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Expert in building, scaling and maintaining complex web applications - Founder of
REVSYS (https://www.revsys.com) and Former President of the Django Software Foundation

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onelson, (edited ) to movies
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Background TV as I wind down my work day.

I'll work my way through the main 9 movies over the next few days, and starting with The Phantom Menace might be sacrilege to some, but who cares.

frank,
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@onelson I’m not at all hard of hearing but I live with many other humans and animals who like to make noises so I started turning on CC about a decade ago so I don’t miss the main important plot points. The state of CC across the board is pretty bad honestly. Old shows/movies, new shows/movies doesn’t seem to matter. I tried reporting a few things a few times to no avail. It’s frustrating

frank,
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@onelson I completely understand a misspelled word here or there. Even a slightly different wording of the same basic dialog (which I see all the time) or out of sync time a bit. But how a well watched old show (think West Wing or the like) can have two dozen major issues per episode decades later surprises me. It’s obvious no one cares.

frank,
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@onelson hah! I’ve seen that too when it’s the WRONG CC for the show, but to be fair I’ve also had a couple of streaming experiences where I got the wrong audio for the video being played. SpongeBob Episode #57 for Hellraiser II (I joke but basically)

The ones that really frustrate me is when the character clear as day said “NO! Don’t run into the fire” and the CC is “(inaudible)”

davidism, to python
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What Python debugger are you using? I know about IDE debuggers, like PyCharm and VSCode, and of course pdb. Then there's pudb, which is a super nice terminal ui. What others are out there?

frank,
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@davidism ipdb?

raiderrobert, to random
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Why is Visual Basic 6 the best programming language?

Wrong answers only.

frank,
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@raiderrobert obviously it’s because it’s 4X faster than Rust in most benchmarks.

molly0xfff, to web
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If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the , what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?

No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

frank,
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@molly0xfff as crazy as it may sound “web rings”. Randomly stumble upon a site in an area you like and can click left/right to another site in the vein that is human curated.

frank, to random
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Final wire shelf in the pantry is now assembled! Just slightly over one year since we embarked on this craziness the kitchen remodel is 100% complete!

frank,
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@greg yes now I just have to cook, clean and keep it organized forever hahaha

frank,
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@greg oh man don’t tempt me hehehe

frank, to random
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I'm glad they extended the @djangocon CFP until tomorrow at noon Eastern so I can actually submit a couple of talks this year!

frank, to random
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I am currently immersed in nature.

From: @jason
https://fouroclockfarms.club/@jason/112349404127043962

glennf, to random
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I don’t think Budget Rent-A-Car is totally ready for accounting for electric vehicle rentals.

frank,
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@glennf maybe they keep 8 gallons in the trunk just for fun? 🤣

tswicegood, to random
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I just folded a fitted bed sheet… without any cursing. And on the first try.

Ask me anything…

frank,
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@tswicegood now that you’re qualified to be Emperor of the World, what will you do with all that power???

ehmatthes, to random
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Python people, do you make short-lived intermediate variables to make your return statements readable?

For example, which of these would you tend to prefer?

def get_project_name(output_str): """Get project name from output of

frank,
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@ehmatthes yep! Unless the operation is super simple like a single method call without arguments or maybe one argument. Think “strip()” or “reverse()” something very easy to grok.

frank, to random
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Picked up a growler of cold brew instead of my usual cup on the way to the office today for SuperMega Productivity Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

frank, to random
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Jeff wrote up how to use this Github Action to clean up old docker images which is super useful and saves you $$$. Now I need to read the action so I can duplicate this for non-Github docker image registries https://micro.webology.dev/2024/04/23/github-actions-cleaning.html?utm_campaign=Django%2BNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Django_Newsletter_230

frank, to random
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This is a great read for anyone trying to get to 100% utilization. It can't happen and it's actually really detrimental to overall productivity. https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2024/02/16/the-urge-to-keep-people-busy-and-why-it-doesnt-work/ it's mentions a book called "Slack" (no, not that chat tool) that is a great deep dive on this topic.

frank, to random
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The ONE meeting I had today got canceled so today is going to be extra productive!

frank, to random
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Thinking I'm gonna try the Cheeto diet. It's like Keto, but opposite.

frank,
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@hynek hahaha I’d look like Fozzy Bear.

frank, to random
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In case you ever wondered if they made “outie” navel oranges.

grimalkina, to random
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I want to see absolutely no sensible and practical advice here. What programming language should I start vaguely and in a chill way teaching myself if I just want to experience something fun or elegant or interesting in and of itself, assuming I have no goal for using it to do anything really (outside of learning)

frank,
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@idan @grimalkina agree! I’ve been “learning” it for several years now and still feel like a beginner in many ways. Where something like Python I felt productive in a week.

bitprophet, to random
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3 weeks til (I drive to Pittsburgh for) PyCon 😰

frank,
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@bitprophet yay!

frank,
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@bitprophet yep. Most of us from REVSYS will be there.

hynek, to random
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the OUTLINE to my next video is 3500 words 😭

frank,
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@hynek @glyph time for a Hynek Triology!

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