The Nigerian Idealist

 AI, artificial intelligence, what really is AI?  AI is quite frankly whatever you think it is, a tool, a human substitute, a second brain, whatever you think it is. The most important thing is not being left behind like the time the internet was newly conceived and many people didn't jump on the band wagon on time. How can you make AI work for you? AI has many applications for code writing, story telling, blogging (I write all my blogs myself, no offense to AI), editing documents, pictures, videos, audio, and the list goes on. Its like using a spelling checker when earlier word processing software just came out for use on platforms like Microsoft word, you type what you want to type and it helps correct your misspellings, then we watched them add predictive text, so as you type it suggests words to complete your sentences. Now, you can create a website from a single line sentence to an AI tool, you can make a new image from your imagination, make a recipe for a meal, solve eq...

The disparities, tales and journeys of starting a food chain   Have you ever thought to be a fish farmer, maybe even attending fish farming trainings, conferences, taken courses? I know a lot of people have. I have a lot of family members who did, it was random and  uncoordinated for all of them, they all went differently in the hopes of becoming big fish farmers, some took short courses, others took long courses almost quantifiable to taking a degree.  The truth is, Fish farming has this lure, the excitement, to feed fishes and hear the splashing waters and watch fish go from tiny fingerlings to big table ready fish, which makes it look lucrative. You already forecast all kinds of possibilities, and if you’re like most, you bring out your calculator and do some multiplication on what is possible to earn.  Well, for most, the first cycle of raising fish is the practical they need to know if they can physically handle some of the pressures of being a fish farmer. The ...

Todays world is undoubtedly ruled by data so why is python a leader in the data ecosystem?  Let’s dive into it.  Everyone has played with some form of data from spreadsheets to databases everywhere from work, school or online, data is in everything we do. Websites like Google, Wikipedia, Facebook all use data to show pages and run ads, images and layouts.   Who can escape the world of data, quite honestly, no one, a simple click on a website is databased, your preferences on e-commerce sites, your hospital records, bank records, tax, everything is data kept as records in a database somewhere in private or public domains.  Data is at its most basic, ones and zeros, but that’s at a computer level. The alphabets you type on a computer are ones and zeros but written as a human language you can understand. These human readable numbers and alphabets are what’s stored as data in most records be it a spreadsheet, an XML, JSON or CSV that’s later stored in actual databases li...

Say good bye to not knowing what to eat?  While abroad, I passed through hell planning what to eat for the week or within the month, it was hell.  Fast forward to a few years later and I kinda still run into the same problem every once in a while with my partner.  So basically I made an app to solve the problem, the app is written in python, it’s a lite code, just a basic list of meals and the app just shuffles between the list. The list is pre-populated with 30+ meals, so you definitely have a lot of meals to choose from. I also just use the app to see other meals I’ve forgotten about.  Try this preloaded web application, no need to download or sign in to anything, just click here to access  and use. Written by Mundez. edmundez@me.com #app #python #food #shuffler #nigerian #nigerianfood #menu #code #single #confused #insightful #useful #handy

Greatness takes changing status quo Nigeria is a vast country of resources, the largest African country and quite honestly a huge mess. Nigeria is currently on the decline, with rising inflation, high unemployment, lacking basic amenities, poor health and education sectors, high insecurity in most regions and the list doesn’t end there but you get the point.  Nigeria wasn’t always like this you know, we used to be called the Giant of Africa, not just for our shear numbers, we were great achievers, had solid economic prowess, and the shining example for other African countries to imitate.  Our healthcare was so good, we were a healthcare destination for royalties and top leaders from around the world. Our cocoa and rubber was undeniably highly valued in the international market and so was our leather, crude oil, Palm oil etc.  What happened to this once great nation can happen to anyone really, greed, criminality and suppression, those are my keywords to summarise the turn...