2024-09-06T11:53:11Z https://yabu.me Ned Batchelder https://yabu.me/npub1samn5gnz0wzry3kw5l485rwutuk0pqm34lz375j7nh94sdfc0nsspn4607 https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/353/415/357/412/333/original/4559d26e10915060.jpg https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/353/415/357/412/333/original/4559d26e10915060.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2fkw5ta3uad7ssagl5nphwqpy05fpvl29g3uvc255jcv2uh9wcszyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wzcdyx9q NASA(!) is asking me for &#34;country of origin&#34; for coverage․py. Is there a useful explainer I can point them at explaining why this question makes no sense? Or do I just say USA because that&#39;s where I live? 2024-08-12T17:29:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvraw7kltq0fe4u94aqhs7x5ed39lvlq5sn9u4eserpvs5632mg3qzyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wztjn3ua Hot #Python take: textwrap.dedent is great, but inspect.cleandoc is better (and it should be in textwrap, not inspect).<br/><br/><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/inspect.html#inspect.cleandoc">https://docs.python.org/3/library/inspect.html#inspect.cleandoc</a><br/><br/>(Actually not a hot take, it&#39;s carefully considered!) 2024-08-11T19:24:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs05k5kh2s9r2h8q3dwkattezlx6xygsf55rfvzgr334g6sk6qa7nczyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wztuut7g Advice for new parents: <a href="https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202408/cherish_this_time.html">https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202408/cherish_this_time.html</a> 2024-08-11T18:06:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ecmf2z4h9hcck4pjfu98vdml4pqsua02zfpnxdttrsaptrfjc7gzyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wzlmkkju I&#39;m often surprised at experts giving over-complicated answers to beginners&#39; questions (#Python in this case):<br/>Q: What&#39;s the difference between a for loop and a while loop?<br/>A: For uses the iter protocol; while calls an expression each loop. 2024-08-10T11:15:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsye7m0hg7wtqh73s9la0x2rxzhu89tytazzc8fetc29mm5nrjzywczyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wzd3trdc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8npw4fesxlh62paadwxm58a8vdtgl2dz54yc4pqpxynt8fzx6e6suu8nhy'>nevent1q…8nhy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How do you separate them? 2024-08-05T14:31:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp9gjcgm69myfzzadquut44hlvxe2q6w2jg4hwcv8kjndh5m2zlggzyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wzzr9za6 It&#39;s a continuing mystery to me why our culture holds investors and Wall Street in such high esteem considering they prove over and over how dumb they are. 2024-08-05T13:45:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszz80a3z3as0068a8emz42fwmxkstjrt4alwgu7w2pm6y9ah947zszyzrhww3zvfacgvjxe6n757sdm30jeuyrwxhu286jt6wukkp48p7wzt7z5nj Want to help the #Python world move forward? Deadsnakes is a great project for getting cutting-edge Python builds, but its 3.14 has been broken for a few weeks: <a href="https://github.com/deadsnakes/issues/issues/292">https://github.com/deadsnakes/issues/issues/292</a> 2024-08-03T18:53:13Z