• Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Half of the plots of the Wizard books are about what happens when someone ignores that advice and does start poking at things better left alone. Wizards are only human after all, and the magical equivalent of a “don’t touch; wet paint” sign leaves them so very tempted.

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      3 days ago

      Ridcully would see a wet paint sign, take it down, touch the paint, then demand the Bursar to do something about “all the messes they keep leaving around here.”

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        2 days ago

        Hello, can I suggest the package code for LXML? I once wondered why the fuck etree.tostring() returned a bytes object instead of a fucking string and made the mistake of diving into the function. Never again. That library is cursed script condensed from the haunted cries of forgotten pharaohs and inscribed in the blood of a newborn foal onto an ancient ash tree under Venus’ vexatious gaze.