typenil @typenil@fosstodon.org

Dicts, strings, and wonderful things in Python 3.9. What I'm looking forward to:

https://typenil.com/blog/new-in-python-3.9/

Slack looooves to give me a notification, then wait 5 minutes to actually put the message in the app.

Nothing like searching for a message that isn't there.

Mozilla's layoffs were the kick in the butt I needed to finally set up a recurring donation.

I hope everyone who lost their job lands on their feet.

Help keep the internet free:
https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US

#mozilla #firefox

Getting used to #vim; accidentally hit Ctrl-z instead of Ctrl-u.

Oh good, now I've got 8 `.swp` files to deal with. #killme

Finally looked into this #100daysofcode I keep seeing.

Frankly it would be better for me to dedicate an hour every day to NOT coding. Too difficult to pull off, though.

Finally giving #vim a shot at replacing PyCharm in my workflow.

Completely unsurprising - yet I think that we'll see 0 changes in interviewing practices.

Tech Sector Job Interviews Assess Anxiety, Not Software Skills:

https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/07/tech-job-interviews-anxiety/

Excited to get the OAK-D to play with. #opencv

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/opencv/opencv-ai-kit

Ever feel like your project is a buggy mess?

Visit music.apple.com and make yourself feel better by comparison!

Anyone know a good solution to OTP (one time passwords) for organizations?

I'm constantly putting off tasks because the colleague with the OTP phone is too busy to send the code.

Very cool video demonstration of a Python neural net learning to race: https://youtu.be/B0ptl-NChJQ