Alas no longer quite as practical now I'm living in Hastings.
regards
Steve Holden
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:55 PM Tim Golden wrote:
> *Cough* obviously -- on Thursday evening. I mean: I hope you do have fun
> tomorrow evening, but if you want to enjoy yourself with us at the Lond
Been thinking about it. Maybe when I retire ...
Kind regards,
Steve Holden
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 4:45 PM Tim Golden wrote:
> Start a spin-off: The South Coast Python Code Dojo?
>
> Or maybe "The Cinque Ports Python Code Dojo" sounds a bit grander?
> [I'm sure there
ted refactorings would do relatively little damage.
Kind regards,
Steve Holden
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 9:23 PM Richard Barran
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With the end-of-life of Python 2 upon us, I wondered about cleaning up
> code that has (had!) to support both Python 2 and Python 3. So
Always worth a look at the Python Jobs board - some opportunities are
remote consulting. https://www.python.org/jobs/
Kind regards,
Steve
On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 5:27 AM Ramachandra Raju <
mail.ramachandra.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys, I am Ram from Bangalore India.
> I have 14 Years of expe
My employer's Platform group has vacancies, including one for a full-stack
Python developer. The position is fully remote (I was hired without meeting
anyone in the company face to face). The only downside is you might end up
working in my team.
See https://careers.labster.com/departments/platform
Hi all,
Hope you are doing well in these uncertain times.
I now work full-time, but this week a former consulting client approached
me about converting their large Python 2.7 application, with integrated C++
libraries, to Python 3. Since I can't undertake this work myself I said I'd
look for some
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Hi Steve,
On April 27, It Will Never Work in Theory is running two sets of online
lightning talks from leading software engineering researchers in which
they’ll summarize actionable findings from their work for practitioners.
Tickets are now
Hi all,
Is anyone going to PyCon in Salt Lake City this year?
I'm donating a swag bag (empty) from the very first PyCon as a PyLadies
auction lot, but the carriage prices are shocking to get it there in time,
so I was wondering if some kind soul might be able to carry it over there
for me.
Kind
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> On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 7:58 PM Steve Holden wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is anyone going to PyCon in Salt Lake City this year?
>&g
/uk-python-training-day-tickets-14720737121.
If you get chance to pass the details on to anyone with interests in Python
training I shall be grateful. Also please feel free to encourage others to
attend the lunch (which is limited to 12 places).
regards
Steve
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u
> some feedback.
>
You surely can't mean "Python Web Programming"?
It's always good to hear from students whose careers have been helped by taking
the O'Reilly Python courses.
> See you tomorrow.
>
Looking forward to it.
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;
> Was that an offer of free food..?
>
> :-)
>
> N.
>
> On 08/12/14 13:49, Steve Holden wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Tomorrow (sorry for the short notice) I have rented a space in
>> Central London and will be making myself available to discuss
>&
Cool. Looking forward to it.
S
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> I shall be there.
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Thanks for letting me know.
S
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wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I signed up yesterday, but unfortunately I'm not too well today, so I'm not
> going to make it, could you please release my place?
>
> Al
>
> On Mon, 8
Spammers gonna spam ;-) Guess we've all done it. S
On Feb 4, 2015, at 7:18 AM, Thomas Hunger wrote:
> Well now, that's a slightly larger audience than I had in mind.
>
> How embarrassing .. I apologise for the spam!
>
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he best pizza you have never eaten :)
>> also tesco sadwiches ... but anyway none is perfect ;)
>
> Yes sadwiches is probably the word for those, lol
>
>
> John
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> Anand, you know how difficult it is to organise these things (note Jon is
> more than just a sponsor) - let's give him a break.
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welcome you as a friend and celebrate with you the *positive*
> contributions that you make no matter how small they may appear.
>
> That is all.
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me a member of the PSF. Once as
> a member you can run for the board of the PSF when they next open
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Hi Nick,
On Jun 2, 2015, at 8:23 AM, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote:
> It's also rather wonderful that 7 of the 12 directors are women.
