Beating Mastermind: Winning Games, Translating Math to Code, and > Learning from Donald Knuth* > By: Adam Forsyth > Experience Level: Novice > Mastermind is a logic-based guessing game. Many years ago, Donald > Knuth described a way to win the game in 5 moves or less. We?ll implement the > game and the algorithm from the article. Come learn how to beat Mastermind > and turn a paper by a famous scientist into code! > > > > *Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsors: > Metis and TelnyxAlso thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, > Imaginary Landscape, Lumere, and Signature Consultants. Also, thank you to > our Silver sponsor: Markit.Please be aware of our code of > conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ > * > > > > -- > Joe J. Jasinski > www.joejasinski.com > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hundredpercentjuice at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 15:08:13 2018 From: hundredpercentjuice at gmail.com (JS Irick) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 14:08:13 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy November 2018 Main Meeting In-Reply-To: References: <2F300EF8-D2CA-45AF-8228-01978EAC76C7@gmail.com> Message-ID: Knuth's paper: https://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/teaching/cs3530/resources/knuth-mastermind.pdf On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 10:27 AM Adam Forsyth wrote: > That's awesome Michael, thanks for sharing! The simplicity of the game is > definitely one of the reasons I picked it to speak about. > > The code you linked and the code I'll use in my talk are basically the > same, except that I use the heuristic from the paper instead of the "random > possible answer" heuristic. > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 7:33 AM Michael Tamillow < > mikaeltamillow96 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Adam, cool topic! I taught that to 3rd and 4th graders at >> Northwestern?s center for talent development last spring. >> >> >> https://github.com/MikeTam1021/WEP_class/blob/master/student_C7_C8/mastermind_AI.py >> >> The game can be created almost entirely with loops and conditionals. And >> the solution reuses the same feedback function, so it really sums up simple >> programming concepts well. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:31 AM, Joe Jasinski wrote: >> >> Hey ChiPy, >> Stop by for a great main meeting on Thursday November 8th. Hope to see >> you there! >> >> Thank you to Braintree for hosting us this month! >> >> >> *When:*Nov. 8, 2018, 6 p.m. >> >> 6:00pm Doors open >> 6:30pm: Meeting starts >> >> >> *How:*You can RSVP at chipy.org or via our Meetup >> group. >> >> *Where:* >> >> Braintree >> Merchandise Mart >> 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza >> 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60654 >> *What* >> >> - *From Python to Rust* >> By: Kevin Nasto >> Experience Level: Intermediate >> Ever been curious about the Rust programming language? Although Rust >> is a low level language, some similarities exist with Python. This talk describes >> it from the point of view of a Python user. Discover the alternatives to >> pip, functions and passing values, lists, classes, import statements, >> exception handling, and more. >> - *Python in a Pod in a Kube in a Pi* >> By: Joe Jasinski >> Experience Level: Intermediate >> Have some extra Raspberry Pi's laying around? Ever want to learn what >> this Kubernetes thing is about? Do you love running Python inside of Docker? >> Then this talk is for you! This talk will dive into some core Kubernetes >> concepts, using a Raspberry Pi cluster as a learning tool. >> - *Beating Mastermind: Winning Games, Translating Math to Code, and >> Learning from Donald Knuth* >> By: Adam Forsyth >> Experience Level: Novice >> Mastermind is a logic-based guessing game. Many years ago, Donald >> Knuth described a way to win the game in 5 moves or less. We?ll implement the >> game and the algorithm from the article. Come learn how to beat Mastermind >> and turn a paper by a famous scientist into code! >> >> >> >> *Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsors: >> Metis and TelnyxAlso thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, >> Imaginary Landscape, Lumere, and Signature Consultants. Also, thank you to >> our Silver sponsor: Markit.Please be aware of our code of >> conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ >> * >> >> >> >> -- >> Joe J. 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Join our Metis Community Slack channel! Apply here: http://bit.ly/MetisCommunitySlack Nathan Metis National Data Science Evangelist and Events Manager Contact me at nathan at thisismetis.com if you have any questions regarding Metis or would like to discuss organizing a future tech event in Chicago! -- Nathan Vermeiren National Data Science Evangelist and Events Manager, Metis [image: Twitter] *Our Philosophy* *We strive, we sweat, we swear.* *We go the extra mile.We stage, we fail.* *We try again. Get it right* *We learn. Connect. Come together.Welcome to Metis.