Re: [Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Devin Jeanpierre
FWIW I am an operator on the channel, so, obviously biased. (ssbr) On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 01:04:55PM -0700, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: >> If you want python help "live", try the #python IRC channel at >> irc.freenode.net >> >> You'll need t

Re: [Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Hi Emma, As well as everything else others have said, remember that we're scattered all over the world, so you can ask a question at any time of the day or night and chances are good that *someone* will read it soon. When you joined this mailing list, you had a choice of whether to receive in

Re: [Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 01:04:55PM -0700, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > If you want python help "live", try the #python IRC channel at > irc.freenode.net > > You'll need to register a nick though, see > https://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup Ouch! #python is not very friendly to beginners. (Or an

Re: [Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Devin Jeanpierre
If you want python help "live", try the #python IRC channel at irc.freenode.net You'll need to register a nick though, see https://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup -- Devin On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Emma Soules wrote: > > > ___ > Tutor maillist

Re: [Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Danny Yoo
Hi Emma, You can think of the mailing list as a public community forum. You may, in fact, see other questions and messages that aren't related to your particular question. If you see a question that you think you can answer, feel free to contribute. We try to keep the signal-to-noise ratio as h

Re: [Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Alan Gauld
On 26/05/14 16:40, Emma Soules wrote: ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor This is a mailing list, so you send emails to it with questions and the people

[Tutor] How does this work? Is there anyway to receive live Python help?

2014-05-26 Thread Emma Soules
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