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frank

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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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tylerdave, to random
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Is it just me or did PyCon week come up really quickly this year?

frank,
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@tylerdave umm yeah. I’m gonna need them to move it back a few days so I can clear my TODO list off first.

acdha, to random
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I wish them success bucking decades of upraised middle fingers to aerodynamic efficiency:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/solar-car/

frank,
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@acdha @bitprophet I seem to remember reading somewhere it’s only a mile or two for a work day which obviously isn’t zero but shorter than most commutes. (I very well could be remembering incorrectly, but it was definitely less than 5)

fallenhitokiri, to gaming
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While it started as a joke I am actually considering to start a gaming blog for gamers over 30 who cannot avoid life.

Review criteria will be

  • does the game remind me of the controls?
  • can I get a summary what happened and what I’m supposed to do?
  • can I pick it up for 30-60 minutes and have fun?

Weekly summary of all posts will be sent on Friday evening.

It’s far from a fully thought out concept, but I like the idea and think this is a niche not well served.

frank,
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@fallenhitokiri be sure to include if it’s kid friend and/or multiplayer with spouse/partner/kids

frank,
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@fallenhitokiri I think both really. Often I find the official "For 13 and up" to be fairly conservative both in terms of appropriateness and just plain ability to play.

webology, to random
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🤔 Do I know anyone who has used django-money in a project who has any insights to share?

I tend to fall back on avoid decimals (using Integer fields and then using Integer division) but I was debating switching a shopping cart over to django-money to cleanup some edge cases.

https://github.com/django-money/django-money

frank,
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@webology what edge cases are there with integers? I can’t think of any…

frank, to random
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17 years ago today I started working for myself full time. In many ways it seems like yesterday, but also sometimes like it has been longer. So glad I did, it's not easy by any stretch of the imagination but I still enjoy it most days!

frank, to random
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A glass of whiskey is important to your mise.

raiderrobert, to random
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Please do not roll your own:

  • auth
  • encryption
  • credit card handling
  • billing
  • databases
  • search engines
  • file systems
  • serialization formats
  • date/time handling
  • locationalization
  • internationalization
  • email parsing
  • postal address parsing
  • software version parsing
  • csv parsing
  • html parsing
  • URL parsing
  • ...just stay away from parsing
  • floating point math
frank,
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@raiderrobert I’ll take “Things Frank has done and regretted it” for $200 Alex

frank, to random
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Stolen from a friend's Facebook: The fact that my entire body cracks like a glow stick whenever I move and yet refuses to actually glow is very disappointing.

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 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!

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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