Being able to access more memory, processing, and storage on the fly is a great resource to have in your back pocket in case you’re ever in a situation where you need it. Launching an EC2 cluster with extra computing power can be pretty easy. Amazon has a well-detailed guide for its EC2 offerings here. I highly…
Using Python to Demystify Linear Regression
Recently, my colleague at the thedataist.com published a compelling post about some challenges in machine learning education. You can read it for yourself here, but I’d like to build upon what he posted; it’s bothered me for a long time that the math behind common machine learning algorithms like regression are clouded in confusing mathematical notation….
Scraping Basics with Python
Before I share some basics of a scraping effort, if you need lots of data like this, I highly recommend just reaching out to the data providers and asking for it. This can save you a lot of time and they may prefer it to you stressing their servers with multiple back-to-back automated queries. There…
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