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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

The internet is full of things:

- doom
- misinformation
- python libraries
- cat pictures

#NBPy

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benno@eigenmagic.net ("Benno") wrote:

YOU GOTTA FIGHT!
FOR YOUR RIGHT!
TO SHENANIGANS!

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Next up: "The Python Community Needs More Cats", by @baconandcoconut . #NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

You can[^1] place an "@" directly before a lambda, no parentheses or anything, creating an inline decorator that eagerly evaluates its argument if you want.

[^1]: don't

#NBPy

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dreid@wandering.shop wrote:

Now the horse has some thoughts. #nbpy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

"good" uses of `lambda`:

- key= argument to list.sort()
- the argument to 'filter', 'map'
- capturing variables, more flexibly than `partial` (i.e.: lambda x: lambda y: (x, y))

#NBPy

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pcalcado ("Phil Calcado") wrote:

> we’ll need senior engineers. People who understand systems end to end, who can debug distributed failures at 2 AM, who carry institutional knowledge that exists nowhere in the codebase. Those engineers don’t exist yet because we’re not creating them. The juniors who should be learning right now are either not being hired or developing what a DoD-funded workforce study calls “AI-mediated competence.” They can prompt an AI. They can’t tell you what the AI got wrong.

https://techtrenches.dev/p/the-west-forgot-how-to-make-things?triedRedirect=true

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

mylist[~0] == mylist[-1]

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

OK going to need to pause for a while my fingers literally hurt, much as I love the next topic ( "Anonymous Functions (and Other Ways to Annoy Your Coworkers)" by @itsthejoker )

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

CIvicBand: effectively a read-only site. Public-facing infrastructure is all one box. Reading scales really far. Fastly FastForward program.

DevProgress: Great project "but we lost". massive open source organization to support the Hillary for America campaign. Doing education and activation. Core team for coordination. [ed: Phil is really taxing my comprehension and typing speed now…

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Static pages are the standard unit of exchange on the web. Not just easier to maintain, but easier to get indexed by archive.org and tools like it. Think about ways to embed little bits of logic to decrease your maintenance burden. Example: for VaccinateCA the search was a little bit of javascript glue to an AirTable, not custom server functionality.

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Think about what language you want to use. For VaccinateCA:

- 28% of californians speak Spanish at home.

- 3% of Californians speak Mandarin or Cantonese at home.

- That's 11.5 *million* people who might not know where to get their shots.

- Localization is a solved problem; we know how to do this. (So do it)

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

VaccinateCA: measured effectiveness by shots in arms. More shots, better. But this raised questions: who are we trying to reach? What devices are they using? Mobile availability vs. web availability? For a technical audience: optimizing for desktop, maybe OK. For a non-technical audience, mobile access is critical.

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

"Technology only helps if your successor understands it."

- what goes on the website?
- WHO puts the data on the website?
- Who owns the social media? Who posts there?
- POSSE (Post on Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere) is a good model for local activism. Systems for doing this: Buffer, hootsuite, Postiz

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

"Mobile users want our hours, location, and menu. Desktop users really want this 10MB picture of a salad."
— Unknown user on X, The Everything App

A lot of groups have bought into the marketing from Meta and have put their info *just* on Facebook or Instagram. By going to that org and putting the info on a website, that helps (and potentially activates) everyone who isn't using Instagram.

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

You have skills that can help. Start with *basic* stuff.

- Do they have a website?
- Do they have social media?
- Do they have a newsletter?

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Local political parties are weird for anyone who hasn't interacted with them before.

Local political parties *only have one goal*: Get their chosen candidates elected.

Other stuff is great but getting those candidates elected and raising money for them but that is the only thing they are set up to do.

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

"Technology is here to serve people, not the other way around"

Many of the other talks have already reinforced this point, so we are not spending a lot of time here.

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Activation (contd.)

- Running for something

Every layer down this iceberg is good!

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Activate people! The Activation Iceberg:

- Decision influencing (inform decisions; what products to buy, what people to vote for)
- Indirect action (shares, signatures)
- Direct action - remote (calling, texting, letters)
- Direct action - in person (Protests, speaking at meetings; these don't have the same impact, but they require the same level of activation)

If you haven't done this, you will be stunned by how much of an impact you can have by just showing up to local meetings. #NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

The Education Data Iceberg:

- Does the data exist?
- Is the data available?
- Is the data searchable?
- Is the data localized: can you look at just your region's data? Your country, your state, your county, your city, your block?
- Is the data personalized? Can you find the data that affects you directly? (This requires the most coding, the most effort, the most data entry, etc)

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Audience participation time! Turn to someone sitting next to you, and within 90 seconds, tell them something within 50 miles of where you live, that you wish were different. (If you're following along at home, go ahead. Do it now.)

#NBPy

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ POWERMAN 5000 at DNA Lounge tonight: Sun Apr 26, 7pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/04-26.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #powerman5000 #12stones #makesmyblooddance #diamantide #hardrock #metal #numetal #electrometal #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

What is "Resistance"?

You want something to be different, for you, for your community, for the people you care about.

What is a "Shoestring"?

Little to know money. The thinnest budget possible. For any of you who have worked for campaigns or activist organizations, you know that there is often no money.

How do we fit what we want to do into that limited time / money budget?

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Why is Philip the right person to give this talk?

- Infra Lead for DevProgress; adjunct to Hilary for America campaign
- after 2016, "which was a personal disappointment for me and I'm sure many others", worked for City of Alameda Democratic Club and East Bay Young Democrats
- VaccinateCA, a volunteer open source org to help match people with open Covid19 vaccination slots
- East Bay Civic Data, which became https://civic.band

#NBPy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

And now: "Running Resistance Tech on a Shoestring", by @phildini who, according to his North Bay Python speaker bio, "TKTKTK". #NBPy

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RiaResists wrote:

😃I heard shots 😃

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noondlyt@hellions.cloud ("LAUREN") wrote:

Whoever coined the term "Nazi Prom" for the White House Correspondents' Dinner should receive a prize from the first level of the prize wall (erasers, fidget toys, packs of gum)

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jensorensen ("Jen Sorensen") wrote:

Latest comic: The post-human economy

#labor #work #economy #workers #inequality #comic #cartoon

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

ah boeing, still can't take the speed brakes off automatically when a pilot applies max thrust.