[Edu-sig] another example: modeling risk / learning to code

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Thu Feb 11 09:08:42 2016 @author: Kirby Urner A Game of Life (c) MIT License, 2016 Die: 2 or more sides Cup: 1 or more dice Exceptions subclasses Run a gauntlet of possible exceptions, with Game for scope """ from random import choice # What

[Edu-sig] from tonight's subject matter: algebra_city.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Thu Feb 11 12:07:59 2016 @author: Kirby Urner In algebra, we have the idea that functions might compose. We have this idea in POSIX too, i.e. the pipeline operator: $ ls *.py | wc -l The ls 'function' sends its output to wordcount -lines to say how many

[Edu-sig] a local peak (as in mountain top)

In calculus we encounter "local maxima" in our manifold, i.e. mountain peaks, from where the view is grand (other mountains stretch across the horizon). One such peak in Python is: seeing a decorator turn a generator into a context manager. Getting this construct down may take more than one