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Halle Berry has responded to an angry Twitter user who confused her for Halle Bailey, the star leading the forthcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.Since Bailey was announced as the lead role in 2019, there have been a host of negative reactions to the concept of a Black actor portraying the fictional character.In a recent Twitter exchange, a user named Suicide Sportif – whose account has since become private – shared two screenshots.One included the metrics of the new Disney movie’s teaser trailer, showing…

Reusable SQL for RFM and CLV AnalysisPhoto by energepic.com: https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-payment-terminal-2988232/IntroductionOver the past 10 years of my career, I’ve worked on Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) models with a variety of clients, industries, and datasets. There are many different ways to solve the problem, but this article is not about that. Instead, I want to explain the data setup, which is often neglected in the blogosphere.In my last blog post, Lets go further with SQL, I talked about how excited I…

Amy Sussman/Getty Images Happy Halle Berry Day, everyone! The groundbreaking star turned 56 years old today, and to celebrate, let’s take a look at some of her most memorable performances. Your teenage crush just turned 56, Gen-X. How old do we feel now? With a timeless grace and beauty that defies Father Time, the glamorous star of the 1990s and 2000s was trending on Twitter Sunday as fans worldwide shared birthday wishes across social media. These days, younger fans tend to connect her with Catwoman and…

Advice from the “older” generationPhoto by Simon Abrams on UnsplashIntroductionLet me start off by acknowledging that this subject has been written about and discussed repeatedly on many different platforms. So, what could I offer that hasn’t already been said?Well, as it turns out, I’m a lot older than the average Medium author. Although some people politely refer to me as “mature” or “experienced,” the truth is that my perspective is shaped by the fact that I’ve been around long enough to remember when neon colors and…

A feature store origin storyPhoto by Mikael Blomkvist: https://www.pexels.com/photo/simple-workspace-at-home-6476588/Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, I was one of the hundreds of Data Analysts working for a Fortune 50 company. As luck would have it, I got promoted as one of the company’s first Data Scientists in 2014, alongside some fresh new-hires who had PhDs and years of predictive modeling experience. I thought that I was totally out of my league.Before too long, it became apparent that my knowledge of SQL…

Screenshot: FXMatt Berry stars on FX hit What We Do in the Shadows, which is currently in its fourth season—but the British actor only just realized how popular the vampire series has become in America. Like, just realized.“It wasn’t until I was in Los Angeles two weeks ago that I realized how successful the show actually was, because it’s moderately successful in the UK, to put it kind of politely,” Berry said in an interview with Polygon. He most definitely knows now after a packed Hall H presentation and cosplay meet…

While Keke Palmer is a great actress, she can also cut up with the best of them with her self-aware humor and funny online sketches. So making an off-hand remark isn’t out of Palmer’s wheelhouse as a performer. This time, her brand of humor led to another internet moment as she hilariously claimed she resembled Halle Berry. The Nope star had a little shady moment, joking she looks better and prompting the Catwoman star to respond.Knowing the internet is constantly comparing her to other actresses the Nope star decided to…

Knott’s Berry Farm theme park in Southern California shut down early on Saturday evening, with the company attributing the closure to “unruly behavior” and altercations between teenage guests. The park, located in Buena Park, California, a city in Orange County, was trending on social media Saturday amid reports of the closure. The official Twitter account for Knott’s later posted a message addressing the issue. “The safety of Knott’s Berry Farm’s guests and associates is always our top priority,” the…

As a Senior Data Analyst, my job typically consists of one or two large underlaying data research projects with a scattering of “time sensitive” smaller projects for different teams. During a typical week, I might make 5–7 charts, write a few queries, tweak a few more, and help a coworker debug theirs. I’ll probably post 1 or 2 internal JIRA tickets and perform a few StackOverflow searches.The major underlying problem is that with these side distractions, I’m only one random adhoc question away from being derailed from…

There’s been a long-running joke among Halle Berry fans. The actress seems to pick a lot of projects where saving kids are a major part of the plotline and fans have noticed over the years. From 1995’s Losing Isaiah, to 2013’s The Call to 2017’s Kidnap, the actress has starred in numerous movies throughout her career about a similar subject. Finally, the actress herself has found the right way to make fun of herself, but it ended up spawning a whole other joke on Twitter. Halle Berry took to her Twitter account this week…