Manual Installation of a Python Module
With SpaCy and Conda as an example
Sometimes you may need to manually install a python module. I had to do this because the large SpaCy model at the time of wrting is almost 800 megabytes compressed (and close to 1 gigabyte uncompressed) but module managers download temporarily to /tmp before installation. My /tmp directory is not...
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Being a Team Lead
Reflections on one month as a TL
This past Friday marks the end of Unit 1 for DS10 and one month as a Team Lead (TL) for me. TL contracts are for 8 weeks (2 sprints) with the option of 2 additional sprints. When I applied I only gave myself a 20% chance of getting the job...
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The First Week of Machine Learning
The worst week
In comparing my blog entries with other students, I see mine are far less about code snippets and the homework assignments and generally less technical. Unfortunately, I think today will be another blog about my experiences and the surrounding thoughts and feelings. I’m not sure if this is good or...
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Lambda DS Update
Some SQL
This week at Lambda for my cohort was RDBMS/SQL week. I knew I was not the best at sql but I thought I would be pretty good. In my prior life I crafted sql queries regularly and even taught many members of the finannce department how to use sql in...
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