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If I worked for IT and was an linux expert I would do this. But as it stands I'm not dealing with their stuff and can't demand they learn a whole new thing and do a bunch of work. I just walk in and expect all t he computers to work.
And they do this very well.
Can it read and write to text files in the same folder as the code?
Nothing we do is intensive, but I like to show them how to deal with files.
I made the seniors in advanced CS use ONLY terminal for a whole week and got a "thank you" letter from one at college.
"everyone thinks I'm a hacker this is amazing"
Yes, it is that easy I suppose.
What I could use is an app, that is in the "google play store" that you can buy, or is free... with no ads (non-negotiable about the ads, this is for school)
That was kind of an all in one python compiler and text editor.
On mac, python is in the command line and I use "thony" or other IDEs to work with it (or terminal if I want to scare the children)
But what do you do on a got dang chromebook?
I don't need to run big programs. Just turtle and scripts.
If they get it out by June I could try to set it up over the summer for next fall. But it takes time to make these things.
At least IT is now more on my side about not depending on webapps as much. I think they just thought I was being an anti-corporate hippie. Which (to be clear) I WAS. However. I'm also right.
Yup bad.
Trinket.io is shutting down.
I'm kind of bummed. It doesn't seem possible to spin up your own version on a local server so I need to decide what to do for fifth grade python programming by the end of the summer.
The head of IT put me on to trinket... I didn't like that it was an IDE in a browser. But It was clean.
Please don't tell me "just install linux on 300 chromebooks."
That would be nice, but it's not in my control. I could ask IT to add apps to the the chromebooks however.
I mean... it's ... creative?
They are a lovely native species and rather famous for attacking young fire ant queens just to eat them when they fly.
They mostly scavenge but are not above hunting if the getting is good enough.
Also, provided that it was rather warm were they kind of... spastic and moving so much they almost seemed blurry?
This is awesome and kind of creepy also. Thank you.
They look like "sunsprites" or Dorymyrmex bureni
Were they rather tiny and was this in the US, in the south or south west? (I'm doing a wild guess based on their color and shape and... enthusiasm.)
I really thought “reverse Polish notation” was like saying “it’s backwards and in Greek” LAMO
I just assumed dad’s old calculator was a little possessed. That “enter” repeated the operation again explains a lot.
(I mowed a lot of lawns to get away from that backward calculator—)
"You are stressing the police out no wonder they overreact."
I've heard arguments along these lines far too often. It is true that having half a dozen people whip out there phone and start filming is stressful. But when that doesn't happen people are hurt and we never learn their names or what happened.
If you see someone filming police it's supportive and helpful to join them.
If you are in a public space and "a safe distance away" and "not getting in the way" you are following all of the laws when filming openly.
Shockingly even if you are clearly doing all of these things a police officer may react as if you aren't. Be ready for that reaction.
The more people do this the more video there will be so the truth gets out to the public. But, even if the video isn't important it sends a message about your community and expectations.
Practice how you will film and what you will say. It will be a very stressful situation and it's tempting to just try to "be reasonable and talk" you aren't dealing with someone who is reasonable. They want you to stop filming. They may be very angry and emotional and lash out without warning.
This can be shocking if you watch too many TV cop dramas.
You are our eyes and ears. The things you film could vanish forever so don't get drawn in to a back and forth.
"Am I free to leave?" *will* mark you out as an "annoying do-gooder who doesn't like police"
But this could be an improvement on seeming like someone they could trick or trip up more easily.
Prepare to be ignored. Police will try to provoke you so they can arrest you or stop you from filming. Police will hit you unprovoked or try to knock your phone away.
Don't waste time "reasoning" with them. Just get the video so more people can see what they are doing.
When you are filming police try not to talk to them. Avoid:
"Is it OK if I film?" (That isn't up to them.)
"Sorry officer." (You have done nothing wrong don't apologize.)
Try things like.
"I am filming from a safe distance."
If they start yelling at you focus on:
"Am I free to leave?"
Every time I've said this the officer has responded with "shut up" (ok??)
I'm happy to comply with *that* one and keep filming from a safe distance.
Well it's more like "moooom when are you going to get more of those eggs you froze with dad in the oven? We want more sisters!"
