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igortg··on Python GUIs
Both PySide and PyQt are Python wrappers for the Qt library (that makes it 2 frameworks). Basic usage is almost the same.

It seems the author push for PyQt a bit, even though PySide has the same basic capabilities with the benefit of LGPL license (PyQt is GPL or Commercial).

igortg··on EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars, then Germany changed its mind
People should be allowed to make/buy sportscars with combustion engine. These alone don't move the needle of carbon emissions. Make trucks and average peoples car 100% electric and that's it.
igortg··on Our production servers were suspended by Google Cloud
Partially agree, but ... the tech bubble is pretty good on dictate trends and set standards that the general public will be in 2-3 years in advance.
igortg··on A replicable decline in mood during rest and simple tasks
Fully agree. Sleep deprivation and the part where they get sick and aren't able to say a thing about the symptoms. Is also a period that is not very rewarding (they mostly sleep, eat and poop... although the small interactions are awesome).
igortg··on Alphabet shares fall sharply after Google’s AI chatbot debut stumbles
When I see people explaining recent mass layoffs as "CEOs going with the flow", it really seems the case for companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, etc. But Alphabet and Meta seems to be in a different class. Both have too many people to justify the number of services they have that generate profit. Although I can't see them disappear in the near future, it seems that they can work just fine with 1/3 of the headcount they have now, which is somewhat scaring for the IT job market in the next years.
igortg··on Goiânia Accident
Brazil has only 3 nuclear power plants. The accident occurred when the second one was being built.
igortg··on Ukrainian soldiers arrive in Britain for tank training
Why so much buzz around this? I can't see few more tanks in the battlefield doing something to shortening this war.
igortg··on Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]
Funny thing that sending an e-mail to the president (Brazilian president) was one of the first things I did when got online (1995). It was basically Playboy website and this till I found IRC :p
igortg··on Formula One’s sharpest car designer is also its master of loopholes
I understand the feeling. And many seasons a pretty boring because one car is just so dominating that it's a walk in the park for the driver to get the championship.

But when teams get closer on performance, there's some aspects that are particular to it, like one car adapts better to a kind of circuit than the other, and this makes the championship swing for one side or the other.

There's a kind of charming on not having this general equilibrium (that we see in many American sports). It much like La Liga or Premier League, where you have always 2-3 front-runners and the rest seems just acting in a supporting role.

igortg··on Mattermost – open-source platform for secure collaboration
When everyone on the team learn to use Topics, it's life changer.
igortg··on Understanding Stresses and Strains (1968)
Holy... I was expecting to learn something about mechanics of materials and suddenly I was in 50y old video that perfectly reflects my life.
igortg··on Python’s “type hints” are a bit of a disappointment to me
> www.uninformativ.de

Domain name checks out :)

igortg··on Python’s “type hints” are a bit of a disappointment to me
My thoughts exactly. Obviously, Python Type hints are an attempt to add type-check to a language "after the fact" and keep it optional. So it's unfair to compare that to a static typed language and conclude that it's bad.

I work with large code bases (100K-1M lines) and can't look back to the time we didn't use Type Hints. Would maybe dismiss it only for scripts or very small projects.

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