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@lukasz.langa.pl @pablogsal.com looks like Core Py stopped being updated on YouTube Music's podcast listings... Thought it was a long time since last episode and spotted that the 2025 in Review episode is missing ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

24.02.2026 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Immanentize the eschaton - Wikipedia

Typo for this? ๐Ÿ‘‡

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanen...

18.01.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, plasma ๐Ÿ‘

18.01.2026 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let's say they could use on average just 2mm thickness of steel over the whole 4kmยฒ, that ends up as roughly 250 million kg! You'd need ~1,666 Starship launches ๐Ÿคฏ

06.01.2026 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone else started running into ChatGPT speech getting all jittery & cutting out as it talks back to you?

Was perfect for agesโ€ฆ now it's really frustrating, like it's calling you over a terrible phone line!

Latest app release, Android 16, Pixel 10 Pro. Nothing obviously changed on device

29.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm like you: ~16 years of glass fronted supercomputers, only one screen damaged (a genuine accident), saved a fortune skipping insurance ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Is it worth buying the kids second hand ones or hand-me-downs?

29.12.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
STOP typing on your Pixel!
YouTube video by C. Scott Brown STOP typing on your Pixel!

This is getting to the point it's properly useful and reliable enough not to be annoying more often than it's helpful!
youtu.be/2otsAqJR6FE?...

27.12.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Graphic with the blue, orange, and yellow blocks of color with the text "Python is for everyone" on a black background. Underneath is a simple white snake. At the bottom is the PSF logo.

Graphic with the blue, orange, and yellow blocks of color with the text "Python is for everyone" on a black background. Underneath is a simple white snake. At the bottom is the PSF logo.

Thinking about donating to the PSF before the end of the year? Some employers run matching programs for employee donations to non-profits. Check in with your employer to see if they'll match to double the impact of your contribution to support #PythonForEveryone ๐Ÿ’ donate.python.org/

26.12.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A few words to play with this Christmas!

A few words to play with this Christmas!

A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

22.12.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 354    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Watching now (having missed it live ๐Ÿ˜•)
It's excellent - thank you!

16.12.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Python + MCP: Building MCP servers with FastMCP
YouTube video by Microsoft Reactor Python + MCP: Building MCP servers with FastMCP

๐Ÿ”ด Streaming in 10 mins: Building MCP servers with Python and FastMCP (Part 1 of our 3-part series)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mUu...

16.12.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Wayland (a yellow circle with a W in the center) rises over green pastures where Konqi frolics happily.

The Wayland (a yellow circle with a W in the center) rises over green pastures where Konqi frolics happily.

Plasma is going all Wayland

After nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release (due early 2027) will be Wayland-exclusive.

Read the FAQ below to find out what this means for you and the future of KDE:

blogs.kde.org/2025/11/26/g...

26.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Sponsor the PSF The official home of the Python Programming Language

How much is your company spending to support the Python Software Foundation?
For comparison, how much do they spend for tips on expensed meals?
The PSF runs PyPI, where pip installs from. You depend on PyPI.

Fund the PSF. Tip your server!
www.python.org/psf/sponsors...

18.11.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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gh-139109: A new tracing JIT compiler frontend for CPython by Fidget-Spinner ยท Pull Request #140310 ยท python/cpython This PR changes the current JIT model from trace projection to trace recording. Benchmarking: better pyperformance (about 1.7% overall) geomean versus current https://raw.githubusercontent.com/face...

Big JIT news: Ken Jin just landed a new JIT frontend that now does trace recording instead of trace projection, giving us ~1.7% better perf on our benchmarks!

Only up from here on the road to 3.15 and 3.16! ๐Ÿš€

github.com/python/cpyth...

13.11.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications | TechCrunch Google says the new power saving mode for Google Maps can save you up to four hours of battery life

Google says the new power saving mode for Google Maps can save you up to four hours of battery life

11.11.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
KDE's ISO Image Writer let's you download images directly from the Internet and burn them in one fell swoop

KDE's ISO Image Writer let's you download images directly from the Internet and burn them in one fell swoop

The GCompris educational suite of activities gets an editor so teachers can customise activities

The GCompris educational suite of activities gets an editor so teachers can customise activities

The mathematical frontend Cantor improves its support for Python

The mathematical frontend Cantor improves its support for Python

The Karton virtual machine manager adds new features

The Karton virtual machine manager adds new features

KDE's GSoC report is out!

Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.

mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-11...

04.11.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
4 labels from a spam labeler. Labels are "changed profile 10+ times, changed profile 50+ times, profile changes often, etc."

4 labels from a spam labeler. Labels are "changed profile 10+ times, changed profile 50+ times, profile changes often, etc."

This labeler is such a clever way of making spam visible. Bluesky wins yet again: bsky.app/profile/stec...

01.11.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

It's sad what happened with Conda, huge potential

A modern Icarus: they had so much yet lost it with heavy handed legal letters to enterprise & confusion around those license changes

31.10.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a YouTube video titled โ€œIntro to Transformers.jsโ€ from The Coding Train channel.

A screenshot of a YouTube video titled โ€œIntro to Transformers.jsโ€ from The Coding Train channel.

As someone who learnt so much by watching @shiffman.lol's coding videos in high school, I never imagined that one day my own library would feature on his channel! ๐Ÿฅน

If you're interested in learning more about ๐Ÿค— Transformers.js, I highly recommend checking it out!

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR61...

26.10.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Course Has Its Own Soundtrack My latest course comes with a 5-track soundtrack!

I created a "music for coding" soundtrack for my latest course. Crazy idea, but came out great! Give it a listen and download it here. Let me know what you think. #python

mkennedy.codes/posts/this-c...

25.10.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - nmstoker/gatherup: Helps you post essential Python config details to GitHub or Discourse, all beautifully formatted Helps you post essential Python config details to GitHub or Discourse, all beautifully formatted - nmstoker/gatherup

github.com/nmstoker/gat...

25.10.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quick walk-through of the GatherUp tool
YouTube video by Neil Stoker Quick walk-through of the GatherUp tool

I had a generic tool, GatherUp, that helped with this sort of thing a few years back (has been a while since I used it!)

youtu.be/owQdT4jiwIo?...

25.10.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The date and time classes now have their own strptime method that works the same way as the datetime class's strptime method

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://trey.io/flfwr9

#Python

17.10.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Open Printer Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade

Normally I can't stand paper printers but this looks like it might be an exception - provided it really ships ๐Ÿ™‚

www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/o...

28.09.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TIL MSFT Teams won't transcribe the word "snowballing" even in a totally innocent context! ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

25.09.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And don't forget Messenger, which is so desperate that they pretend to other users that you're an active user, who message you and you get a notification of it to try to convince you to install the app!

31.08.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of The Thinking Game programme details with the 13+ age recommendation highlighted

Screenshot of The Thinking Game programme details with the 13+ age recommendation highlighted

The Thinking Game: great documentary, but why is it marked as 13+ ?!

What in it is even slightly unsuited to anyone?
#AGI #DeepMind

23.08.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PyData London - 99th Meetup, Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup **Venue**: Riverbank House, 2 Swan Ln, London EC4R 3AD **Please note**: 1. ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐ŸšจA valid photo ID is required by building security. ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ 2. This event follows the **[Nu

Join us at the 99th PyData London Meetup โ€” with a talk from a genuine PyData celebrity! ๐Ÿคฉ

Tue 2 September 19:00

Skrub: machine-learning with dataframes โ€” @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social

Model Context Protocol: is refactoring tool calls worth your time? โ€” Victor Zommers

meetu.ps/e/Pt20x/5p7c...

20.08.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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GitHub - stevenpetryk/mafs: React components for interactive math React components for interactive math. Contribute to stevenpetryk/mafs development by creating an account on GitHub.

Check out Mafs, a cool maths library in JS ๐Ÿ‘‡

I thought it looked familiar... it's used in Khan Academy ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
github.com/stevenpetryk...
#maths #JavaScript

17.08.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The next generation of AI-powered websites is going to be WILD! ๐Ÿคฏ

In-browser tool calling & MCP is finally here, allowing LLMs to interact with websites programmatically.

To show what's possible, I built a demo using Liquid AI's new LFM2 model, powered by ๐Ÿค— Transformers.js.

06.08.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0