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mendelbot··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
I found this book to be the most approachable Deep Learning book that actually helped me build something.

https://www.manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-python

mendelbot··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
Capitalism has trained us to equate productivity with our self-worth. So please don't feel the need to be constantly busy during the pandemic. You are enough, regardless of what you're building / making / cashing out on.

Having said that, if you're truly interested in a project and it keeps you engaged, go for it and I hope you're enjoying it!!!

mendelbot··on How to get stock fundamentals data with Python
anybody know of a good Python API for options prices? I don't think Alpaca has them
mendelbot··on Algorithm allows video editors to modify talking-head videos as if editing text
The "Ethical concerns" section in the article feels like a punt. The author quoting "this technology is really about better storytelling" is aspirational -- the technology's story will be written by those who use it, and you can bet people will use this maliciously.
mendelbot··on Guide to Deep Work
Maybe the real problem here is capitalism and productivity porn.
mendelbot··on State of Mutation Testing at Google (2017)
Go Goran!!
mendelbot··on Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year
Maybe kids should just stare at a screen less and go outside
mendelbot··on NLP analysis of Pride and Prejudice
Check out textacy, a higher-level text library built on top of spaCy, for better keywords extraction:

https://github.com/chartbeat-labs/textacy

https://textacy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api_reference.html#...