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realTuckFrumper, 4 days ago to random

Full List of Republicans That Voted to Defund NATO https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-republicans-voted-defund-nato-1908334?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 4 days ago to random

Restaurants are having their biggest year ever https://www.axios.com/2024/06/05/restaurants-tipping-dining-food?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 6 days ago to random

Trump Downplays Threat of Global Warming, Jokes Will Result ‘In a Little More Beachfront Property’ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-downplays-threat-of-global-warming-jokes-will-result-in-a-little-more-beachfront-property/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 6 days ago to random

‘Look at the Facts!’ Fauci Stuns Jim Jordan by Saying He Always Kept An Open Mind on the Lab Leak Theory https://www.mediaite.com/politics/look-at-the-facts-fauci-stuns-jim-jordan-by-saying-he-always-kept-an-open-mind-on-the-lab-leak-theory/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 7 days ago to random

Trump joins TikTok despite seeking to ban app as president https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/02/trump-joins-tiktok?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 7 days ago to random

Alex Jones Says Infowars Could Be Shut Down Within Hours https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-says-infowars-could-shut-down-within-hours-1907182?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 7 days ago to random

The Felon https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-felon/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 9 days ago to random

Marian Shields Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/marian-shields-robinson-michelle-obama-mother-dies?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

sloanlance, 9 days ago to random

@pycon, when will the PyCon US 2024 videos be released on YouTube? I can't wait to see the sessions I couldn't attend because I couldn't be in two places at the same time. 😆

I see that the playlist is available on YouTube and it contains 144 unavailable, private videos. I guess those are probably all the videos from the conference. I hope the videos WILL NOT use automatic captions. Please use the captions written by the stenographers.

realTuckFrumper, 9 days ago to random

Don Jr. Calls the United States a ‘Third-World Sh*thole’ After Jury Convicts Father https://www.mediaite.com/crime/don-jr-calls-the-united-states-a-third-world-shthole-after-jury-convicts-father/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

jeffjarvis, 10 days ago to random

Der Spiegel home page:

realTuckFrumper, 13 days ago to random

Weather Warning Urges People in 3 States to Wear Specific Clothes https://www.newsweek.com/weather-warning-urges-people-3-states-wear-specific-clothes-1905072?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

jeffjarvis, 13 days ago to random

TIL learned that the typewriter industry operated more than once as a giant, monopolistic trust and that is how QWERTY became our standard. I admire the dogged scholarship of Koichi Yasuoka on the topic. https://yasuoka.blogspot.com/

realTuckFrumper, 21 days ago to random

Hush money isn’t a crime. Slush money is https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/slush-hush-money-trump/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

sloanlance, 22 days ago to random

Example of using Python to save PDF pages as images.

import pymupdf  
import requests

doc = pymupdf.Document(stream=requests.get(  
 '<https://pycon-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/media/>'  
 'documents/DLCC-Floorplan-Marked_up_PyCon_US_2024.pdf').content)

for (pageNumber, page) in enumerate(doc.pages()):  
 pixmap = page.get_pixmap(dpi=300)  
 pixmap.save(f'page-{pageNumber + 1}.png')  

This is the #codeGolf like version, to fit within Mastodon message length limits.
#PyConUS #PyConUS2024

realTuckFrumper, 2 months ago to random

'More con artistry': Experts mock Trump’s claim America will 'cease to exist' if he's not re-elected https://www.alternet.org/trump-false-claims/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

sloanlance, 5 months ago to til

#TIL an interesting #Python "trick". Someone suggested that replacing sys.stdin with open(0) is shorter & eliminates need to import sys.
While that's great for code golf, obfuscated code, etc., it's impractical IRL. E.g.…
• Using sys.stdin is much more readable.
• If one isn't careful with open(0), standard input could get closed & difficult (impossible?) to reopen in the same process. (Closing can be avoided by using closefd=True with open().)

pycon, 7 months ago to random

It’s been a while since you’ve seen us here and we come with exciting news!

The #PyConUS 2024 website is officially live and Call for Proposals are now open!! We want you and your ideas at PyCon US in Pittsburgh, PA so head here for all the details: https://pycon.blogspot.com/2023/10/pycon-us-2024-launches.html

realTuckFrumper, 8 months ago to random

Don Jr. Slams ‘Reptile’ Hillary Clinton, Says Voting Democrat Is a Vote for ‘Reeducation Camp’ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/don-jr-slams-reptile-hillary-clinton-says-voting-democrat-is-a-vote-for-reeducation-camp/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

realTuckFrumper, 9 months ago to random

Trump risks Iowa loss as evangelicals seek candidate without 'so much baggage': columnist https://www.rawstory.com/msn-uk/trump-news-2664717646/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Edent, 10 months ago to python

I've spent the evening learning #Selenium - quite good fun being able to manipulate the web and take screenshots using #Python.

But what's really cheesing me off if non-semantic class names. Seriously - what genius came up with a framework which dumps random strings into nice orderly HTML properties?

Gargron, 10 months ago to random

Dune predicted AI getting banned but it'd be funny if instead of some all out robot war it'd just be because of copyright violations.

DebraMartz, 11 months ago to PetBirds

What can I say other than to advise keeping your hands off the handrails! This one was using the rail to stroll slowly along, stop and check the waters below for possible prey and stroll again leaving its mark. Even when I walked on by, it did not depart the rail along the boardwalk at Leonabelle wetlands in Port Aransas Texas in March.

Ring-billed Gull Handrail Walker ©Debra Martz https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/ring-billed-gull-handrail-walker-debra-martz.html

#Birds #Seagull #BirdWatching #aves #BirdsOfMastodon #photography #BuyIntoArt

pixelfed, 3 years ago to Pixelfed

You can now add pronouns to your profile!

#pixelfed #pronouns #activitypub

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