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Other courses where they generally are always looking for instructors include: - CSC 241 /242 Intro to CS in Python I and II (UGR) - CSC 300 /301 Data structures II and II (UGR) - CSC 373 /374 Computer Systems I and II (UGR) - CSC 400 Discrete Math (GR) - CSC 376 Distribute Systems (UGR) - IT 211 Intro to Applied programming in Python (UGR) - IT 223 /403 Intro to Data Analysis (UGR/GR) A list of all courses offered at CDM can be found here The contact person is Xiaoping Jia: xjia at cdm.depaul.edu Andy Rasmussen Chicago Public Schools and DePaul University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a great way to show that not only do you support Python open source but that you support the communities within. Thanks everyone, we hope to see you on Dec 5th. Peace, love, and Python ??? hugs, Lorena Mesa __________________________________________________________________ *Lorena Mesa* Co-Organizer, PyLadies Chicago Director, Python Software Foundation www.lorenamesa.com @loooorenanicole Pronouns: she/her/hers Say what? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonpaul.wright at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 13:04:27 2018 From: jonpaul.wright at gmail.com (Jonpaul Wright) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:04:27 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Sponsor and attend PyLadies Chicago .+ ChiPy Winter Social on Dec 5, 2018 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2d8d1180-1a79-41d7-9912-86dee3c68609@Spark> Dear Lorena, Is this a female-only social, for the PyLadies? Or are male Pythonistas also invited? Best, Jonpaul On Nov 14, 2018, 07:51 -0600, Lorena Mesa , wrote: > Greeting Pythonistas of Chicago, > > PyLadies Chicago and ChiPy are teaming up for a Winter Social on Weds Dec 5, 2018 hosted at Active Campaign. We'd love you to join us! You can RSVP here -?https://www.meetup.com/Chicago-PyLadies/events/256247855/. We're working on pulling together some ideas for things to do that evening, so if you have anything you'd like to do (e.g. play a board game) you can find a form in the Meet Up to suggest activities! > > Additionally, we're looking for sponsorship for food and drink. If you think your company would love to support Chicago Python groups and is looking to meet members of the community, please reach out. You can respond directly to me or reach out to chicago at pyladies.com! This is a great way to show that not only do you support Python open source but that you support the communities within. > > Thanks everyone, we hope to see you on Dec 5th. > > Peace, love, and Python?????hugs, > > Lorena Mesa > __________________________________________________________________ > Lorena Mesa > Co-Organizer,?PyLadies Chicago > Director, Python Software Foundation > www.lorenamesa.com > @loooorenanicole > > Pronouns: she/her/hers?Say what? > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at lorenamesa.com Thu Nov 15 12:16:19 2018 From: me at lorenamesa.com (Lorena Mesa) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:16:19 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Sponsor and attend PyLadies Chicago .+ ChiPy Winter Social on Dec 5, 2018 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jonpaul, Thanks for your question! PyLadies events are open to everyone! As we mention on our "About" section on Meet Up - https://www.meetup.com/Chicago-PyLadies/ - PyLadies is dedicated to creating a space in the Python community for those with marginalized genders, such as women and nonbinary people, but we welcome everyone to participate. We do expect everyone to abide by our Code of Conduct http://www.pyladies.com/CodeOfConduct/. In addition, we are intentionally teaming with ChiPy to ensure that members from both are communities are present, so please do join us! If you have any other questions about this - feel free to reach out to me directly. Hope to see you on 12/5! __________________________________________________________________ *Lorena Mesa* Co-Organizer, PyLadies Chicago Director, Python Software Foundation www.lorenamesa.com @loooorenanicole Pronouns: she/her/hers Say what? 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URL: From tathagatadg at gmail.com Sat Nov 17 09:48:02 2018 From: tathagatadg at gmail.com (Tathagata Dasgupta) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 08:48:02 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Adafruit CircuitPython Workshop @PythonProjectNight, December 20 Message-ID: Hello folks, Chipy Python Project Night is organizing a special event this December! Come learn how to program in CircuitPython. CircuitPython is aimed at beginners and is a tool for teaching and learning. So whatever your experience level is, you are welcome to join in! Yes, newbies are welcome. This will be a two hour hands on CircuitPython workshop led by Kattni Rembor, an embedded software developer, technical writer and community manager with Adafruit Industries. We will be provide the CircuitPython Express boards required for the class. Event Description: CircuitPython is Python that runs on microcontrollers. It's designed for learning and it's super simple to use. If you're new to programming or electronics, CircuitPython can help you get started with both. All you need to do is plug in a microcontroller board, open any code editor, and start editing. Participants will be provided with a Circuit Playground Express microcontroller board to use. We will be using Mu as our code editor - Mu is an editor that has the serial REPL and a plotter built in, and makes getting started with CircuitPython particularly easy. This beginner-friendly workshop will introduce