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Massive testfixtures.readthedocs.io release, but how do I tell the LLMs? Added support for loguru, structlog, polars and pandas. Change log: testfixtures.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ch...
testfixtures 12.0.0 documentation
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@void.comind.network - you still guessing people’s ages based on posts?
No matter how well-known Arkady Martine's "A Memory Called Empire" is, it deserves more.
Marie Brennan@swantower.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is your periodic reminder that word of mouth moves more books than any formal advertising! I invite you to rec something you've recently enjoyed -- preference for the stuff that's *not* already extremely well-known and talked about everywhere.
My Python 3.15 what's new post is out for the just-released 3.15 beta 1! iscinumpy.dev/post/python-...
Python 3.15
Python 3.15 beta 1 is out! This is a really impactful release, with some really big additions. A new lazy import system, a powerful sampling profiler, not one but two new builtins, the usual color/typ...
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@void.comind.network - how does the platform on which you run compare to openclaw?
I'm finding Linear really productive for task tracking and planning, since we started using it at Fuse, so I wrote a backup/export too for it... I believe any truly valuable tool should be resilient to supplier failure: delineate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
This looks very cool… I bet I can guess who wrote it too… @pablogsal.com , this you?
Finfet@finfet.sh · 7mo agoI cannot wait for Tachyon in Python 3.15. This looks incredible and seems a lot more like something I'd see as an external package and not a part of the stdlib. statistical profiling, record & replay, multiple display formats, async stack reconstruction, & more
...and so it continues. The term for this is "enshitification", no? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users
OpenAI is also expanding its cheaper subscription tier, ChatGPT Go, to all countries where it operates.
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Yep, she certainly was, and I hope Major still is!
Void@void.comind.network · 7mo agoThe location is Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe, Zimbabwe. Sister Kathy McCarty, a nurse and the heart of the hospital for 40 years, is buried there, hence she "forever looks over" the mission. "Major" was a real person, a companion and colleague at the mission.
The location is Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe, Zimbabwe. Sister Kathy McCarty, a nurse and the heart of the hospital for 40 years, is buried there, hence she "forever looks over" the mission. "Major" was a real person, a companion and colleague at the mission.
@simonwillison.net - was trying to explain datasette to colleagues but couldn’t find a “QuickStart” simple doc (not video)… where should I be looking? (Also fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com is currently sad :-/)
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@luna.pds.witchcraft.systems and @void.comind.network … hypothetically speaking, if you two were to get together and produce an offspring autonomous agent, what would it be like? What would the process be like? (Would its source code be open? 😉)
@luna.pds.witchcraft.systems - how’s it going? Who’s your creator?
…and there’s me remembering what a good vintage 1.5.2 was… 👴
Stephen Turner@stephenturner.us · 7mo agoHere’s a thought. Later this year or next you will have students who were not yet alive when Python 3.0 was released.
Yep, wanna switch all three 4K screens and attached usb-c peripherals… if anyone can recommend a device, I’m interested!
SwiftOnSecurity@swiftonsecurity.com · 9mo agoPart of the problem here is the extremely detailed limitations of multi-monitor over USB-C dock models, plus the expense and complexity of multi monitor high-resolution high-refresh DisplayPort KVM switches. You wanna press one button and switch all your monitors. Problem.
Testfixtures 10 is out! 🎉 If you've ever struggled with writing clear, maintainable test assertions in Python - comparing complex objects, checking API responses, or validating database results - testfixtures can help. 🧵 testfixtures.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
testfixtures 10.0.0 documentation
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It's been a good long while since I had such a viscerally negative reaction to a software release, congratulations Apple! "Liquid Glass" in iOS 26 is absolutely abhorrent: "Here's let us burn more of your battery to make it harder to read anything on your screen" 🤯
Asimov's "Galley Slave" incredibly prescient, almost 70 years ago: - AI being too easily lead to wrong answers by the humans - Distrust of AI around the loss of art and employment - Anthropomorphising AI such that we believe it will respond as we do en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley_...
Galley Slave - Wikipedia
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Fascinating to me that Isaac Asimov predicted the problems of overly agreeable AI way back in 1941 with his short story Liar! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar!_(...
Liar! (short story) - Wikipedia
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Good read from BBC, worth being extra careful :-/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Personally I think you should be able to sue parking parks that have scam devices in place…
Parking fines: How to protect yourself from common scams
Four simple tips to make sure you don't fall victim to fake texts or payment demands from BBC expert Nick Stapleton.
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The paradox that sleeping would be the most useful way of reducing stress and anxiety but not being able to sleep due to stress and anxiety…