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
Does anyone know of a site that has historical pollen index data (just needs to cover the last few weeks)? I am trying to figure out what precisely my son may be to.
Seems to me like all the pollen sites are like weather sites, where they only enter give the current values and forecasts.
This is going to turn me into one of those airline miles people who gets on random flights to Singapore for the points, except I'm going to have to set up an alert for any time plane tickets to anywhere in Spain drop below $100 so I can show up for 3 hours to buy yogurt and then fly right back.
Do they have this specific brand and flavor of yogurt outside of Spain? I think it is basically Oikos Triple Zero, but this particular flavor is super good (it has little chunks of banana in it), and doesn't compare to the banana cream flavor we have in the States.
Apparently if you filter a Danish it turns into a donut, which is something smokers prefer?
Paul Ganssle
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This July, my alma mater, Univ of Illinois, is hosting a five-day workshop on open science and research software engineering
The workshop focuses on helping early-career researchers (e.g, grad students, post-docs) level up from capable programmers to rock stars of accessible, open science
Best of all it's being organized by the brilliant Madicken Munk!
Oh, did I mention... it's free!
Application deadline is June 6th. Spread the word!
#RSE #RSEng #OpenScience #Illinois #URSSI
CC @us_rse
Since it came up several times at #pyconus, I thought I'd post here. The method I've been using to learn Spanish (and liking quite a bit), is Comprehensible Input.
A good starting point for finding information about CI, and finding materials in your target language is [Compehensible Input Wiki](https://comprehensibleinputwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page)
For Spanish, I started with [Dreaming Spanish](https://www.dreamingspanish.com)
Paul Ganssle
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Did you notice? We have almost 5.000 followers!
Now we're wondering: might we find among you (or your network) two experienced UX/UI designers who are willing to engage in a 6-month volunteer project? We need to come up with a way to fit a bunch of new functionality into the already busy player screen. We're looking for two people (one for each role) to help us with this.
Interested? More info? Send a DM or email keunes@mailbox.org.
Boosts appreciated!
#UXdesign #UIdesign #OpenSource
Anyone know how I can get Github Actions to let me overwrite `/usr/share/zoneinfo`?
Mac OS runners install some `rearguard` bullshit: https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/actions/runs/9162760198/job/25190408177?pr=1130
Very tempted to just drop MacOS builds from `dateutil`'s CI rather than deal with whatever is going on here.
Paul Ganssle
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Here is a blog post with links and references to accompany my closing keynote today at #PyConUS , on stories from a few years working on #Python packaging.
http://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/references-pycon-us-keynote/
Paul Ganssle
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During @brainwane's keynote, the transcriber typing "What is packaging??????" with a ton of question marks is relatable. More PyCon vibes. #PyConUS
A lot of very compelling stories coming out of the BeautifulSoup Open Space. BS has helped get dog racing banned in Florida, and facilitated access to and use of scientific data, among many other things. #beautifulsoup #pyconus
Paul Ganssle
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Here are my slides from the Language Summit:
Should Python adopt CalVer?
https://hugovk.github.io/python-calver/
#PyConUS #PyCon #Python #CalVer #CalendarVersioning #LanguageSummit
Another theme: Automating manual processes. BeautifulSoup has helped save much toil over the past 20 years! #pyconus
Theme so far of the #pyconus #beautifulsoup open space: Beautiful Soup has made it easy to preserve inaccessible archives.
Paul Ganssle
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Reminder that depending on your Mastodon instance, you may be missing some #PyConUS posts.
When I search my personal instance for #PyConUS, it shows "55 people in the past 2 days"
mas.to: "155 people in the past 2 days"
mastodon.social: "170 people in the past 2 days"
fosstodon: "164 people in the past 2 days"
You can see all the mastodon.social conference posts at
https://mastodon.social/tags/pyconus
or via RSS at
https://mastodon.social/tags/pyconus.rss
(More info in my pinned post https://masto.machlis.com/@smach/110745938219191480 )
Paul Ganssle
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Anyone lose a dark blue folio with very well written notes in Room 321 at #PyConUS? I dropped it off at the registration desk so stop by there if you see this.
Please boost for spread!
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
