The official visuals of Ukrainians blocking Africans from getting on trains. #AfricansinUkraine pic.twitter.com/hJYpM3LY0A — Damilare (Deechi) (@DamilareArah) February 26, 2022 I saw this tweet today and naturally it got me thinking about how racism in our society is constantly perpetuated in all spheres of our modern world. People are very good at othering others. We …
Monthly Archives: February 2022
Peace is a policy choice
Today saw the launching of the largest war in Europe since 1945. We must keep track of why there was so much peace in Europe over the last 77 years. It wasn’t because the leaders of Europe were all angels, some of them (particularly Stalin) were truly terrible people. It was because there was a …
Experience is complicated
There is a tendency in technology nowadays to require x years of experience in some technology in order to get a job when you start out. I am fortunately past that stage myself, and have observed why the current conventional wisdom is foolish, and we need to move to a different hiring paradigm. Let’s say …
Common Python pitfalls
Here are mistakes I have observed which lead to broken code. Python is not Java, C, or C++ and needs to be treated as its own language. Treating it with the same syntax is a sure fire way to make broken code. Java and Python are both object-oriented languages. French and Italian are both Romance …