Lockdowns all over the country, rampant unemployment, and record-high novel coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, markets are.. unfazed. — The rapid spread of the Coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown, caused a dramatic drop in consumer mobility and economic activity however, most industries saw their prices return to pre-pandemic levels within a few short months. …

A user-friendly guide to Twitter-scraping and what you can do with it. — If you’ve ever had the urge to algorithmically calculate the general publics opinion on social justice, Coronavirus or Joe Rogan or if you’ve ever wanted to build an app that tells you when to buy and sell a stock based on the general public’s opinion of it, this article might…

Automate the shopping process with Python scripts & web scraping — It’s no secret that consumer good prices have been peaking across the board in recent months. Everything from raw materials to real estate has seen massive price hikes in 2021. Used cars are no exception. Consumers have no other option but to buy at these exorbitant prices or delay their…

Unboxing the black box with Game Theory — You don’t have to be an experienced developer to use Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in your code. In fact, it’s almost comical how low the entry point is to implement your very own ML algorithm. If you’re like me, you might get a feeling of incompleteness after finishing a small…

A brief history of Armenian Genocide denial — On 22 August 1939, Hitler spoke to his Wehrmacht officers on the impending invasion of Poland. He expounded their explicit objective was not to defeat the enemy and expand their territory but to exterminate the Polish people entirely. …

When and why cryptocurrency mining makes financial sense — My cousin called me yesterday for advice on how to get into cryptocurrency (specifically Ethereum) mining. I could tell he was excited but didn’t really know where to start. With the recent surge in price, tons of people have started to look at crypto mining as an appealing avenue for…

A cross-section of sentiment analysis tools within popular NLP libraries for Python — With so many Natural Language Processing (NLP) libraries, it can be difficult to choose one or be confident that your selection fits your purposes best. …

A lesson every programmer has to learn for themselves — A couple of years ago, I naïvely asked a couple of computer science friends how long they thought it would take for me to learn how to become a programmer? “You know if I, like, really studied hard every day.” Their response: “Probably, like a month. You just have to…

The secret of Bitcoin’s price swings. — I got into an argument yesterday with a co-worker — the argument, you guessed it, is the ‘value’ of Bitcoin. …