Introduction For my last post I developed a time-lapse choropleth map of Covid-19 confirmed cases and Covid-19-related deaths for the U.S. using data from the New York Times (NYT). While the choropleth map showed the spread of the virus across the U.S. (at least in terms of confirmed cases and...
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Creating an Animated County-Level Choropleth Map of U.S. Covid-19 Confirmed Cases and Deaths
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A Sankey Diagram of Magnus Carlsen's 120 Straight Classical Chess Wins
Introduction Since his becoming the top chess player in the world in 2011 and winning his first world championship in 2013, Magnus Carlsen has captivated the chess world. In fact, his dominance of the game over all time controls (classical, rapid, and blitz) combined with his affable personality (especially for...
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What Effect does the Number of Players have on Texas Holdem Results?
Introduction For some time now I’ve pondered the ease or difficulty in developing a poker simulator in Python. Well, a little over a week ago I decided to try my hand (no pun intended) at creating a program that would simulate a hand of Texas Holdem for a given number...
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A New Way to Compare Golf Tournament Results?
Introduction Tiger Woods winning his first major in 11 years at the 2019 Masters (and 15th Major win overall!) was incredible to watch. It was a phenomenal way to mark his comeback as someone who had dominated the PGA Tour for years, then hit rock bottom for various reasons, and...
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