Re: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-11 Thread Michael Torrie
On 10/10/20 9:58 AM, Peter Pearson wrote: > Python advocates might want to organize their thoughts on > this subject before their bosses spring the suggestion: > > From > https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/we-re-part-problem-astronomers-confront-their-role-and-vulnerability-climate-change >

Re: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-10 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/10/2020 11:58 AM, Peter Pearson wrote: Python advocates might want to organize their thoughts on this subject before their bosses spring the suggestion: From https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/we-re-part-problem-astronomers-confront-their-role-and-vulnerability-climate-change :

Re: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-10 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On 10/10/20 2:35 PM, Marco Sulla wrote: > He should also calculate the carbon dioxide emitted by brains that > works in C++ only. I omit other sources. > yes, methane is an alleged greenhouse gas as well -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

RE: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-10 Thread Avi Gross via Python-list
People have a tendency to go too far in their religious zeal, Peter. We could go back to writing on chalkboards to do calculations then re-use the chalk dust when erasing to write again. Many computers do almost nothing 90+ percent of the time. Want to outlaw those or force them to accept random

Re: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-10 Thread Marco Sulla
He should also calculate the carbon dioxide emitted by brains that works in C++ only. I omit other sources. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 3:01 AM Peter Pearson wrote: > > Python advocates might want to organize their thoughts on > this subject before their bosses spring the suggestion: > > From > https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/we-re-part-problem-astronomers-confront-their-role-and-vulnerability-clim

Re: Python's carbon guilt

2020-10-10 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2020-10-10 15:58:18 +, Peter Pearson wrote: > Python advocates might want to organize their thoughts on > this subject before their bosses spring the suggestion: > > From > https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/we-re-part-problem-astronomers-confront-their-role-and-vulnerability-climate-