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Time to Make the Switch

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Upgrade your MacOS default from Python 2 to Python 3 2020 is now in full swing and it’s time to switch your default python if you haven’t done so already. Maintenance of Python 2.7 has stopped as of January 1st. This means that your current version of python is now legacy code! While keeping a version of Python 2 on your system may still be handy for older scripts, now is the time to update your system. In this briefing, we will download Python 3, make it the default and store Python 2 as an alias. Now to begin, let's explore our current Python environment. To find where our default Python is located on the system, simply type: which python This will show you the path of the default Python. This may be informative if you have a default Python outside the /usr/local/bin system as I do. My default Python is a part of an Anaconda distribution. To see how to change the default Python in an Anaconda distribution, scroll down a bit past the default methods. Default MacOS System T

College Football Coaching Salaries

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Web Scraping to Find the Price Per Student by School, State, and Conference As I am writing this story, the 2020 National Championship game is playing in the background. The pageantry of the college football playoff system rivals that of the NFL’s own tournament bracket, however, this is orchestrated by a non-profit. A non-profit reaping billions in ad revenue, TV deals, and merchandise licensing then distributing to the member institution’s athletic departments. All this money has to go somewhere right? In a strange paradox, these academic institutions spend millions to recruit the top coaches and many millions more to support the big name coaches with capable assistants. The justification for such spending is to compete internally in the NCAA to recruit the best staff to succeed and receive an even larger distribution of the non-profit’s revenue stream. More articles about coaches salaries in college football can be found [here] , [here] , or [here] . The main goal of this article