workthrowaway's comments

> 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 hard time installing a python module, it's almost always a non-pure python module. it has an extension in c or c++. if that tells us anything, it's that mixing c and c++ makes software hard to install...

a fairer comparison with go here is with a go package that has extensions or bindings written in another language.

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 / proven to work in a teaching environment, where one student is literally teaching the other and bringing them up to speed.

i don't know of any study that proves that it works in a professional setting with experienced people having more or less the same background, working on the same task

if there is any study, i would like to read it.

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 transition. i have now become a normal reader again :)

to your point though, in retrospect, i think it all depends on when in your life/career you read a recommended book. seems to me that by the time you got to how to win friends, you have already read a lot and learned most of the "obvious" things in the book.

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 app!! infinite scroll needs to go away!

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 place. that's the real problem. nobody likes doing hard work.

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 communities are, actually!

i, unlike GP, do not get a smile on my face when i read ruby code full of implicit tricks. even when i understand some of them, it is still annoying.

why don't people just write clear, explicit, maintainable code instead of trying to be clever. i am sure method_missing could be implemented in python using various tricks but nobody, afaik, is doing that.

> ...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 one of them.

> 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 proper but it's good to know that it remembers everyone so i don't have to. i guess it goes the other around as well.

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 famous person you don't have any relationship with come after you.

this is recent but in design, i read that companies can now own branding colors and themes.

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 wrong.

but assuming she didn't know and that's what the "by the book" process at Google truly is... that's even more concerning