[CentralOH] 2016-11-25 道場 Scribbles 落書/惡文? python & unix tradition; nested data structures; Pythonic versus non-Pythonic code problem; v R for machine learning; v C/C++ in embedded systems; consenting adults; essays; validate decorator; @property

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

3 folks tonight

Microsoft and Its Patent Trolls Continue to Lobby for Software Patents
http://techrights.org/2016/11/19/msft-lobby-for-software-patents/

Python and the Glories of the UNIX Tradition
http://pyvideo.org/pycon-uk-2016/python-and-the-glories-of-the-unix-tradition.html

nest data structures in:
    python
    perl

Unix philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unix_philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unix_philosophy#The_UNIX_Programming_Environment
"the last operating system"

"DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, create and/or modify Linux files using
Windows apps, tools, scripts, consoles, etc.,"
https://redmondmag.com/articles/2016/11/18/microsoft-warns-bash-on-windows.aspx

https://github.com/notnownikki/
lightning talk

wp: prefix means Wikipedia
To get good answers, consider following the advice in the links below.
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20090627155454/www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html

ala Burke's Connections:
wp:Pythonidae
wp:Snakes (M. C. Escher)
wp:Gödel, Escher, Bach
wp:Kurt Gödel
    "own work no longer meant much, that he came to the Institute merely ...
    to have the privilege of walking home with Gödel"
wp:P versus NP problem
"P versus NP problem" really means "Pythonic versus non-Pythonic code problem"
    Beyond PEP 8 -- Best practices for beautiful intelligible code
    http://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2015/beyond-pep-8-best-practices-for-beautiful-inte.html
    There is a good section where he converts a Javaesque API to be Pythonic.
    Sweet! 20:00-40:20
        context manager (__enter__, __exit__) to handle start up and tear down
        sequence class (__len__, __getitem__) to allow normal iteration
        @property syntactic sugah to convert attributes to function calls

        but where are the files?
            p_vs_np_2.py?
            p_vs_np_4.py?
            misc1.py?

Python versus R for machine learning and data analysis
https://opensource.com/article/16/11/python-vs-r-machine-learning-data-analysis

Python vs. C/C++ in embedded systems
https://opensource.com/life/16/8/python-vs-cc-embedded-systems

12:00:12
12:00:17
12:00:23
12:00:24

Malware Found on New Windows Computers (Not What You Think)
An investigative team for a Seattle television station discovered that finding
malware on clean computers to be an everyday practice at Office Depot.
http://fossforce.com/2016/11/malware-found-new-windows-computers-not-think/

Need a Python entry for the following.
How to Determine Which Programming Language You're Using
http://lsc.fie.umich.mx/~juan/Materias/FIE/Lenguajes/Info/shoot.html

What's the best thing about UDP jokes?

    I don't care if you get them.

technically correct: the best kind of correct
http://www.devtopics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/comic.jpg

Python is a language for consenting adults.

    Python's Class Development Toolkit
    by Raymond Hettinger 2013-03-16
    http://pyvideo.org/pycon-us-2013/pythons-class-development-toolkit.html

Python Essays
https://www.python.org/doc/essays/

podcast.init

talk python to me
Episode #25:
Effective Python
https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/25/effective-python

sqlalchemy with flask
sqlalchemy
    validate decorator

wp:Property (programming)
wp:Property_(programming)#Python
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/james-prior/cohpy/blob/master/20161125-dojo-property-decorator-read-only-attribute.ipynb
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/james-prior/cohpy/blob/master/20161125-dojo-property-decorator-read-write-attribute.ipynb

The Monty Python references come even from non-Python bitheads:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/message-you-sir