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brianspiering / install_pyspark_on_m1_mac.md
Created February 24, 2022 20:58
Installation guide to pyspark on M1 Mac

Install Spark

Run all of these commands at the command line (not in a Jupyter Notebook). The command line will have more informative error messages and if we need complete additional steps, we'll get the messages.

Spark is a framework within the Scala programming language. Scala uses the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) so you'll need install Java.

If you use homebrew:




  


  




    


          
    

      

        
        

          

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                A Hacker's Guide to Python string and Natural Language Processing (NLP) packages
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
A Hacker's Guide to Python string and Natural Language Processing (NLP) packages


Extraction


    

  • textract - Extract text from any document.
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  • camelot - Extract text from PDF.
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Stock Sounds


"It's a little stock"

— Lars Ulrich






Nickname
Gate
Comp
Drive
Stab
Personal Comments






Mellow Mud
2:30
7:00
7:00
9:00
Wall of fuzz with a little bite.




Tone Bender Fuzz
2:00
8:30
9:00+
9:15
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                Debugging advice for programming
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
What to do when your code doesn't work


Follow these steps:


    

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    Don't Panic! Relax and realize that you will solve this problem, even if it takes a little bit of messing around. Banging your head against the computer is part of your job (both as a student and as a professional programmer). Remember that the computer is doing precisely what you are telling it to do. There is no magic.
    

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    Determine precisely what is going on. Did you get an error message from Python?  If it is a SyntaxError, a helpful guide is here. Also, running your code in Python 3.11 or higher has improved error messages.
    

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    Python error messages include a stack trace. There could be a number errors throughout the stack. You read a stack trace from bottom to top. Go slowly and understand each character and each line.
    

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                Week 4 prompts
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
    

  1. Review Prompts

      

    • Summarize in 2-3 setences traditional meaning representation (i.e., video 4.1-4.4).
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                Week 3 Prompts
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
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  1. Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), Long Short Term Memory (LSTM)
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                Where to practice Python