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Java by Sun back in the day is much more the Coca Cola of languages. Today, maybe C# by Microsoft. Python's organic growth and adoption is more of an OpenCola model.

> Handlers are functions that are part of the app object's state, which alters the app's behavior. I find that phrasing very fair.

The Handlers implement behavior, sure. But from the perspective of the `app` object, the handler function objects are state. You can tell, because `app` is an instance of the Flask…

> Envy doesn't create rights for oneself nor does it impute privilege to other I'm saving this for posterity!

That applies to databases as much as data lakes. I don't know why it's so hard to get across that data expires in the same way that language changes.

I'm always yearning for a modern StumbleUpon

But that's missing the GP's forest for the trees (pun intended). Liu Cixin's work popularized the theory and phrasing by a massive amount both in comparison to the works that came …

I've been experimenting a lot with using Jupyter Notebooks ( http://jupyter.org/ ) to get many features of literate programming. The tooling can be a bit clunky -- though JupyterLa…

Landscaping is a perfect example of how an individual can instantaneously create value in the economy. Banks can create currency, but individuals can magically create value. How? D…

This is awesome! The IPython prompt was the last place I expected a tool like this, but I'm very excited to use it!

Rainbow tables didn't pan out before; they won't this time either.

Without context, the animation applied to a basic interaction seems like it's getting in the way of User Interaction But as you hint, in many situations a gradual change of the pre…

Whether or not the button exists in someone's interface is likely separate than the means used by GPT to reason it was the case. GPT responds that there is an upload button because…

I don't buy it (pun intended). The challenge of a profitable, open source business model is very real, but also very surmountable -- as evidenced by Prusa's existence in the first …

This response references Thea Flowers' response: https://blog.thea.codes/a-reply-to-josef-prusa/ Prusa exists in what I hope is a time of transition from capital/ownership mindsets…

"regular expression" != "regular language" I appreciate the academic frameworks that have led to the development of systems, however as a working engineer, ignoring where the rubbe…

No True Scotsman. For years I struggled to grok the difference between regular expression and parsing. The conversations I would hear about the topic always left me feeling there m…

If a project calls for 3+ of the same board, then PCBs become worth it quickly, in my opinion. Even more than aesthetics, I've had a few projects where an unpopulated board outlive…

For prototyping, RaspberryPis will get you where you're going faster than anything else. The Linux environment gives you speed of development. The form factor let's you toss it in …

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CS programs are designed with broad input from a wide assortment of interest groups -- specific industries or companies or whatever. Different universities tend to emphasize the "f…

People like dreaming more than they enjoy actualization. Pulling dreams into reality is hard work and necessarily heartbreaking as reality and dreams don't match.