Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (September 16, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for September 16, 2023 :</p>
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enron :: discover the power of WHY (2001)
Summary: Enron's website features information on their wholesale, energy, and broadband services, as well as EnronOnline. Subsidiaries include Azurix, Citrus Corp., and Portland General Electric. The site offers access to their annual report, company history, stock quotes, and recent press releases.
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My favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central Bank's website
Summary: This article demonstrates how to use simple data pipeline tools like SQLite, pandas, and gnuplot to analyze and visualize data from the European Central Bank's zipfile on currency exchange rates. The author provides code snippets for downloading, cleaning, and reshaping the data, as well as creating graphs and performing rolling averages. The article also highlights the simplicity and usefulness of open data and APIs, using csvbase as an example.