#Python people, I have a question about names. In the following example, what do you call the first line of this function (everything from `def` through the colon)?
Followup question: When someone refers to the "function definition" does that make you think of the entire function, or just part of it?
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🐍 [Sponsor Invited Talks'25] Python, Is It Being Killed by Incremental Improvements?
🐍 [Sponsor Invited Talks'25] Python, Is It Being Killed by Incremental Improvements?
On this somewhat special anniversary, I also want to state once again that Liberapay is an open project. *You* can contribute to it if you have some basic skills, and receive some money in return. There's still a lot of work to do, including quite a bit that doesn't involve programming, and plenty to learn.
Liberapay is written in #Python, #SQL (until I can finish building what's needed to get rid of it), and as little #JavaScript as possible.
→ https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Liberapay has never had a rigid roadmap, and we don't usually announce things in advance, but today we can say:
- Two noteworthy new features will be available soon, one for donees and one for donors.
- Later this year, Liberapay will add support for at least one more payment method, thanks to a grant from NLnet.
On this somewhat special anniversary, I also want to state once again that Liberapay is an open project. *You* can contribute to it if you have some basic skills, and receive some money in return. There's still a lot of work to do, including quite a bit that doesn't involve programming, and plenty to learn.
Liberapay is written in #Python, #SQL (until I can finish building what's needed to get rid of it), and as little #JavaScript as possible.
→ https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
The first data science book that has a chapter on monads https://reproducible-data-science.dev/
Learn how to build robust #DataScience pipelines with #RStats, #Python , #Julia and #Nix !
#Python people, I have a question about names. In the following example, what do you call the first line of this function (everything from `def` through the colon)?
Followup question: When someone refers to the "function definition" does that make you think of the entire function, or just part of it?
Join us 7-15 Feb for #Python for Computational Science Week!
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Looking at #correlation plots, I sometimes see R² ("R-squared") reported instead of the Pearson correlation coefficient r. While R² = r² holds in simple linear regression, reporting R² alone can mislead by omitting directionality. I have summarized the key differences between r and R² and tried to give a best-practice guide on when to use each:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-09-13-r_vs_r_squared/
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@mirandah @django @jacob from one of Jacob’s interviews, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqcuzSwySR4
@mirandah @django @jacob another quote from the same source,
“T]he one that annoys me personally is Facebook buys Instagram for a billion dollars, and Instagram has not donated a cent or a line of code to #Django or to #Python which they built that on top of. There is so much money around open source, there is not a company out there that is not directly more profitable because they're using free software and yet very very few people actually are getting paid for their work on open source.’”
The first data science book that has a chapter on monads https://reproducible-data-science.dev/
Learn how to build robust #DataScience pipelines with #RStats, #Python , #Julia and #Nix !
Due to a recent discussion with colleagues on whether and when to use #LinearMixedModels ( #LMM), I wrote a blog post comparing LMM to other approaches using simulated data. I thought, it may also be useful for others working with hierarchical data structures in #neuroscience and beyond.
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2026-01-31-linear_mixed_models/
#Python #Statistics #DataScience #MixedModels #Statsmodels #ANOVA #ANCOVA #GLMM #regression
🌍✨ #DigitalIndependenceDay – jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat
Macht euch frei von teuren Software-Abos, Datensaugern und Updates, die euch ständig neue Hardware kaufen lassen!
Digitale Souveränität beginnt mit Wissen – und mit freier Software.
Ob #Linux🐧, kreative Tools wie #GIMP und #Blender oder Programmieren mit #Python:
An vielen Volkshochschulen in Schleswig-Holstein gibt es Kurse zu Open-Source-Software – praxisnah, niedrigschwellig und für alle zugänglich.
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🚀 Schau auch mal an der Volkshochschule in deiner Nähe, mach mit und gestalte deine digitale Zukunft selbst!
(Danke an @vhs_berlin fürs Verbreiten der Idee 🤝!)
#DIDit #DIDay #digitalindependenceday #OpenSource #VHS #SH #DUTgemacht #Volkshochschule #Bildung
🤗 Heute, am 1. Februar ist der zweite #DigitalIndependenceDay 2026.
Die #Volkshochschule|n im Land bieten viele Kurse für deine digitale Unabhängigkeit an. Ob #Linux, #GIMP, #Blender, #Python oder #Godot 👉 im vhs Kursfinder unter https://www.volkshochschule.de/ kannst du nach Open Source Kursen suchen.
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Wir freuen uns auf dich und mehr Digital Independence! ❤️
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🤗Künstliche Intelligenz selbst gemacht in deiner Bildungszeit
👉Was wie Magie wirkt, ist am Ende ein mathematisches Modell. Gemeinsam programmieren wir ein neuronales Netz in #Python, sprechen über Machine Learning und ordnen moderne KI-Technologien wie ChatGPT ein. Grundlagen in Differentialrechnung sind hilfreich, aber kein Muss. Mit Richard Wotzlaw.
📍 #Volkshochschule Berlin Mitte
📆 eine Woche, Mo, 23.02 bis Freitag, 27.2.2026, täglich 10–17Uhr
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#VHS #Berlin #DID #DIDay #DUDgemacht #DIDit #DigitalIndependenceDay #Berlin #OpenSource #DDay
