Oracle Tutoring, Campbell River, BC
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Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions a sighting. As a passenger in a car driving along a highway today on Vancouver Island, I spotted a hawk with a red-banded breast perched in a tree. The tree might have been an …
Self-tutoring about weather: the tutor gives a basic explanation of why snow events happen. The following is my understanding of how snow develops. There are two types of weather systems: high pressure areas, and low pressure areas. High pressure areas …
Self-tutoring about practical uses for computers: the tutor mentions setting an appointment reminder. When it comes to calendar apps, I’m late to the party, no doubt. I think I’ve used calendar apps less than a dozen times my whole life. …
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Self-tutoring about poisonous snakes: the tutor mentions the idea of a dry bite. A known phenomenon of bites from venomous snakes is the dry bite – that is, one that doesn’t involve venom. The reason is that venom production consumes …
Self-tutoring about Python: the tutor mentions the sorted() function. sorted() is a Python built-in function that can accept lists and even sets. The strength of sorted() is that it doesn’t change the input; rather, it returns a sorted list of …
Self-tutoring about driving: the tutor mentions choosing routes. I don’t drive every day; it’s not something I look forward to. I know many people do – probably most – which is good for them: in this society, people expect you …
Self-tutoring about world geography: the tutor mentions some life expectancy figures. Apparently, Japan (3rd, 84.8years) and Canada (5th, 83.8years) are the only two G-8 countries in the top ten for life expectancy; Monaco (89.5years) and Singapore (86.4years) are first and …
Self-tutoring about Python: the tutor mentions a curiosity. Experimenting with the print function on the Python interpreter, I noticed that print(‘hello\rain’) will yield ainlo The reason, I believe, is that \r is interpreted as the carriage return. As such, it …
Self-tutoring about Eurasian geography: the tutor mentions Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is a large country, steppe, in west Asia that crosses the Ural River into eastern Europe. It’s one of numerous countries in both continents. Source: cia.gov
Self-tutoring about Python: the tutor mentions constants. To my knowledge, Python doesn’t have user-defined constants. However, there is a way to accomplish a similar impression: a namespace. A namespace, in this case, is a separate file wherein the constant is …
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