<p>I&#39;ll be playing some Isonzo over at <a href="https://cast.samsai.eu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cast.samsai.eu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> in about 15 minutes. There&#39;s a new expansion with a new level, so let&#39;s see how it plays. See you in the chat!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> i mean i sure as hell would be still manufacturing things</p><p>the amount of materials in relatively accessible stocks is absurd. i could get STM32s from washing machines until i grow frail from old age</p>

<p>I live in a funny household where I have to teach my teenager modern memes, not the other way around.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@rmd1023" class="u-url mention">@<span>rmd1023</span></a></span> </p><p>I got that feeling as well. I&#39;m glad he has reconsidered.</p><p>Reading over his blog on Python features &amp; changes over the years since he published 5e, he also sounds somewhat jaded/grumpy about how the language has progressed. </p><p><a href="https://learning-python.com/python-changes-2014-plus.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">learning-python.com/python-cha</span><span class="invisible">nges-2014-plus.html</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sgillies" class="u-url mention">@<span>sgillies</span></a></span> I had my horns (including the one I played in grade school). But, I went out and bought myself a new horn anyways. I figured why not?!</p>

<p>The vendor is willing to waste more time of their employees than you do of your own. It has no &#39;code of ethics&#39; or considerations for its own future. _In a fair fight it will win._</p><p>1. DON&#39;T FIGHT A VENDOR<br />2. USE YOUR BRAIN<br />3. USE DRUGS</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> Had you kept your trombone? I&#39;m without a horn these days. I suppose I could rent like a middle school kid does.</p>

<p>Anyways, if you played band in high school, it&#39;s never too late to take it up again. There&#39;s probably some community band nearby you can join. You&#39;ll probably find that your playing comes back a lot faster than you think. I hadn&#39;t played in like 25 years when I started again.</p>

<p>Just realized I&#39;ve been playing trombone for about seven years now (I restarted when my kids started to play in grade school). Seven years is same time I spent in graduate school so that puts a weird kind of perspective on it.</p><p>In an escalating world of AI hell, I must admit that trombone is a nice escape. If it&#39;s going to sound good, it&#39;s all on you.</p>