Netflix may provide a business lesson in how to respond when the circumstances that led to a company’s early success change with the final two episodes of “Stranger Things.” — The future of entertainment is at stake in a massive experiment that is currently taking place in front of hundreds of millions of spectators. It is better known as the most recent season of “Stranger Things.” This season of Netflix’s most popular show is unlike any other in a notable…

Sleep is easily the most underrated tool for mental health and productivity. — You’re running late. You dash to the car and drive a little too fast. Your phone rings, and you glance at the screen to see who’s calling. When your eyes return to the road, you see that the car ahead of you has come to a dead stop. You stomp…

A comprehensive tutorial on how to create lists, change list elements, remove elements, and other list operations with the help of examples. Lists are used to store multiple items in a single variable. Lists are one of 4 built-in data types in Python used to store collections of data, the…

Because avoidance isn’t the answer, there’s a way to break problems down and figure out what to do with them. — When people are emotionally distressed, many situations seem overwhelmingly difficult. Anxiety and depression make even small problems appear insurmountable because emotional pain interferes with clear thinking. Systematic problem-solving helps you organize your thinking, use creative skills to come up with potential solutions, predict outcomes, and select a reasonable way to…

Slicing and indexing with NumPy arrays, matrix operations and more.. — When arrays need to be manipulated by mathematical operations, you just need to apply the operation on the array with respect to a numerical constant (a scalar) or an array of the exact same shape: import numpy as np a = np.arange(5).reshape(1,5) a += 1 a*a array([[ 1, 4…

Hint: I will be using the sklearn module in Python. — In order to evaluate the performance of the system and check how close you are to the objective that you have in mind, you need to use a function that scores the outcome. Typically, different scoring functions are used to deal with binary classification, multilabel classification, regression, or clustering problem…

Free and open-source web application frameworks, written in Python are a must-have in your arsenal. — Web-based applications, or web apps, have become increasingly popular in the expanding realm of Python applications. Different from traditional static web pages, or dynamic web pages developed with PHP or JSP or ASP, web apps run like mobile apps and can automatically adjust the layout to fit the mobile device…

Meditating will reduce stress and enable you to show up for what’s happening right now. — Anything you do or experience can provide you with an opportunity to practice mindfulness. But you may want to begin with some of your usual activities — the ones you may be doing now on automatic pilot while you daydream, space out, or obsess. The truth is, even the most…

Let’s be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. — However good you are at your job or happy you are in your work, at some time or other you’ll feel under pressure. Mindfulness can help you deal with them. I’ve used these mindfulness techniques to improve my performance at work and I hope they help you, too. 1. Mindfully Coping with Inappropriate Work Demands