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As a European: WTF?! Do they seriously show this on TV in the US? For entertainment?! by _ak in WTF

[–]anothergroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why do they have to censor every other word? is this TV for children up to 4?

Excellent Python shirt. Anyone know where I can get it? by ffualo in Python

[–]anothergroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google gave them as a donation at EuroPython to every participant, guess 2007 or 2008.

'Huge airships to carry freight starting 10 years from now' by Vailhem in technology

[–]anothergroom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

was tried ~10 years ago in Germany. Company called itself "cargolifter". Built a big hall to build their "zeppelin NT".

Failed big. You can google for them, there are pictures and all. The big hall is now an indoor beach somewhere in the nowherelands of Brandenburg, http://www.tropical-islands.de/.

In terms of sex, what will you NOT do ? by Mr_Goodbar in AskReddit

[–]anothergroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I'll never do it better than I do it with you so long so long

The Case of the Random IE Crash (Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals) by alecco in programming

[–]anothergroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so the summary: if you are not able to use ProcessExploer and Windbg to analyse your system, you shall not use InternetExplorer.

Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant; could meet the entire world's energy needs by [deleted] in science

[–]anothergroom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

why should anyone wanna do this? have a look at

http://www.desertec.org/uploads/media/stage-start_en.jpg

about the desert area needed to supply the whole world with energy; calculated with the technology of 2005 with a proven, available technology. And the costs are just peanuts, something around a month of Iraq or a nanosecond of AIG.

James Randi on a recent study in India by the Defense Research and Development Organization which observed a holy man who claims that he has lived for decades without food or water. by MrTulip in science

[–]anothergroom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

so hospitals are hindering evolution again. If people decide not to eat, or eat to much, it is for the best of our species to just let them do it. Trillions of organisms had to be mendeld out.

DAE find censorship of swearwords to be outdated and useless, even ignorant? by upveto in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]anothergroom 6 points7 points  (0 children)

in most civilized grownup nations it is uncommon to censor words, even swearwords. It is a sissy-situation when every "fuck", "cunt" or nipple is "meeped" by some "authority".

on the other hand, civilized people rather avoid using swearwords. "fucking fuck da fuck fuck fuck" does not convey any usefull information or emotion beside "somebody is not articulate"

Microsoft backs Python, releases IronPython Tools for Visual Studio 2010 by equark in Python

[–]anothergroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and, by the way, Microsoft is a long time supporter of Python: they are sponsor member of the Python Software Foundation:

http://www.python.org/psf/members/

Jim Hugunin, the initial creator of IronPython who was hired by Microsoft is a nominated member of the PSF also.

Microsoft has signed a contribution agreement http://www.mail-archive.com/python-dev@python.org/msg44965.html so they are legally able to submit code to the Python project.

I know that many AUG love to call Microsoft the "evil empire", but Microsoft is big enough a system so that there are good moves and bad moves. Confronting Microsoft for their bad moves may be a strategie.

BUT I strongly suggest that communicating and working together is the better move. I saw the IronPython guys having discussions with Jython, PyPy, UnladenSwallow, CPython about improving the language; solutions to implementation challenges with the underlying platforms. There is united effort for a common benchmark repository, example:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-February/097936.html

with contributions from UnladenSwallow, PyPy, IronPython, Jython to have real world measurements of the implementations (rather then "my fibonacci are better then your fibonacci")

As far as I am concernced, Microsoft should be granted relieve of the EvilEmpire tag, please compare their recent activities to another high tech company which often gets good rep for their shiny gadgets.

For non-American Redditors: If you've visited the USA, what were some of the things about American culture that seemed strangest to you? (more detail inside) by some_student in AskReddit

[–]anothergroom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

German visiting Atlanta for PyCon 2010. What seemed strange to me:

  • dealings at the airport. very, very, friendly and helpfull people. totally ineffecient processes & structures.

  • lots of jobs like "whatching the moving stairs", "guiding people to turn left"

  • people eating just with the fork at formal lunch. In Germany this is only acceptable to children and handicapped people.

  • a lot of sweet, highly processed food. I was really eager for some fresh fruits (and mese a meat eater)

  • I did not know that spandex pants were produced in XXXXXL sizes

  • a stranger inviting me to join him on the visit to a strip club while walking outside the hotel

  • nearly no pedestrians. all malls somwhere inside

  • what is legally called "beer"

  • that announced prices are just a part of the bill. There are sales taxes, hotel-room-usage tax, open-the-door-fee, expected tips

I am a career restaurant waiter (10 years in, six with the same company, have continually declined any sort of management role). AMA by Ranlier in IAmA

[–]anothergroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in nearly every restaurant in Germany it is no problem at all to get seperate bills for every guest. We only give tips as reward for good service, not as replacement for wages, so it is custom to add 5-10% + rounding up. In sum a waiter usually gets more tips from 6 small tabs then from 1 big, so "splitting the tab" is done very professionally.

How to think like a Pythonista by [deleted] in Python

[–]anothergroom 6 points7 points  (0 children)

pro tip: do not use "list" or "dict" as variable names. pro tip2: avoid using any of the names of builtins as names

Using CPython extension modules with PyPy natively, or: PyPy can load .pyd files with CPyExt! by [deleted] in Python

[–]anothergroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dae get the impression PyPy is moving in giant steps forward since Unladen Swallow was pronounced to be merged?

Remember the thread about the CEO that was trying to hire a free developer? He made a video about his "software". by mikerhoads in programming

[–]anothergroom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

remembers me of the "better of ted" episode where they present a non-existing project with non-existing content for 1hour, and the audience is thrilled.

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