CircuitPython, and discuss why you would use it and the community that surrounds it. Then we will get into working with code. There will be a series of examples that utilise the various sensors, lights and switches built into the Circuit Playground Express board. We will start simply with the CircuitPython "Hello, world!" >From there, we'll build on the concepts learned, combining them as we go to eventually build a light up, capacitive touch tone piano. Instructor Bio: Kattni Rembor (@kattni) is a full time contractor working as an embedded software developer, technical writer and community leader with Adafruit Industries. She began learning Python through CircuitPython in July 2017. CircuitPython is Python that runs on microcontrollers, and is designed to lower the barrier for entry to learning programming and electronics. She joined Adafruit in January 2018 as a member of the CircuitPython team. She has written the definitive CircuitPython Getting Started guides, the library designed to make CircuitPython super simple to use on Adafruit's premier learning board, Circuit Playground Express, as well as many project guides and tutorials. She has helped build the amazing, supportive online maker space around CircuitPython and a wide variety of other open source topics. The community was a huge part of what got her started, and she has greatly enjoyed becoming such a huge part of it. Kattni a board member for Linux user's group, Michigan!/usr/group. We have 25 seats for this workshop. So we will select those responses which have original and interesting ideas on what you want to build using CircuitPython Express. Entries will be anonymized before evaluation. Our decision for the selected applications will be final. I am a complete beginner? Should I apply? Yes! Absolutely. Our goal is to learn, experiment and have fun - and that does not require being an expert. All we need is your enthusiasm! Where should I apply? https://bit.ly/chipy_adafruit What's the link to meetup.com for RSVP? https://bit.ly/chipy_adafruit_rsvp What is the last date for signing up? December 6th, 2018 midnight CST When will I be notified if my application has been selected? By December 13th, 2018 When is the event? 20 December 2018, 6:30-8:30pm. Doors open 6:00 pm Location: Braintree, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #800, Chicago, IL 60654 CircuitPython Express: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333 What can you do with CircuitPython: Take a look at the numerous cool project ideas with CircuitPython: https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=circuitpython Getting Started with CircuitPython: https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython What do I need to bring to the workshop: You will need to bring your wifi connected laptop, USB Micro cable which supports data transfer and photoid for the class. Code of Conduct: http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tanya at tickel.net Thu Nov 29 21:24:28 2018 From: tanya at tickel.net (Tanya Schlusser) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 20:24:28 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] PyVideo video playlists/suggestions? Message-ID: Hi, do any of you have a "top 10" or "best of PyVideo" list? A friend and I were trying to come up with a list of don't-miss talks. Here are a few of mine off the top of my head, but I'm really interested in seeing what others list. (You can tell how late i joined the Python community by the recent dates on all of these videos) - Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html - Gary Bernhardt's "Birth and death of Javascript" https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript - Ned Batchelder's "Pragmatic Unicode: or how to stop the pain" https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2012/pragmatic-unicode-or-how-do-i-stop-the-pain.html - K. Lars Lohn's "Complexity and the art of the left turn" https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2016/k-lars-lohn-keynote-pycon-2016.html - Lisa Guo and Hui Ding on The Instagram migration to Python 3 https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html - Will Farr's summary of how Jupyter helped confirm detection of gravitational waves https://pyvideo.org/jupytercon-2018/jupyter-gravitational-waves-will-farr-stony-brook-university.html Thanks in advance! Woo! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy7771026 at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 22:15:29 2018 From: randy7771026 at gmail.com (Randy Baxley) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:15:29 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] PyVideo video playlists/suggestions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have a top 1. https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2013/learn-python-through-public-data-hacking.html Randy On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:25 PM Tanya Schlusser wrote: > Hi, do any of you have a "top 10" or "best of PyVideo" list? A friend and > I were trying to come up with a list of don't-miss talks. Here are a few of > mine off the top of my head, but I'm really interested in seeing what > others list. (You can tell how late i joined the Python community by the > recent dates on all of these videos) > > - Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html > > - Gary Bernhardt's "Birth and death of