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PyCon US 2024 Recap
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#72>The Faster CPython Team has made Python 3.11 20-60% faster depending on what you are doing
Remember how this was kickstarted after a plan and a promise by a core dev for a 5x speedup in a few years if he was sponsored to work on that?
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I think we can all agree that masking is super annoying. We can also agree that if everyone were to mask 100% of the time, then we would be in a safer world, with less spread of disease. But we all live with some level of risk. Keeping the risk level at or near zero isn't realistic, or something that most people want. We cross the street, travel in cars, etc. I find it weird that PyCon had a mandatory masking policy,…
Since you attended how much did people actually follow the mandate? I looked through the pictures, and it seems to be ~not at all for picture/social situation, and maye 50% for general?
I attended and I would say there was 98% compliance. The policy was that masks off was OK outside, while presenting, while eating, and briefly when posing for photos.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are you posting the same thing twice from two different accounts?
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> Most of my comments are removed for being left wing
Just to clarify, do you mean downvoted, or removed (by mods)
b/c the latter implies SV tech-forum mods are not left wing?
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#75Hi, this was such a delightful post to read. Im currently a comp sci college student and I had no clue there was even an event called pycon lol. But reading your blog makes me think it was so much fun. Quick question, is there a criteria to attend the event such as part of a specific company or organization? Or is it for anyone who uses python?
Anyone can attend, but not everyone can afford to (is not free, you have to buy a ticket plus all the travel expenses). That’s why many who attend do it by convincing their company to pay for the the trip and the ticket
There's a generous travel grant program to help people attend who might not be able to afford to otherwise.
https://pycon.blogspot.com/2024/03/TravelGrantsReport2024.ht...
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's selfish is actually demanding that society changes for you (or a minority of immuno-compromised individuals). COVID was one thing, but we're way past it now and society had to go back to the normal way of things.
Did you check covid wastewater statistic over the last year when you parroted the pandemic is over?
Did you check that Sweden (as an example) had no mask mandate and no vaccinations, and came off better than many nations?
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#77I'm amazed at how many people she met. It was my first PyCon and I was happy with trying to chat with like 5 people. The conference was huge and very physically and socially exhausting.
Same. I love the idea of being involved in the software community, but find it intimidatingly difficult to know how to "break in". Plenty of the names dropped here are people I admire and follow on social media, but I would think myself terribly rude to introduce myself to them as I'm just an irrelevant developer.
Al Sweigart, Eric Matthes, Reuven Lerner (also in this comment section), and so many folks who've made blog posts, books, code, or something else that's inspired you really do love it when you tell them. I know I'm always please when someone who likes something I've done introduces themselves and says so.
We're all just people. Meeting someone in-person who enjoys something you've done is enjoyable for nearly everyone. Fawning is a bit much, but a "thank you for what you do" is really lovely.
If you're not sure how to "break in": keep the Pac-Man rule that's often embraced at PyCon in mind. If there's an open spot in a huddled group or if the group seems to notice you eyeing them and make a spot for you, join the group. Feel free to just fish bowl the conversation. Most of the time I've seen this happen, eventually someone chats with whoever just joined the conversation. Don't be afraid to either keep fish bowling or walk away if the conversation isn't what you were expecting. Either are acceptable.
You noted that you're afraid of being rude. That means you're exactly the person most folks would love to chat with since you're probably both humble and kind. :)
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#78> The Faster CPython Team has made Python 3.11 20-60% faster depending on what you are doing Remember how this was kickstarted after a plan and a promise by a core dev for a 5x speedup in a few years if he was sponsored to work on that?
When have you ever known a developer to ever accurately estimate how long something will take?
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#79> The Faster CPython Team has made Python 3.11 20-60% faster depending on what you are doing Remember how this was kickstarted after a plan and a promise by a core dev for a 5x speedup in a few years if he was sponsored to work on that?
Obviously wildly optimistic, but 20% improvement in this annual release alone is plenty to celebrate.
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#80So some actually did a talk about knitting and obviously knitting has looping (repetition) and possibly conditional evaluation. They have a way to make an "open space" or use some meeting rooms for whatever you want. I made one for "advanced knitting theory" and I was having trouble understanding if you could do conditional branching that would break a loop because the stopping of knitting is used to end the knitting. More about knitting notation can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting_abbreviations