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This week, we looked at the rich data set collected by Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Juan P. Ospina in their recent paper, "The ABC of mobility" (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024001272). Their research looked at a large number of cities around the world, and how people
I love to walk. I try to take a long walk at dawn each day, enjoying several of my city's parks as the sun rises. During the summer months, the city has flocks of sheep come to eat the wild brush, reducing the chances of forest fires. Here
I don't normally think of June as a month full of holidays, but then I realized just how many were taking place this month — many of them foreign (quite literally) to me, but obviously important to the people celebrating them. Yesterday, I mentioned Dragon Boat, Shavuot, Eid al-Adha,
[Administrative note: From what I can tell, the migration to Bamboo Weekly's new platform (on Ghost) was a success. There are a few things that I'm going to fix up, but I'm overall pretty happy with how smooth it was, and appreciate your patience
Hi! This is a quick note to tell you that after 18 months on Substack, Bamboo Weekly has moved to its new home, hosted by http://ghost.io/. In theory, you won't feel a thing: Paid subscribers, including members of my Python+Data subscription program, should see the
Four (!) administrative notes: 1. This Sunday, I’ll be holding Pandas office hours, open to all paid subscribers and members of my membership program at https://LernerPython.com . I’ll send e-mail in the coming day with the full info and Zoom link. 2. Next week, I’ll be moving
Just a few days ago, China's Chang'e 6 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_6) successfully landed on the far side of the moon. That's already impressive, but then it went further, extracting soil samples and launching them back into lunar orbit, where
[Another late issue! Lots of training and meetings about training today. Also, this issue took a lot of time to write and analyze. But if you’ve always been curious about DuckDB, how its queries stack up to Pandas, and where it’s faster and slower — I think that the
This week's headlines have been full of election news. Yes, a major story has been that Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to be nominated for the presidency by a major party in the US. But we just got results from elections in Mexico, where Claudia
I’m writing this on my return flight from New York to Israel, finishing up 2.5 weeks in United States — attending PyCon, meeting with clients, and even getting a chance to see some family. The weather has been pretty warm. The weather awaiting me back in Israel will be
Summer is starting, at least in the northern hemisphere. I keep hearing people say that it's surprisingly hot out. That's certainly true in Israel, where we expect hot weather during the summer (and often during the spring and fall, too), but the rest of the world
This week, we looked at electric cars — where people are (and aren’t) buying them, and how much the picture has changed in the last few years. This topic was inspired by a combination of current events — specifically, the Biden Administration’s plans to levy massive tariffs on Chinese-made electric
About a year ago, back in BW #21, we looked at electric cars. I said at the time that my family was thinking of getting one, and our analysis showed that the number of EVs has indeed been rising. A few months ago, we did indeed get such a car
[Are you at PyCon US? Come to my talk on Friday, “Dates and times in Pandas,” and also to my booth, where I’ll be giving away T-shirts and stickers, and raffling off free copies of Pandas Workout. If you’re at the conference, please come and say “hi”!] This
[Are you at PyCon US? Come to my talk on Friday, “Dates and times in Pandas,” and also to my booth, where I’ll be giving away T-shirts and stickers, and raffling off free copies of Pandas Workout. If you’re at the conference, please come and say “hi”!] I&
Remember, my book "Pandas Workout" is now available, in print, at https://PandasWorkout.com ! Use coupon code "pblerner2" through May 10th for a 45% discount. I'll be giving away copies of my books — along with T-shirts and other swag — at PyCon US next week,