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Top 7 Algorithms for Data Structures in Python

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Algorithms and data structures are the foundational elements that can also efficiently support the software development process in programming. Python, an easy-to-code language, has many features like a list, dictionary, and set, which are built-in data structures for the Python language. However, the wizards are unleashed by applying the algorithms in these structures.

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The Strategic Use of Sequential Feature Selector for Housing Price Predictions

Machine Learning Mastery

To understand housing prices better, simplicity and clarity in our models are key. Our aim with this post is to demonstrate how straightforward yet powerful techniques in feature selection and engineering can lead to creating an effective, simple linear regression model. Working with the Ames dataset, we use a Sequential Feature Selector (SFS) to identify […] The post The Strategic Use of Sequential Feature Selector for Housing Price Predictions appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com

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Most Used 10 Power BI Charts

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction As the availability and importance of information as a robust asset increases in the modern global economy, it becomes essential to represent the information appropriately, especially to audiences with a non-technical background. Visualizations close the gap between big data and a more understandable realization of the data provided. Microsoft’s Power BI tool is an […] The post Most Used 10 Power BI Charts appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Transformer Explainer

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Mastering Apache Airflow® 3.0: What’s New (and What’s Next) for Data Orchestration

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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ToolSandbox: A Stateful, Conversational, Interactive Evaluation Benchmark for LLM Tool Use Capabilities

Machine Learning Research at Apple

Recent large language models (LLMs) advancements sparked a growing research interest in tool assisted LLMs solving real-world challenges, which calls for comprehensive evaluation of tool-use capabilities.

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ChatGPT unexpectedly began speaking in a user's cloned voice during testing

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Woolf: "OpenAI just leaked the plot of Black Mirror's next season.

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I Quit Spotify

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The platform interface has gradually made it harder to find the music I want to listen to. With the latest app updates, I’d had enough.

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APE: Active Prompt Engineering - Identifying Informative Few-Shot Examples for LLMs

Machine Learning Research at Apple

Prompt engineering is an iterative procedure that often requires extensive manual efforts to formulate suitable instructions for effectively directing large language models (LLMs) in specific tasks. Incorporating few-shot examples is a vital and efficacious approach to provide LLMs with precise and tangible instructions, leading to improved LLM performance.

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UN Cybercrime Convention to Overrule Bank Secrecy

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The finalized UN Cybercrime Convention would overrule bank secrecy while criminalizing hacking, whistleblowing and security research.

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Best NBA players in the Olympics, by country since the 1992 Dream Team

FlowingData

In 1992, when the Dream Team dominated basketball in the Olympics, the best players in the NBA were all from the United States. The league has grown more international since then. For Sportradar, Todd Whitehead shows the shift in where the best players come from and who they played for in the Olympics. I’m pretty sure Steph Curry moved up a couple notches after his performance in the gold medal game.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs

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Server Mono is a typeface inspired by typewriters, Apple's San Francisco Mono, ASCII art, command-line interfaces, and programming tools.

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Olympic medal tracker variations

FlowingData

As the 2024 Summer Olympics wrap up, medal trackers will fade from homepages for a couple years. You’ve probably seen a list or five by now where each row represents a country and four columns show the counts for gold, silver, bronze, and the country’s total. It’s a straightforward view that shows what most people are looking for. However, I like the wrinkles that add a little something to the counts.

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GIL Become Optional in Python 3.13

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GIL or Global Interpreter Lock can be disabled in Python version 3.13. This is currently experimental.

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Downturn LGD Model: Predicting residential mortgage losses in an economic downturn

Dataconomy

Varun Nakra’s “Downturn LGD model” was designed to predict potential losses on residential mortgage portfolios during economic crises. Now widely adopted by major Australian banks, it has become a benchmark in financial risk management. We spoke with Nakra about his model’s applications in banking and real estate. With a career spanning multiple geographies, including the U.S., Singapore, and Australia, Varun Nakra is a leading expert in developing machine learning and statistical mo

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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China's total wind and solar capacity outstrips coal

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Wind and solar energy capacity in China has for the first time collectively surpassed the country’s coal capacity as of June 2024, Rystad Energy said on Th

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Best Practices for Fact Tables in Dimensional Models

Pickl AI

Summary: This blog discusses best practices for designing effective fact tables in dimensional models. It covers key considerations such as defining the grain, selecting dimensions, and determining metrics. Additionally, it addresses common challenges and offers practical solutions to ensure that fact tables are structured for optimal data quality and analytical performance.

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Blitz: A lightweight, modular, extensible web renderer

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High performance HTML and CSS renderer powered by WGPU - DioxusLabs/blitz

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Essential Tips for Job Seekers

Women in Big Data

When it comes to landing your dream job, every detail counts—from the way you craft your resume to how you present yourself in an interview. With recruiters making snap judgments within seconds, and interviews often decided in the first few minutes, being well-prepared is essential. Dolan Banerjee offers powerful tips at our event on July 26 to help you stand out in today’s competitive job market.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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The Bad Politics of Bad Posture

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There’s little evidence slouching is unhealthy. So why do Americans believe so firmly in sitting up straight?

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Everything You Need to Know About Machine Learning OCR

How to Learn Machine Learning

Hello dear reader, hope you’re doing super well, whatever time of the day it is for you. In the following post we will be speaking about Machine Learning OCR, a topic we love, and that now with all the LLM Multimodality thing is evolving a lot. In this post we will be covering the basics, so lets get to it! Introduction Machine Learning OCR is an Optical Character Recognition technology embedded with machine learning algorithms.

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Samsung's EV batteries with 600Mi/1000KM range, 9min charging and 20years life

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Multiple automakers have been testing product samples, bringing them closer to hitting the market. But like most new technologies, they won't be cheap.

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Firefox Browser Ported to HaikuOS

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Hello everyone. I am a big fan of Firefox and a long-time watcher of Haiku (and BeOS).

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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How to avoid losing items? Holding pens

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A camera that shoots 40k FPS decided the 100-meter sprint final

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The men's 100-meter final on Sunday night was historically close with American Noah Lyles edging out Jamaica's Kishane Thompson.

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Julia Margaret Cameron

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Her trademark fuzziness can make figures look as though breath were in the air around them, and when she is suddenly.

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Why Your Data Stack Won't Last – and How to Build Data Infrastructure That Will

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As a consultant, I have been called in to review and, in many cases, replace dozens of half-finished, abandoned, and sometimes forgotten data infrastructure projects.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Samsung's New EV Battery Tech: 600-Mile Ranges, and 9-Minute Charges?

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Many think this lithium-ion alternative will nearly double vehicle range and reduce charging time, dramatically changing the perception and performance of electric vehicles.

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Comma.ai: Refactoring for Growth

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Introducing the autonomy, product, and operations teams.

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X's likelihood of prevailing in boycott suit is higher than I thought

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The social media site sued an ad-industry nonprofit, accusing it of antitrust violations

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Firedancer: Language for 2D shmups bullet-hell patterns

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Haxe-based language for defining 2D shmups bullet-hell patterns.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?