- Dev
- A Little story about yes
- Markdown like graphs/diagrams
- Mutliprocessing in PYthon
- Sun Valley TTK Theme
- Classic problem of drawing outlines for objects in 3D
- What’s new in Python 3.11?
- Explaining code with ASCII art.
- Running virtual OSX on Apple silicon
- Don’t let dicts spoil your [python] code
- Automating the boring task of making data classes in Python 3.7+
- Technology
- Human
- Software
Dev
A Little story about yes
This is the kind of thing that engineers love to bike shed about, it’s the source of language wars and long, pointless discussions. Interesting though.
Markdown like graphs/diagrams
https://code.sgo.to/typograms/
Mutliprocessing in PYthon
I am not sure why so many developers struggle with this but this is a good deep dive in to the many nooks and crannies of python mp.
Sun Valley TTK Theme
Some lovely TTK Themes are out there.
https://github.com/rdbende/Sun-Valley-ttk-theme
Classic problem of drawing outlines for objects in 3D
This has come up mutliple times in my career. It’s annoying to implement but hardware is so fast nowadays there are many options. It’s still a striking style as well.
https://bgolus.medium.com/the-quest-for-very-wide-outlines-ba82ed442cd9
What’s new in Python 3.11?
Always good to see python growing.
https://deepsource.io/blog/python-3-11-whats-new/
Explaining code with ASCII art.
Yep I do this all the time. I don’t have a great tool for creating the art though.
This is the best I’ve found so far.
https://blog.regehr.org/archives/1653
Running virtual OSX on Apple silicon
OSX is a bit if a cluster fuck for this sort of thing.
https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
Don’t let dicts spoil your [python] code
Contentious statement but some good advice in here:
https://roman.pt/posts/dont-let-dicts-spoil-your-code/
Automating the boring task of making data classes in Python 3.7+
Always good to do less typing.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/dataclasses.html
OSX really is an annoying outlier here and this tool looks like it could help to make it easier to test things on various version of OSX without needing multiple machines or drives.
https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
Technology
Some lovely work here
A New Kind of Lock?
I think this is going to be pretty fragile but it’s interesting to read about 2FA in the physical world.
SteamDeck OS on QEMU
Might be useful for debugging/CI?
Couch to 68k
I always love reading about breadboard 8bit computers because then I don’t have to actually make them.
http://bread80.com/category/couch-to-64k/
Human
Sympathy for the poor?
The shapes of stories
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/vonnegut-shapes/
NFTs are a scam.
They are morally wrong in my opinion. This piece is interesting
Is Monogamy morally wrong?
Good read.
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5996/is-monogamy-morally-wrong
99% of the world in daylight.
Not true but it’s close enough to be interesting
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/99-percent-sunlight-july-8
Emotional Intelligence
Can this stuff be?
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/11/25/the-school-of-life-book/
On the Use of A Life.
Colin makes many contributions to my life via FreeBSD. Always worth reading what he thinks.
https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2020-09-20-On-the-use-of-a-life.html
Code is law:
When you remove the human it’s not always better
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/06/__trashed-2.html
Security through pulses
Love this, it’s simple and effective.
https://dys2p.com/en/2021-12-tamper-evident-protection.html
Where did the long tail go
Interesting.
https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/where-did-the-long-tail-go
Software
Thunderbird 102 Release.
Looking good as always
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