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I’ve been coding in Python for 16 years now, far longer than in any other language I’ve ever used. I’ve used Python for system administration, for web applications, for database management, and for data analysis over those years, but most...
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This book covers machine learning, one of the hottest topics in more recent years. With computing power increasing exponentially and prices decreasing simultaneously, there is no better time for machine learning. With machine learning, tasks that...
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