Edmonton Python User Group

Some essential reading and research on race and technology

 

Algorithms of Oppression by Dr. Safiya Noble

 

Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin

 

Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life by Alondra Nelson; Race, Rhetoric, and Technology by Dr. Adam J. Banks

 

Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World by Meredith Broussard.

Jobs

Local

  • SAM Inc.: Senior Full Stack Developer
  • MEDO.ai: ML Engineer & Software Dev Intern

Online

Looking for a job? Looking to hire great people?

Please visit #opportunities at devedmonton.slack.com

Events

Python Web Conf 2020
June 17-19

https://2020.pythonwebconf.com/

News

Articles

Python Tip

# don't do this
try:
    do_something()
except UnableToDoSomething as e:
    logger.exception(str(e))

# do this
try:
    do_something()
except UnableToDoSomething:
    logger.exception("Unable to do something")
    
# don't do this
try:
    do_something()
except UnableToDoSomething as e:
    logger.exception("Unable to do something: %s" % e)
    
    
# do this
try:
    do_something(arg=x)
except UnableToDoSomething:
    logger.exception("Unable to do something with arg %s", x)

Logging exceptions

Next Meetup

Possibly July

We are looking for presenters

Message one of
@aaron.yong, @Ashia, @data-get, @dgmouris
on Dev Edmonton Slack

Beginners are more than welcome!
Talks vary in topic, they just have to do with Python in some way. 🐍

Today's Talks!

 An Overview of Machine Learning Hyperparameter Search Frameworks 

Alex

 

Alpha Beta Treesearch in Python

Ryan Chartier

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