Javascript" > > https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript > > - Ned Batchelder's "Pragmatic Unicode: or how to stop the pain" > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2012/pragmatic-unicode-or-how-do-i-stop-the-pain.html > > - K. Lars Lohn's "Complexity and the art of the left turn" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2016/k-lars-lohn-keynote-pycon-2016.html > > - Lisa Guo and Hui Ding on The Instagram migration to Python 3 > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html > > - Will Farr's summary of how Jupyter helped confirm detection of > gravitational waves > > https://pyvideo.org/jupytercon-2018/jupyter-gravitational-waves-will-farr-stony-brook-university.html > > Thanks in advance! Woo! > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carl at personnelware.com Thu Nov 29 23:09:54 2018 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:09:54 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] PyVideo video playlists/suggestions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A hands-on introduction to Python for beginning programmers Jessica McKellar https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2013/a-hands-on-introduction-to-python-for-beginning-p.html I lover reading the comments. here are some of the that stuck out: This is still the best video that teaches python on the internet...thanks!! Wow so friendly she had anticipated that there were going to be latecomers in class, and she kindly had volunteers ready to go. cool beans! Well paced presentation, building information in a comfortable pace.? Wonderful tutor .. Great lecture Jessica .. wish they were more videos!!! by you.. Thanks? She's very good at explaining programming to lay people. Very refreshing to see a geek with this ability!? Jessica this is an amazing intro to Python, thank you very much for this effort. Keep sharing, Keep Helping people. Good Job.? I'm 14 and I'm using Python for a lot of things. I definitely found this video intriguing and useful. Thanks!? Just what I needed to motivate me! Thanks...? The best hands-on Python tutorial I've seen. Unfortunately, it appears as if it's a one-time tutorial and not a regular series. ? This course is more clear than other online courses, including the Google course. I hope to teach this subject in Jr. High Schools.? On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:16 PM Randy Baxley wrote: > > I have a top 1. > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2013/learn-python-through-public-data-hacking.html > > Randy > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:25 PM Tanya Schlusser wrote: >> >> Hi, do any of you have a "top 10" or "best of PyVideo" list? A friend and I were trying to come up with a list of don't-miss talks. Here are a few of mine off the top of my head, but I'm really interested in seeing what others list. (You can tell how late i joined the Python community by the recent dates on all of these videos) >> >> - Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" >> https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html >> >> - Gary Bernhardt's "Birth and death of Javascript" >> https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript >> >> - Ned Batchelder's "Pragmatic Unicode: or how to stop the pain" >> https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2012/pragmatic-unicode-or-how-do-i-stop-the-pain.html >> >> - K. Lars Lohn's "Complexity and the art of the left turn" >> https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2016/k-lars-lohn-keynote-pycon-2016.html >> >> - Lisa Guo and Hui Ding on The Instagram migration to Python 3 >> https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html >> >> - Will Farr's summary of how Jupyter helped confirm detection of gravitational waves >> https://pyvideo.org/jupytercon-2018/jupyter-gravitational-waves-will-farr-stony-brook-university.html >> >> Thanks in advance! Woo! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -- Carl K From carl at personnelware.com Thu Nov 29 23:22:33 2018 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:22:33 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] PyVideo video playlists/suggestions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Transforming Code into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python Raymond Hettinger https://youtu.be/OSGv2VnC0go This is a TERRIFIC video and I learned a bunch of stuff I should be using, even though I still use 2.8 Very nice. In just 50 minutes I learned moe then in the last month.? Love this guy. I was quite disappointed when it ended. I was so expecting a much much longer video :D? Scintillating talk! Worth repeat viewings. Such a great vid, I've come back to this a few times and keep learning new things!? On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:25 PM Tanya Schlusser wrote: > > Hi, do any of you have a "top 10" or "best of PyVideo" list? A friend and I were trying to come up with a list of don't-miss talks. Here are a few of mine off the top of my head, but I'm really interested in seeing what others list. (You can tell how late i joined the Python community by the recent dates on all of these videos) > > - Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html > > - Gary Bernhardt's "Birth and death of Javascript" > https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript > > - Ned Batchelder's "Pragmatic