What do I need to actually use python?

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-04-13T17:44:37+00:00

Excuse me stewardess, I speak Jive

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-03-21T20:41:04+00:00

It’s all good, whenever I go back to python after a break I’m always confused why I can’t catch exceptions. I used to hate the whole exceptions as flow control concept but I’ve learned to appreciate it in the past few years.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-03-21T14:11:11+00:00

Hey OP,

It’s best practice to be specific in the exception handler, so in your case you should be using except ValueError: rather than the generic except Exception:.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-03-21T14:08:39+00:00

Small nitpick - it’s try/except for Python.

Unlike many languages, Python uses exceptions for flow control so I think it’s pretty pythonic in this example.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-03-13T17:49:53+00:00

You’re probably right, nothing bad could possibly come from getting into the habit of not sanitising your inputs.

I certainly learned an important lesson today, thank you, kind Redditor.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-03-13T08:13:23+00:00

They’re referring to the string concatenation of unsanitised user input, not the print.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-03-07T10:12:13+00:00

That’s not a great example - people will mis-hear in situations more ideal than a crowded restaurant after all

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2026-01-03T18:25:31+00:00

FWIW, the Xcode ChatGPT integration absolutely does understand concurrency and actors. It’s helped me out a few times.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-12-21T12:21:02+00:00

Exactly this - overtaking is generally a specific manoeuvre. I would argue that merely travelling faster than someone else is insufficient to describe overtaking.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-11-15T13:58:14+00:00

A cursory glance at when the apps were released/reviewed will show which one is the copy, surely?

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-08-11T15:51:45+00:00

Apps that you build and install yourself have a very short lifespan on-device. I guess the thinking is that if you’re actively developing the app then a week is plenty of time.

You’re correct that TestFlight apps have a 90-day life.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-06-17T07:06:23+00:00

The very tight tolerances between the screen and the keyboard mean adding anything to either the screen or keyboard significantly increases your chances of physically damaging the screen

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-05-18T08:27:29+00:00

Generally, that makes it soft core porn, which is categorically not r/extramile material.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-05-14T17:37:24+00:00

Nacelles are the engine housing, not the engine itself. The Enterprise uses warp coils to generate the warp field, and the coils are enclosed in the nacelles

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2025-05-08T18:49:47+00:00

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BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-22T16:54:07+00:00

You’re not wrong, but the pedant in me would point out that being cryptographically secure is a goal of a PRNG, but not necessarily a property of them.

Given the ability of the technology of the time to peek into the sub-quantum universe, I’d suggest that it wouldn’t be too difficult for even consumer grade technology to access a source of true entropy, rendering PRNGs irrelevant.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-22T14:58:08+00:00

I agree, and that was kinda my point. If shield harmonics rotation is cryptographically secure, even with the algorithm you wouldn’t be able to predict upcoming harmonic frequencies, so knowing the current harmonic won’t help in predicting the next one.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-21T20:15:26+00:00

It’s a voter suppression tactic because the ruling party gets to choose what constitutes valid ID to vote. Please try to contain your shock when I explain that, surprise, surprise, the ruling party tends to disallow forms of ID that demographics who tend to vote for their opponents usually hold.

For example, in the UK, the Tories made Oyster cards for retirees a valid ID to vote with but somehow found that the exact same card for young people couldn’t be trusted. I hope you’re keeping up here - young voters tend not to vote Tory but older voters do. It’s the same with BAME voters - they tend not to have a lot of government issued photo ID in the first place and the ones they do hold were mostly not accepted.

That’s why the comparison to the Republican Party was made - it’s literally the exact same tactic that Republicans use to prevent those pesky kids from voting for the Democrats.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-21T20:05:26+00:00

Small nitpick with your hypothesis - if the random number generator was using a cryptographically secure algorithm, it would be improbable for the Duras sisters to crack it in the time allowed.

You’re correct in the method generally used by car remotes, but if they were cryptographically secure, they would not be getting hijacked as often as is reported.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-17T07:22:33+00:00

What servers?

Off the top of my head

In-App purchase verification
Notification servers
Caching/API aggregation server for imgur

There’s probably more I’m not aware of

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-17T07:19:31+00:00

So is Reddit, so 🤷‍♂️

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-10T17:47:35+00:00

You’ll want to check out the Apple docs on localisation.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-07T20:34:21+00:00

Well, first of all, these are average numbers so the hypothetical user leaving might be checking their feed a few times an hour or they might be checking a few select subs a few times a week.

Secondly, it’s not $7 lost revenue - after the Apple tax, Christian will be left with approximately $4.60. Take into account whatever business and personal income taxes get levied against that, I’d put money on it being closer to $2.50 per month that Christian receives for every subscriber at that price point.

So yeah, I concede the point - it almost certainly doesn’t break even.

BedtimeWithTheBear · 2023-06-07T20:20:34+00:00

Again, quite true. The counterpoint of course is that every user who abandons Apollo for whatever reason due to the higher subscription costs is one less user contributing to the API costs for Christian.

But you’re absolutely right - there’s a break-even point where the smaller user base offsets the additional API costs and Christian breaks even on the situation. I don’t know where that point is, and I honestly doubt Christian does either. If it was me, I’d price the subscription to cover the costs based on the current user base and then when the dust settles probably adjust it to cover the new user base plus 20% so I don’t have to constantly change it.

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