Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

Having a pulse oximeter is kinda fun, though it's disconcerting that the pulse number starts blinking when it falls under 60 bpm, considering my normal HR is usually something around 50 bpm.

Context here is #python, if that wasn't clear.

If you wanted to write a conditional to check whether both a and b are None or neither are None, would you use comparison chaining for either condition, both conditions, or neither?

Chaining:

if a is b is None:
…
if a is not None is not b:
…

Non-chaining:

if a is None and b is None:
…
if a is not None and b is not None:
…

Been using an exercise ball for a chair for the past 3-4 business days and I can't tell if my back is sore because it's being exercised or because I have terrible posture.

Quite possibly both.

My brother apparently has a kidney stone, so of course I had to send him this: http://www.thomas-morris.uk/the-self-inflicted-lithotomy/

I should write a bot that cross-posts my tweets from my Twitter account, but also translates them into British English first.

A futuristic version of going to a new school where no one knows you and affecting an accent.

It's weird to me that in all the reporting about how a gender reveal party kicked off the CA wildfires, no one mentions what the gender of the baby was.

#python #pep615 #timezones

Generated using Ye Olde Yorker: https://yeoldeyorker.hashbase.io/

It's pretty fun to generate New Yorker cartoons.

Oops., time to stop using pep517.build!
https://github.com/pypa/pep517/pull/83

Instead, you should start using a brand new library that doesn't have a release yet!

Sorry if you took me seriously when I recommended this tool for the past few years because there was nothing else...

"Now, I see your birth plan involves Mike standing guard at the door with a spear because of... prowling sorcerers?"
"Yes, they can be very tricky."

Do you hate the feeling of being a useless spectator while your mate is laboring to bring your child into the world? Consider hiring "prowling sorcerers" who you can fend off with a spear!

(Note: This will likely not be covered by insurance.)

Apparently the OSI approved the Unlicense as a "Special Purpose" license a few months ago, but I do not see what the special purpose is anywhere on their main site. There's some more background in this mailing list post:

https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2020-June/004890.html

I'm still not clear what the "special purpose" is that they're suggesting, though. Seems like they don't want to be seen recommending it because it's somewhat weirdly drafted and is partially a public domain dedication.

Maybe it came out of a conversation with a frustrated just-arrived time traveler:

"What's today?"
"Thursday"
"No, the date!"
"August 27th."
"Be more specific!"
"Uh... 12:34:56? AM? Central standard time?"
"THE YEAR, MAN!"
"Oh, 2020."

Also, who picked that as the default date format? Was it someone trying to make American MM-DD-YY formats look sane?

Day of week, then month, then day of month, then time, then time zone indicator *then* year.