Posts by Paddy

Catholicism's late!

import this

Why?

With Jupyter notebooks and pandas dataframes, why take that backward step?

Python *is* also a scripting language. It can be embedded and can embed code written other languages, and in ways that make such code accessible in a Pythonic manner.

Data scientists and those in AI for example need very fast processing, often provided by specific hardware whose vendors go to the trouble of integrating them with Python as a way of making their hardware accessible. Coders write Python for access to the speed they need.

Windows 10?

I'd be happy running full Windows 10 and "Windows Subsystem for Linux 2" on that hardware if it were atractively priced.

Thanks Katyanna

A great obituary. I posted a link on Reddit r/programming. Those 1k+up votes are for your subject and also for your communication abilities.

Meta

Everyone thinks they have an equally valid opinion on what is offensive. I guess this isn't the forum that attracts those with a more learned or professional interest in the subject?

"Flagship killers" like the Pocophone F1 might be having an effect. (Especially when online votes by MKBHD placed its camera shots second overall)!

But is it safe?

"two fully independent math processors on board which both receive full video from the car and make their own independent evaluations before another part of the system compares them to make sure they match. "

Are they running the same software?

How do they avoid the Boeing effect: Self-certification of safety and business pressures work against each other.

Maybe directors need to be in the chair from Marathon Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzw1_2b-I7A

On reproducibility.

I would expect github has an API for data extraction. I would hope that this second team of researchers also created a Jupyter notebook (In Python, of course), able to reproduce the statistical results they mention. (At some snapshot in time). This should help in later reproducibility issues and allow a new group of researchers to spend more time on criticising methodology, or showing later github trends.

How good?

Yes, but does it pass Big Crush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestU01

The scumbag!

I approve of this. Better still, call the next one "the scumbag"; and the next. They should gain no notoriety from their action.

So long

And thanks for all the fish

Change is inevitable.

Thanks for your role as BDFL for so long. You did so well in helping to bring Python to where it is,and in fostering such a great community.

Now I have to sit and think of what more I might need to/could do to help grow Python and it's community.

GitGoing

When the going gets tough, the tough gits going.

Red flag laws ...

In the 19 century the UK had laws ( http://mentalfloss.com/article/71555/ridiculous-uk-traffic-laws-yore), restricting the first motorcars: 2 miles and hour in town; Have a man walking in front waving a flag at all times...

We progressed from that. We need strict rules, for autonomous cars now, but hopefully, we will look back at them as being draconian and/or silly as we are chauffeured around autonomously as routine, with huge benefits to society.

Microbit/Python

The BBC Microbit can run MicroPython and they are going to be given away!

I wonder, do old xlsx utilities still work the same way or have they changed the xlsx "standard"?

Post non-compete?

Is this from before or after them getting busted for their non-compete shenannigans: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/16/california_judge_salary_lawsuit/ ?

Let's not forget their poor record in employee remuneration. If you need good techies then poach them at a fair market price!

Tea?

These micro black holes that we have a five percent chance of seeing - they won't upset my morning cuppa will they?

All your data subject to US courts?

I thought that some American court was still trying to rape data held in Microsoft's Irish data-centre?

The author is talking about the same industry that illegally held down wages with no poaching agreements - and then screw their mainly white middle class male employees about the amount of compensation. These corporations can make a difference to equality and should. As customers, if you don't like the status quo you should say so.