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
FedEx picked up my shipment from GNC on January 24th. The "Two Day Shipping" package is now estimated to be delivered... February 3rd.
It's like FedEx doesn't even care if I'm swole. 😤
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We're hiring a Security Developer in Residence! This a contract role so we can consider remote candidates from anywhere the US can do business with. https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-psf-is-hiring-security-developer-in.html
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Python HTML Sanitizer library Bleach reaches version 6.0 and **end of life**. Why? The underlying html parser library (html5lib) is no longer maintained.
https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/dev/bleach_6_0_0_deprecation.html
More seriously, I don't think that really leads to conspiracy thinking, but there certainly are interesting parallels...
Is it any wonder that so many people believe in conspiracy theories when they grow up with every adult around them (including, apparently, the police) conspiring to *make up a person with magic powers*, just because they think it's fun?
If you get so far as to collect a DNA sample, you should get to know the secret,, not have the police send you fake evidence.
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This is your 15-year warning to get ready for the Y2K38 bug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
That said, I remember liking *Murder at the Margin* and the other Henry Spearman "economics professor solves murders with economics" books, so who knows...
> **Critical Chain** is a novel by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt using the critical chain theory of project management as the major theme.
Sounds like a real banger...
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I'm excited to chat with @glyph next Thursday @ 2300-2400 UTC (3p-4p PT), for my OSS Office Hours @ https://youtube.com/jayofdoom.
I expect we'll be talking about lots of things, but I want to pick his brain about how twisted got started and things he's learned while working on it.
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Hey @conda switched to Calendar Versioning, nice! By unanimous vote, too: https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/blob/main/cep-8.md
https://calver.org for details. #conda #CalVer #python
"Whenever there's a SuperKitties ad it makes me want to watch SuperKitties."
YouTube uses *Targeted Advertising*... It's super effective!
Amazon seems to be suggesting that I should order a "spare prince harry".
I don't even have *one* prince harry, I can't imagine that I'd need two of them.
Wow, this is the first time I've encountered Youtube "shorts". This is *horrible*.
I want to say that this marks my transition into a "kids these days are incomprehensible" old man, but I'm pretty sure that this isn't even my final form in that respect.
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Any of y'all #ios havers understand how to add a podcast by RSS url in the podcasts app?
I unfortunately have a few #apple users in my life and when I try to add podcast feeds available locally, nothing seems to work. Safari doesn't know what app to open RSS feeds with, so I go into podcasts, click the three dots and "Follow show by URL", click submit and then... nothing. No indication of success or failure, and the show doesn't seem to be there.
I'll note that this has happened on two totally different phones.
I know the feeds work because my wife found some convoluted way to add it once that involved QR codes, and the feed opens just fine. I also used to be able to do this somehow, and I can see old feeds that I added in their list of shows.
Any of y'all #ios havers understand how to add a podcast by RSS url in the podcasts app?
I unfortunately have a few #apple users in my life and when I try to add podcast feeds available locally, nothing seems to work. Safari doesn't know what app to open RSS feeds with, so I go into podcasts, click the three dots and "Follow show by URL", click submit and then... nothing. No indication of success or failure, and the show doesn't seem to be there.
"Did you know that Alexa can do fart sounds?"
Normal person: "No."
Person with kids: "Um. Yes. I'm familiar."
Some PM at Amazon: "*sigh* Yes."
Excerpt from someone at Amazon's promotion document:
- Spearheaded the development of the "Big Fart" Alexa skill, which has been activate 20M times in its first quarter.
- Added "wet farts" and "squeaky farts", increasing engagement with the "Big Fart" skill by 25%
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
