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bengerman

@bengerman@hachyderm.io

Conference Chair @ Pycascades 2023 & 2024 Volunteer Chair @ Pycascades 2022
platform engineer @ cloud.gov
former platform engineer @ brandfolder, devops engineer @ Allen Institute, Blue Nile, and Intermedia

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qlp, to TrueNAS
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Upgrading my TrueNAS Mini X+ from TrueNAS Scale 23.10.2 to 24.04.0 was smooth.

I had to change the location of the node_exporter program from /usr/bin to a new location, which is under a separate dataset I created for local apps (not to be confused with the TrueNAS Scale Applications dataset).

The /usr directory, which is mounted from boot-pool/ROOT/24.04.0/usr, is now mounted as read-only.

bengerman,
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@qlp squinting truenas mini x+
So a real lil' nas x?
(I am so sorry)

nedbat, to random
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My test suite has just one dot on the last line. What would you do?

  • Delete one test
  • Change the width of the terminal
  • Keep it as a visceral reminder of the uncomfortably chaotic nature of the universe
  • Write more tests
bengerman,
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@nedbat turn up the verbosity so every test gets one line of output

fancysandwiches, to Reptiles
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I had a close encounter with what I believe to be a rattlesnake yesterday and I'm still a little freaked out every time I think about it. I was getting some macro shots of a candy barrel cactus and when I turned around it was right there, maybe 3ft from me. I have no clue if it snuck up on me (probably unlikely???) or if it was there the whole time.

bengerman,
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@webology @fancysandwiches ...smell them? Do I want to know what rattlesnake smells like?

I've seen rattlesnakes up in the mountains here, but never noticed a smell, or heard people talk about it

bengerman, to random
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you might be able to boat to , but the weather definitely wouldn't be as nice https://social.northbaypython.org/@NorthBayPython/112202692442384706

mariatta, to random
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Other people at the end of a conference:
"See you next year"

Conference organizers at the end of a conference:
"Let's meet tomorrow to begin planning for next year's conference"

bengerman,
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@mariatta y'all will see me working on my laptop at PyCascades sprints, and I will be working on PyCascades 2025 🤣😭

qlp, to Polestar
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I feel like I'm channeling Kefka in saying that I hate, hate, hate the lack of a rear window and the absolute dependency on a camera and a rearview mirror with a screen to see out the back of the vehicle.

The Verge: The Polestar 4 gets an official price ahead of its debut

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24113451/polestar-4-price-cut-production-delivery-ev-coupe

bengerman,
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@qlp my car has a camera used for the backup camera and one that can display on the mirror.
The backup camera collects water on the lens whenever it rains and becomes nearly useless. I'm grateful for it, but I would hate to rely on it.

the rearview mirror camera also becomes useless in the rain, and additionally messes with night vision and confuses my peripheral vision. I hate it and I'm glad they made the rearview mirror functional without it.

nedbat, to random
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I have lots of computer and software books that most book donation services don't want ("Text books more then five years old"). Is there someplace that would want them?

bengerman,
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@nedbat Maybe not the most charitable places to donate them, but when I was getting started in software I got a lot of books at thrift stores (Value Village and Goodwill) and at Half Price
Being able to get books cheaply at these places was really helpful for me - the first production code I wrote was in perl, which I had learned from an old book from Half Price.

qlp, to random
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I remember one time I was at the IKEA near Portland Internation Airport and they had removed a couple of the public chargers around 2-3 years ago. I didn't notice if they put them back when I swung by a few months ago.

Green Car Report: Study: Some retailers aren't doing much to support EV charging

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1142534_study-some-retailers-not-doing-much-to-support-ev-charging

bengerman,
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@qlp funny they use Walmart for the header here because:

  • the article only offered three tiers/buckets of charging suport, and walmart is smack in the middle
  • walmart is the one place I have successfully looked for, found, and used a public charger
qlp, to random
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Now, this needs to happen in the US as well!

Ars Technica: Carmakers must bring back buttons to get good safety scores in Europe

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/carmakers-must-bring-back-buttons-to-get-good-safety-scores-in-europe/

bengerman,
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@qlp good start, but they need to add HVAC to the list, or at least front + rear defrost, IMO

glyph, to random
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Hello UI designers. Please stop putting present-relative dates on things. It’s bad. If you put “1 second ago” on some data and I leave the tab open, I will be dismayed when I look at it 3 hours later and the thing that I thought should have happened 3 hours ago happened 1 second ago. Before you say you are going to keep things up to date with javascript or websockets: no you aren’t. You’re going to fuck it up. Correction: you already fucked it up. 1 second ago.

bengerman,
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@glyph
this is also a pain sometimes when collecting evidence for compliance purposes, where a lot of audits run on screenshots

qlp, to random
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EV charging forecourts? Yes, please!

Green Car Reports: Study: EV drivers want gas-station perks at charging stops

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1142298_study-ev-drivers-want-gas-station-perks-at-charging-stops

bengerman,
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@qlp so much this - I would love if I could wash my windshield, buy some snacks (even unhealthy and overpriced ones), etc
Technology Connections has also been sounding this alarm, and really solidifying to me what that could look like

bengerman,
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@qlp now wondering if I could be the change and open someting like this on I-5 or I-90 🤔

jacob, to random
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Holy shit this Ask A Manager is really something. This dude’s arrogance and total lack of awareness would be shocking if I didn’t see it frequently enough to know it’s a thing. This employer dodged a bullet! https://www.askamanager.org/2024/02/i-was-rejected-because-i-told-my-interviewer-i-never-make-mistakes.html

bengerman,
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@jacob @offby1
thank you for cluing me in to the comments - I was happily abiding by my "never read the comments" rule, but the comment section here is great

brainwane, to random
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I dislike that language acquisition often involves saying aloud a lot of sample sentences that are not true.

