Jason C. McDonald

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).

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

"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.

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

This feels out of date considering we've had match statements in Python for a few years now.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.

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 Dale💜

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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!

How was the soup?

My Facebook feed is mostly AI slop photo galleries of “French Country Cottages” with hundreds of comments “So 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.

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

The Great Resegregation The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

The Great Resegregation - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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

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!

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

Excuse me while I go blow chunks.

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

I've had good experiences with docuseal.co

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

Learned a new word today: obtundent.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Did you hear about the clock that struck twelve?

He's facing a dozen assault charges.

#badpuns #puns #dadjokes

Keurig is just an overpriced pour-over with extra plastic waste.

Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

51 - Dead Simple Python with Jason McDonald In this episode, we have special guest, Jason McDonald, the author of Dead Simple Python from No Starch Press.

I had fun chatting with Mike Driscoll on his podcast! Check it out.

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