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Author, Speaker, Time Lord, Bow Tie Enthusiast. (Views are my own.) codemouse92.com

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What if tomorrow you woke up with only what you'd been grateful for today?

What if tomorrow you woke up with only what you'd been grateful for today?

What if tomorrow you woke up with only what you'd been grateful for today?

08.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll hold my laughter until the board fires him and uses the AI instead.

01.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, Minnesota winters. The quiet, frigid air, the sparkling snow, the wrens frozen solid to their tree branches.

I jest, but it really is one of the reasons I moved to this state. Nonetheless, glad that it's warming up a bit. Hello, mud season!

(And yes, I'm back.)

15.02.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for: Python Book Author Meet & Greet, including Naomi Ceder, Eric Matthes, Reuven Lerner, Jason C. McDonald, David Mertz, Al Sweigart. PyCon Open Space -- Sat, May 17th 2:15-3:45 PM

Poster for: Python Book Author Meet & Greet, including Naomi Ceder, Eric Matthes, Reuven Lerner, Jason C. McDonald, David Mertz, Al Sweigart. PyCon Open Space -- Sat, May 17th 2:15-3:45 PM

Hey, coming to #pycon? Come meet the authors of some of your favorite Python books...including yours truly! Ask questions and get autographs (BYOB: bring your own books).

14.05.2025 11:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Close second: "Dear Dummies: A cease-fire means that firing ceases." -Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda), "M*A*S*H"

11.03.2025 02:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I really appreciate the way you know when to reaffirm my faith in your basic insanity." -Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe), "Emergency!"

One of my absolute favorite lines in television history.

11.03.2025 02:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, I agree, it just seems match bears mentioning in the article.

05.03.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This feels out of date considering we've had match statements in Python for a few years now. They may not be the exact same thing, as they don't utilize jump tables, but they're syntactically similar enough.

05.03.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Felt Impossible Became Possible | dansinker.com

If you’re someone that’s a majority in this country and you’re looking for ways to keep this country at least halfway decent, be a George DaleπŸ’œ

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28.02.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest episode of The Python Show Podcast is out now!

Special guest Jason McDonald, author of Dead Simple Python from @nostarch joins us and chats about his book, #Python, and much more!

10.01.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How was the soup?

24.02.2025 04:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My Facebook feed is mostly AI slop photo galleries of β€œFrench Country Cottages” with hundreds of comments β€œSo beautiful!”

But last night was the first time I caught bad AI in a setup for an otherwise functional recipe. It was subtle and confusing. Too nonsensical to be a typo. AI doesn’t grok food.

23.02.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
22.02.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Minnesota, like the rest of the northeastern and north-central North America, has eight seasons: spring, summer, sauna, autumn, stick, winter, arctic, and mud.

22.02.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great Resegregation The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

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22.02.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stacked linx...would that make this a navigation menu?

21.02.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FedEx: Failing Every Delivery EXpertly.

My "next day" delivery package for work was supposed to be delivered by 12:20pm. Then by 8pm, guaranteed. It's now 9:38pm, and the tracking says by "end of day". Signature required. I ain't staying up until midnight!

18.02.2025 03:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What, you mean you aren't keen on hanging out in Uncanny Valley High's empty gymnasium?

17.02.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excuse me while I go blow chunks.

14.02.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, but did you learn from them? (Also, is it true they killed off the stupid owl?)

13.02.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've had good experiences with docuseal.co

12.02.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah, it has to be a white background too. Prominent black anything makes them nervous. πŸ˜‚

12.02.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Learned a new word today: obtundent.

12.02.2025 03:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Penpot is extremely inexpensive, and I've heard it's every bit as good as Figma.

11.02.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is, and incredibly inexpensive. Besides the garden space (even some indoor pots will do), you only need twine, scissors, a colinder, some sort of rack to hang the herbs on (see picture), a mortar and pestle, and a few glass bottles for storing results.

09.02.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also dried lavender, oregano, basil, thyme, and sage.

09.02.2025 02:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I grew herbs in my garden this past summer and fall, cut and hung them to dry in my kitchen, and then just today hand ground them with a brand new stone mortar and pestle I got at Target for only $20. My dining room smelled incredible, and now I have neat little glass bottles of super fresh herbs.

09.02.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

05.02.2025 03:06 πŸ‘ 42736 πŸ” 13984 πŸ’¬ 1217 πŸ“Œ 494

this is one reason developers are finding a more receptive home on @bsky.app - and why they skipped the migration to mastodon, much to my regret

04.02.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If you hold very still, you can watch the hype cycle hucksters paint "Agentic" over all their LLM yard signs.

Another day, another breathless sales pitch for a bridge.

24.01.2025 04:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0