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One of my neighbours had one in the 70's - I used to covet it.
Later in the 70's some friends and I used the front end of one as the basis for a small school-designed car (using the back end of a Fiat 500).
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Well,
I can't for the life of me figure out why the Python language is dominating the data sciences. I would love to use some of the models on this site[^], specifically the RoBERTa large model[^] but it seems like data scientists are married to the Python language. PyTorch has it's own file format[^].
I really want to test with those models. But I will have to figure out how to convert it into something I can read.
Anyone have experience with this?
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Nope. Well, if MIT is teaching Python to non-programmers, that can explain a lot.
Python is a glue language, it has little power of its own.
Any advanced stuff it does is likely implemented in C++ or something and then simply imported.
Something along the lines of:
import DataModeling
DataModeling.Run()
Someone developed the hammer in a "real" language; Python just swings it.
See also the recent discussions of PowerShell and low-code.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Someone developed the hammer in a "real" language; Python just swings it.
That's the best description of Python I've ever read! 
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Maybe they are all using numpy which is really POwerful.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
modified 18-Nov-21 16:20pm.
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Hmmmm,
Maximilien wrote: Maybe they are all using numpy which is really werful.
I know what NumPy is but what is "werful"? Or is that a typo.
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powerful.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Here's a linkedin job posting from Home Depot for a
Senior Software Engineer Instructor (Remote)[^]
This seems like a really odd match.
Why wouldn't Home Depot just sign its employees up for PluralSight?
modified 18-Nov-21 10:47am.
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Or out-source their development?
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That link is leaking someones (presumably your) name. I clicked and was asked to sign in with R*** D*** as my suggested identity.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Thank you. I fixed the link. 
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Can you provide your linked in password please Roger?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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I fixed the link. Thanks for mentioning that.
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From what I know, most consumer goods shops like Walmart, Lowes, Target have large IT departments, and they have reasonably big software offices in India. Most probably, this Pluralsight subscription is for those employees. HomeDepot is similar.
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OK: Pulp Fiction was an excellent movie, and chock-full of quotable moments:
"I'ma get Medieval on your ass"
"I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?"
"'I love you, Pumpkin.' "'I love you, Honey Bunny' 'All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery!' 'Any of you [REDACTED] [REDACTED]s move, and I’ll execute every [REDACTED] last one of ya!!'
"Aw, man. I shot Marvin in the face"
"Did you notice a sign out in front of my house that said 'Dead [REDACTED] storage?"
And OK, Tarantino is selling digital snippets (as one-of-a-kind items). Maybe. For loads of money.
Quentin Tarantino is selling Pulp Fiction all over again – this time as art | Film | The Guardian[^]
But apparently, blockchains are involved, and Fungibles, and ... I know less after reading that article than I did before I started ... I'm too old for this [REDACTED]. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In related news...
The Insider News[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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And MiraMax is suing Quentin for it: [^]
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Well, i am sure i am not grinding like my esteemed colleague Honey The CodeWitch, but, i can say:
Using the current Visual Studio 2022 is much smoother than expected; there is a problem using the latest ReSharper in terms of intellisense, but Rx for 2022 is still in progress. Some slow load times for opening various views: obviously they defer loading until demand requires it.
No complaints, for once 
i just spent a whole day solving a geometry problem ... turns out geometry per se was not the problem the problem was an inconsistency in the definitions of Microsoft built-in geometric functions: some of them expect angle values in radians, others, like RotateAt, expect degrees. yikes !
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Good job Bill!
Sometimes you will have to tell us too what you are secretly cooking in your underground volcano lair!
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Grinded meatballs of course!
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More likely grinded coffee
Dark roast preferred
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cloudy, with a chance of meatballs!
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... they are handy for quick pasta and curry meals.
But ... these proudly bear a sticker that ... um ... worries me a little: Free From Food Awards[^]
Is it just me that reads it like that?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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