I gave a talk for the SF Python Meetup on lambda expressions:
(If you can't see the slides above, you can see them here.)
(If you can't see the slides above, you can see them here.)
I decided to give Ubuntu 20.04 a try on my 2015 15" MacBook Pro. I didn't actually install it; I just live booted from a USB thumb drive which was enough to try out everything I wanted. In summary, it's not perfect, and issues with my camera would prevent me from switching, but given the right hardware, I think it's a really viable option. The first thing I wanted to try was what would happen if I plugged in a non-HiDPI screen given that my laptop has a HiDPI screen. Without sub-pixel scaling, whatever scale rate I picked for one screen would apply to the other. However, once I turned on sub-pixel scaling, I was able to pick different scale rates for the internal and external displays. That looked ok. I tried plugging in and unplugging multiple times, and it didn't crash. I doubt it'd work with my Thunderbolt display at work, but it worked fine for my HDMI displays at home. I even plugged it into my TV, and it stuck to the 100% scaling I picked for the othe
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I teach a high school Python class and have lately become quite enamored with Python's inclusion of many great ideas from LISP.
I have found that the most natural introduction to anonymous functions comes when we start dealing with event handling in GUIs--whether it be Java or Python. Stephen Ferg (and Fredrik Lundh) were great resources for this topic.