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snorkasaurus

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    Comment #21582403

    Maybe I'm missing something, but I've got a lot of mileage out of custom Ansible modules and callback plugins. Maybe that's what you're looking for.

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    Comment #21570628

    I hadn't noticed that before. Thank you.

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    Comment #21563421

    I'm dense. Why isn't it appropriate for software?

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    Comment #21510679

    I like pip-tools for venv requirements management, but I don't see it mentioned much.

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    Comment #21497936

    Pretty sure you just proved the point.

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    Comment #21369224

    I've used FreeSWITCH for this kind of thing. MPL.

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    Comment #21122229

    No, it's the fantasy of a religion that invents an all powerful god, but still needs a way to blame people for their actions.

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    Comment #21060281

    I agree. Try pyenv. It lets you install a particular version for use in a shell account, then `python -m venv venv`. I like pip-tools for requirements management, but some reasonab…

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    Comment #21006038

    Works for me. Firefox on Android with uBlock Origin and DDG.

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    Comment #20883922

    Massimo still maintans it at https://github.com/web2py/pydal and he's working on py4web at https://github.com/web2py/py4web . DAL was the first Python db abstraction I used, and I …

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    Comment #20865587

    I took it as a snarky swipe at "the patriarchy".

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    Comment #20828518

    > It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair

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    Comment #20796215

    I misspoke then. I would call you an engineer without your being a member of a professional association. I guess in my mind the degree is enough. I'll never have PEng on my busines…

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    Comment #20789200

    Actually it's just being respectful. I'm not an engineer, but I work with a lot of engineers who actually have the qualifications to call themselves engineers, so if I call myself …

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    Comment #20789180

    I was going to comment, Take a look at the Dao De Jing, so I like that the top comment is a quote from it. The book is full of such pithy saying, and I often think that its advice …

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    Comment #20789074

    Or in a non-medieval context, an engineer is member of a professional association of engineers whose rights and responsibilities are legislated. And imo, anyone who calls themselve…

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    Comment #20524440

    It is when you push your own self serving bullshit solution on people who know better just so you can play the hero. Classic, even.

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    Comment #20130646

    Thought I would mention pip-tools as an option to manage requirements.txt.