Mr TraskA journey towards fitnessAt school I ran cross country. This was in the 80s, north of Manchester, where icy horizontal rain pierced your skin and turning an ankle…Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.com1 Minute Read #17 -strings in Python*How long is a piece of string? If it is as long as the many ways to manipulate strings in Python, then it is mighty long indeed. Python…Dec 14, 2018Dec 14, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comPython Fundamentals (5) — Placeholders in Python stringsLet’s dive right in with some Python strings here:Nov 24, 20181Nov 24, 20181
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comPython fundamentals (4) — concatentationWe saw previously that Python is able to combine the + operator with a string, in order to display a message on the screen. For example…Nov 24, 2018Nov 24, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comPython fundamentals (3) — handling variablesThere are many metaphors for variables in Python. One could view a variable as something like a bucket, into which you can place data. So…Nov 6, 2018Nov 6, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comPython fundamentals (2) — saving Python programs as filesIDLE has a mode in which the user can write multiple lines of code, save them in a file, and execute them whenever he/she chooses. This is…Nov 6, 2018Nov 6, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comPython Fundamentals [The One Minute Version]Python truly is the language of the moment. It is the world’s fastest-growing programming language — used by YouTube, Dropbox, Spotify…Nov 2, 2018Nov 2, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comArtificial Intelligence — a brief overviewArtificial Intelligence is the hot tech paradigm of the moment. It is the subject of a great deal of media hype, woes and mythologising. It…Jul 23, 2018Jul 23, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comGeneral vs Narrow AINarrow AI is where we have been. General AI is where we are going. Narrow AI refers to AI which is able to handle just one particular task…Jun 4, 2018Jun 4, 2018
Mr TraskinHackerNoon.comMicrosoft Edges closer to forcing users to use just one browser. Theirs.As a fledgling web developer back at the turn of the century, I worked at a major telecoms company in London. The machine I used in the…Mar 24, 20181Mar 24, 20181