People are drawn to escapist things in commerce, story-telling, in arts, in general… because they’re a little bit disatisfied with the world - as it actually is - and we want to inhabit or physically touch something that feels free from the disappointments of everyday life.

Series: Quotes

Source

Ryan quoting author Virginia Pastrel on why he is drawn to retrofuturistic things.

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Ryan Norbauer, designer and propmaker obsessed with mechanical keyboards

Virginia Pastrel, author The Power of Glamour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3FEv1qw4_w

The correct way to manage fear, is to gradually broaden your comfort zone.

Series: Quotes

Alex Honnold

“Behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of proof of life”

Series: Quotes

Source

Instagram Post

John Mayer on the LA fires beginning 2025

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This is the most valuable thing I own. It’s a folder of photos of my father, spanning his life from being a baby, an educator, a husband and a father. It’s the only evidence of his life that will exist over time. These are the “documents” you read about people taking from their homes. When you hear someone say they’ve lost everything in a fire, this is much of that everything, if not all of it. Those who say they’ll be okay still have their folders and their albums. Those who are inconsolable have lost them. Just behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of the proof of life. I don’t practice prayer but tonight I will say on for everyone who no longer has these items. It’s not about the art and the collectibles. It’s the photos, the letters, the class rings, the eyeglasses and the things we keep to remind us that those we loved were here. May those who have lost so much find some semblance of hope and support from their family and friends. Stay safe, look out for yourself and for one another, and trust that humaity and all it entails, though sometimes hard to see, is alive and well. This is truly devastating.

Concurrently Run CLI Processes with Python

Series: Python Cookbook

Concurrently run subprocesses

JavaScript Fundamentals | Part 1

Series: JavaScript Notes

Notes from the first section of the Javascript course. Fundamentals Part 1.

Using a Different Python Version in a Virtual Environment

Series: Python Cookbook

Configure a python virtual environment to use a specific python version

Cluster Analysis

Series: Machine Learning With Python

Cluster analysis is a multivariate statistical technique that groups observations on the basis of one or several of their features they are described by.

Exploring Different Market Phenomenons

Testing an extremely simple strategy to capitalise on the regularly observed market phenomenon which suggests that Friday returns are higher than Monday returns.

Logistic Regression

Series: Machine Learning With Python

Logistic Regression is a form supervised machine learning where we try to predict a categorical dependent variable, y, using one or more independent variables, x.

Merge Two DataFrames by Column

Series: Python Cookbook

Joining two dataframes on a key with pandas