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Actually it is

  from __future__ import braces


There is also:

  from __future__ import print_function
following which you can print output using the Python 3 print() function instead of the Python 2 print statement.

Also see:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7075082/what-is-future-i...

Note that all this is for Python 2.


That's cool! I didn't know about this one.

Also, just to make sure I understand the joke. It's basically just saying that they'll never add braces to the python syntax, right?


I mean, technically braces ARE part of Python syntax. They're used by sets and dictionaries.

But I know what you meant, and yeah...they'll never use braces as block delimiters. IMO, that's a good thing. Whitespace-as-syntax means you're FORCED to have a minimal level of decent code formatting or it doesn't work.


Oh yeah, thanks.

That also makes it more funny. :)


You can remove paywalls on nytimes website by disabling javascript.


I believe sapling uses https://github.com/ezyang/ghstack under the hood for stacked PR.


And of course: http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com and https://perfectmotherfuckingwebsite.com


Really interested if you can go into more detail about multi-stage ranking, compact posting lists and stuff.


Related recent episode of Darknet Diaries about the Predator spyware: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/137/.


And for those interested, another podcast with Nick Patterson, who is mentioned at the beginning of this one: https://robohub.org/talking-machines-ai-safety-and-the-legac...


This episode of corecursive https://corecursive.com/json-vs-xml-douglas-crockford/ makes a nice presentation about the landscape at the time and why it was called javascript.


Yes from 1986 to 1996-99. It is legal since then.

Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiffrement#En_France (in french)


French Republic v. Math


Ah, thanks


I believe OpenAI is for profit since 2019 now. See https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/11/openai-shifts-from-nonprof...


ok, so?

The mentioned things are strategic blunders if their goal is to maximise profit (maybe). If they have some other goal, they might not be blunders. In fact they might be on track with what they want to achieve.

The legal form of the corporate structure is not the deciding factor here. What are their goals is.


They are acting as if they want to be acquired. Publishing results and making a splash with your technology is a good way to get acquired.


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