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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19m

But let's wake from our fever dream, before we've gone too far, and be glad for the Pythons we have right now. :python: 🧵 9/9 Fin

Someone in a bed with an alarm clock, with a callout to enjoy the Pythons that already are.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23m

Chthulhu Python: all your code has been written for eons, and is just waiting to be woken up. Most developers can only add paragraphs and paragraphs of tales, I mean docstrings, and barely get to actually do anything. There's also a new "panic" key words […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Chtulhu Python: a giant Chtulhu banner, with a small class definition where the first paragraph of The Call of Chtulhu from H. P. Lovecraft is running on in a docstring, and flowing off the page...

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27m

There's Transformers Python: something that doesn't look like Python but it actually is! Oh, wait, this is exists! Crazy! 🧵 7/9

Transformers Python: a cartoon Optimus Prime on the side, and a code example from Pyo3, a Python module written in Rust.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29m

Chess Python: that's one of the tougest ones to crack. ♟️ You have a fixed list of values for the programme to use, and you set variables by taking over other variables. Your main way of exit is by checkmate: checkmate of your colour is the non-zero exit code […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Chess Python: a photo of a chessboard with a piece falling off due to being taken, and the rules of operation listed.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30m

Cat Python: it's mostly in a form you can't comprehend, and it still makes totall sense to you, somehow. 😼 It's mutually incompatible with Dog Python. 🧵 5/9

Cat Python: a photo of a cat, and a code example that's mostly variations of meow, plus a "sleep()" call

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 31m

There's the "Butlerian Jihad Python": say bye-bye to all your machine learning libraries, they won't work. And if the runtime detects LLM generated code, it will self destruct in the most dramatic way possible, likely taking with it most of your other software as well. (hat tip to @heds ) 🧵 4/9

Butlerian Jihad Python: trying to install torch, and it's refused with a cause description of "thou shall not make a machine in the lieness of a human mind"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 44m

Here's "Wes Anderson Python": you have to be careful about the colour of your variables!! Green True and Blue True are obviously not equal! (giving a Red False) It also has linters that checks and adjusts your colour palette! 🧵 3/9

Wes Anderson Python; a screenshot from a Wes Anderson movie, and a code snippet run in the Python REPL to illustrate coloured variables

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 47m

There are so many "Pythons" already, MicroPythons for microcontrollers, Python written in Python, Python that compiles to C++, Python that runs on the Java virtual machine... many little blobs in the ecosystem, that caters to different requirements and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

On a white fields, there are various green blobs, with the names of various Python runtimes in there: MicroPython, PyPy, etc...

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 49m

Here's the Lightning Talk I didn't get to give at #PyConTW26 today. As in a (fever) dream, think of the various Pythons (the language) that could be... 🧵 1/9 #PyConTW

A python snake coiling around an egg, that has "Pythons that can be"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I'm reading an old Python essay from Guido van Rossum: Python Patterns - An Optimization Anecdote www.python.org/doc/essays/list2str It's a quirky puzzle to follow, but what suddenly stood out for me, but: In the "And the Winner is..." section he goes: > The next day, I remembered […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

@sundogplanets ducks and geese, always the agents of chaos!!🪿 🦆

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Looks like multiple exposure, but it's just a wall with faded signs, new paint, and sharp sunset shadows casting over... Zhongli cultural park, old army barracks, in Taoyuan, Taiwan. #AnalogPhotography

Black and white photo of a white wall, with the shadows of a tree falling on it sharply. Faded Chinese characters are barely visible on the wall.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I say it worked pretty well this time. (A portion already gone with pasta, too quick for a photo...) Had to take off the flame earlier than I originally thought, it was still cooking on the side in the residual heat, so I have to make a note of that (so next […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Confit garlic in a jar, on a balustrade outdoors.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

While doing this Forgejo setup, I was checking HackerNews for any interesting relevant discussions. It popped up this blog post, to replace email notifications with XMPP -- for Forgejo, but actually the solution works for any other server that talks SMTP (email delivery). The vibes of the blog […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Little homelab experiment done ✅ @forgejo runs on a Pi3 on the LAN, one that also connects to WireGuard automatically. Local router gives out a custom domain name (sub of one I have, like 'git.home.<etcetera>', on the LAN. WireGuard's dnsmasq gives out the instance's wg IP for the same name […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Upstreamed a teeny-tiny `blueman` fix this afternoon (and I am shocked how much of it is written in Python -- I am mostly working in Python btw...) Let's see how long that will take to land!

