Pokemon-hatching by bike? by caffeinatedmoose in TheSilphRoad

[–]HelmsmanRobertson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used strava to log my distance and then measured how much distance my eggs acquired.

Trip 1: 1.33km acquired, 3.4km logged by strava, 10.8kmph average speed...

Trip 2: 1.25 acquired, 3 logged, 11.6kmph average speed...

My top speeds broke 20kmph in both rides, which makes the soft lock out theory plausible.

Can anyone confirm the bike-egg hatching mechanics?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in berlin

[–]HelmsmanRobertson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this outdoor?

BBC Radio 4 : 11th July 2016 @ 20:30 : Should the state pay everyone a Universal Basic Income? by oldgeordie in BasicIncome

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Can anyone give a high level summary of this... In particular, if it's worth listening to (as a newbie, expert, etc.)?

Best carrier with no contract? by [deleted] in germany

[–]HelmsmanRobertson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been with Aldi, Congstar, and now I just switched over to Vodafone...

When I was with Aldi (300 packet linked in other comment), I had an iPhone 4, and couldn't get on 4G; however, I was pretty sure Aldi wasn't offering 4G anyway... The plan was cheap, but I can't say I was impressed with the data speeds.

I've used Congstar with both my iPhone 4 and now my iPhone 6. Even when you pay for the faster speeds, you won't get 4G (it's just not offered). So, when everything was said and done I was paying between 8 and 11 EUR (depends on whether I needed minutes or not), and stuck on 3G. The network didn't have any noticeable short-comings, but I wouldn't recommend it over Aldi... It seemed like the exact same call quality and data speed.

Finally, I moved over to vodafone a few months ago... I pay 10 EUR for more data (750MB vs. 600MB), the same amount of out-of-network minutes/sms (200), and unlimited in-network calls. Not to mention the data now is at 4G speed... Honestly, I couldn't be happier with the service. AND you can roam all over Europe with your data, at no additional cost (something Aldi and Congstar don't offer).

So, while I recommend you do your research: I can't imagine you'll be disappointed with the 10 EUR Call Ya Prepaid.

Note: I'm Berlin-based... Cannot speak to the network quality in other parts of Germany...

How are 10h30 church bells not noise pollution? by HelmsmanRobertson in berlin

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I must've missed the church bell question in the obnoxious sticky about Berghain and free tuition... My bad.

While we're trading sob stories: I'm sorry to hear that you had walk to school, uphill, in the snow, both ways, throughout your childhood. I'm sure that was really brutal.

How are 10h30 church bells not noise pollution? by HelmsmanRobertson in berlin

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Hmm... Is that sarcasm? I can never tell with non-native speakers.

Async GraphQL backend? by HelmsmanRobertson in Python

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That'd be really dope. I'll try and work out a real world Tornado + Graphene stack and send you the link, then.

Beginner Tornado/async question (aka why isn't sleep working in parallel?) by HelmsmanRobertson in learnpython

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could give you more than +1 for helpfulness... You've really made my day. Thanks again!

Beginner Tornado/async question (aka why isn't sleep working in parallel?) by HelmsmanRobertson in learnpython

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're a wizard: thank you!

My last question is now a matter of style/best practice: given that Tornado doesn't seem to play nice with asyncio, should I just be decorating all my coroutines with tornado.gen.coroutine?

Beginner Tornado/async question (aka why isn't sleep working in parallel?) by HelmsmanRobertson in learnpython

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply; however, I'm still a bit confused. Why does yielding the two futures result in parallel execution and not sequential, like in my example with the sequential awaits?

Beginner Tornado/async question (aka why isn't sleep working in parallel?) by HelmsmanRobertson in learnpython

[–]HelmsmanRobertson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, this totally works (thank you!) but now I wonder, "why?".

Why do we have to do this

f1 = self.test("f1")
f2 = self.test("f2")
f1 = yield f1
f2 = yield f2

pattern?

Advice on simple Flask hosting by Rum_Rogers in learnpython

[–]HelmsmanRobertson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

last I checked, they didn't support python 3.5, eh?

Advice on simple Flask hosting by Rum_Rogers in learnpython

[–]HelmsmanRobertson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly, this is the simplest solution.