PyWoody

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by PyWoody 6d ago
Not sure why my comment merited a downvote. There seems to be a mass downvoting scheme on HN lately. I don't know who's behind it and what their motives are but I constantly see valid comments made within the last five mi
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by PyWoody 8d ago
I was not expecting him to be an OB/GYN.
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by PyWoody 8d ago
Yes, it's the Second-Chance Pool.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
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by PyWoody 15d ago
I've been using Brave forever and agree. I was referring to You don't have to turn off any crypto stuff. being an argument in favor of Firefox. I have to use Firefox every once in a while and I'm always surprised to se
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by PyWoody 16d ago
Instead, you just get inundated with ads and pop culture garbage whenever you open a new tab.
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by PyWoody 19d ago
It possibly helps that I have a dog that will not tolerate a cat on the property and seems to believe that birds don't exist. Which is very odd, considering that all birds are cats. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com&#x
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by PyWoody 26d ago
You *can* escape *asterisks*.
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by PyWoody 26d ago
Because paywalls are trivial to bypass and it's exhausting hearing people constantly complain about them. The GP in this thread has been on HN for 10 years. They should know how to bypass it by now. Hell, four minutes after they posted
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
I'm always curious what people get out of their terminal history. About 98% of mine is embarrassing and made for the ether. Have you ever looked back on your history?
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
Not what you're after, but your talk of beans reminded me of Taco Bell Programming. [0] [0] https://widgetsandshit.com/teddziuba/2010/10/taco-bell-progr...
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
The artist, Seu Jorge, did a dedication performance to Bowie and the movie recently, in case you haven't seen it. [0] [0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eIaESzQ1X9w
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
No one is forcing them to do this. This is all self-incflicted.
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
Greenland Energy has retained Phil McGraw, better known as Dr Phil, a prominent rightwing former chatshow host who served on Trump’s religious freedom commission, to make a documentary series that will “capture the mission of these mod
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
No, but it cures me ennui every time. 10/10. Would recommended if in tailspin.
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
Wings of Desire is a beautiful movie. It's probably my all time favorite. Bruno Ganz is sensational in it and Peter Falk has some great scenes, too.
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
I'll bite: How is a movie about an angel falling in love with a trapeze artist pro state surveillance?
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
Whenever I read people's takes about Python on HN, I always feel like I'm using an entirely different language.
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
Instead of 10 PEPs, you could read one helpful cheatsheet: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/string-formatting/#cheat-sheet... .
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
My dad's reply to that was always, "We? What, do you have a mouse in your pocket?"
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
This is great advice. I'm going to start doing it tonight. Thanks!
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
- Exercise, exercise, exercise! I am quite willing to bet that a lot of people with sleep issues don't really exercise properly. Exhaust yourself here. I do at least an hour of cardio a day just for that. I'm in great shap
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by PyWoody 1mo ago
- a bad nights sleep will happen, often a few nights in a row. Be ok with that (easier said than done, I did CBT for this). Instead of lying in bed restless get up and watch TV, or read. This is the hardest one for me. I'm curr
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
It was the default password for the root user in Kali Linux for a while.
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
The SEP article on Camus will answer most questions wrt Camus, absurdity[0]. [0] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/camus/
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
I knew someone that actually got a degree in like letterprinting with a minor in menu design. She went from town-to-town creating these beautiful chalk menu designs and lived a pretty modest life. One day a tattoo parlor asked her to make a
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
Wow, almost unchanged from 2005[0]. Impressive. I miss the weird web. EDIT: Here's an Atlas Obscura article about the museum itself[1]. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20050613084710/https://moisttow
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
Scottish Elevator - Voice Recognition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMS2VnDveP8
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon...
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
If you haven't read it, I think you'd enjoy The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. It's amazingly prescient, given it was written in 1909.
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by PyWoody 2mo ago
It wasn't until college did I realize that "fill up on water" wasn't a normal response to a kid who says they're hungry.

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