Looking at https://za.pycon.org/pages/speaking/how_to_apply/ #PyCon #PyConAfrica2025 and hoping that someday I will also have freedom to travel.
Keynote announcement for PyCon Finland 2025: "Muuttolintujen Kevät - Automatic Bird Sound Classifier" by Patrik Lauha from the University of Helsinki!
Discover how an innovative convolutional neural network, trained in Python with TensorFlow, identifies vocalisations from 263 Finnish bird species, using over 14 million recordings containing 37 million bird observations collected by citizen scientists.
https://2025.ploneconf.org/news/keynote-muuttolintujen-kevat-automatic-bird-sound-classifier
Having lunch at a wonderful private terrace at Savoi Regency Hotel Bologna with @caleb. Look up from the pool area and come join us! #PyCon #PyConIT #PyConItalia #PyConIT2025 @pycon @paulox
In case you’ve missed it, we’ve made some big announcements recently:
PyCon Ireland has a new home! PyCon Ireland will be taking place in the gorgeous O’Reilly Hall, in University College Dublin Nov 15&16th!
We’ve opened our Call for Sponsors, get in touch if you’d like to be a sponsor:
https://python.ie/pycon-2025/call-for-sponsors/
It's the last week to get your early bird ticket for PyCon Finland for only 80 €! After 31st May 2025, they go up to 100 €.
Get your ticket today from http://fi.pycon.org
PyCon was lots of fun! The slides for my talk on processing large JSON files without running out of memory:
https://pythonspeed.com/pycon2025/slides/
Looking forward to videos getting posted so I can watch all the talks I ended up missing due to scheduling conflicts/practicing my talk/getting lost/meeting someone in the hallway.
Y'all shouldn't allow me to be stimulated by #Python, friends, & amazing talks for 3 days straight. It gets gears moving too much, and then I become an idea faerie, and nobody really likes those too much.
Anyway...
Why don't we see #art contests or galleries at #PyConUS (& other #PyCon conferences)?
There are SO MANY amazing #Artists in the #Python community, and a screen intended for slideshows (or even a poster) does not really give them an effective way to share what they've created.
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What an unforgettable time at #PyConUS 2025!
We loved connecting with #PyLadies from around the world!
PyLadies Lunch
PyLadies Auction
@georgically announcing PyLadiesCon 2025
@mariatta Unveiling our new open-source project
So grateful to share this journey with you all!
Loved the keynote by @drkariljordan, Executive Director at @thecarpentries, today at #PyConUS! It was awesome to hear about the instructors and individuals that have made use of #Python to make an impact.
Some of the people called out directly include @aflaxman, @fgazzelloni, and @marijane (the others couldn't be located on Mastodon).
May as well throw this query out to the fediverse.
I am looking for *concrete examples* of code that works correctly when interpreted by Python 2.7 but *silently produces incorrect output* when interpreted by Python 3.x. I encountered such a thing about 10 years ago but didn't save it and have been unable to reconstruct it.
All examples are good, but examples that produce output from which it's difficult or impossible to recover the correct output are better.
@jacob totally agree.
I understand them not being able to change it for 2025, but if they really want to show that they care, and all the talk about diversity and inclusion isn't just empty talk when it's convenient, they should really change it to another country for 2026 #pycon #pyconus #psf #python
Have you ever been annoyed by some Python code not stopping immediately when you press control-C? It's a common problem in scientific computing because of bugs in many of the compiled-code "extension modules" that accelerate this use of Python.
I gave a talk today at #PyCon about what needs to happen to get those bugs fixed. I'm told a video will be available within a few days, but already you can see my slides and detailed notes at <https://research.owlfolio.org/pubs/2025-pyext-ctrlc-talk/>.
I attest that this will be a good talk. Come verify!
Whoever created this, thank you. This captures the energy of open source perfectly. If you see a problem you can be the one to fix it, and that's amazing!
Learning about bees from @dmirth (where is @freakboy3742?)