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Translating the NATO Alphabet to Plain Text

From Tiny C Projects by Dan Gookin

In this article, we will discuss the NATO phonetic alphabet and how to write a simple program that will translate it to plain text.

Teaching Your Computer to Be Polite

From Tiny C Projects by Dan Gookin

This article talks about writing a C program that writes an appropriate greeting, depending on the time of day, for you when you start your computer.

The C Development Cycle

From Tiny C Projects by Dan Gookin

This article discusses the C development cycle.

Password Strength: generating a secure and memorable password

From Tiny Python Projects by Ken Youens-Clark

This article delves into how to make really memorable and secure passwords—with Python!

Mad Libs: Using regular expressions

From Tiny Python Projects by Ken Youens-Clark

Everyone loves Mad Libs! And everyone loves Python. This article shows you how to have fun with both and learn some programming skills along the way.

Sysadmin tasks with Bash and Python

From Tiny Python Projects by Ken Youens-Clark

In this article, the author tries to convince a sysadmin who might know bash to transfer systems-level tasks to Python.

Go from Amatuer to Pythonista

From Tiny Python Projects by Ken Youens-Clark

Fun & Games

Six Questions for Kevin Ferguson, co-author of Deep Learning and the Game of Go.

Kevin Ferguson and Max Pumperla are deep learning specialists skilled in distributed systems and data science. Together, they built the open source bot BetaGo. They also both count Max, the hero of the movie Pi, as a major influence. “He’s a talented mathematician who slowly loses his mind over the stock market and has an intense relationship with his power tools. That’s essentially my short bio,” says Pumperla.

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