Mike Rowe: “Your Work Isn’t Your Worth”

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That’s the title of a very interesting video interview that Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, gave to Trinity Broadcasting Network last month.  I highly recommend that you take the time to watch it.  It’s only nine minutes long, but encapsulates the dilemma of our current workforce, and young people planning to enter that workforce.

Sobering thoughts, particularly if you have children planning what they want to do with their lives.

Peter

Bayou Renaissance Man

Robot Sets Up 100,000 Dominoes

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Setting up dominoes can be time-consuming and requires a steady hand. We’ve seen robots that can stand one domino at a time. Mark Rober and his engineering pals presents DOM – a custom-built robot that can set up 300 dominoes at a time. The robot arm and Hot Wheels track loading system is equally awesome.

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Robot Sets Up 100,000 Dominoes

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Robot Sets Up 100,000 Dominoes

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Setting up dominoes can be time-consuming and requires a steady hand. We’ve seen robots that can stand one domino at a time. Mark Rober and his engineering pals presents DOM – a custom-built robot that can set up 300 dominoes at a time. The robot arm and Hot Wheels track loading system is equally awesome.

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Laravel Loggable models

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Laravel Loggable – Log you model changes

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Laravel Loggable is a package for eloquent models, which will monitor the changes on the models and log.
It supports two drivers: File and Database.

Features

  • High-configurable
  • Two drivers (database and file)
  • Possibillity to use two drivers at once
  • Possibillity to select the columns for the model which should be logged
  • Possibillity to select the actions for the model which should be logged (create, edit, delete)
  • Facade-based structure to fetch the logs for specific model
  • Much more

Logs

Installation

Install the package.

composer require alkhachatryan/laravel-loggable

Publish the configuration file

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=loggable

Run migration

php artisan migrate

Configuration

Open the configuration file at /config/loggable.php

Set the driver whhich will log the model changes (can be both).
However, it’s recommended to use the database driver so you can fetch the logs in the future.

That’s it!

Usage

class Post extends Model
{
    /** Include the loggable trait */
    use Loggable;
    
    /** Specified actions for this model */
    public $loggable_actions = ['edit', 'create', 'delete'];

    /** Specified fields for this model */
    public $loggable_fields  = ['title', 'body'];

    protected $fillable = ['title', 'body'];
}
Retriving the model logs via Facade
Loggable::model('App\Post');
Retriving the model logs via Model
LoggableModel::whereModelName('App\Post')->orderBy('id', 'DESC')->paginate(10);
Event

You can use the event Alkhachatryan\LaravelLoggable\Events\Logged in pair with your listeners.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Todo

Tests!!! Tests!!! Tests!!!

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email info@khachatryan.org instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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… plus a couple that made me think, gathered from the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.

More next week.

Peter

Bayou Renaissance Man

Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV

In what is, at least so far, the biggest cybersecurity blunder of the Tokyo Olympics, an Italian TV announcer did not realize he was on air when he asked the password for his computer. Motherboard reports: "Do you know the password for the computer in this commentator booth?" he asked during the broadcast of the Turkey-China volleyball game, apparently not realizing he was still on air. "It was too hard to call the password Pippo? Pippo, Pluto or Topolino?" he complained, referring to the Italian names for Goofy, Pluto and Mickey Mouse. The snafu was immortalized in a video posted on Twitter by cybersecurity associate professor Stefano Zanero, who works at the Polytechnic University of Milan. A source who works at Eurosport, the channel which was broadcasting the volleyball game, confirmed that the video is authentic.
A colleague of the announcer can be heard in the background saying the password depends on the Olympics organizers, and asking the announcer if it’s on a paper or post it close-by. Turns out the password was "Booth.03" after the number of the commentator’s booth. "Even the dot to make it more complicated, as if it was NASA’s computer," he said on the air. "Next time they will even put a semicolon." "Ma porca miseria," he concluded, using a popular italian swearing that literally means "pork’s misery" but is more accurately translated to "for god’s sake."


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Comic for July 25, 2021

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Giant Plasma Cannon

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If you’ve never seen one, a plasma popper is an awesome-looking device that directs a ball of propane gas through a series of twisted tubes. Charles over at Hacksmith Industries was asked to build a plasma popper, then leveled up the challenge with bigger and bigger versions, culminating with a massive fireball maker.

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Learn to Code Python Free With These Courses and Apps

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Python is a powerful programming language that is very popular and widely used. It has various real-world applications in data science, web development, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and much more.With so many available resources, knowing where to begin is sometimes overwhelming.

