Finding old summaries of the history of X, then following any archive links (or just believing the summary) helps somewhat.
boost from birdsite, Python, packaging
boosting @`ThePyPA
pyfound.blogspot.com/2020/11/pip-20-3-new-resolver.html pip 20.3 is out. See https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#changes-to-the-pip-dependency-resolver-in-20-3-2020 for what's new (including the dependency resolver) and how to migrate. Thanks @`ChanZuckerberg and @`mozilla for funding!
As an interesting aside, it seems that Python itself was on PyPI at the time (2004-04-13): https://web.archive.org/web/20040413032446/http://www.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=Python&version=2.3.2
PyPI went online in late 2002, but easy_install wasn't released until 2004.
Does anyone know how people installed stuff from PyPI before then? Did you download an sdist and unzip it manually?
I don't even see a download link on this wayback snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20031101220800/http://www.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=docutils&version=0.3
Lately, I've been increasingly using Super + ↑↓→← to move my windows on a grid, but I've been frustrated by the lack of keyboard shortcuts to move them between monitors. Turns out you just need to do Shift + Super + ← / →:
You'll know you've made it when you overhear this in a café:
"People were able to Photoshop teeth onto stuff in the past, this is nothing new! Heck, image editing has been around almost as long as images!"
"It's a matter of scale! Kids today can see *anything* with human teeth!"
Northern Flicker at my feeder the other day.
These are beautiful birds — and they are even more colorful in flight, because they have yellow-shafted feathers and a yellow underside.
I've only seen them at my feeder twice, and they got scared off pretty quickly when they saw me both times.
Apparently this guy is watching his cholesterol — doesn't want to eat any of these hard-boiled egg yolks...
@gedvondur Or alternately get on a video call with someone where your phone is pointing at the ends and have them tell you the colors as you work.
Not sure your setup, but I imagine you could rig up something similar to the pseudo-overhead-projector things people make for teaching classes (they draw on a piece of paper and capture the image from overhead, then broadcast it to the class).
@gedvondur Probably a pain, but can you clamp the ends in place so the order won't change, take a picture of them, then use a color-picker software to look up the associated hex codes?
In about three hours I'll present a few Python tips, and chat about my strange career, to a PyLadies meetup https://www.meetup.com/PyLadies-SWFL/events/274417833/ and you can swing by if you like
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