(b)logophile

Here’s an oddity of Python that I stumbled upon, which has turned me off doing anything even remotely complicated with list comprehensions. For those following along at home, fire up your ipython now. In [1]: array = [[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]] In [2]: [ sum(col) for col in array ] Out[2]: [6, 15, 24] So far [...]

When I don’t exercise and sleep enough, I get either jittery and hyperactive or depressed. (Sometimes I get jittery and hyperactive and depressed, which isn’t any more fun.) This is a self-perpetuating condition, since being either jittery and hyperactive or depressed tends to interfere with my sleep and to make me reluctant to exercise. So: [...]

Olga has finished her (second) MSc thesis and sent it to her committee. Of course that’s cause for celebration, and I’m very proud of her. But I wanted to talk about what happened the day she submitted the final copy, which can be summed up thusly: I deleted everything she had written.