holdenweb

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by holdenweb 1y ago
I think you just discovered software engineering, which at its best makes intelligent tradeoffs to optimise use of resources to meet needs.
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by holdenweb 2y ago
i don't see a numpy equivalent in Javascript, and that's just the first module that came to mind that I know PyScript can run in the browser.
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by holdenweb 2y ago
Monopolists never like it when their monopoly is threatened ... ;-)
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by holdenweb 2y ago
As well they should be.
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by holdenweb 2y ago
Oh, my God, I actually wrote some code in Fortran 2 back in 1969! It's certainly a much better language now!
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by holdenweb 2y ago
I wouldn't say Python is good _at_ vectorization so much as good _with_ it. It's also good with AI, web systems, etc, as a result of its "play well with others" philosophy, which pragmatically accepted from the start tha
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by holdenweb 2y ago
Does it understand pytest, do you happen to know by any chance?
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by holdenweb 2y ago
Given the many ways of creating virtual environments it's becoming more usual for a program's installation to create a specialist virtual environment just to support that application (pre-commit is. good example of this technique)
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by holdenweb 2y ago
They'll all co-exist. Add them all to your PATH, make one the default python3, and request specific versions when they are required.
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by holdenweb 7y ago
Well, this has all the signs of well-meaning but inexperienced developers seeing a market opportunity without appreciating the many difficult problems that will have to be solved to produce something that is secure, reliable and interoperab
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by holdenweb 10y ago
None of which removes the fact that Martijn is incredibly helpful to Python questioners.
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by holdenweb 11y ago
You misunderstand the concept of barter. It was actually an informal, unrecorded socially-based debt system. Read "Debt, the first 5,000 Years" for a good explanation.
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by holdenweb 13y ago
In point of fact two companies were the primary contractors for the redesign of python.org, but since I am no longer in the loop I will commend you to wait for an upcoming PSF blog post that will give the details. Design was indeed a major
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by holdenweb 13y ago
Fine, so you have found a language you prefer to Python. Go use it. Never mind about PyPy, which gives you compiled execution speeds, never mind about the fact that Python 3 fully supports NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib and much of the infrastruc
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by holdenweb 13y ago
"I've learned that luck and timing are definitely part of the equation." A lesson for us all there, if we choose to listen to it.
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by holdenweb 13y ago
Can't think of a better guy than you to implement Rackspace's strategy - good luck!
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by holdenweb 14y ago
If we want to be understood we had better start communicating more effectively. The onus isn't on others to understand us, it's on us to make ourselves understood.
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by holdenweb 14y ago
Well, whoop-de-fucking doo. Do you feel better now? That's not sexism, it's GENDER DISCRIMINATION. And it's intended to counterbalance the years of bullshit that women have gone through because of the knuckle-draggers and others who aren't
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by holdenweb 14y ago
I should apologize for the ad hominem use of "like you" and "idiot" in the original of the above description. I have apparently successfully edited the post, but intend to leave this apology here in case the original may be archived somewhe
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by holdenweb 14y ago
Thank you. There's a difference between being psychic and being sensitive to the needs of others. We all make mistakes, but if we apologize if it's required and most of all if we don't continue along an unwelcome vector there should be no n
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by holdenweb 14y ago
You appear to misunderstand the principle. Behavior is acceptable or not in the context in which it occurs. Trying to make hard rules that specific actions are harassing is a no-hoper from the beginning. Behavior that might be perfectly acc
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by holdenweb 14y ago
File under shit happens and move on. Nothing to see here, people.
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by holdenweb 15y ago
That is about how it was when they persisted in using 1.5.2 for Anaconda long after 2.0. And yet we survived!
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by holdenweb 15y ago
I can't think of a single reason why you should have turned that filter back on.
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by holdenweb 15y ago
If "cronyism" wants to come out of the closet and admit who he or she is then we might know how much weight to give these unsubstantiated accusations. I have received similar representations privately as PSF chairman, have asked for evidenc
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by holdenweb 15y ago
In fact it's not a bad thing that 2.7 is so awesome - that makes it possible for people with large codebases to essentially put off the port to Python 3 for ever. Or maybe to skip Python 3 and port to Python 4 in another twenty years. Both
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by holdenweb 15y ago
For some value of "supports" that apparently doesn't leave Jacob comfortable that it gets equal developer attention at Heroku. Of course the other language support could be perfect ... I'll prefer to trust the opinions of people I know with
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by holdenweb 16y ago
Yeah, comparisons between Apple and China are invidious. Let's hope China doesn't start an international incident about it.
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by holdenweb 16y ago
First they came for the pornographers, and I did not speak out because I was not a pornographer ...
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by holdenweb 16y ago
While you can't deny Apple's right to control the app market (and even the development methods), why would anyone work with a vendor that does ?

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