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Trekking Through Python’s “DLL Hell”: Versions, Packages, Virtual Environments

PYTHON DLL HELL On my local system (Ubuntu of some flavor), I had Python 2.7. Sage (A nickname ChatGPT chose for itself when I asked) said to leave it alone or else bad things would happen. OK. My system also had Python 3.8, which Sage also said to leave alone. This time, I didn’t listen.

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Psyching Up for That Presentation

I was talking to my wife today, and she’s delivering a couple of sessions tomorrow at a forum in Canada. She has reviewed all the documents, developed her presentation, and has all the talking points. How many of us have been there? I asked her how she felt, and it was “excited and intimidated.” That’s

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Two men sit on portable stools with fishing rods positioned in front of them. They are sitting on an outcropping overlooking a large lake or bay. The sky is clear and the water is blue. In the distance there is land on the other side of the water.

Celebrating Life’s Quiet Awesomeness and Embracing the Power of Thinking Small

I have been writing a TON of content and there is so much going on, but none of it is fit for public consumption! At least, not yet. I’m currently focused on some quiet awesomeness, so let’s make that today’s theme. In a world filled with endless content and noise, it’s easy to overlook the

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A mature, contextual internet is better than an SEO, influencer internet

It started with an odd capitalism vs co-op vlogger post There I was, on some social media outlet, thumbing through content. Can’t find it now. . . but there was this guy ranting on capitalism. His comparison was something like: A company with 100 employees buys a new machine which doubles production And after this

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My 2023 Pocket Guide

TLDR Scroll to the Pocket Guide heading if you don’t want the anecdotal adventures; however, unlike a lot of authors that spam crap into their articles for SEO, I tend to hold my anecdotal musings to be of a much higher quality level. *sound of air escaping from a balloon* OK, let’s deflate that ego

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