11, I believe, to make tied votes less likely. But I echo your sentiments
entirely on both points.
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Votes OF the board, not votes FOR the board. S
On Jun 2, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Michael Foord wrote:
> I don't see how having 11 positions makes ties less likely. In this case it
> *caused* the tie :-)
>
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es were ignored as access to them may be
>>> unreliable (use --allow-external pygame to allow).
>>> No matching distribution found for pygame>=1.9 (from pgzero)
>>>
>>> even using pip instead of pip3 doesn't help.
>>>
>>> I'm pr
> others can view and improve on your team's code.
>
> On 6 June 2015 at 18:25, Steve Holden wrote:
> Good question. I was wondering how to contact the members of team 5 so I can
> credit them in the code and let them know where the github repo for our code
> lives.
&
;t particularly
experienced programmers themselves in helping students who undertake them.
I think it's perhaps as complex as it needs to get now, otherwise it will start
to need a Teacher's Guide :-)
S
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F initiated the Community Service Awards (not an easy
development at the time, by the way) precisely to give public recognition to
outstanding efforts on Python's behalf, so despite your embarrassment you truly
are a worthy recipient.
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I'd like to try and make this event, but because I am starting a new job
that day may not be able to get there until 17:30 or so. S
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Nicholas H.Tollervey
wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish
> Wednesday 9th Dece
Ah, that's where you end up, I think, if you haven't registered an IRC
password - the #python channel requires you to be an authenticated user.
S
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 1:50 PM, gvim wrote:
> It's where I ended up on irc.freenode.net when I joined #python.
>
> gvim
>
>
>
>
> On 08/12/2015 13:42
!
>
> Nicholas.
>
> On 03/12/15 10:52, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > You're all awesome. Thanks for volunteering. On the "list" I have:
> >
> > Cory Benfield
> > Andrea Grandi (late)
> > Nathan Jeffrey
> > St
able device than the 3200, and it's
just the right thing to do!
regards
Steve
Steve Holden
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Nicholas H.Tollervey
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Damien is at it again... :-)
>
> He's created a version of MicroPython that runs on the ubiquitous
> E
ms without compromising the conference.
regards
Steve
Steve Holden
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Katharine Jarmul wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> My name is Katharine; I live in Berlin, Germany and write Python (/me
> waves). I'm writing here because I'm promoting a course on learning Py
No, it's chaotic here. And you? S
Steve Holden
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Alex Anderson
wrote:
> How is your day going? Is it staying quiet and productive?
>
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> From: bena...@gmail.com
> T
who might come looking.
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Jon Ribbens
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> Could we talk about top-posting instead please?
>
Me too!
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To which the real geek solution would be to write a program that will
re-order top-posted replies. We could call it "sensiblising".
Steve Holden
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Nathan Jeffrey
wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, 17:54 Jon Ribbens,
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
on my return to work next week, but the
pre-selection process is proceeding in my absence.
Sorry for the noise to those who don't want to see jobs advertised here.
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See you Wednesday evening!
regards
Steve
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:22 PM, S Walker wrote:
> (cross posted from the build something mailing list in case anyone here
> is interested)
>
> Good morning,
> The next Build Something will be next Wednesday- sorry for the la
r a year ago that the actual product is a far more sensible
starting point for most projects.
regards
Steve
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Chris Withers
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> What do you mean by MSSQL?
>
That usually refers to Microsoft SQL Server.
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apply to all sorts of
> professions: from teachers via priests and "marketing types" to
> politicians.
What's the principal principle to be observed in this principality?
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> my email is sophie.hend...@digvis.co.uk
>
I hope you don't feel too offended by our fun. I'm a bit dyslexic myself,
so I'm used to people assuming I'm a bit dim. Good luck in the Shine Night
Walk!
regards
Steve
Steve Holden
A little innocent fun is OK, but when it runs the risk of being hurtful
it's probably gone far enough. It would be horrible if the Python community
got a name for being snide.
