Australia: Controversial Aid Program for Aborigines
Completely crazy, the people down under ...
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.
Archive 9. December 2004
Bundeswehr: Struck reports new abuse cases
Just isolated cases. We have no systemic problem. Move along. There's nothing to see here.
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.
Torture threat: Prosecutor demands fine for Daschner
And Pandora's box is open.
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD I found the original article.
Galactic Baby at Our Cosmic Doorstep
Oh my goodness, aren't you just sooooooo sweet
At heise online news you can find the original article.
IPython - An enhanced Interactive Python
I had already written something about this earlier, but I've only been using it more intensively now. I have to say, the whole thing has developed tremendously. With a few settings in the system and in IPython, the whole system behaves almost as comfortably as a Lisp system prompt.
The integration of display system (on OS X it's recommended to set LESS to '-R' so that color information is evaluated) and editor (of course using VIM is recommended, but it also works quite well with the bbedit command line tool) allows you to work very nicely with the Python shell. On one hand, you don't have to constantly step out to quickly look at files or change a file, and on the other hand, you really get useful information with exceptions (the automatic activation of the debugger helps here).
Automatic deep-reloading too — that is, reloading a modified module while updating the contained references — helps tremendously, since you can finally edit the files directly and test them immediately without having to exit Python every time. Existing references to objects from classes that are in the modified file of course have to be rebuilt as well, since they still reference the old class.
All in all: highly recommended.
Logix Home
A very interesting project: building a language with a far more Lisp-like structure on top of the normal Python runtime. Compiles to the same bytecode as Python. Can be mixed with Python and also supports IPython as a shell.
With Logix, for example, the boundary between statement and expression finally falls away: in Logix everything is expressions. Lambda expressions that execute multiple commands and conditional expressions without detours through boolean expressions become possible.
There are also macros. The definition looks somewhat wild, but all the mechanisms seem to be there as they are also common in Common Lisp. So not just syntactic sugar, but real code-generating macros.
Of course everything is still alpha at the moment, but it already sounds very interesting. I'll keep watching this, it could definitely be interesting for me. Especially because I can mix it with Python.
Packages and small packages are becoming more expensive
It's logical, really. When the service gets worse (because more and more postal offices are being closed), you have to raise prices. Always so counter-cyclical.
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.
Sensation in Münster: Mammal Discovered
Monogame Guinea Pigs. Strange. I haven't quite given up hope on discovering the Honest Politician. Maybe that one can be found behind some tree stump in Bolivia too.
At WDR.de there's the original article.
Mediation Committee: Stiegler threatens to go it alone
Hello Mr. Stiegler? Yes, the Union is annoying with their fussing about seat distribution. Yes, the Karlsruhe ruling is frustrating for you. But please think about this: these are our highest constitutional judges. When they hand down a ruling, one shouldn't respond by essentially giving the court the finger with everything one says. No, because a ruling from the Federal Constitutional Court doesn't suit you is not sufficient reason to simply change the Bundestag's rules of procedure just like that. The whole thing sounds pretty absurd. So into the appropriate category ...
At tagesschau.de - The news from ARD you can find the original article.
xmltramp: Make XML documents easily accessible. - small compact XML parser and generator library for Python - nicely integrated into the syntax