Re: [BangPypers] Why PyLadies

2013-09-10 Thread Jonathan Toomim
I can give a few answers for you: 1. The desires of minorities tend to be poorly served in rule-by-majority groups like democracies and anarchic mobs. 2. Being a minority (e.g. woman; expatriate) can be an unpleasant and alienating experience. Humans are social mammals who seek out the compa

Re: [BangPypers] [Novice] Question on File seek and tell methods

2013-06-17 Thread Jonathan Toomim
That's like saying, "Head north until you get to Hyderabad. Once you're in Hyderabad, write down your GPS coordinates. Go to those GPS coordinates. Keep going north, taking pictures along the way, until you get to Nagpur. Once in Nagpur, write down your GPS coordinates. Go to those GPS coordina

Re: [BangPypers] May Meetup

2013-05-16 Thread Jonathan Toomim
We can host BangPypers's May meetup at Bangalore Alpha Lab in JP Nagar 2nd Phase. Address: #1316/C, 1st Floor, 9th Cross Rd JP Nagar 2nd Phase We're directly opposite the Venkateshwara temple. The entrance pathway is to the left of a pharmacy. Look for a sign say

Re: [BangPypers] Need help for python coding

2013-03-27 Thread Jonathan Toomim
1. str is the name of a builtin type object. If you create a variable with that name, then you will be unable to access that builtin type while your variable remained in scope. This would mean that you would be unable to call str(42), for example. 2. Perhaps the csv module can be of use to you

Re: [BangPypers] Feb meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Jonathan Toomim
The software I wrote to give people realtime feedback on their brain state is open source and 100% Python. On 2/11/2013 9:29 PM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: Hope there are uses of python in the project. On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Jonathan Toomim wrote: I can give a quick talk on my HEG

Re: [BangPypers] Feb meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Jonathan Toomim
I can give a quick talk on my HEG/near-infrared spectroscopy work. On 2/8/2013 4:54 PM, kracekumar ramaraju wrote: All, Feb Meetup will be on 16th, as usual 3.00 PM, shall we have meetup in CIS or for other place, do suggest, Feel free to propose lighting talk/30 mins talk. _

Re: [BangPypers] [ OpenGL ] [ Python ] [ Library ] ?

2013-01-31 Thread Jonathan Toomim
Take a look at pyglet. It's an AV library built on top of OpenGL with a ton of additional features; it also makes all of OpenGL available in the pyglet.gl module using a ctypes interface. http://www.pyglet.org/doc/programming_guide/the_opengl_interface.html It might not be the best package for

Re: [BangPypers] [OT] Introducing myself

2013-01-08 Thread Jonathan Toomim
lots has changed. I'm not sure about laser cutters, though. :) Cheers, Sidu. http://twitter.com/ponnappa On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:33 AM, स्वक्ष wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: On Monday, 7 January 2013 at 11:20 PM, स्वक्ष wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:13

[BangPypers] [OT] Introducing myself

2013-01-07 Thread Jonathan Toomim
Hello all, My name is Jonathan Toomim. I'm a neuroscientist, electrical engineer, programmer (with a strong preference for python), and entrepreneur. I'll be moving from San Francisco to Bangalore on February 11th/12th. I have never been to India before, so I will probably