<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya" class="u-url mention">@<span>neuronakaya</span></a></span><br />Wow, this is a good point for trolling those who bring up stuff like TFR etc.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> Desi version of this</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbU1zYzD-Tw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fbU1zYzD-T</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> It&#39;s a very warm fall here in the Toronto area, but the colours are pretty amazing this year.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> This one&#39;s from south-west Germany!</p>

<p>WTF kind of spam is this? (Of course, it could be not-spam and someone who accidentally emailed me…which is arguably more disturbing.)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pynews.com.br/@melissawm" class="u-url mention">@<span>melissawm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@khinsen" class="u-url mention">@<span>khinsen</span></a></span> I came to Python because I felt like it gave me freedom and agency. No idea if newcomers share those feelings now.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@GeorgWeissenbacher" class="u-url mention">@<span>GeorgWeissenbacher</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/@fabianm" class="u-url mention">@<span>fabianm</span></a></span> Ah, no, I&#39;m good, thanks! No need to call. I assume I am not liable. The form is just confusing, and I wanted to make sure it hadn&#39;t gotten mistranslated.</p>

<p>Whoever becomes the next president of USA, it&#39;s a lose-lose situation. China will still eventually surpass USA in economy. America is cornered. It was the dominant country in 20th century but not in this 21st century. You should still vote, I guess. It&#39;s your right. 🤷🏻‍♀️</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@khinsen" class="u-url mention">@<span>khinsen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> yeah, this is very easily observed in young people who are used to being passive consumers of technology (i.e. spend all they on their phones but don&#39;t seem to understand the basic processes that make it work). I think it&#39;s very hard to fight against the curiosity-killing aspects of modern technology with black-box algorithms and a default dismissal of open source/free software tools in favor of walled gardens. But I agree that we should not be seeing this in scientific circles.</p>