analytics
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pd.crosstab is one of those built-in functions in the Pandas API that I forget about routinely. I instinctively reached for df.groupby(‘x’)[‘y’].count().unstack(), but when I wanted to normalize the values, it takes more and more steps to get where I wanted. This was a nice straightforward overview of the pd.crosstab function. To document for myself, below,…
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Here is Microsoft’s documentation page on the topic. The only reason I am documenting this is because the Azure Resource Explorer failed to load consistently across devices for me. Some tutorials I found, like this one, seem to be outdated and the outbound IP addresses weren’t listed in any Properties menu in the Function App…
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I started to post SNAP performance indicators from the USDA in machine-readable format, aggregating and cleaning the data from the many PDF tables. This repository includes quick-access to cleaned, FIPS-linked CSV long-format tables of yearly state reported indicators for Application Processing Timeliness, Program Error Rates, and Case and Procedural Error Rates (coming soon). USDA Descriptions…
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– A series of YouTube videos on how “practical effects” in movies are highlighted by directors, actors, and viewers, but actually are building blocks to extremely realistic computer generated visual effects. I didn’t even realize much of what he showed was technically possible: it makes sense that performing a stunt in real life can give…
Lagging Indicators 