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Python Software Foundation: Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q1 & Q2 2019

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/MJTB6RSjp38/python-software-foundation-fellow.html


We are happy to announce our newest PSF Fellow Members! This group includes nominated Fellows from Q1 and Q2 of 2019.


Q1 2019


Christoph Gohlke



Q2 2019


Aaron Yankey

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Chris Jerdonek
Stack Abuse: Face Recognition in Python with FaceNet

Link: https://stackabuse.com/face-recognition-in-python-with-facenet/

Introduction
Face recognition systems are used for many different applications, like automatically labeling images of your friends on Facebook or unlocking your phone by showing it your face.
If you w
Real Python: How to Use Python Lambda Functions

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/python-lambda-functions/

Python and other languages like Java, C#, and even C++ have had lambda functions added to their syntax, whereas languages like LISP or the ML family of languages, Haskell, OCaml, and F#, use lambdas a
Stack Abuse: Python for NLP: Multi-label Text Classification with Keras

Link: https://stackabuse.com/python-for-nlp-multi-label-text-classification-with-keras/

Introduction
This is the 19th article in my series of articles on Python for NLP. From the last few articles, we have been exploring fairly advanced NLP concepts based on deep learning techniques. In
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #383 (Aug. 27, 2019)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/383

#383 – AUGUST 27, 2019 View in Browser » Your Guide to the CPython Source Code In this detailed Python tutorial, you’ll explore the CPython source code. By following this step-by-step walkthroug
Kushal Das: Running Ubiquity controller on a Raspberry Pi

Link: https://kushaldas.in/posts/running-ubiquity-controller-on-a-raspberry-pi.html


I got a few new Raspberry Pi(s) with 4GB RAM.
I used them as a full scale desktop for some time, and was happy with the
performance.
I used to run the Ubiquity controller for the home network
in a fu
Quansight Labs Blog: Quansight Labs Dask Update

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2019/08/labs-dask-update/

This post provides an update on some recent Dask-related activities the Quansight Labs team has been working on.
Dask community work order
Through a community work order (CWO) with the D. E. Shaw grou
Caktus Consulting Group: A Review of ReportLab: PDF Processing with Python

Link: http://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2019/08/28/review-reportlab-pdf-processing-python/


These days it’s easy to get swept up into the buzz around Python’s
strengths as a data science package, but Python is also great for the
more mundane, business process side of computing. One of the m
Humberto Rocha: Publishing my first Game

Link: https://humberto.io/blog/publishing-my-first-game/

Games always connected me with technology since the beginning.
My father and I, we built our first computer (a Pentium 286) and the first thing that I remember to do was to play some DOS games like Pr
Real Python: PyCharm for Productive Python Development (Guide)

Link: https://realpython.com/pycharm-guide/

As a programmer, you should be focused on the business logic and creating useful applications for your users. In doing that, PyCharm by JetBrains saves you a lot of time by taking care of the routine
Ruslan Spivak: Let’s Build A Simple Interpreter. Part 17: Call Stack and Activation Records

Link: https://ruslanspivak.com/lsbasi-part17/


“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher

In 1968 during the Mexico City Summer Olympics, a marathon runner named John Stephen Akhwari found himself thousands mi
Python Software Foundation: PyPI Security Q4 2019 Request for Information period opens.

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/gIKwwagf0H0/pypi-security-q4-2019-request-for.html


The Python Software Foundation Packaging Working Group has received funding from Facebook research to develop and deploy of enhanced security features to PyPI.

PyPI is a foundational component of th
IslandT: Find the maximum value within a string with Python

Link: https://kibiwebgeek.com/2019/08/29/find-the-maximum-value-within-a-string-with-python/

In this chapter we are going to solve the above problem with a Python method. Given a string which consists of words and numbers, we are going to extract out the numbers that are within those words fr
Ned Batchelder: Don’t omit tests from coverage

Link: https://nedbatchelder.com//blog/201908/dont_omit_tests_from_coverage.html

There’s a common idea out there that I want to refute. It’s this: when
measuring coverage, you should omit your tests from measurement.
Searching GitHub shows that lots of people do this.
This is a ba
Thibauld Nion: 7 years of Django in 7-ish days

Link: https://tibonihoo.net/en/blog/2019/08/7-ans-de-django-en-1-semaine/

Spring was quite an "interesting time" for my personal project: WaterOnMars.
Indeed I started to work on adding a new feature (a first in a while
but maybe the topic of another post) but each time I w
Continuum Analytics Blog: Canaries Can Tweet: Preview New Features with Conda Canary

Link: https://www.anaconda.com/preview-new-features-conda-canary/

Conda-canary is the pre-defaults-release channel for conda — it has the most recent version of conda. On occasion it will also have the latest pre-defaults-release of conda-build and other conda depen
Python Insider: Python 3.8.0b4 is now available for testing

Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonInsider/~3/FTBbItOCE6g/python-380b4-is-now-available-for.html


It's time for the last beta release of Python 3.8. Go find it at:
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380b4/ 



This
release is the last of four planned beta release previews. Beta
re