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Yes, it's a pity the more rational feedback didn't come first, but knees do
tend to jerk at recruitment communications. S
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Tom Wright wrote:
> Perhaps replying immediately doesn't count as pause, but I hope this
> constitutes
nitely not acceptable on
> this email list.
>
It's certainly the kind of value judgement that is unhelpful, so thanks for
calling it out, Daniele. I'd like to feel we can treat everyone with the
same courtesy we'd like for ourselves.
Steve Holden
ause greater numbers to agitate FOR a new
CoC ...
regards
Steve
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On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Nick Murdoch wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 10:57:51AM +, Kaitlyn Tierney wrote:
> > I think this is exchange is clear proof that the list requires a Code of
> Conduc
ents about
your behaviour (rather than about you) as personal bullying.
I am struggling to understand your world view. S
Steve Holden
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 at 12:33 Daniele Procida wrote:
>
>> So, you are literally saying that
rong?
>
I'd have thought that was meant as a general injunction to us all rather
than guidance intended for you personally. But other interpretations are
possible. Personally I try to err on the side o fth emost charitable, in
the interests of keeping email volumes down ;-)
regards
a month, and have to emulate them
> using while instead.
You are optimistic about the powers of enforcement. I believe the CoC does
allow list managers to ban people after suitable warnings. But I'm not a
list manager and have no pretensions to being one.
definitely-not-your-enforcer-ly yr
But perhaps an apt threat to anyone who gets out of hand. I'm sure we can
find room for a Comfy Chair somewhere when someone needs a Good Talking To.
S
Steve Holden
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Andy Robinson wrote:
> On 7 December 2016 at 13:52, Steve Holden wrote:
> > M
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Cory Benfield (Lukasa)
wrote:
> and as we know, only Sith deal in absolutes
Are you absolutely sure about that?
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Sorry, you'll just have to apply the inverse dyslexia filter to my previous
message. As I've observed in other fora, it's been a long week. S
Steve Holden
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Steve Holden wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:13 PM, John Lee wrote:
>
ting out of any
response by pointing to a web copy of hte FAW and saying :you may not have
yet been am member of the list long enough to see this."
After all, we aren't looking to discourage *people* here, but behaviours.
regards
Steve
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posals-now-open/.
We'd love to welcome you to PyData London, and look forward to receiving
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 4:52 PM, a.gra...@gmail.com
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> Hi Steve,
>
> maybe I'm a bit blind but where can I find informations about
> registrations/tickets?
>
I don't think tickets have gone on sale yet, Andrea, hence the absence of a
registration link. Wa
ou asked the Windows devs to use it they
would in effect be migrating (a portion of) their skills to Linux. Some
will like the challenge, others will resent it.
I'm not sure I really understand the questions behind your final two bullet
points, so I will defer to those more perspicacious than
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:18 AM, William Mayor
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> Thanks for your work on this BTW! Having MicroPython on the bits is lovely!
>
+1,000
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Please ensure that the time and date of events are included in the body of
future emails. Sadly I don't think I can make this one, but I am hoping
that eventually my (relatively new) employer will be able to offer
occasional hosting.
Steve Holden
PS: Oh, and good luck with the start-up!
enter
your jobs by consulting https://www.python.org/community/jobs/howto/.
regards
Steve
Steve Holden
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Coates, Paul <
p.coa...@progressiverecruitment.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I would like to post this job where I am currently looking for 3
>
>
> I never understand why people get angry at jobs being posted to this list.
>
Me neither, but I thought it best to offer an advance warning just in case.
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You people are clearly very sharp. S
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Nathan Jeffrey
wrote:
> I roil at eye rolls for eye roles.
>
> - N
>
> On 13 Oct 2017 20:25, "S Walker" wrote:
>
>> Is it appropriate to roll your eyes at the roles for eye
nt is the ticketing link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-psf-pycon-startup-row-pitch-event-at-bloomberg-lp-registration-37616877092,
but that page does link to further information about Startup Row,
kind regards
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>From your description it sounds like the IP address of your host is not
delivering packets to your VM, which should be listening on all its
interfaces. Perhaps a problem in your virtual's interface configuration? S
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