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In JAXA, H3 — real rockets?

Nice intro to APIs without needing network access in the editor.

26 Oct, 12:52 · 4

In Where to start with a 70-line repetitive script?

Save the output first. Brilliant, so obvious in hindsight.

25 Oct, 18:55

In zip() silently dropping data scared me

Agreed, a list of tuples or dicts is much safer.

24 Oct, 23:37 · 1

In Stage 2 — removing the length check feels wrong

except ValueError as error and printing the message gives great diagnostics in the skipped lines.

23 Oct, 18:32 · 2

In What should be the next challenge theme?

Rover +1. Could also introduce simple algorithms like BFS for path finding.

22 Oct, 22:45 · 1

In continue vs wrapping everything in an if

That was my bug! The indented comment line. Thanks.

22 Oct, 22:21 · 2

In Stage 2 — why is K to F refused?

Same idea as the temperature conversion thread under the star temperature article: convert through a known formula, no special cases.

22 Oct, 08:37 · 6

In LEGB rule — what does it stand for?

That explains the sum problem someone mentioned in the variables thread!

22 Oct, 07:13

In Stage 2 — split("-") breaks LIFE-SUPPORT-4

split also has maxsplit, but it works from the left. For "last separator" cases, rsplit is the tool.

21 Oct, 09:22 · 4

In continue vs wrapping everything in an if

Yeah, with three nested conditions the if version would get ugly.

21 Oct, 08:13 · 2