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`from plotnine import *` ... I love the idea of a new python plotting library, but why is this anti-pattern so common with plotting libs?

> Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies Placing the onus firmly on US tech companies and not the well-being of children…

I'm working on something very similar, but I've found that if I'm not doing the work - I forget what has been set up and how its running a lot faster. For example - I have ZFS runn…

I love atuin -- the shared shell command memory function solves a problem that I had (recalling obscure CLI commands) I'll try atuin desktop and I hope it succeeds, but I can't say…

Apparently if a light-bulb blows at a station, two different contractors need to be called - one company has a contract for replacing consumables while another has a contract for r…

Hijacked? no. For me this demonstrates the temporal differences between the web and the real world. Books are solid things that will be here for a long time. Websites are transitor…

> Doing the smallest and easiest solution to a problem as a way to get to know the full scope and then iterating after that if needs be is by far the best solution (for me). 100% -…

Not patronising, this was exactly my first (and off-topic) thought as well. We have lived in our house for +15 years and we still regularly find small fluorescent yellow ball beari…

While we're here - I've gained a lot from "Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial" by DS Sivia and J Skilling. It's a graduate level text, and I found the chapters very concise and the…

Anecdotally, "skype" was once synonymous with video calls but it's pretty much never used now.

In many non-US countries once hired there are employment rights. You cannot simply "kick them out if they dont fit ur needs". Isn't it preferable and less stressful for everyone if…

Aaron's suggestion (which seems to have been lost?) "Click here" assumes everyone has a computer and mouse. And it's not even needed: most users of the Web understand how to follow…

From the bottom of the page; > contributed Sep 2001 by Aaron Swartz Thoughts -- this advice is 24 years old (and I think largely ignored) -- Aaron Swartz (!)