Stack Overflow Blog·4yYou should be reading academic computer science papers
Papers We Love is an online repository of computer science scholarship. It was started by Zeeshan Lakhani, Darren Newton, and David Ashby. All three came from humanities and arts disciplines. They found that none of them had formal training in computer science but they all wanted to learn more.
Hacker News·4yTwitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change. There was no indication that the change would affect what users post on the social media site. The announcement coinciding with Earth Day came hours before the European Union agreed upon a deal requiring big tech companies to vet their sites more closely for hate speech.
Geekflare·4y7 Programming Languages to Use in Data Science
Python is one of the most powerful and flexible languages out there, and it’s also vastly used in data science. R is an interpreted language, so you can run your code without the need for any compiler. Julia takes the best from languages like Python, Ruby, Lisp, and R, combines it with the speed of C, and includes familiar mathematical notation.
KDnuggets·4y7 Steps to Mastering SQL for Data Science
The biggest piece of advice I can give aspiring data scientists is to learn SQL. This is an often-overlooked skill by most data science learning providers but is arguably as important as machine learning modeling. In this article, I will walk you through 7 steps you can take to master SQL for any data science or analytics role.