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

As another side quest at the same, I've also set up a @forgejo repo on a LAN-facing Pi3, partially (e.g. only HTTPS push and no git yet, not set up to work seamlessly with wireguard networking while on the road, etc...) Why? I'm not quite sure, yet. But it […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Forgejo overview interface, with some recent activity on a personal instance.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I realised that I've attached the view of the source, seen in helix, rather than in the editor itself, that's a comparison! 😅

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

As side quests, I was doing the tutorial in helix (hx) that I actually wanted to learn helix-editor.com I've internalised probably 1% of its functionality, but got decently productive in it in the end. I keep being surprised of the cool things it can do. Have to do a proper […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Just finished with "Build your own text editor" viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo/i… It was a hoot, and I really appreciate, how something this useful can be fit into ~1k LOC / 36kb compiled (dynamic)... For extra flavour, expanded the syntax highlighting with Python.

View of the editor with the "kilo" source code open

Folder listing of the kilo editor source dode, showing that the compiled version is 36kb, plus a loit of test files alongside.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@kagihq please for the love of languagebring the Kagi Translate app on par with the web version... It is uselessly empty in the app, compared to the web, and now that the apps are spun out, the main Kagi app doesn't link to the web one, got to log in in […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Kagi Translate app with the Chinese word for taxi

Kagi translate web version with the Chinese word for Taxi

Kagi translate web version with the Chinese word for Taxi, expanded

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Heretics of Dune from 1983, or the world of 2026, you decide!

A photo of a quote from the book Heretics of Dune, the kinds preceding the chapter:

> Quite naturally, holders of power wish to suppress 'wild' research. Unrestricted questing after knowledge has a long history of producing unwanted competition. The powerful want a 'safe line of investigation' which will develop only those products and ideas that can be controlled and, most important, that will allow the larger part of the benefits to be captured by inside investors. Unfortunately, a random universe full of relative variables does not ensure such a 'safe line of investigations'. -- Assessment of Ix, Bene Gesserit Archives

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

"Okay, fine, if the baby is dehydrated, I'll just set a second set of preferences!" ... I love (no /s) waking up straight from a REM phase, from the night's internal bizarro world. 😴

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Fedi photographers: would I regret getting this second hand Yashica camera? I got into carrying a physical film camera with b&w film, but the previous re-loaded single use is just falling apart. In my research this seemed like a good, and no-fuss option, and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Very long shot. Do I know anyone in or near Phuket who can do me a favour? I left my wallet in a hotel earlier this year. They've just let me know they found it. Anyone over there willing to pick it up & post it back to me? Happy to pay, of course.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

This is fun, but it's also the kind of thing that gives me, if possible, too many options & opportunities. I could do X, or Y, or Z. In the end do none of them. For example here, I could set up my own tracker on my regular server (internet facing), to take control of my code like I did with […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I like reading `man` pages, there like boxes of presents on a Xmas morning :) Never know what you gonna get but there's always something new (knowledge). Today've opened up `yay` (an @archlinux AUR helper), and seen things like reading Archlinux news/announcements (that are usually very good to […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I've installed Forgejo forgejo.org on a local-network Raspberry Pi 3 that's my "homelab". Definitly tickles some old nerdy vibes, and that "coding is good" feeling. I haven't configured all the things, but have tried enough stuff (including actions runners on another machine), to see […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@lowqualityfacts that's amazing! Just like Gary Oldman actually never aged!

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@sundogplanets I think "impossible dangerous things" is that chap's "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice"....

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Learning Chinese because living in Taiwan and it's nice, horizon opening, and necessary. Picking up learning Korean because it's fun, resonates, and will likely visit quite a few times... Since I'm using English for my day to day, both of the above progress swith fits and starts ("2 steps […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The hardest thing to internalize as a grown-up/professional environment, is that there is no "correct answer" to most things. Few of any things are like homework that can be marked. There are only potential answers. And this is why the current (easy mode) usage of LLMs is so secretly brain […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@MrLovenstein/11736… That's me, and I am heading to the library today. Sniff...sniffetty....

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

My Taipei City Library branch visit project needs a bit of a push. Most of the easy access ones are done, and have to spread out now. And for that I need to go to town more often than I do now, too 🤔 In another 2-3 years and I should be done!

A printed map of Taipei city with the locations of library branches, some of them marked with a highlighter.

The printed list of Taipei City Library branches, some addresses marked with a highlighter.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

PyCon Taiwan is coming up in less than two weeks. Any Fedi-friends who plan to come that way? :python: tw.pycon.org/2026/en-us #Taiwan #PyCon #PyConTW #PyConTW2026

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PyCon TW 2026

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Looks StarCraft was on in 2018 last time en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports_at_th… And League of Legends seems to have a good run overall. I'm horrendous in either LoL or SCII :D

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Esports at the 2018 Asian Games - Wikipedia

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Watching various sports on this holiday day, as they happen at the Asian Games in Japan. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they have eSports too! But those don't seem to be broadcast on the TV over here... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports_at_th… I'm old school, would […]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Lil' bugfix today... I've set up a WireGuard network a while back, the central node being on a cloud server & all my other "machines" as clients/peers. I was flummoxed why an always on client cannot usually be reached, but none of the central server network digging helped. Turns out, the […]

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