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Latest — Apr 23, 2023

why would an accountant bother to learn python?

If you are an accountant or you work with spreadsheets a lot, then you may understand more about programming than you think. Seriously ... Understanding spreadsheet concepts such as cells, ranges, functions, formulas, and even just the idea of wrangling data to get it into the format that you want, can

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microsoft excel shortcuts that every accountant should know

I am an accountant and I usually spend a good portion of my workday wrangling and formatting data in Microsoft Excel. The work can be done using my mouse and the Excel ribbon tabs and ribbon menus, but the below shortcuts help to make life easier and to save time.

why do we care about logic and proofs? » a computer science perspective

Computer scientists study how computers work. They research and analyze how computers take in raw data, store the data, process the data and then output the results. The goal is to figure out ways in which we as humans can use computer hardware and software to help us solve problems.

how to send update notifications from a linux server to a slack channel

INSPIRATION When I first set up my Ghost blog, I configured the host server to use the unattended-upgrades package to automatically install any security updates daily. The unattended-upgrades package was configured to send email notifications to root@localhost whenever the update process resulted in a change. The Mutt email client

what do computer programmers actually do? » the big picture

Today, much of our lives is controlled by computers and software. We have self-driving cars and cleaning robots, software to help us make finance and healthcare decisions, and even apps to check the tone of our emails, before we hit the send button. But have you ever wondered how we

how to setup a self-hosted ghost blog » the essentials

When the dust settled, Ghost had won the battle of the blogging platforms 🎉. Choosing Ghost as my blogging platform, meant that self-hosting the blog would be the most cost-effective and scalable way to get started. For $5 per month, I could rent a virtual private server, use it to host