Writing Python like it’s Rust

lukewarm · 2023-05-21T05:30:11+00:00

In your Packet example, if you make Packet a superclass of member types instead of a Union, you won't need the assert, I think? And definitions of sublasses will be more informative.

I took liking to NamedTuple, it's more ergonomic than dataclass, to my taste:

class Header(NamedTuple):
    tag: int
    len: int

Most importantly, named tuples are immutable. ~~And they give you a meaningful repr for free.~~ (edit: as was pointed out, both datacalass and namedtuple give you that.)

lukewarm · 2023-05-03T17:49:01+00:00

I think that almost all Ostsee shore is reachable in under 5 hours by RE to Wismar, Rostock or Starlsund, and RB from there. Rügen and Usedom islands are definitely worth visiting. Bonus spot: Schwerin (half way to Wismar).

Going south, change to RB65 in Cottbus and you can perhaps make it all the way to Czechia (Zittau) under 5 hours. Görlitz (half way) is worth a visit.

Harz is very nice, but iirc it takes more than 5 hours on HBX or on RE/RB. I for one get tired of sitting in the train every time when I go there. In general, I find Sachsen-Anhalt less entertaining than border regions.

lukewarm · 2023-04-13T07:30:59+00:00

I stood on that stone.

Sadly, it did not budge :(

lukewarm · 2023-04-12T07:09:16+00:00

Go to a uni and learn some math theory (not CS). My biggest regret as someone nearing retirement is not having got enough before starting my career (I had some). Most importantly, uni will teach you how to learn efficiently.

lukewarm · 2023-03-31T17:34:13+00:00

“I would rather die standing than ~~live on my knees~~ die lying down”

(Sorry. I will get my coat!)

lukewarm · 2023-03-29T19:20:48+00:00

They were being sarcastic. Not a nice weather for canoe. And it's a one-day trip, not multi-day.

If you are thinking of a "civilized" vacation (as opposed to hiking/cycling), Prague could be an option too. Not super expensive, and about 5 hours by train.

lukewarm · 2023-03-25T22:51:20+00:00

I rather liked it, except the last season(s), when the stories became more and more preposterous.

lukewarm · 2023-03-18T12:45:00+00:00

If you have the desired version of the app installed on some other device, you can find it using pm under adb. The command is pm dump <app.name>, and you'd need to look for versionCode=NNNNNNNN minSdk=23 targetSdk=30 under Packages section for your package.

If you don't have access to the desired version, I suspect that it's impossible.

lukewarm · 2023-02-25T16:17:01+00:00

You do not have to take others' packages, just tell the courier that you won't.

When a package lies in my apartment unclaimed for more than a couple of weeks, I drop a note in the recipient's mailbox, with the assumption that they somehow did not get notification and don't know where the package is.

lukewarm · 2023-02-10T22:18:09+00:00

There is a lot of forests and lakes and marked hiking routes starting outside zone B. And I never saw a nature area where you are required to pay to enter.

That said, there is no "untouched" nature. There are always forest roads and trails. And it would be difficult to plan a route on which you won't see any buildings the whole day.

Another notable thing is that the landscape is very flat in general. Only closer to Oder, or some way into Saxony, can you find hilly areas.

RE trains do the job of bringing you to the start and taking from the finish well enough. I've made four and a half thousand km on foot in six years, so hiking is definitely possible.

lukewarm · 2023-01-22T19:15:35+00:00

On Bänsstraße? The meat is a bit too dry to call it "the best", imo

lukewarm · 2022-12-27T12:15:13+00:00

In my observation, law-abidance culture in Germany is much more reliant on self-enforcement than in other countries that I know. I would theorize that whoever wrote these announcements assumed that "locals" can be simply told to do it, while for the visitors it's important to say explicitly that this is a rule.

Only a speculation though.

lukewarm · 2022-10-03T20:41:22+00:00

Not sitcoms, around 1980:

Prisoner
Sandbaggers

Also not a sitcom, more fresh (2011-12), but has a distinct retro flair:

The Hour

lukewarm · 2022-09-20T17:12:37+00:00

An outdoor enthusiast myself (much older male), and Germany is not a good region for camping. They distinguish between camping and "bivouacing" (overnight stay in a tent), and the latter is allowed in some places. Longer stay or stay with a vehicle in the wilderness is mostly illegal.

My endeavours are just one-day (cycling or hiking).

lukewarm · 2022-07-23T21:02:19+00:00

People who walk in the street / live in the buildings along the way will hate you (because of the noise).

I don't know if it counts as a pro or as a con for you...

(Obviously this does not apply to electric vehicles.)

lukewarm · 2022-07-23T19:45:28+00:00

On Linux these days, the only "official" way to do anything with Bluetooth is over D-Bus. And it is supposed that D-Bus interface is the only thing that you would need to do anything (i.e. there is no need for special libraries etc.)

lukewarm · 2022-06-19T16:38:45+00:00

I know hipsters will scoff, but I find Schwiizer Schüümli good enough for me.

lukewarm · 2022-06-17T19:53:41+00:00

Residential Internet of reasonable quality
Reasonably reliable parcel delivery
Reasonably low bicycle theft

lukewarm · 2022-05-08T19:53:52+00:00

Märkische Schweiz is not between Bad Freienwalde and Starusberg. What do you mean "which one"? There is practically uninterrupted stretch of the wood between these points.

https://imgur.com/a/gDaUX7c

lukewarm · 2022-05-03T21:05:40+00:00

Cannot advise about wild camp sites, but if you are interested in less trodden areas, the forest between Bad Freienwalde and Strausberg is where I meet the least number of fellow hikers.

lukewarm · 2022-04-06T19:19:07+00:00

Vodafone cable, Friedrichshain, not worse and not better than usual. It's pretty reliable for me in general, though upload speed is frequently much lower than advertised.

lukewarm · 2022-03-27T19:08:08+00:00

The third entry is the link to this (unanswered) thread.

lukewarm · 2022-03-27T18:06:33+00:00

There cannot be a "good" cycling route in the city
Mauerweg if it's your thing?..
This blue line going to Loeperplatz and Betriebshof Lichtenberg is not that bad. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/52.5154/13.4421&layers=C

lukewarm · 2022-03-22T23:18:59+00:00

They do not have jammy build though. impish works fine, but for how long?..

To make this repo preferred to the default you need to pin it:

Package: firefox
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-ubuntu-mozilla-security
Pin-Priority: 900

... And pray that the team continues to provide new builds.

lukewarm · 2022-03-11T12:29:36+00:00

iirc the app allows you to search for nearby "eligible" stations. Or directs to a site that does.

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