back on my bullshit
#HNoM
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Ben Berry
@bengerman@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.7.3Conference Chair @ PyCascades
former platform engineer @ cloud.gov and brandfolder devops engineer @ Allen Institute, Blue Nile, and Intermedia
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Joined August 23, 2023
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I've seen and heard about crows chasing off eagles and hawks before - I always figured it was a teamwork kind of thing. Get all your crow buddies together and chase off the bully because you have the advantage of numbers.
Today I watched a solo crow chase an adult bald eagle away. The crow chased it down from behind and harassed the eagle until it left.
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@cR0w@infosec.exchange oh no I've limited my job choices to work I'm morally aligned with
oh hey they're hiring for people with experience and imposter syndrome:
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@a2_4am@mastodon.social @brouhaha@mastodon.social @glyph@mastodon.social at just shy of 1000 pages, it's not a quick read, but I feel like Fluent Python's 2nd edition covers the 3.6-3.10 changes pretty well
"It's what makes a Subaru a Subaru" @bengerman@hachyderm.io
Remember, folks:
by checking your watch multiple times per minute, and leaning hard into ADHD-waiting-mode, you too can be just 2-3 minutes late to every meeting ever.
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@phildini@wandering.shop > ocean breezes
board games
I recommend games with tokens or tiles over those with cards, and strongly caution against any with paper bits
🟢 Carcassonne 🟢 Tsuro 🟢 Dominoes 🟡 Terraforming Mars 🟡 MtG 🟡 Snapsen 🔴 Monopoly
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@kati@fosstodon.org @jonafato@mastodon.social If it helps, I got mine on the 19th with the subject line "[PyCon US 2026] [Response requested] Please share your feedback for PyCon US 2026"
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@jalefkowit I know I'm saying the quiet part out loud here, but, I mean...
What does a refrigerator have to demo besides keeping food cold?
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@xgranade @SnoopJ @glyph @jonny @Meyerweb my (limited) understanding is that the colon in Finnish is for attaching endings to basically any word-shaped thing that isn't spelled out - numbers (1:n), initialisms (TV:sta), and letters - not for transliteration.
Also fun fact: German often uses colons in gendered words to make more inclusive language, e.g, Lehrer:innen to represent Lehrer (male teachers) and Lehrerinnen (female teachers). The good news is that this is far from settled, so * and _ are also often used 🎉
hello, 911? yes the man who stamped my hand at the club said I had "good veins"
I think this made it through code review, BTW
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@minego@pdx.social Sorry - my joke was obtuse (and probably insensitive given the actual context here)
Coworker: There are a few lines not covered by tests - should we add some tests to cover them?
Me: *deletes lines*
guess what time it is!
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@treyhunner@mastodon.social the most minor thing, but you asked for feedback:
Antarctica has a rendering issue for me
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@transportationtalk@fosstodon.org Several of @AlSweigart@mastodon.social's books are approachable for that age.
My guess is that these would be the most interesting to a preteen:
- Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python
- Making Games with Python & Pygame
- Cracking Codes With Python
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@elthenerd@fosstodon.org
three days of (main) conference.
three sweet shirts.
coincidence? I think not.
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@baconandcoconut
I really try to split the difference between 1 and 4.
"How can I let this dog know they are appreciated, without being perceived myself?"
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@donkirkby @pycascades we're going to have the talks liked on the website soon 🙂
(Also, as TDDer I am so excited for this talk!)
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@paulox@fosstodon.org @pycascades@hachyderm.io Should be set to discoverable now. Thanks for putting this together!
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@paulox@fosstodon.org @fedidevs@fosstodon.org PyCascades is @pycascades@hachyderm.io , not Fosstodon (it should redirect, but the preview is stale info)
Internet Tutorial Author: Do not [mistake] because then you will have to [recover], which is difficult even if you have [purpose-built tool]
Me: you silly internet person. I will not [mistake], because I am Smart™️. And even if I did, I could surely [recover] with [improvised] tool
Narrator: *surpressing laughter*
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@treyhunner@mastodon.social follow-up feedback: I'm using the heck out of this and loving it.
Also I found a bug: upon adding the 197th country, you get an error due to a 400 from /api/quiz/learn-new/
I assume the client side wants me to finish my batch of 5, and the server knows I don't have any new countries to learn or something like that
#django pop quiz: which of these subTests fails:
```
from django.test import SimpleTestCase
from django.template import Context, Template
class TemplateTest(SimpleTestCase):
def test_template(self):
template = Template('{% if foo %}truthy{% else %}falsey{% endif %}')
self.matrix = (
((), "falsey",),
("", "falsey",),
([], "falsey",),
({}, "falsey",),
(".", "truthy",),
("1", "truthy",),
("true", "truthy",),
("false", "truthy",),
)
for value, expected in self.matrix:
with self.subTest(value):
result = template.render(Context("foo", value))
self.assertEqual(result, expected)
```
(version is 6.0.x, if you want to play along at home)
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@minego@pdx.social looks like threading is broken? Or maybe this was an intentional subtoot?
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@jacob@social.jacobian.org this math does get a little fuzzy as you accumulate leftovers and wrong parts from previous jobs.
I saved a trip for hinges recently because I already had some from previously buying the wrong ones