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Re:To Make Dishwashers Great Again? (2020) on Sunday September 10, 2023 @10:40PM (#37462225)
I love his videos. They are not tutorials and so do not need to be concise and to the point. They are video essays from which I learn many things in a good amount of detail, and i have a fun time doing it because he writes entertaining scripts.

Ask HN: How can I get better at writing production-level Python?

I'm looking for resources that could help me write better, more professional code in Python.I've worked extensively as a software developer in Java before, so I am aware of the many things that go into writing "real" code (as opposed to what one writes for Leetcode or even an academic project), from little things like using the right annotations, to bigger ones like dependency injection...

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Wow it took a lot of effort to get through this one. The entire interaction with the other teacher was incredibly cringeworthily reported. I can't imagine anyone writing in this tone in 2023 and expecting a positive reaction from readers.

Ask HN: Is the industry saturated with data scientists already?

I'm still pretty early in my career, which I started as a software developer. I transitioned into a data scientist role about a year ago, then moved to the USA for a Master's degree in AI/DS.Here I'm seeing a trend of software developers being paid better than data scientists in general, and I was wondering if I've made a mistake transitioning away from software development. The number of...

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Re:Bonzi Buddy on Friday June 04, 2021 @06:23PM (#27399760)
Brings back so many fond memories. I was 5 when my family computer had Bonzi Buddy, and we loved it. We installed it every time we had to have our Windows drive reformatted (it happened quite frequently, as you can guess from our fondness for installing malware).

But hey, it used to sing songs and dance and stuff, and my mom could make it tell me to brush my teeth.

I'm new to reading paywalled articles and the HN FAQs said it was ok to ask for help in the comments. Can someone please help me out? I really want to read this article.