Python: What the heck is Regex?

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Regex is one of those massive pains in the ass that’s just too helpful not to learn. I won’t pretend it’s fun. I’d put Regex at the same level of No-Dear-God-Why-Is-This-Happening as an enema or a certified letter from the IRS. But once you wrap your head around it, you’ll be wanting to use them all the time because they make everything else just… stupid easy.

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PYTHON: How to Script Speech Recognition

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SpeechRecognition is a module that to helps Python scripts interact with outside Speech-to-Text engines. It’s important to note here that the module doesn’t actually transcribe audio on its own—it’s more like a sports agent, connecting you with talent.

And some of that talent can be had or tried free of charge. Today, I’ll be looking exclusively at those.

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PYTHON: How to Use Try and Except

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You know how sometimes when the charger on your phone gets old, it won’t work unless it’s leaned at a 35 degree angle to the right while the device is hanging upside down from the cord? Duck tape. Duck tape is how I solve that problem. Same deal when the fridge handle breaks or when my rain coat gets holes or when my laptop screen gets dislodged from the body.

Duck tape.

Try and Except is the duck tape of Python. Everyone should be aware of its power.

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