This week, I thought it would be interesting to find out just how old American politicians are. President Joe Biden (81) announced that he won't run for re-election, but Donald Trump (78) isn't a youngster, either. Nancy Pelosi (84) seems to have been central to coordinating
The bombshell news over the last few days was, of course, the withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the election this November, and the swift pivot to Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive nominee. Biden's age had long worried voters, but his debate performance last month put
Thanks to everyone who came to this month's office hours! I'm enclosing the video here, as well as the Jupyter notebook I used for coding. See you next month!
Have questions about Pandas? It's time for our monthly office hours, where you can ask anything you want — about Bamboo Weekly problems, or anything else Pandas related. I'll try my best to answer! We'll be meeting at 7:15 p.m. Israel time, tomorrow
This week, we looked at refugees – how many there are, where they come from, and where they go. This was inspired by a conversation I had with a taxi driver on my way to the Prague airport, who expressed mostly positive feelings about what the Czech Republic had done for
[Sorry for the delayed publication; I had another packed, late day of corporate training and office hours. Solutions should come on time Thursday!] I was in Prague last week for the Euro Python conference, which was delightful in every possible way. I was chatting with my driver on the way
[I'm at Euro Python in Prague this week. If you're attending, then please find me and say "hi"!] This week, we looked at data from the recent Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, one in which Sir Keir Starmer's Labour party swept
[I'm at Euro Python in Prague this week. If you're attending, then please find me and say "hi"!] There are a lot of elections going on this year. Some of them, like those in India and the United States, were long expected. Others, such
Avocados seem so innocent. (And, might I add, delicious.) But the massive growth in avocados' popularity and consumption over the last two decades has come at a price – a large number of people who have injured themselves when cutting them open. This injury, known as "avocado hand,"
The world has discovered avocados. Between guacamole, avocado toast (which, I discovered via my children, is nothing more than toast with mashed avocado on it), and just plain ol' enjoying its taste, avocados have become quite the popular food. Which means that they're big business, as well:
This week, we looked at the rich data set collected by Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Juan P. Ospina in their recent paper, "The ABC of mobility" (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024001272). Their research looked at a large number of cities around the world, and how people
I love to walk. I try to take a long walk at dawn each day, enjoying several of my city's parks as the sun rises. During the summer months, the city has flocks of sheep come to eat the wild brush, reducing the chances of forest fires. Here