Unicode: or how to stop the pain" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2012/pragmatic-unicode-or-how-do-i-stop-the-pain.html > > - K. Lars Lohn's "Complexity and the art of the left turn" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2016/k-lars-lohn-keynote-pycon-2016.html > > - Lisa Guo and Hui Ding on The Instagram migration to Python 3 > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html > > - Will Farr's summary of how Jupyter helped confirm detection of gravitational waves > https://pyvideo.org/jupytercon-2018/jupyter-gravitational-waves-will-farr-stony-brook-university.html > > Thanks in advance! Woo! > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -- Carl K From carl at personnelware.com Thu Nov 29 23:30:47 2018 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:30:47 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] PyVideo video playlists/suggestions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Mighty Dictionary (#55) By Brandon Rhodes https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2010/the-mighty-dictionary-55.html Fri 19 February 2010 Before I put things on Youtube, so no comments. bummer. I heard one vocally last week at Python Office Hours about this very video, Something like "Wow! I had no idea how much effort went into optimizing things so I don't have to." On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:25 PM Tanya Schlusser wrote: > > Hi, do any of you have a "top 10" or "best of PyVideo" list? A friend and I were trying to come up with a list of don't-miss talks. Here are a few of mine off the top of my head, but I'm really interested in seeing what others list. (You can tell how late i joined the Python community by the recent dates on all of these videos) > > - Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html > > - Gary Bernhardt's "Birth and death of Javascript" > https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript > > - Ned Batchelder's "Pragmatic Unicode: or how to stop the pain" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2012/pragmatic-unicode-or-how-do-i-stop-the-pain.html > > - K. Lars Lohn's "Complexity and the art of the left turn" > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2016/k-lars-lohn-keynote-pycon-2016.html > > - Lisa Guo and Hui Ding on The Instagram migration to Python 3 > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html > > - Will Farr's summary of how Jupyter helped confirm detection of gravitational waves > https://pyvideo.org/jupytercon-2018/jupyter-gravitational-waves-will-farr-stony-brook-university.html > > Thanks in advance! Woo! > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -- Carl K From alysivji at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 23:38:26 2018 From: alysivji at gmail.com (Aly Sivji) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:38:26 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] PyVideo video playlists/suggestions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 for brandon rhodes clean architecture is the one i've been referring to a lot in the past couple of months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJtef410XaM On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:31 PM Carl Karsten wrote: > The Mighty Dictionary (#55) > > By Brandon Rhodes > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2010/the-mighty-dictionary-55.html > > Fri 19 February 2010 > Before I put things on Youtube, so no comments. bummer. > > I heard one vocally last week at Python Office Hours about this very > video, Something like "Wow! I had no idea how much effort went into > optimizing things so I don't have to." > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:25 PM Tanya Schlusser wrote: > > > > Hi, do any of you have a "top 10" or "best of PyVideo" list? A friend > and I were trying to come up with a list of don't-miss talks. Here are a > few of mine off the top of my head, but I'm really interested in seeing > what others list. (You can tell how late i joined the Python community by > the recent dates on all of these videos) > > > > - Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" > > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html > > > > - Gary Bernhardt's "Birth and death of Javascript" > > > https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript > > > > - Ned Batchelder's "Pragmatic Unicode: or how to stop the pain" > > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2012/pragmatic-unicode-or-how-do-i-stop-the-pain.html > > > > - K. Lars Lohn's "Complexity and the art of the left turn" > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2016/k-lars-lohn-keynote-pycon-2016.html > > > > - Lisa Guo and Hui Ding on The Instagram migration to Python 3 > > https://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2017/keynote-pythoninstragram.html > > > > - Will Farr's summary of how Jupyter helped confirm detection of > gravitational waves > > > https://pyvideo.org/jupytercon-2018/jupyter-gravitational-waves-will-farr-stony-brook-university.html > > > > Thanks in advance! Woo! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > > -- > Carl K > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -- Aly Sivji Phone: +1 312 860 7485 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alysivji -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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