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

  • QuoteToMe is hiring Senior and Intermediate Python Developers, reach out to @Andrew Langstone on slack.
  • Let us know if you'd like to us to share a position in our news!

Online

Looking for a job? Looking to hire great people?

Please visit #opportunities at devedmonton.slack.com

Events

Hacktoberfest, Oct. 1-31

https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com

 

Python Universe Web Edition, Nov. 19 https://python.geekle.us/

PyCon Sweden, Nov. 12–13
http://www.pycon.se/

News

  • Union for dicts:
    {"a": 1} | {"b": 2}     >>>      {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
  • str.removeprefix(), str.removesuffix()
  • New zoneinfo module for built-in access to time zones

Articles

  • Python for Feature Film (here)
    How Python is used behind the scenes in making movies
  • Hijack to Help Customers (here)
    View your django app as another user for better support
  • PEP 638 draft: Syntactic Macros (here)
    A proposal to allow Python program to completely redefine Python’s syntax in a controlled way 
  • Embedding Python in Go (here)
  • PySDR: A Guide to SDR and DSP using Python (here)
    A free textbook on software-defined radio and digital signal processing
  • Pointers in Python: What’s the Point? (here)

Python Projects

  • Calibre 5
    eBook library/reader, new release moves to Python 3
    and adds saved highlights
  • CadQuery
    Design 3D parts in Python

Python Tip: enumerate

subjects = ('Python', 'Coding', 'Tips')

for i, subject in enumerate(subjects):
    print(i, subject)

Source: here

Python 2.3+, see PEP 279

subjects = ('Python', 'Coding', 'Tips')

for i, subject in enumerate(subjects):
    print(i, subject)
0 Python
1 Coding
2 Tips

prints

Next Meetup

November 9

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!

 Cuda you run that by me again?

Andrew Whittle

Social Game

https://skribbl.io/

A pictionary-like game.

Go to the site

Type in a name and click "CREATE PRIVATE ROOM"

share the URL with your REMO.CO table!

Use your table local txt chat :)

October 2020

By EdmontonPy

October 2020

EdmontonPy met online on October 20th, 2020 at 6:30PM MDT. These are their slides!

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