@btskinn@fosstodon.org -- Wrangling bits and machines. MIT ChemE PhD. VBA is handy, Python is awesome. Erstwhile curator of @pylogging.
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BREAKING! Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, has officially reinstated himself as Python’s Benevolent Dictator for Life - but this time, he’s bringing some new quirks with him. 👀
Stay tuned for our Python documentary this summer! 🐍🎬
Feat @gvanrossum , Barry Warsaw, @mariatta and Brett Cannon.
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The PSF is excited to share that Ewa Jodlowska has been awarded our Distinguished Service Award for her pivotal role in transforming and stewarding the PSF to better serve the #Python community and its future 👏👏
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/03…
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There is a git command called “git request-pull” that would format an email that you could send to a mailing list saying “instead of me sending an email patch series, here is a public endpoint you can pull from to test my series”. We turned “request a pull” into a “Pull Request”
Sort of the same thing happened with stone fruit, actually.
I remember peaches and plums and nectarines being actually enjoyable.
Now they're almost always rock-hard, flavorless kitchen sponges.
(Unless you let them ripen til soft, then they're flavorless stringy Jello.)
I may be wildly misremembering, but I don't remember red delicious sucking so badly when I was a kid.
It really seems like something happened around the turn of the millennium that transformed them into mealy, flavorless bleagh.
Or, maybe it was just all that was available?
It's not just French that we Ohioans take liberties with:
Mie-luhn (Milan)
Roo-shee (Russia)
Lie-mah (Lima) -- though this at least matches the bean
I actually just a couple of months ago attempted my from-scratch scones GF, and they weren't too bad! If my research is right, for the next attempt I need to cut in 20% cornstarch into the GF all-purpose flour mix....
There are some really amazing gluten-free things out there, and even some really good GF cake donuts, but one thing I've yet to find is even an *attempt* at a GF yeast donut.
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The voices of #oss maintainers are critical to listen to in the wake of #xz. These folks are the ones who are standing between technology consumers and cybersecurity attacks.
explore.tidelift.com/xz-util…
See, now you've found the way to inspire him to new heights of creativity.
Start creeping the bedtime announcement earlier a few minutes at a time, and let the poetical juices flow longer and longer each night! 🤩
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We're excited to announce the Q3 2023 @Bloomberg #FOSS Contributor Fund grant recipients:
-- @FFmpeg
-- @numpy_team
-- @trinodb
bloom.bg/47PdV1X
#FFmpeg #NumPy #Trino
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@Andrew_S_Rosen I saw you starred the cleanlab project on Github a few weeks ago... might be interested in this event we're hosting with Jonas Mueller from Cleanlab the company.
Coming up next month, @jomulr, @CleanlabAI Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, will delve into the meaning of the term ‘data-centric AI.’ What is it, and how is it different from ‘machine learning’?
🗓️ 7 Feb 2024
🕚 2-3pm EST
Register for free: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
I really enjoyed this conversation with @bbelderbos and @juliansequeira, and the topic (impostor syndrome) is a really important one, especially for open source projects and communities.
Follow the @pybites feed for more of these clips!
#developers and imposter syndrome ...
We all have it and that's ok!
Remember, real imposters don't have imposter syndrome.
Last week we talked about this on an @openteamsinc event, providing some guidance and tips.
The recording is on YouTube now ...
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Indeed -- the power of generative AI makes it *more* important, not less, to ensure that these technologies are developed in the open.
We're looking forward to working with @IBM and the other members of the AI Alliance to support a robust open AI ecosystem.
Exciting update for Quansight & @openteamsinc! 🚀 Today @IBM and @Meta launched the AI Alliance alongside leaders in research, academia, open source, and tech.
We’re excited to join as founding members alongside 50+ others including....
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Don't miss this conversation next Tuesday!
Cybersecurity has been in the news a lot lately, with a number of high-profile breaches coming to light. Austin and Nathan will have a lot of good info to share.
Free registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Coming up in our next community event:
Join @vali_cyber’s CTO and Co-founder Austin Gadient & Head of Threat Intelligence Nathan Montierth as they dive into Linux runtime security.
🗓️12 Dec 2023
🕚4-5PM EST
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
