Hi, I'm James. Eternal dilettante and purveyor of nonsense, much of it about #Python or #physics. I work for a computer vision company whose customers actually care about results, so the current """AI""" craze is slowly melting my brain. I boost more than I post. TANSTAAFL
So cool to see AEDs discussed in @brainwane 's closing keynote at #PyConUS. My brother helps maintain this infrastructure (caring for others) certifying the devices on a regular inspection schedule. Very meaningful to me that she has helped make data on AEDs more accessible :blobfoxheartcute:
#PyLadies set a record at tonight's auction. If I heard right, the previous record was $40,000, tonight raised around $60,000. Fierce bidding for all sorts of amazing items
Josh Wiedemeier's talk on decompilation of bytecode was quite good, great diagrams showing the by-hand process, discussion of automatic decompilation and the challenges of keeping up with changes in the bytecode.
I am NOT a language model maximalist but I find his work on PyLingual to be pretty impressive, the results shown in the talk look great and the UI is clearly built to deal with failure cases
@snacktraces any good tips on outdoor spaces that would be good for socializing in the rain? This was something @bitprophet was mulling over a few days ago, although the forecast still seems quite variable.
I feel like sometimes random people just change your life in so many ways, like the girl who gave me a film camera in 2003 when I visited Kolkata, India for the first time. i haven't spoken to her in 20 years, but she gave me the gift of having my memories in still film photographs for the rest of my life
Boston Python is apparently well represented on this train to #PyConUS, I just ran into one member while stretching my legs, and they let me know of a third!
One of the perks of taking the train to PyCon US is that I got to stop over in NYC to see a dear friend who lives there (and who I see shamefully infrequently considering how close we are on the rail!)
He was kind enough to put together a short "doing the city" itinerary yesterday that included a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Got to see the fantastic new(ish) bike lane. An entire lane of what used to be inbound car traffic serving (LOTS OF) bicycles in both directions.
Final leg of the train ride to Pittsburgh. We're running ~15 minutes behind schedule, and Amtrak is still estimating that we will get in ~10 minutes early.
Not sure how we're going to make up 25 minutes on an hour long leg, but if the train takes off at 150% of the normal speed from this stop, I guess it's been nice posting with y'all.
Lucky me that my train had a good number of #PyConUS-bound on it, who all arrived about as ready for a late dinner as I did! Thanks @coderanger and @glyph for a nice chat (and for teaching me about Thai gastrodiplomacy)! 😸
Been a while since I saw this one.
There are a lot of beautiful sets and light rigs in this one.
I still think it's funny, and a bit of a shame, that the Batman costume dictated much of Keaton's performance. Why'd it have to be so hard to move around in??
@onelson I'm fairly ignorant of Batman lore (and entirely ignorant of the comics) but some combination in this one of "myaaah see!" mobster stuff, Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul, and an origin story before that horse was beaten to a pulp really ticks all the boxes for me. It's a good balance between realcomick and the gritty nihilistic realism that Nolan subsequently unleashed onto the world with the sequel
