David Zaslavsky
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David Zaslavsky
@diazona.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy
Software engineer, former particle physicist, occasional blogger. I support the principle of cake.

Posting habits: ~80% #Monsterdon, ~10% #Python/#tech, ~10% […]

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@schwegler I personally have never paid much attention to which tone people use but I'm curious about how it's perceived by others
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
yes yes Yes YEs YES YES YES!!!

PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW

(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Reposted by David Zaslavsky
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@kfdm Ah I see. Yeah, I'd probably just parse the HTML in that case. You could download it once and run a parser locally, and probably have the job done in less time than it would take to find anything like an API.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
@kfdm You mean for getting *user* data? Huh, yeah I haven't seen anyone else want to do that. There are APIs for package data but not for user data AFAIK.

#python
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM