Monthly Archives: April 2019

Digital Declutter

Posted on 2019-04-29 by Graham

I’ve been reading and listening to various books about the attention/surveillance economy, the rise of fascism in the Anglosphere and beyond, and have decided to disconnect from the daily outrage and the impotent swiping of “social” “content”. The most immediately … Continue reading →

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What’s on the other channel?

Posted on 2019-04-18 by Graham

I run a company, a mission-driven software consultancy that aims to make it easier and faster to make high-quality software that preserves privacy and freedom. On the homepage you’ll find Research Watch, where I talk about research papers I read. … Continue reading →

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Half a bee

Posted on 2019-04-18 by Graham

When you’re writing Python tutorials, you have to use Monty Python references. It’s the law. On the 40th anniversary of the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian, I wanted to share this example that I made for collections.defaultdict that … Continue reading →

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New Swift hardware

Posted on 2019-04-16 by Graham

The Swift Tower is an artificial nesting structure, installed in Oxford University parks. That or a very blatant sponsorship deal.

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King Arthur: By what name are you known?

Posted on 2019-04-11 by Graham

Why is it we’re not allowed to call the Apple guy “Tim Apple” when everybody calls the O’Reilly guy “Tim O’Reilly”?

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Pythonicity

Posted on 2019-04-05 by Graham

The same community that says: There should be one– and preferably only one –obvious way to do it. Also says: So essentially when someone says something is unpythonic, they are saying that the code could be re-written in a way … Continue reading →

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