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Investigative, technical, linux, NZ
Sometimes I still wish for a free world.
Slava Ukraine

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futurebird , to random
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“Fluent Python” is an excellent example of a “good programming language book” — it’s not cluttered with “enterprise examples” it’s focused on how python works and goes into detail on edge cases. This lets one write code with real confidence that you know everything it’s doing. It is also written with the aim to justify why python is the way that it is. Which I need or I get irritated.

If you like python you should probably have a pdf or buy a copy.

Now which book on Java is analogous?

krisvdm ,
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@futurebird
I tried writing a website in Java using the Tomcat java library many years ago. There was a large overhead of work to get going. Many years ago I switched to python, much more efficient, quick to write and debug. Python is also great for maths, great math libraries also AI math

futurebird , to random
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Thinking about world building & the consequences of “too much” history. In many sci-fi tales parts of history are forgotten— some cataclysm results in a society with about as much history as we have: some 20k years with the last 2000 being most referenced and the last 100 (living memory) of real consequence.

But what if you had a million years of detailed written history? What about a billion? I think there is a reason so many sci-fi stories have the trope “we forgot the location of earth”

krisvdm ,
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@futurebird
I think scifi stories where a future civilization has forgotten the location of earth is mostly to create intrigue and to shroud the old earth in mystery.

Nonilex , to random
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Federal prosecutors said on Fri that , the disgraced mogul, should receive a sentence of 40 to 50 yrs for his on charges.

Bankman-Fried’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 28, during which Judge Lewis A. Kaplan will decide his fate. He faces a maximum possible penalty of 110 years.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/technology/sam-bankman-fried-sentencing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

krisvdm ,
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@Nonilex Donald Trump has created more chaos than Sam Bankman Fried and he may not even go to prison

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