Google weirdness

2018-07-12 Thread Travis McGee
I somehow managed to trigger the dialog below by typing in a certain Python phrase to Google. Anyone know what it's about? It shows up in what appears to be terminal screen. Viz: Google has a code challenge ready for you. Been here before? This invitation will expire if you close this page.

PySerial for Python 2 vs. Python 3

2013-12-31 Thread Travis McGee
I've been working with a simple serial device that attaches to a USB port. It takes as commands short strings. I wanted to use PySerial under Python 3, and, of course had the Devil's own time getting it installed and working since everything is geared towards Python 2. Anyway, I finally got

Python in the news

2013-12-27 Thread Travis McGee
From Twitter: RT @cjbrummitt Python kills security guard at Sanur Hyatt, Bali (Ind). bit.ly/1fLCWvn bad coding has CONSEQUENCES, ppl! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3?

2013-12-26 Thread Travis McGee
The Python.org site says that the future is Python 3, yet whenever I try something new in Python, such as Tkinter which I am learning now, everything seems to default to Python 2. By this I mean that, whenever I find that I need to install another package, it shows up as Python 2 unless I