My husband does not live in Osaka!

My aunt's book is not on the table!

Lies!

bengerman,
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@brainwane bigger deal --to me-- is when a given lesson seems to build up a fiction, then ruins it.
"my son isn't coming to the party, he's visiting his girlfriend"
"my son is bringing the bread for the party"
wait, I thought he wasn't coming? Do I need to buy bread or not?

qlp, to random
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Great. So the hacked toothbrush "story" was referenced during the Listener Limerick Challenge segment on this week's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. Since the show was taped on Thursday, no corrections or edits were included to correct the story.

I'm adding a note to the entry for this week's show on the Stats Page.

bengerman,
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@qlp this frustrated me maybe more than it should have

mariatta, to random
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Introducing myself when I travel:
"I live in Vancouver"

Introducing myself to Vancouver people:
"Actually, I live in Port Moody"

bengerman,
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@mariatta the closer I live to Seattle, the more I need to specify that I don't actually live in Seattle (currently, I live 5 blocks from city limits)

I am curious, though - do you say simply "Vancouver" if you're talking to someone from Portland, Oregon (which is across the river from another Vancouver)?

bengerman,
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@terri @mariatta @bengerman
I was talking to my dad about Mariatta's Vancouver* and he was half-jokingly coming up with snarky differentiators, but he kept accidentally being ambiguous:

  • the one up north (well, from Portland's perspective...)
  • the big one (Washington's has more area, but Canada's has more people + a larger metro area)
  • the one on the river (he didn't realize BC's was on a river)

*I submit "Mariatta's Vancouver" as the new canonical name

hynek, to random
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I am once again reminded how much I hate reading paper books. My ebook reader is in a very prominent space on my home screen & there’s zero friction for me to read. So I read a lot.

When I read a paper book it takes me so much activation energy to take up the damned thing. Like I’ve been trying to read “Salt Fat Acid Heat.” for 2 years solid but I’m still fighting the preface.

One of the main reasons is light and me trying keep my flat dim in the evenings for better sleep. Maybe in summer…

bengerman,
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@hynek this is the opposite of how I am (not wrong of course - we just work differently)

the ebook on my phone/tablet has to compete with all the other things on my phone, so I pick up the device and forget that I was going to read. A paper book, though, keeps the phone out of my hands - maybe even in a different room - so I read longer without interruption.

For me, also, watching the bookmark move each time I read is a very physical reminder of the progress through a book

mariatta, to random
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Pro Tips:

  • stay near the conference venue, within walking distance (15 minutes max)
  • watch the talks and keynotes
  • but you don't have to watch ALL the talks. Take breaks
  • meet new people at hallway track, join new table at breakfast/lunch, introduce yourself
  • prepare an"elevator pitch" about yourself
  • don't need to pack too many shirts. Get t-shirt swag at sponsor booths at the expo hall (and socks)
  • sprint
  • volunteer
  • tell everyone you know to come!

Any other tips?

bengerman,
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@mariatta I can't recall who I heard this from, but:
meet one new person for each year you've been attending PyCon.

ucodery, to python
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New silly-useful just dropped on PyPI. Everyone's about those ephemeral tasks, right?? https://pypi.org/project/yoloimporter/

bengerman,
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@ucodery
"do one thing every day that scares you"

mariatta, to python
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💁🏻‍♀️ Know of a PyLady that should be recognized for all their work for Python and the community? Nominate them (or yourself) for the newly established Outstanding PyLady Award! 🏆
Nominate before Feb 4, 2024.
Awards will be presented at this year's PyCon US!!

https://pyladies.com/blog/Announcing-The-Outstanding-PyLady-Award/outstanding-award/

bengerman,
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@mariatta
the form asks if the nominee "is a PyLady" - does that mean a woman or nonbinary person who uses python?
or a woman or nonbinary person who attends a PyLadies meetup?
(happy to be redirected if you're not the person to ask - I didn't see any contact for questions in the blog post or form)

bengerman,
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@mariatta awesome - thanks!

qlp, to python
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PyCascades 2024 tickets are available for both in-person and remote!

https://pretix.eu/pycascades/seattle-2024/

bengerman,
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@qlp I love that you posted about it on socials before we did 😆

nedbat, to random
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Tired of this: "learn C so you can understand how a computer really works."

So much of modern computers is not visible from C (pipelining, virtual memory, branch prediction, cache misses, etc).

I guess what they mean is, "you learn about pointers and consecutive memory locations"? How is that helpful for programming in other languages without pointers?

C teaches you an abstraction of computers based on the PDP-11. It's interesting, but it's not essential.

bengerman,
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@nedbat @pkhuong this is a thing I've wished I'd had more exposure to, but more for the ops/security parts of my roles
(which is to say I think it can be valuable, but I agree with the larger point that it's not something we need to drag everyone through)

mariatta, to random
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At the Conference Organizers chat today, we talked about conference food 😋 Feeding a large group of people is not easy! You'd want to approach this differently depending on the size of the group and the venue limitations.

My own preference is just feed everybody tacos! Tacos is one of the most inclusive food out there! You can make it with meat, seafood, vegan, vegetarian, dairy free, Gluten-free, etc.

🌮

bengerman,
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@mariatta
this is the way 🌮🌮🌮

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