Subj : ai sucks
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Mon May 22 2023 12:32 pm

Hello Maurice!

21 May 2023 16:21, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

MK> Hey Benny!

BP>> i will wait until 4k*4 got standard

MK> 16k?  Given the cost of an 8k I seriously doubt it will be worth it no
MK> matter how many stars it can render.  Besides you'll be no closer than
MK> you are with 4k given the 'infinite' number of them in comparison.

if its solar powered its not so expendsive in long run, but it can be when to bay it surre

BP>> i just currently fiddle with python versions, now 3.11 is std,
BP>> and all old versions dependice need to go

MK> So far all I have that requires python2 is seamonkey.

pyhon plugins in ?

MK> Everything else
MK> has either been abandoned or hacked where needed, although at the
MK> moment I can only think of one app that requires messing with the
MK> version (gpsd) and I don't actually use it that much, mostly testing
MK> ideas.

ideas is okay, just like Dolly Parton thinks about portatoes :)

MK> I can live without it.

+1

MK>  :r !python --version
MK> Python 2.7.18

MK>  :r !python3 --version
MK> Python 3.11.3

MK> As far as I am personally concerned, I see no need for either.

and you develop ?

MK>  Near as I can tell it's a hacking tool for Windows types.

windows is a precompiled problem that do not need python :)

MK> Also none of the
MK> fidonet stuff requires any version of python that I am aware of.

there is good tools donw in python for fidonet, but some of them dies when python versions is upgraded, this force python to not be upgraded to keep it running, sadly this is where i am.... gentoo

MK> I
MK> have seen at least one BBS that is python based but haven't heard
MK> about it in around a decade now.

i had a partly fidobbs with nearly all i sql, beginned make php code to the sql, after the developper got it from my UMS amiga system he admit linux could not handle it, basicly thunderbird for everyting, including fidonet :)

MK> What do you use python for?

all, gentoo needs python, there is no gentoo without python

its a mess for me right now


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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