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I finally had the opportunity to give pytest a real try (I'm porting tests from ruby to Python), and it's amazing! Waaay better than unittest/nosetests.
I especially liked the parametrization feature, which I think PHPUnit could probably benefit from. Specifically, I like how I could specify two parameters separately, and pytest would automatically create a matrix for all the combinations, whereas in PHPUnit you need to do that manually in the data provider.
#pytest #phpunit
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I'm in the Computer History Museum (and a bunch of my friends are too)!
Life goal: accomplished. ^.^
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One of the projects I've been working on since ~October 2016 is now finally done: we no longer use HTML tidy on Wikimedia sites: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/09/tidy-html5-replacement/
Part of a series on my journalism faculty-led program through Italy and Greece.
It's over. Tonight was our last night on the trip, and we head back to Athens tomorrow. I think I learned a lot more about myself than the skills and knowledge I picked up. I spent some time reflecting by talking to people in person, so I'm not going to write anything up tonight. Goodbye (for now!) ^.^
"Boyz of FLP"
P.S.: My team won in Jeopardy! tonight, $2,600 - $500 - $400 - $200. It was fun.
Part of a series on my journalism faculty-led program through Italy and Greece.
We visited the Kara Tepe and Moria refugee camps over the past two days. The director of Kara Tepe really spoke to me when he started talking about dignity, freedom, and other human rights. I ended up re-reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and some of the background behind it's creation.
I'm still processing the Moria camp, and how to tell its story. There's a slight possibility that we might go back tomorrow, so I'll just post a short snippet from the interview we conducted today with a 23 year old Syrian photojournalism student (basically me, but from a war-torn country and not from immense privilege). One of his friends translated the Arabic to English for us, and I'm paraphrasing the quote.
"Would you rather be at Moria or in Syria?"
"Syria. We're not safe here, we weren't safe there. But at least in Syria we had the freedom to go wherever we wanted and we could see our family."
Salam, Ibrahim.
Part of a series on my journalism faculty-led program through Italy and Greece. Note: I wrote this halfway through day 17, which definitely affected what I'm writing now.
Today was mostly a stay-at-the-hotel-and-work day, so this is another reflection.
For a while now I've felt lost in where I want to go in the future. I have about a year and a little bit more of school, but after that I've been pretty unsure. I don't think I want to become a real journalist, but I've also been contemplating whether I should be continuing at my current job (in a full time capacity). At least one person I talked to on this trip suggested that other work experience outside of Wikimedia would be good for me so I can broaden my horizons and grow as a person, and I think I generally agree with him.
So the main question I've had is, what should I do? I think it's pretty clear that I want to do something that will improve the world and people's lives. I have the privledge to not have to worry that much about money, so I feel the obligation and desire to help other people.
A few people have suggested law school to me, which is pretty appealing. It seems like a lot of problems today need lawyers to fight them, and I've always had a fascination with civil rights litigation. But that requires going through law school, and I don't think I have the patience to wait that long. I want to start improving the world now.
It's funny sometimes how one small event can turn your entire life over. It was pretty dangerous, reckless, stupid, but incredibly fun. I don't think I've had my adrenaline running like that in years.
I didn't say anything to her about what happened, but my mom immediately noticed the difference in my mental state when I talked to her for 30 seconds on the phone.
We talked a lot about values, relationships, and most importantly failure last night. I don't think I've exactly found where I want to go yet, but I feel much better that I've found the right track.
Maylea's picture of the sunrise
