Pick 1 of 2 Items Randomly with a Weighted Percent in Python and Ruby

With a 1 line function you can randomly pick item A X% time and item B Y% time.

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0:00 -- Intro
0:38 -- Starting off with an evenly split sample without weights
1:52 -- Going over weighted sampling, starting off with the "why"
4:16 -- Breaking down the problem using dice rolls as a comparison
6:01 -- Running the Ruby code to pick a weighted sample
6:32 -- Going back to how our weighted_sample function works
8:31 -- Doing the same thing in Python
9:38 -- Python has an alternative built-in option with the choices function
11:44 -- With Python, which solution should you use?

[bhaveshverma]

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