8 Python Code Challenges to Try During Pride
Completing code challenges, bite-sized problems that can be solved with code, is an excellent way to sharpen specific coding skills and concepts — not to mention, code challenges are fun. In honor of Pride Month this June, we’re giving you a list of code challenges to try that all relate to uplifting the LGBTQ+ community…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Lesson of the Day: ‘How’s Your Internship Going? This Teen Found...
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How’s Your Internship Going? This Teen Found a Planet”Wolf Cukier, a teenager from Scarsdale, N.Y., spent the summer before his senior year interning at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. In his time interning, he identified a body that was later confirmed to…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Learn How To Become a Business Intelligence Analyst In Our New...
Looking for the fastest route to a career as a Data Analyst?Data jobs have been a hot topic for years, but not every company needs PhD-level expertise in machine learning or NLP. What businesses do need, according to Codecademy Data Science Domain Manager Michelle McSweeney, are people that can process large amounts of data to…
Responding to the Shooting in Uvalde
A gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing 19 children and two adults, in the deadliest shooting at an elementary school since the devastating attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. If you would like to, we invite you to post thoughts and feelings here, by…
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What Would You Write in a Letter to Your Future Self?
A Times newsletter recommends writing a letter to future you.
Word + Quiz: adjudicate
Note: Our Sixth Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge is underway. It will run until Feb. 18. adjudicate ə-ˈjü-di-ˌkāt verb 1. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of 2. bring to an end; settle conclusively _________ The word adjudicate has appeared in 142 articles on…
Word of the Day: jaunty
jaunty ˈjȯn-tē , ˈjän- adjective1. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air2. marked by lively and up-to-date dress and manners_________The word jaunty has appeared in 75 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 5 in “A Cyclist on the English Landscape” by Roff Smith:A year ago, as a travel photographer…
Udacity Restructuring Leads to Massive Layoffs
Disclosure: To support our site, Class Central may be compensated by some course providers. November 29, 2018 1 minute read Comments In my review of Udacity’s 2017, I noted that the company went truly global and was launching a number of region-specific initiatives. However, based on recent events, it seems as if Udacity is scaling…
The Best Travel Destinations for Your 2019
Jan 20, 2019 By Philip S. Travel: there really is nothing like it. Just around the corner, a few hours in a car or a plane, something new and exciting is waiting to be discovered. Everyone has their own reason for travelling, whether it’s experiencing a new culture, taking in some beautiful views, or just…
Nail It, Then Scale It: Doubling Down on Data to Achieve...
By Alexandra Urban Nail It At its core, every technology company should be leveraging data to improve its services and help users reach their goals. At Coursera, we’re doubling down on the importance of data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to propel our partners and platform towards the future of higher education. A crucial piece…
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Ask The Times Your Climate Questions
We know that climate change can be an overwhelming subject, and we want to break it down for you.Let us know below what questions you have. There are no limits to what you can ask, as long as it’s related to climate. Your question can be as broad as “What will happen if the planet…
Here’s What Flow State Is & How To Achieve It While...
Ever get so completely immersed in writing code that time slows down and you really find a groove? It’s invigorating, and can enable you to produce your best work or reach peak productivity. Turns out, this common feeling is a psychological concept called “flow.”Positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was the first researcher to identify the concept…
Do You Think the World Is Getting Closer to Securing the...
What do you think? What does “Never again” me to you? Do you feel that genocide is still possible in 2020?Do you think the world has learned the lessons of history? Is international law stronger? Is education better? Is the media too omnipresent to allow a systematic campaign of hatred and violence against any minority…
Student Contest Winner: Fighting Against the Wind
This piece is one of 10 winners of our 2022 Profile Contest. You can find more here. Yueyang Ge, the author, is 16 and goes to UWC South East Asia, Dover Campus, in Singapore.Fighting Against the WindBy Yueyang GeYnnel Villarias left her hometown the day her youngest daughter turned 6.“I had to explain to her,…
How Much of a Romantic Are You?
How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? Do you look forward to the opportunity to express your love — or do you despise the forced sentimentality of the holiday? Why? How, if at all, do you plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year? In “Against Romance: An Un-Valentine,” Judith Hertog writes about why she prefers…
Your Energy Playlist
At the beginning of this month, the Well section asked Ahmir K. Thompson, also known as Questlove, to curate a playlist for their Six-Day Energy Challenge. Mr. Thompson, who owns over 200,000 records, is known for his inventive playlists, and has made them for many world leaders, including the Obamas. Before you listen to the…