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1. 31.▲
   by nslocum 13y ago

   You're correct. Further, there are some odd quirks because of the way Python caches small Integers for efficiency. > 2 + 2 is 4 True > 1000 + 1 is 1001 False
2. 32.▲
   by nslocum 13y ago

   In the Wrapping Up section, there are some very interesting points that weren't covered in the article. - Why is "list += seq" not the same as "list = list + seq"? - Why is "is" different than "
3. 33.▲
   by nslocum 13y ago

   "Trust, but verify" It would be foolish for a country to blindly trust bureaucrats from other nations, even allies. That's why it's common for friendly nations to do extensive spying on each other. Any government who did
4. 34.▲
   by nslocum 13y ago

   The NSA isn't focused exclusively on terrorism. It has ~40k employees who work on a wide range of areas, drug cartels, human trafficking, money laundering, counter intelligence, espionage, and hundreds of others. It's mighty presu
5. 35.▲
   by nslocum 13y ago

   As a big fan of the Economist, I'm surprised they didn't catch the typo in the name of the project they're reporting on. "Digitial Media Initiative (DMI)" Especially since a rudimentary spell-checker would have caug
6. 36.▲
   by nslocum 14y ago

   One of those repos was mine. :( Fortunately it was a fresh Rails app without anything important. However, it does make me rethink the security of storing my code on github.