Re: new here

2024-08-28 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:41:28 +0100, Daniel wrote: > That is so cool. I've had the same idea to use the API with AWS for my > bbs. I also want to do the same thing for other government sites like > ecfr for pulling aviation regulations. > > Is your code somewhere I can look at it? The NOAA? I di

Re: new here

2024-08-28 Thread Daniel via Python-list
rbowman writes: > On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 21:29:30 -0400, avi.e.gross wrote: > >> If everyone will pardon my curiosity, who and what purposes are these >> smaller environments for and do many people use them? >> >> I mean the price of a typical minimal laptop is not a big deal today. So >> are these

Re: new here

2024-08-26 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 21:29:30 -0400, avi.e.gross wrote: > If everyone will pardon my curiosity, who and what purposes are these > smaller environments for and do many people use them? > > I mean the price of a typical minimal laptop is not a big deal today. So > are these for some sort of embedded

RE: new here

2024-08-25 Thread AVI GROSS via Python-list
: Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:05 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: new here On 2024-08-26 02:29, AVI GROSS via Python-list wrote: > If everyone will pardon my curiosity, who and what purposes are these > smaller environments for and do many people use them? > > I mean th

Re: new here

2024-08-25 Thread MRAB via Python-list
om: Python-list On Behalf Of rbowman via Python-list Sent: Friday, August 23, 2024 1:22 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: new here On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:23:42 +1200, dn wrote: Adding a display to the Pico-W is my next project... After that, gyros (am thinking it may not go so well, on bala

Re: new here

2024-08-25 Thread dn via Python-list
It appears there were some delays in the email/servers. Thanks for this (and earlier) ideas and advice! On 23/08/24 17:38, rbowman via Python-list wrote: On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:56:54 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: With MicroPython on the Pico, you use some command line utility to transfer files ins

RE: new here

2024-08-25 Thread AVI GROSS via Python-list
Message- From: Python-list On Behalf Of rbowman via Python-list Sent: Friday, August 23, 2024 1:22 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: new here On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:23:42 +1200, dn wrote: > Adding a display to the Pico-W is my next project... After that, gyros > (am thinking

Re: new here

2024-08-25 Thread Keith Thompson via Python-list
Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes: > On 23 Aug 2024 03:43:15 GMT, rbowman wrote: >> I am confused by the cross-over to Python-list. I only read/post to >> comp.lang.python. Is that echoed to Python-list or vice versa? > > This has been happening, without asking our permission, for years. The comp.lang.p

Re: new here

2024-08-25 Thread Marco Moock via Python-list
On 20.08.2024 um 23:26 Uhr Daniel wrote: > New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for > this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I > have regarding some smolnet services. What are the NG standards on > pasting code in messages? Do yall prefer I p

Re: new here

2024-08-25 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:23:42 +1200, dn wrote: > Adding a display to the Pico-W is my next project... After that, gyros > (am thinking it may not go so well, on balance... hah!). https://toptechboy.com/two-axis-tilt-meter-displaying-pitch-and-roll- using-an-mpu6050-on-the-raspberry-pi-pico-w/ You

Re: new here

2024-08-25 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:56:54 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > With MicroPython on the Pico, you use some command line utility to > transfer files instead, but it is no big deal. Loading the UF2 is easy. https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/ micropython.html I use VS Code with th

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread dn via Python-list
On 23/08/24 15:43, rbowman via Python-list wrote: On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:36:02 +1200, dn wrote: On 23/08/24 07:49, rbowman via Python-list wrote: On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:40:52 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: The Pico uses MicroPython which is stuck on an old version of Python, unfortunately. How di

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:36:02 +1200, dn wrote: > On 23/08/24 07:49, rbowman via Python-list wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:40:52 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: >> >>> The Pico uses MicroPython which is stuck on an old version of Python, >>> unfortunately. > > How did this enter the conversation/threa

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread dn via Python-list
On 23/08/24 07:49, rbowman via Python-list wrote: On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:40:52 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: The Pico uses MicroPython which is stuck on an old version of Python, unfortunately. How did this enter the conversation/thread? Paul's 'contribution' does not even appear on the Archive..

