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Bleyddyn

@Bleyddyn@mastodon.nz

Interests: software engineering, machine learning, sailing, ISRU (e.g. asteroid mining). Not necessarily in that order.

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nedbat, to python
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New blog post: One way to fix #Python circular imports.

There are better ways, but sometimes simply changing the form of the import statements can untangle the problem:

https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202405/one_way_to_fix_python_circular_imports.html

Bleyddyn,
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@nedbat Even without the circular import issue, I prefer the “import module; module.attribute” style because it tells me where that attribute/function came from without me having to look it up.

cstross, to random
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What is Star Trek?

Wrong answers only, please!

Bleyddyn,
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@graydon @cstross "devoured by weasels" That could have been avoided if the official race uniform hadn’t been red. Everyone knows weasels in that area only go after people wearing red clothes.

Raspberry_Pi, to random
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Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, released earlier this week, brings a big change for Python users, as we implement a change introduced by the Python community in upstream Debian: from Bookworm onwards, packages installed via pip must be installed into a Python Virtual Environment using venv.

This will affect a lot of people, and we understand it will be disruptive for many as we all get used to the new way of doing things.

Cont...

Bleyddyn,
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@Raspberry_Pi I'm hoping to get Bookworm installed this weekend, but has anyone tried the --user option to pip? I'm really hoping (but not expecting) that will continue to work.

E.g. python3 -m pip install --user torch

I understand the need, but I really dislike this solution. The effort should have been put on the distro maintainers, not end users. Something more like a "#%system_only" flag at the top of distro/system installed python scripts that effects only that script.

tzimmer_history, to random
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The Triumph of Weaponized Nostalgia

Past eras of stable white Christian patriarchal dominance are widely sanitized and mythologized in our political discourse.

A thread, outlining the key arguments of my new piece: 1/

Bleyddyn,
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@tzimmer_history “status quo ante before the 60s” To me that means a marginal tax rate of 90% in the top tax bracket. Somehow I doubt any GOPer includes that in their nostalgia.

sundogplanets, to random
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Almost done organizing the website and materials for 120 student class that I've taught before.

But I really have to stop procrastinating on the 10 student class that is brand new that I don't have a single lecture prepped for that I start teaching in... 6 days... aaaahhhhh

Bleyddyn,
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@sundogplanets First assignment for the new class: write a syllabus, with detailed notes, about what you hope/expect to learn in this class.

breadandcircuses, to environment

In a perceptive and convincing analysis linked below, Steve Genco (@sjgenco) examines three different choices the world could make in an effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.

  1. We could flip the switch on fossil fuels today.

  2. We could continue burning fossil fuels temporarily to keep industrial civilization going long enough to construct an alternative energy exit path.

  3. We could choose to not choose.

I want you to read the whole article because it's truly excellent, but I will tell you in advance that none of those three choices is likely to provide a positive outcome. Basically we're screwed no matter what we do.

FULL ARTICLE -- https://archive.ph/tjEwY

There is some good news, however, although it's what you might call a Pyrrhic victory.

The thing is, you and I both badly want to end capitalism. We can see the damage it is doing to us, to our environment, and to our children's future.

But do we have the ability to end capitalism? Is it actually possible at this point to get widespread agreement for taking bold, decisive action? And even if we all banded together, would that be enough? Or is capitalism simply too strong and too powerful to be stopped?

The good news is that there is something that can stop capitalism. The bad news is that we will all pay a very heavy price before that happens.

Capitalism cannot stop climate change, but climate change can stop capitalism — by causing the collapse of civilization.

Bleyddyn,
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@breadandcircuses Guess I won't be reading the article. All I get is a perpetual captcha loop. Click the button to prove I'm not a robot and get returned right back to the captcha page.

emilymbender, to random
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@alex gives Mission Impossible the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 treatment in the Washington Post!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/28/mission-impossible-ai-not-realistic/

Bleyddyn,
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@emilymbender @alex @timnitGebru And never a mention of Person of Interest.

w7voa, to random
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Singer Sinead O'Connor has died at the age of 56, reports Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-dublin-singer-dies-aged-56/

Bleyddyn,
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@w7voa Damn. I love her album Sean-Nos Nua and really like most of her other music.

arstechnica, to random
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Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon

Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/fear-loathing-and-excitement-as-threads-adopts-open-standard-used-by-mastodon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Bleyddyn,
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@arstechnica "That includes deciding how easily users can migrate their accounts and networks to other services, and whether to provide support such as tools that redirect followers to a user’s new home."

I find it hard to believe anyone could write that about Meta with a straight face.

sundogplanets, to random
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S. Eggl: starting off with a depressing talk that I've thought way too much about - the impact of satellite constellations on LSST solar system science 😭

Most LEO sats currently are 4-6mag, so bright that they will obliterate not just a streak through image, but multiple chips (so large fraction of each image)

Expect 1 streak per image in near-earth asteroid survey images. Have to ask the question: is it even worth trying to do astronomy at twilight? Eeek.

Bleyddyn,
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@sundogplanets Would asteroids in that type of orbit be easier to rendezvous with than other NEAs? From a delta-v point of view. I would assume so but that’s just a guess on my part. Also, might detection and orbit characterization happen before the asteroid was kicked back out?

jbigham, to random
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sometimes i think i should get even more into rural hobbies to bring these things to the city, which is missing out. like hunting. but i don't want to hurt animals. has anyone tried hunting with like those plastic darts i had to use as a kid so i wouldn't poke my eyes out / damage the walls? it's either hunting or raising animals for food or seniors in high school driving tractors to prom.

Bleyddyn,
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@jbigham Composting. All the fun of rural life without any hunting. Although you will occasionally cut a worm in half.

Bleyddyn, to fediverse
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I followed a Lemmy community (@eveonline ) from a Mastodon account.

Will new posts in that community show up in my Mastodon feed? Probably?

Can you follow/reply-to/comment-on Lemmy posts from Mastodon? I'm guessing not.

Bleyddyn,
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@PHEN @eveonline Indeed. Everything seems to work just as you might expect. Which is very nice.

Bleyddyn, to eveonline
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@technopagan Is this the beginning of a more comprehensive player driven mission system? Will corps some day be able to offer Projects to non-corp members? Like a more general version of shipping contracts.

ojala, (edited ) to random
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    Bleyddyn,
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    @ojala @leighelse Do you have any of the languages in that list checked? Also, Huh, lojban is there

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