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It does seem small at Anthropic scale. But instead of faulting them for contributing "so little", maybe we can point to the thousands of large companies that are doing nothing .

You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Yes, it could use more funding. Glad to see that Anthropic is helping. It's still not an either/or situation. The PSF would not be fulfilling their mission if they only funded pack…

> Also sponserships like "Pallets group ... Those are "fiscal sponsorships" meaning the PSF holds money for other organizations. The PSF is not funding Pallets (or Boston Python or…

OK, thanks for making your position clear. You disagree with some of the core mission of the PSF. Luckily you are in the minority and the PSF is carrying on.

I'm not sure how you got to "before" here. The PSF runs PyPI, organizes the Python Packaging Authority, supports sprints and standardization efforts, funds developers in residence …

I'm not sure what you are labeling as pet projects of leadership? Is there something the PSF is doing that you consider a pet project rather than part of their core mission?

Is it so hard to imagine that they do it because the PSF's work is important and they want to support them? All the AI labs depend hugely on the Python ecosystem and infrastructure…

Just to clarify: the NSF grant was refused because it required the PSF to abandon all DEI efforts, not just that the grant itself couldn't be used for DEI. Accepting the NSF grant …

Using multi-level Carlson Truchet tiles for half-toning images: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202208/truchet_images.html

I can't tell if you are agreeing with my post or disagreeing...

Python pickles are bytecode programs, but different bytecode than the Python bytecode compiled from .py files. https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickletools.html#pickletoo...

It does not surprise me that people shitpost calling an expert "moronic" without any counter arguments.

Classic: ask what the team does, and before getting an answer, decide that it doesn't make sense.

I don't know if it looks different, or what it looks different from. To me, it looks like it was designed in 1999 (which it may have been).

I was reacting to someone literally saying, "Everyone should learn C because it teaches you how computers really work." In my experience it's no an uncommon recommendation. Yes, pe…

Python itself only has one kind of argument passing (neither by-value or classic C++ by-reference), and nothing is copied. Library functions could make confusing choices, it's true…

My point wasn't that C wasn't hardware friendly. My point was that it doesn't teach you "how a computer really works". It teaches you a lower-level abstraction than Python does, bu…

Yes, but why do I need to know that as a Python programmer? What mistakes might I make if I don't know about it?

Yes, why do you ask?

Even assembly won't expose you to pipelining, cache misses, and branch prediction.

You'd think it was obvious, but people keep saying it. And there are commenters here disagreeing.

More like, you probably don't need to know about spark plugs, unless you want to fix your own car. The point of the post is that abstractions are inevitable and you choose your own…

Sure, I never said it was irrelevant or a waste of time. It can be useful and interesting. It's just not necessary, and it doesn't tell you how computers really work.