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Hi there, I am the author of this Show HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22669084 Back then, I released the materials for my Intro to Python course "to the world". GitH…

I am currently also using the passff extension ( https://github.com/passff/passff ). So, you are saying I should better not do that?

Hi HN, I am not a security expert and was wondering how I can secure my (Ubuntu) Linux based system from such an attack? Background: I am using the pass password manager to copy & …

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Hi there. What are good tools to monitor the quality during an 8-hour workshop via Zoom / MS Teams? Background: I am conducting a three-day workshop next week via MS Teams. It'll b…

backend dev here. mainly python/flask. question: if I really wanted to start frontend this year, where would I start? recommendations?

On Gmail, I used their tags as what they appear on Gmail as, namely "virtual folders". Thunderbird's tags are a different concept from folders on IMAP.

Thanks for your comments. I have used Thunderbird and Evolution mainly. They cannot really do that afaik. > Probably some good IMAP-Client supports this? The Gmail clients do that …

For real? Now I understand.

Agree. I am using the German email provider mailbox.org They even report how often the government forces them to release info with a search warrant. However, I have yet to find an …

Thanks :) You may share my materials with anyone you know who wants to start Python. Also, I am very open to pull requests with additional exercises and content.

I tried this out this week for a workshop. It seems to not run smoothly on Firefox and some students have company laptops where they cannot change the browser easily. Also, I heavi…

I created lots of exercises. They are all on GitHub (see *_02_exercises.ipynb files on https://github.com/webartifex/intro-to-python ). My "offline" students take between 4 to 8 ho…

Hello world, two weeks ago, I recorded and published my "Introduction to Python & Programming" course that I have been teaching to non-CS majors over the last 2 years. Materials on…

Cool initiative. I will take a look at some of the sessions. Can you post a schedule when they will take place? I am in particular interested to see how much depth you expose the "…

I get you. The plotting tools I would actually consider in an "Intro to Data Science" course, not in an "Intro to Programming". I started to write a library implementing Gilbert St…

I introduce the idea of a type right in chapter 1 because of exactly the argument you make. As Python is really more about the behavior of objects and not so much their type, I int…

What would be contents you expect from an intermediate Python course?

Let's hope poetry will become a standard. Opinionated, I know :)

I hope there are no companies that hire a "data scientist" that only speaks HTML :) The course aims at students of business administration. What do they usually do? Maximize some p…