flabberghaster wrote on March 25, 2018 at 5:17 PM

Reply to First footage of deep-sea anglerfish pair by mm_

I kind of want to see what they look like in the dark

flabberghaster wrote on March 24, 2018 at 6:29 PM

Reply to I love named parameters in Python by twovests

I think my favorite feature along these lines is splatting.

def draw_circle(x, y, r, line_color="#ff0000", fill_color="#00ff00"):
    ...

args = [10, 20, 2]
kwargs = {"line_color": "#0000ff", "fill_color": "#ff0000"}
draw_circle(*args, **kwargs)

it works the other way too. It's such a useful feature!

flabberghaster wrote on March 22, 2018 at 3:52 AM

Reply to comment by Moonside in it has come to the point where I realize I have No Idea How To Use Git by twovests

mercurial is also a heck of a lot easier to write plugins and extensions for so it's much easier to hook it in to other, larger scale source control systems.

flabberghaster wrote on March 21, 2018 at 4:26 AM

Reply to comment by Moonside in it has come to the point where I realize I have No Idea How To Use Git by twovests

i agree; git is good but for some reason people act like it's the only DVCS out there; I've always found mercurial to be easier to use and less convoluted and easier to learn.

flabberghaster OP wrote on March 18, 2018 at 8:28 PM

Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in one week without a working phone by flabberghaster

you bet! i'm gonna leave the HECK out of some voicemails! and check my own to boot

flabberghaster wrote on March 17, 2018 at 7:39 PM

Reply to MULTI TRACK DRIFTING by hollyhoppet

Quick, hide this! The NTSB will be furious if they find out!

flabberghaster wrote on March 17, 2018 at 7:26 PM

Reply to My response to Devtesla's recent post "still thinking about this" by Moonside

how post then

flabberghaster OP wrote on March 17, 2018 at 7:10 PM

Reply to one week without a working phone by flabberghaster

Have about another week before i get my old one back. Then i'm gonna call some people. I'm gonna call up a storm. Dialing, listening to the ring, talking, hanging up, you name it i'll do it.

flabberghaster wrote on March 13, 2018 at 4:57 AM

Reply to No hugging: are we living through a crisis of touch? by Moonside

A few months ago, i was riding my bike and a person stepped off the curb, causing me to swerve and ultimately my bike to come out from under me in a crash.

As I was laying on the ground the guy came up and put his hand on my back asking if I was ok. It was the first time someone had touched me in like, months, and it was inexplicably nice. Just a concerned person, showing their concern.

Which is not to say, everone go out and touch everyone, but, it was nice and it really struck me.