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
Paul Ganssle
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Today's important question: Who the fuck uses autotools to build a pure #Python package in 2025?
https://github.com/brailcom/speechd/tree/master/src/api/python
@nowis Ah, I actually figured this out, it had nothing to do with running it from another script, which already works perfectly.
@elthenerd I have been doing that for about 12 years now. I have a dock that I connect to all my big peripherals and it is basically my KVM. It is... fine. The last thing I added is a Bluetooth receiver so that the headphones are always connected to the thing connected to the dock, which is nice, but there are challenges.
I generally make sure all work notifications are going to the work phone and I try to always have that on me during work hours. I still miss some stuff. If I could get that hooked up to my watch I would probably not miss anything anymore.
Happy to give more details about anything if you have questions.
Paul Ganssle
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hey folks, anyone have tips on how to navigate a world of having to completely use separate hardware for work things and non-worik things?
or tips to remind oneself to check the other device (phone, laptop) so you don't forget to do something?
@gytisrepecka @jack That still seems materially different from the thing Apple was doing, no? Apple was going to scan your images and report you for potential CSAM. This thing says it uses an on-device model to detect nudity and notify you that an image contains nudity before showing it to you or before you send it to someone.
Paul Ganssle
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@pythonbytes @mkennedy
Hi! Re: https://www.youtube.com/live/yve8JFJTyNA&t=120
The stdlib does know what .txt and .html is, scroll down 60 lines and you'll see a mapping of 170 extensions to 116 MIME types:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/cdcacec79f7a216c3c988baa4dc31ce4e76c97ac/Lib/mimetypes.py#L463
>>> import mimetypes
>>> mimetypes.guess_file_type("my.txt")
('text/plain', None)
>>> mimetypes.guess_file_type("my.html")
('text/html', None)
The stdlib checks the OS database first, otherwise it uses the default mapping.
As someone who has been hoarding pebbles for some time now, I am very excited by this new development: https://repebble.com/
If it has an always on screen and physical buttons on the side, I'm in!
Paul Ganssle
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If your program is leaking memory (or CUDA memory, or file descriptors, or really any limited resource), one way to identify the problem is to use your test suite to identify specific problem APIs. I demonstrate this using pytest fixtures:
https://pythonspeed.com/articles/identifying-resource-leaks-with-pytest/
@rixx Possibly this? https://testmon.org/
@rixx This sounds super familiar, @brianokken might know offhand?
@brettcannon Thank you for your efforts with this. I feel like I want to boost this because you posted it to publicize it, but I feel like the relevant people have already weighed in and people will adopt whatever you do, so even though I don't plan to participate myself, I am vicariously exhausted just thinking about this thread getting a big audience. 
@simon You may also want to note that this changes the semantics of your `datetime` object, which is why we didn't just make `datetime.utcnow()` an alias for `datetime.now(UTC)`. If you change it you have to change it everywhere, and make sure all the datetimes you are consuming from other libraries are also aware.
(Also in the second example you have `import python` instead of `import datetime`).
@pradyunsg @brettcannon @kevin @tintvrtkovic I can't tell if that is right. I distinctly remember that Ruby used to be a pain like Python was (requiring a compiler, etc), and then they had a change similar to our change with wheels that made it not a pain.
I just created a bundle with `nokogiri` and `sqlite3` and this was included in the verbose output:
```
Fetching racc 1.8.1
Fetching sqlite3 2.4.1 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
Installing racc 1.8.1 with native extensions
Installing sqlite3 2.4.1 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
Fetching nokogiri 1.17.1 (x86_64-linux)
Installing nokogiri 1.17.1 (x86_64-linux)
Bundle complete! 2 Gemfile dependencies, 4 gems now installed.
Bundled gems are installed into `./.vendor/bundle`
```
That makes me think that `racc` has native code that needed to be compiled, but `sqlite3` and `nokogiri` had some pre-built binaries available. Maybe a #ruby person can chime in if I'm misunderstanding it.
@jscholes Actually my cards are mostly audio based as well because I've been using comprehensible input and there was a recommendation to avoid reading in the target language until fairly late in the process.
The cards are pretty Android specific and they currently only read the Spanish part, but they might be a good starting point. DM me your info and I can try to send you some of my stuff.
@brettcannon @kevin @pradyunsg @tintvrtkovic Looking into it a bit, seems like Ruby definitely has equivalent of a wheel ("native gems" I think they are called) and npm has something like this as well, looking at this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/prebuild
@brettcannon @kevin @pradyunsg @tintvrtkovic Ruby has some equivalent thing I think, no? Is that what a gem is?
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
