For the "am I crazy" moments with Cython

NB it isn't necessarily a good idea to do something like x = str(x) in Cython.

Keep things with their types associated with variables unchanged, or incomprehensible TypeErrors might keenly jump to help you get your well deserved early dementia.

Pair programming - the untold truth

It probably is the best alibi to cover for the unstoppable urge of talking to yourself while programming. Well, though - just given that - you aren't necessarily crazy :)

Having throughly studied about 1% of a very prestiguous article, I conclude

"deep, transcendental"

"could actually be a sign of high cognitive functioning"

"might reflect the reality of a genius"

Calm down, that's all we are folks, even if pair programming with an invisible rubber duck at home. Makes sense.

Without much ado: Bash vs. local variables

Primarily because I didn't read it. But isn't it biiig?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/121101/bash-script-and-local-env-variable-namespace-collision

I Just Love Bash. Sub-zero % irony, Bash conquers all.

We just look good together

 

THIS MUST BE LOVE

And the text editors ... well, they, too

Of course the more advanced/popular text editors for programmers didn't stand a chance when audited for security in 2018.

https://threatpost.com/researchers-show-how-popular-text-editors-can-be-attacked-via-third-party-plugins/130559/

But did anything really change since then? Maybe I just don't to know :)

Multiprocessing Cython easily says Hi on Windows too only in a subtly different way

6 processes vs. 4 cores

GGGeeeennnneeeerrrraaaattttiiiinnnngggg    ccccooooddddeeee

lol ;)

 

Very useful stuff: restart the Gnome Shell

So there indeed are problems with processes that have names strikingly resemlant of the name of Gnome Shell (i.e. gnome-shell).

Alt+F2 + restart feels like just the thing that is going to save my day (or night ... long live lockdown & roll :)) ).
(from https://askubuntu.com/questions/100226/how-to-restart-gnome-shell-from-command-line)

Might be worth adding that I was suspecting an overheating CPU (that I thought to have fixed so was feeling a bit embarrassed) as well as sneakily running virtualboxes even, so I was experiencing more than just a tiny slowdown... fine now. Great.

 

Harder than usual 2: even harder ...

Always reassure yourself to feel that you're so much better than the other equally and also legitimately disappointed people. Here I go. Indeed, FOSS/FOSS-dependent security is a bit err...

"More notable is the continued widespread use of aging or abandoned open source components, with 91% of the codebases containing components that either were more than four years out of date or had seen no development activity in the last two years."

"75% of audited codebases containing open source components with known security vulnerabilities, up from 60% the previous year." 

These are 2020 stats.

If anyone ever liked to face reality, this would be the love of their life for them ;) and yet, unfortunately ... no one, ever. :D