I’m in DC! Now I’m in an Airbnb in Columbia Heights, where I will stay for the next three weeks. I arrived and immediately went grocery shopping, admiring fruit and vegetables which actually taste like fruits and vegetables (no, that’s not a thing in Germany).
Being in DC has two very obvious advantages: My eyes are not burning anymore! I’m not in a deserted and extremely dry Colorado anymore, which sucked every drop of water out of my body. NICE. Also: only five hours time difference to Germany, instead of eight hours! I imagine my jetlag as an eye rolling little monster, asking: “Why only now? I told you I’m ok with five to six hours. Eight hours are NOT OK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LISA.” Well, that’s NICE NO. 2.
Besides being happy about not being in Colorado anymore, I continued reading the Python data wrangling book. I’m surprised by myself how much I apparently like O’Reilly books. This is my first one. Finally having a structured explanation of all the half-knowledge I have is gold. I can’t wait to type in all this code into an actual computer.
Input: 6 Output: 2
Learnings:
Importing JSONs and CSVs in Python is unnecessarily different.
If your expectations, beliefs and models of the world (your MAP) don’t match reality (the TERRAIN), then don’t be disappointed by the terrain, but change your map. The terrain is always right.
Columbia Heights is actually… high. It’s a hill. There are hills in DC. WOAH.
Questions:
In which aspects is Python better than R? Until now (page 80) I haven’t found anything.
Should I only try the metro and bus for the first three weeks? Should I get a bike as soon as possible?
Does it make sense to buy these huge packages in supermarkets, even if I don’t know if I end up liking the product? Or should I pay SO much more per liter or pound for smaller products?