Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
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Introducing MNT Reform Next https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2024-09-09-introducing-mnt-reform-next.html
@mahmoud I’m bemused and nonplussed to learn the true meaning of chuffed.
@mahmoud Wow. I feel like “chuffed” has “nonplussed syndrome”, in that it sounds like it means the exact opposite of what it means.
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New #cattrs is out (24.1.0) but I'm too exhausted to do a large thread about it. The changelog is pretty large: https://catt.rs/en/stable/history.html#id1
A couple of my favorite features:
Hook factories can have the converter injected as an argument now. This very simple change makes them much more self contained and more fun to write.
Some converter APIs can be used as decorators now, and will read type hints from the decorated functions. It's a small thing but it adds finesse.
@hynek helped focus the docs!
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I entered a game into #ifcomp2024 called Birding in Pope Lick Park! Its a peaceful simulation of one of my #birding walks in my favorite park. It includes photos taken by me of actual locations in the park, and photos taken by me of many of the birds mentioned in the game.
Play here: https://ifcomp.org/ballot?alphabetize=1#entry-2985
It should take roughly 30 minutes. Play on WiFi because of the high resolution images. Should work on phones or computers.
Mildly chuffed that I can’t find recommendations for practical tips for which phone to get for a young kid (6-7).
All I can find is moral panic narrative stuff about not getting your kid a phone and recommendations for super locked down, deliberately crippled Orwell phones. I am looking for stuff like, “This one is cheap and rugged and they can operate it with their tiny hands” not “This one doesn’t have a browser and you can remotely activate the camera to spy on your child, if you’re insistent on raising a damaged child who had a phone too early.”
@aperalesf @autumn64 @limako verŝajne havas kelkajn ideojn.
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you can always join our discord server ☝️
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STOP DOING ONLY VIDEOS FOR MANUALS OR TUTORIALS! i just want to have a fucking written text with screenshots!
@brianokken I think if your TLDR has a TOC you might be doing summaries wrong…
Ok, so I just watched the first episode of Dragon Ball for I think the first time, and upon meeting Goku, Bulma hits him with her car, then shoots him several times with a gun, and then expresses surprise that this has failed to kill him (note: he is obviously a child and she clearly believes this).
I guess there are talking dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts around trying to eat people, so maybe this is just a post apocalyptic, kill-or-be-killed hellscape?
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PSA we are hiring folks interested/experienced in #Python #packaging.
This is a fully remote position, so we can hire pretty much anywhere and you'll get to work with an incredible bunch of peeps in #opensource
“Why did they bring us menus, we already know what we want! We want sushi!”
Kids are cool sometimes. 😎
@quentinpradet @glyph They are references to Lord of the Rings, specifically the extra meals eaten by Hobbits: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dLXeL4HbPr4
First verse of the version from Peru lacks variety, but that second verse takes an awesome turn:
Feliz Cumpleaños, a ti,
Feliz Cumpleaños, a ti,
Feliz Cumpleaños (name),
Feliz Cumpleaños a ti.
Que los cumpla feliz,
que los vuelva a cumplir,
que los cumpla bastante,
Hasta el año 3000.
Yes, Peru, I, too, chafe under the yoke of mortality, and yearn for the day that humanity finally breaks free from our limited lifespans. Vivan todos.
My son goes to a Spanish immersion daycare, and at pretty much every birthday party someone tries to start up a round of “Cumpleaños Feliz” after “Happy Birthday”, which inevitably trails off into incoherence after “Cumpleaños feliz, Cumpleaños feliz…”
I thought it was because the majority of the parents are American English-speakers, but when I tried to find the proper lyrics, I found out that it’s basically a free-for-all out there: https://www.cancionfeliz.com/letra_cumpleanos_feliz.php
Try searching for youtube videos and you’ll find a bunch of 2-3 minute songs with a lot more lyrics, too.
@markwalker dateutil got hit by this, but to be fair, the only reason we are failing is that we’re importing TestCommand for the explicit purpose of failing the test suite if you execute setup.py test.
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Setuptools has finally removed the test command in v72, after 5 years of the depreciation warning.
Now it seems lots of modules are failing because they never did change their test suite.
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We've been working behind the scenes to plan PyGotham's return to in-person events. Unfortunately, the details didn't work out this year, and we have decided not to host an event in 2024. We are continuing to put all of the pieces in place for our next conference, and we plan to have details to share for our 2025 event later this year. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to meeting you all again in-person soon.
Anthropic has a pretty solid language model, but other aspects of their user experience leave something to be desired.
Been trying to test out their API for several days now and I’m stuck in some situation where it seems to think that my “organization already has a verified phone number” (which is great and all, but it’s also asking me for a phone number in order to claim the trial credits?)
To their credit, they seem to have a support line! To their discredit, queries to it have gone unanswered for 2 days now.
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