Learning Python can become even more confusing if you do not understand its basic building blocks. Without these fundamentals, you cannot build anything interesting. Luckily for you, though, we’ve compiled a list of free Python courses and apps that you can utilize to kickstart your Python career.

Keep reading to find out where you can learn Python free.

Where Can I Find a Free Python Course?


If you are someone who’s just started learning to code or are thinking about coding for the first time, then you’re going to need to start with the fundamentals. Perhaps you want to learn Python to start working as a freelancer, or maybe you’re thinking about a career change; whatever your reasons, maybe Python is a brilliant and versatile programming language that can help you achieve your personal goals.

For beginners looking for a free Python course, we recommend starting with the basic syntax and programming structure. Once you have acquainted yourself with the syntax, you can learn Python for a specific chosen area of interest.

Related: Coding Apps That Make Programming Easier

You do necessarily need to master Python syntax; this is something that you will learn while working on different projects. We recommend learning Python 3, since Python 2 is an outdated version that is no longer supported.

Here are some courses and apps you can use to learn the basics of Python for free:

Be careful not to spend too much time learning the syntax, because this is something that you can always come back to. A few weeks of practicing the basic Python syntax should be more than enough. After getting the hang of the fundamentals, you can go ahead and start working on Python projects in an area that interests you.

Learn Python For Data Science


Python is the most popular programming language in data science and machine learning (ML); it can solve complex problems efficiently with the aid of dedicated data analysis libraries. The demand for data scientists keeps increasing exponentially. If you learn Python for data science, artificial intelligence (AI), or machine learning, it will help open many career opportunities for you.

Bear in mind that data science is a vast field, and you need to learn many different skills to have a successful career in this area. These skills can include machine learning, text analysis, social network analysis techniques, information visualization, standard Python libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, and more.

Related: The Beginner’s Guide to Regular Expressions With Python

Here are some free data science-related python courses that you can use to kickstart your career as a data scientist:

  • Applied Data Science with Python Specialization: This course specialization is offered by the University of Michigan on Coursera, and will teach you data analysis skills and apply data science methods and techniques. The specialization includes five different courses that cover a range of different data science techniques.
  • Python Basics for Data Science: Offered by IBM on edX, this course will teach beginners the basics of Data Science and enable them to work on independent projects.
  • Python for Data Science, AI & Development: This course specialization is offered by IBM on Coursera and is comprehensive. It will cover Python basics, data structures, Python libraries, and APIs, and data collection.
  • Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science: This course is available for free on MIT OpenCourseWare and is a good place for students to understand the basics of Data Science and its application.

Please note that on Coursera, some courses are free and will provide you with a completion certificate at the end of the course. Other courses are paid, but you can still learn for free if you choose to audit the course. If you choose to audit a course, Coursera will not provide you with a completion certificate—but you will have access to the entire course content.

Learn Python for Web Development


Python’s sheer power and versatility make it an incredible platform for web development. You can use Python to create web-based applications in combination with JavaScript. Django (pronounced "jango") is a popular framework for web development and is used to create high-level websites. It is essentially a backend framework for Python and is very secure and easy to use.

Here are some free courses you can use to learn web development in Django:

  • Django for Everybody: This specialization is offered by the University of Michigan on Coursera and introduces Python programmers to building websites on the Django framework. The four courses included in this specialization will teach you to build web applications, use JavaScript and JQuery/JSON in Django, and much more.
  • Web Programming with Python and JavaScript: This course is offered by Harvard University and dives into designing and implementing web applications with Python, Javascript, and SQL.
  • A Beginners Guide to Django at Udemy: This free course on Udemy will take you through the basics of Django and get you started with building websites.

Learn Python Free for Hardware and Robotics

Python is very popular in applications for robotics and hardware engineering. You can utilize platforms such as Raspberry Pi and Arduino for coding with Python.

Here are some courses that can help learn Python for Robotics and Hardware:

Your Next Free Python Course Is Just a Few Clicks Away

Learning Python is never a bad idea, regardless of your reasons. Coding is a vital skill in the fast-growing technology world of today, and Python is at the center of it.

It is best to start with the basic syntax and then dive into small Python projects. Once you are comfortable with the fundamentals of Python, you should start looking into courses and projects of your interest. Hands-on practice with projects will allow you to master your skills and be a valuable addition to your resume.

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