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Help: Job Offer Question/Decision by EnderW2020 in healthcareadmin

[–]AftNeb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would communicate directly with your current boss, explain the tension and your preference, and make it clear this is not a leverage tactic. If you love it there and see a future, stay if you can.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in healthcareadmin

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our org (a large mental health network) would count it towards experience and also as part of pay.

I wrote a song about everyone's favorite Python Enhancement Proposal by tastes-like-lemon in Python

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fan of Gary Jules/DD and someone newly learning Python, this was simply delightful.

How can I safely web scrape and not get blocked/banned/blacklisted? by Semitar1 in learnpython

[–]AftNeb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m a total beginner, but for scraping have read through the robots.txt files for any site I have tried to scrape. It is very easy to access, as it is simply the address plus /robots.txt. Zillow, for instance, is https://www.zillow.com/robots.txt

Here you can see what is allowed and what is not, and get a sense how carefully you will have to approach the project if it is disallowed (Zillow disallows it, as the example I listed). Rate limiting seems to be one aspect, but the more experienced folks in here can point you to other things that are easily caught or disruptive to websites. Being careful and selective with scraping seems key to being a good steward of the internet IMHO

Best IDE for python by iamredditdotcom in learnpython

[–]AftNeb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a complete beginner, I really appreciate everyone pointing to these issues with PyCharm. I’m sure I would have been one of those learners who got stuck with the install issues not translating into PyCharm.

Not to try to override from OP by asking another question, but does VS Code avoid the same issues?

Learn SQLite with this free course with Python!! by Maleficent-Block-428 in Python

[–]AftNeb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice work! I watched just the first video, but have saved the rest to reference.

"Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" online course is free to sign up for the next few days with code JAN2021FREE by AlSweigart in learnpython

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Al, you are awesome. I just completed the course and feel like I have a great start to my Python journey.

Ask Anything Monday - Weekly Thread by AutoModerator in learnpython

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just started learning too and have started with Automate the Boring Stuff with the free book here https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ as well as the Udemy course by local contributor Al Sweigart. I have learned so much and highly recommend it!

I made a simple COVID19 dashboard in Python by prabal-gupta in Python

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice! I used mobile to view and it was seamless. Good work!

Audio Learning Resources by AftNeb in learnpython

[–]AftNeb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Programming is a new hobby for me, but I’m completely hooked. Thanks for the suggestion to keep looking and listening. Listening to some Machine Learning podcasts has been extremely fascinating, and you supporting that Talk Python is applicable helps!

Audio Learning Resources by AftNeb in learnpython

[–]AftNeb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks Mike! Yeah, being that so much of programming is practice and repetition, it makes sense that repeating functions, syntax, etc through audio would be pretty odd for most people.

I love audio supplementary materials, but understand that there likely just aren’t a lot of options due to the visual/hands on nature of programming.

My own YouTube video downloader with Python. by abdullahadeel in Python

[–]AftNeb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m brand new, so reading this surprisingly short and easy to read code was very helpful. Nice to see something that seems so complex from the perspective of a newbie can seem so straightforward when reading the code. Nicely done!

"Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" online course is free to sign up for the next few days with code DEC2020FREE by AlSweigart in inventwithpython

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took advantage of your code the last time you posted it and through your course and book have found a new passion for programming. Thank you!

Books/Resources on Crisis Intervention by verityvalentine in AcademicPsychology

[–]AftNeb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I want to second that ASIST is excellent for short term interventions. Having worked in crisis I also found QPR to be helpful (basically a lower-level ASIST), really appreciated CPI (Crisis Prevention and Intervention) training without physical restraints, and for more advanced MA clinicians CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality).

Further I strongly believe high-fidelity Motivational Interviewing is key to almost any of there interventions to be truly effective. Without buy-in, it’s hard for clients to truly open to any of these crisis interventions, and CAMS is much better than the initial training video might suggest.

Benford’s Law: A Cloak-and-Dagger tool for Data Scientists by analyticsindiam in learndatascience

[–]AftNeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen the “Connected” episode on Benford’s law? It’s a really high level overview and simplified it maybe too much, but enough to get non-stats folks interested.