displaced_city_mouse

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Turning my printer on v. turning it off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Meh, if that happens I'll just replace the cheap commodity printer... I'm not fixing anything, except the cats.

Turning my printer on v. turning it off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yes, it's an accident - the power button is just a touch sensitive spot on the printer - but they do like to play witn paper, so this would invariably lead to more shenanigans.

Turning my printer on v. turning it off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I just spit out my coffee reading that, and I wasn't drinking coffee at the time...

Turning my printer on v. turning it off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Which is why I don't mind if they break it - it would let me justify getting a decent laser jet printer.

Turning my printer on v. turning it off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

W. T. F.

I will repeat my earlier statement: I hate printers.

Turning my printer on v. turning it off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I appreciate the info, but I wasn't looking for a solution - I just wanted to vent a little...

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Turning my printer on v. turning it off (midwest.social)
 

I have an older Canon MG6320 ink jet printer with a touch interface.

Lately, my cats have decided sitting on the printer (one at a time) is a good idea. I'm fine with this -- it keeps them off the desk, and they're not going to break the printer. Even if they do, well, then I get to justify getting a new printer to my partner.

Anyway, when they get on the printer, invariably they step on the power "button", which means I have to hit the power button to undo what they did:

  • Turning on the printer takes rougly 1-2 seconds, and results in a short beep.
  • Turning it off, even right after it was turned on, takes roughly 60 seconds, with the printer clicking and clacking and whirring and making all sorts of noises that attract cats.

I've taken to unplugging it when I don't need it.

I hate printers.

Avoid over-commenting in Python in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Meh.

I'll agree, docstrings are better for documenting a function than just a comment.

However, the author seems to jump through hoops in the next example to break one function into four, just to avoid some single line comments. Unless those code blocks make sense as functions (they're used/duplicated elsewhere), you're just making work for yourself. Why not turn it into 12 functions? One for each line of code?

I'm reminded of the admonition that there are only two hard problems^*^ in computer science -- cache invalidation, and naming things. The more functions you have, the more things you have to name.

The rest of it -- name your magic numbers, use tuple unpacking, comment "why" instead of "what" -- is good practice. I'm just not a fan of making functions just to avoid writing a comment.

^*^ And off by one errors.

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US: Contact your Rep about H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act (www.votervoice.net)
 

From the American Humanist Association: contact your Congresscritter - tell them to oppose H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.

Limited Edition! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Like a eucharist lunchable

Don't give the Catholic church another idea how to get kids in the door.

Best Email Client in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I tried KMail and Organizer for a few weeks, but they kept losing connection with Gmail. My calendar would get out of sync, and they only way to fix it was to reset the connection and redo all the appointments.

I'm sure it was user error, since I couldn't figure it out after spending a couple hours on it, so I just dropped back to webmail and not leaving the mail tab open all day.

Is there any Podcast players that autoskip ads? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I like Antenna Pod for this - my BT connections let me use the Forward 30 Seconds feature when m driving or running. Since most ads are 30 seconds long, I can cruise through them easily.

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Q: Why do some musical artists bypass STL? (midwest.social)
 

I've a friend who lives in San Francisco who is in a moderately successful band. They recently concluded a tour through the midwest, where they played Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, and Chicago, among other cities. No STL dates at all.

Les Claypool's Frog Brigade is on tour as well, and skipped STL but did play in Peoria, Louisville, and KC this spring.

Last year, the closest Nightwish came was Chicago.

I get Songkick notifications for other bands -- mostly metal and eclectic -- and more often than not, they are playing everywhere but STL. After living for 20+ years in Seattle, I miss having bands come and play even the small clubs.

To avoid sounding petulant, there have been some tours I looked forward to that came to Pop's in Sauget, but I'm sure there are other bands people here like that have bypassed STL venues as well.

So: Anyone have any ideas why STL gets passed over in favor of Nashville and Louisville?

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Buckminster Fuller's home gets one step closer to opening as a museum (thesouthern.com)
 

R. Buckminster Fuller, creator of the buckyball, was a professor at SIU in Carbondale in the 1960's. At that time, he built and lived in a large buckyball home, which has been restored and will soon be a museum to the man and his legacy.

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Carbondale City Council makes more history with new appointment (thesouthern.com)
 

A small town in southern Illinois reaches racial parity in their city council makeup, with a black mayor and equal number of black and white members. Oh, and they also have an openly trans council member as well...

This from a part of the state where some people still fly Confederate battle flags.