Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

Latest post is a big one: “Why you shouldn’t invoke setup​.py directly”

A lot of people don’t know about this because we haven’t been great about getting the word out. This blog post is in part an attempt to remedy this.

Please help spread the word!

https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html

From the archives of my blog but still very relevant: "pytz: The Fastest Footgun in the West", about why you probably shouldn't be using pytz:

https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2018/03/pytz-fastest-footgun.html

Son: “Papa, what do you want for your birthday?”
Me: “How about a hug?”
Son: “No, something I can give you.”
Me: “Buddy you are by present, how about just hanging out with me?”
Son: “No, something you wrap.”

And as usual, if you have the ear of someone involved in setting time zone policy in Lebanon (or anywhere), maybe send them this article: https://codeofmatt.com/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes/

Latest version of tzdata (2023b) is out (on PyPI and upstream!): https://pypi.org/project/tzdata/

This includes a change to Lebanon’s Daylight Saving Time going into effect… this weekend, so don’t delay in your updates if you work with any datetimes in Lebanon!

#python #tzdata #timezones #release

If you are a #git expert and understand how cherry-pick works at a fundamental level, I’d appreciate if you could take a look at this StackOverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/q/75825183/467366

Trying to figure out the best way to merge a specific PR that will make importing datetime significantly faster.

There actually does seem to be quite a bit of overlap between what he’s talking about and what @simon has done with datasette and dogsheep.

Found it: this was Pascal van Kooten on Podcast.__init__: https://www.pythonpodcast.com/nostalgia-personal-data-repository-episode-248/

He was talking about his project Nostalgia: https://nostalgia-dev.github.io

Aww yeah, I am very ready for some lab grown meat: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/21/1165071880/fda-gives-2nd-safety-nod-to-cultivated-meat-produced-without-slaughtering-animal

I’m guessing just 2-4 more years of bureaucratic hurdles until it’s available but expensive, then 15 more years until I can eat a cultivated eagle steak with elephant marbling.

The reason I’m looking for this is that I’d really like to set up a system where I can easily capture small snippets of information about my day, like a journal with a bit more structure.

There are a bunch of numerical things that I track in sort of haphazard and idiosyncratic ways — I measure my weight and body fat % and track it in Google Calendar, I have a “Track and Plot” app on Android for my Uric Acid levels, and I use paper and pen to track my weight lifting.

I’d love to be able to have a free-form journal that can include voice/audio or text, plus numerical, boolean or structured data entries at specific points. Ideally something that uses an open format and can easily be synced between an app on my phone and something on my computer.

I vaguely recall that I listened to an episode of @talkpython or Podcast.__init__ or something where the guest had some sort of elaborate system for documenting everything about their life. Might be some sort of quantified self thing. Anyone else remember this and can track down the link?

For anyone who is interested in how my quest for a perfect rice container went, I ended up going with these, which seem pretty much perfect: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BMTDZ39

They’ve held up just fine through multiple cycles of dishwasher and microwave, and they stack perfectly.

It seems amazing to me that apparently no one has made a voice recorder / voice memo app that works with Android Auto. The built in assistant is… extremely limited, and will only do voice-to-text for very short recordings.

It seems like a lot of people (like me) want something where they can press a button and it starts a new audio recording, but I haven’t found any audio recording apps that even show up in Android Auto.

Given how simple this kind of app is, and how common I’d imagine this feature request to be, I wonder if there’s a technical limitation, or if I’m just terribly bad at searching for these types of thing…

#android #app #apps

Pro-tip: When you are done eating your Lucky Charms, these packing materials are actually edible, and can be used as bird seed or compost!

#lifehack #stpatricksday