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nedbat, 1 day ago to random

Simon Willison's keynote about AI at #PyConUS was full of thoughtful and useful insights: "Imitation intelligence," "Transformative AI," "Don't commit what you don't understand," and "You shouldn't need a CS degree to automate tasks on a computer." If you didn't see it, be sure to get the video when it is available.
@simon

nedbat, 1 day ago to random

Juggling starts a little early today: 3:45 in the open space hallway! #PyConUS

nedbat, 1 day ago to random

This was a very well done talk, by Marie Roald: https://marieroald.github.io/

https://fosstodon.org/@osdotsystem/112459312723574625

nedbat, 3 days ago to random

A first for me I think: no one I know waiting to board the flight to #PyConUS. #PyConStartsAtLogan

nedbat, 3 days ago to random

Who's up for a juggling open space at #PyConUS? Saturday 4PM?

nedbat, 3 days ago to random

I'm headed to #PyConUS today, arriving in the middle of the opening reception (if all goes well). I'll be trying to clump together with other dinner-foragers...

nedbat, 5 days ago to random

Yes, test freethreading Python!

I added this line to my GitHub Action step to show the environment:

python -c "import sys; print('GIL:', getattr(sys, '_is_gil_enabled', lambda: True)())"

https://mastodon.social/@hugovk/112440452061115479

hugovk, 5 days ago to python

🐍🧪 Python 3.13.0 is due out in October 2024 and work is underway to implement experimental support for PEP 703 "Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython".

As the Steering Council noted in their acceptance of the PEP, to succeed it's important to have community support.

I wrote a little guide on how you can help test out the beta in your project, and help us find bugs in CPython:

https://dev.to/hugovk/help-us-test-free-threaded-python-without-the-gil-1hgf
#python #CPython #python313 #PEP703 #FreeThreaded
#JustDontCallItNoGIL

nedbat, 5 days ago to random

Pretty polyhedra and a fun interactive tool to explore them:
https://polyhedra.tessera.li/gyroelongated-pentagonal-birotunda/operations

For example: the Gyroelongated pentagonal birotunda
#MathArt

nedbat, 6 days ago to random

Here's a PDF of the resulting #PyConUS printable schedule, tweaked to avoid the right-hand cutoff: https://static.nedbat.com/PyCon-US-2024.pdf
Four pages, print two-up to get two sheets.

https://mastodon.social/@hugovk/112422128910004621

Kirkman, 6 days ago to Typography

One of my favorite road signs in all of Missouri, seen heading west on Interstate 70 in St. Charles County.

I very seldom drive there, but when I do, I love to startle the rest of my family by saying "Look everyone, we're coming up to Bryan ..." then screaming "ROAD!" at the top of my lungs.

I'm not sure why they decided to make "ROAD" uppercase, but I am forever grateful.

#typography #roadsigns #highway #travel #missouri

nedbat, 6 days ago to random

I think I am unreasonably pained when I see an expert not able to communicate well with non-experts. Case in point:
N-E: "What's the difference between wifi and bluetooth?"
E: "Well, they use the same frequencies, but wifi is more powerful."

I don't think that gets at the N-E's perspective at all. :(

nedbat, 6 days ago to python

Remember that #Python dicts can have tuples as keys! Consider a dict with (x,y) keys instead of nested lists for a grid. It simplifies sparse grids, "resizes" are automatic, it doesn't matter where (0,0) is, and you can use negative positions:

Adding more to the board in flexible ways. https://gist.github.com/nedbat/f22b03f70ceb9686881c4bcd442fad11

edrogers, 8 days ago to madisonwi

@nedbat Here in #MadisonWI, we were very fortunate to have Sydney Runkle, leading contributor to @pydantic, give a talk at our most recent @madpy meetup. It was a great walk-through of how Pydantic works, and brought out a huge audience of people excited to discuss it

I mention it because she's moving to Boston next week 😢 Wisconsin's loss can be #BostonPython's gain. I highly recommend recruiting her for a talk!

https://madpy.com/meetups/2024/5/9/20240509-mastering-pythonic-data-validation-and-transformation-with-pydantic/

nedbat, 11 days ago to random

People in this thread are suggesting other terms besides "slop", but slop works really well because of the parallel to the existing meaning: food that used to be fit for human consumption, but now is just leftover pieces mixed and mashed indiscriminately so that it's used to feed pigs.

https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112406874796870923

nedbat, 13 days ago to python

You can use Unicode characters in #Python identifiers if they are classified as letter-like, but that doesn't mean that you should!

(Full rules at https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#identifiers)

nedbat, 14 days ago to random

Week after next is #PyCon, and we will of course be juggling there!

https://mstdn.social/@RobLudwick/112390675286786576

nedbat, 18 days ago to python

Another #Python sorting tidbit: the key= function can return a tuple. Tuples are sorted lexicographically: by first element and where firsts are equal, by second element, etc.

shac, 19 days ago to python

If #Mojo🔥 can fix #python’s stupid versioning problems then it wins by default.