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> Until you have a dependency which has a C dependency (like a crypto framework, SQL connector, etc). but... that's not a python problem. every time people say they are having a ha…

thank you!! i had the same exact thoughts last night but refrained from commenting. same exact thoughts about pilots and surgeons. plus this: pair programming has only been studied…

thanks!!

> It's so tedious, repetitive, and obvious that I genuinely can't understand what people see in it. same! but i finished it anyway. it was during my speed-reading / audiobook trans…

sanic seems nice. also, sqlalchemy is an over-engineered system imo. i only go for it when i have no other choices. otherwise i use a database client directly.

yeah, i mean where's the matrix like app that allows me to navigate computer systems and networks like they were some kind of physical thing?

infinite scrolling is very bad! especially on mobile because on mobile you can accidentally tap on a link or whatever while swipping. happens to me all the time with the youtube ap…

omg wow! when will people start being held accountable for the BS they put on twitter?!!

woah, woah, hold on. don't let him walk?! just use the old way for finding evidence. data gathered by companies like google is mostly permanent, too easy to retrieve, and in one pl…

imo, python won because the community does not condone monkey-patching and dark magic tricks. it's totally possible, yes, but it is frown up. i just realized how important language…

> ...Going Home OMG not familiar with the person being talked about but "going home" resonates with me. leonard cohen wrote some powerful songs in his old age and "going home" is o…

> This actually looks great, installing it now to try out. same. i think it is a superb idea for ubuntu here. hopefully there are tools like this for other OS distros as well.

> consisted of the reg, the joelonsoftware forum and then the inquirer. that's very selective. here's a few more: digg, fark, slashdot

> A good idea if you want your personal relationships poisoned. not how it works for me! i have friends on fb that i haven't talked to or seen since high school. i don't use fb pro…

wow, you've just opened a pandora box :) from the school system, to vegan diet, to parenting, to immigration...

both dystopic and dystopian are synonyms. btw did you know that grep (as in the unix tool) is in the dictionary? it even says it comes from the operating system.

yep, it's accepted in other fields. the craziest for me has to be the music/sound industry. you could spend months coming up with the right chords just to have some big label or fa…

you forgot that some of us are debating the sign-off process as well. the most surprising aspect if you ask me...

from her blog: > This kind of code change happens all the time. we have all been there. i think she knew she wasn't following proper procedure. even if it's done "all the time".

> I'm honestly a little surprised (and worried) about all the commenters who argue Google is in the right here. i, honestly, want to know why you think otherwise. what she did is w…

> ...I was in high school and before buying one it was very stressful knowing there might be emails I really need to respond to asap that's an interesting anecdote. it was the oppo…

> In theory there’s no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is. love this :)

> Sleep Cycle is a mobile application that monitors your sleep and allows you to track times of deep sleep... oh come on. the examples were good so far... why would i need an app t…

> And 2/3rds of the US population lives in 3.5% of the land area oh wow! really?! very interesting

the problem, as i see it, is not with data collection itself. because the larger public 1. does not care 2. does not seem concerned. 3. the collected data is deemed harmless to the…