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schestowitz> /How many times?/Oct 29 22:09
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:09
schestowitz> PyPy is not dead https://www.pypy.org/compat.htmlOct 29 22:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.pypy.org | Python compatibility | PyPyOct 29 22:09
schestowitz> <https://www.pypy.org/compat.html>. PyPy supports both the friendlierOct 29 22:09
schestowitz> Python and the corporate whore Google/Microsoft Python everyone isOct 29 22:09
schestowitz> expected to switch to.Oct 29 22:09
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> Why is everybody (Except Alex OlivaOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/new-dawn.en.htmlOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> <http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/new-dawn.en.html>) takingOct 29 22:10
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fsfla.org | ::[FSFLA]:: A New Dawn for Software FreedomOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> the side of the corporate whores by repeating their fascist EEE propaganda?Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> XRevan86Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> Python2 is already dead :)Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> Oct 27 22:45Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271020.html#tOctOct 29 22:10
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ FreeNode: Tuesday, October 27, 2020Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> 27 22:45:52>Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> schestowitzOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> not for code written to use itOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> Oct 27 22:46Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271020.html#tOctOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> 27 22:46:07>Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> schestowitzOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> and not maintained no more...Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> Oct 27 22:46Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> <http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271020.html#tOctOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> 27 22:46:16>Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> XRevan86Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> True, but we're at the point when that code just shouldn't be used, atOct 29 22:10
schestowitz> least unless there's a plan to move to Python3.Oct 29 22:10
schestowitz> Hi Roy,Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> I'm sure you are aware of all the ridiculous and false accusations thatOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> I spend all my time trolling and spamming... yet I have proof that it isOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> not true.Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> Over the summer, with all travel cancelled, I had a go at the MITOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> program in Data, Economics & Development Policy.  Surprisingly, I wasOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> able to complete a semester at MIT all in one go.  That is 5 subjects atOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> MIT concurrently with an intensive French course that I was alsoOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> subscribed to.  Surely there is no way I could be spamming and trollingOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> and doing all that at the same time?Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> My highest score was in Political Economy & Development.  The first weekOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> focused on assassinations.  In other words, two Nobel Prize winners haveOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> certified my experience at FSFE.Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> They offer one semester on campus to complete the program and I'mOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> applying for the Fulbright scholarship to fund this.Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> Would you be willing to contribute a recommendation to support myOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> application?Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> The deadline is 2 November, Monday.Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz>Oct 29 22:15
schestowitz> Please note that I have not publicly blogged about this yet, I intend toOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> do so but not just yet and I would prefer that you do not mention itOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> publicly for now as more details will come at the right time but it isOct 29 22:15
schestowitz> really critical for me to try and get the Fulbright.Oct 29 22:15
schestowitzI will be happy to provide a recommendation given guidelines of 1) who for and 2) nature of the position (while clarifying we have not met in person)Oct 29 22:15
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