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:10:00 +0100, Daniel wrote: > If you have lynx, you can visit this gopher interface to Wikipedia: > > gopher://gopherpedia.com Yeah, that works and I could find Hillbilly Elegy (film). The text was fine but the 'Accolades' table was garbled. It came up on the Netflix reco

RE: new here

2024-08-22 Thread AVI GROSS via Python-list
they were a tad tone deaf and did not seem to care if anyone objected. Let's keep this forum going. -Original Message- From: Python-list On Behalf Of Dan Sommers via Python-list Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 4:57 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: new here On 2024-08-20 at

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:40:52 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > The Pico uses MicroPython which is stuck on an old version of Python, > unfortunately. I think it's up to 3.4 in general and erratic past that. It doesn't have the match from 3.10. I don't think it has f-strings though it may have the wal

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread Daniel via Python-list
Jason Friedman writes: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM Daniel via Python-list < > python-list@python.org> wrote: > >> >> An example of use, here's a weather service tied to a finger. Put your >> city name as the user. This isn't mine, but it is inspiring. Example: >> >> finger mi...@graph.no >>

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread Daniel via Python-list
rbowman writes: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:15:37 +0100, Daniel wrote: > >> Lesser used protocols not known by many in the mainstream. Such as: >> >> gopher, gemini, finger, spartan, titan, etc. >> >> An example of use, here's a weather service tied to a finger. Put your >> city name as the user.

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:43:59 +1200, dn wrote: > The OpSys on this machine no longer features finger (available for > installation as an 'extra'). My Ubuntu 22.04 box has it, the Fedora 40 one doesn't. Ubuntu offers to install gopher, Fedora doesn't. Go figure. -- https://mail.python.org/mailma

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:15:37 +0100, Daniel wrote: > Lesser used protocols not known by many in the mainstream. Such as: > > gopher, gemini, finger, spartan, titan, etc. > > An example of use, here's a weather service tied to a finger. Put your > city name as the user. This isn't mine, but it is

Re: new here

2024-08-22 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:04:14 +0100, Daniel wrote: > I am on forums but tend to stay away from them unless I absolutely have > to. I like newsgroups as they are - though I have noticed a massive drop > in users ever since Google dropped their groups service. I also saw a > minor drop in spam. Abso

Re: new here

2024-08-21 Thread Jason Friedman via Python-list
On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM Daniel via Python-list < python-list@python.org> wrote: > > An example of use, here's a weather service tied to a finger. Put your > city name as the user. This isn't mine, but it is inspiring. Example: > > finger mi...@graph.no > > For all options, go to the help f

Re: new here

2024-08-21 Thread dn via Python-list
On 22/08/24 09:15, Daniel via Python-list wrote: rbowman writes: On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:26:39 +0100, Daniel wrote: ... smolnet, as in things like Lesser used protocols not known by many in the mainstream. Such as: gopher, gemini, finger, spartan, titan, etc. An example of use, here's a

Re: new here

2024-08-21 Thread Daniel via Python-list
rbowman writes: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:26:39 +0100, Daniel wrote: > >> New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for >> this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I >> have regarding some smolnet services. What are the NG standards on >> pasting co

Re: new here

2024-08-21 Thread Daniel via Python-list
dn writes: > On 21/08/24 10:26, Daniel via Python-list wrote: >> Hi folks - >> New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for >> this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I >> have regarding some smolnet services. What are the NG standards on >> past

Re: new here

2024-08-21 Thread dn via Python-list
On 21/08/24 10:26, Daniel via Python-list wrote: Hi folks - New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I have regarding some smolnet services. What are the NG standards on pasting code in messages? Do ya

Re: new here

2024-08-21 Thread Dan Sommers via Python-list
On 2024-08-20 at 23:16:48 -0400, AVI GROSS via Python-list wrote: > I do wonder if the people at python.org want multiple forums. There is > also one that sort of tutors people that obviously has an overlapping > but different audience. $ python -m this The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters [...] The

Re: new here

2024-08-20 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:16:48 -0400, avi.e.gross wrote: > I do wonder if the people at python.org want multiple forums. There is > also one that sort of tutors people that obviously has an overlapping > but different audience. https://realpython.com/ That's a mixed bag. Joining is $50 USD/month o

Re: new here

2024-08-20 Thread rbowman via Python-list
On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:26:39 +0100, Daniel wrote: > New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for > this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I > have regarding some smolnet services. What are the NG standards on > pasting code in messages? Do yall p

RE: new here

2024-08-20 Thread AVI GROSS via Python-list
ython-list@python.org Subject: Re: new here On 2024-08-20 23:26, Daniel via Python-list wrote: > Hi folks - > > New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for > this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I > have regarding som

Re: new here

2024-08-20 Thread MRAB via Python-list
On 2024-08-20 23:26, Daniel via Python-list wrote: Hi folks - New here. I've perused some posts and haven't seen a posting FAQ for this NG. I'm learning python right now to realize some hobby goals I have regarding some smolnet services. What are the NG standards on pasting code in messages? Do