Programming Megathread

[SubDaWoofer]

too lazy to look up what keybase is what is it

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[Foxscotch]

too lazy to look up what keybase is what is it

here, now you don't have to look anything up :)
https://keybase.io/

[Pecon]

too lazy to look up what keybase is what is it

It links to and verifies cryptographic proofs on profiles you link to it, and it hosts your pgp public key.

Their homepage is actually surprisingly unhelpful at explaining what it does.

[SubDaWoofer]

It links to and verifies cryptographic proofs on profiles you link to it, and it hosts your pgp public key.

Their homepage is actually surprisingly unhelpful at explaining what it does.

i have no idea what that means since im not a person that knows what cryptography is but gimme anyways

[Ipquarx]

i have no idea what that means since im not a person that knows what cryptography is but gimme anyways

basically people can send you stuff that only you can decode, and you can "sign" stuff to verify that a message actually does come from you and not someone else

[SubDaWoofer]

basically people can send you stuff that only you can decode, and you can "sign" stuff to verify that a message actually does come from you and not someone else

ohhhhhh neat

[SubDaWoofer]

I asked for a keybase key, where is it?

[Foxscotch]

I asked for a keybase key, where is it?

impatient

anyway I don't know if I really like it. the desktop app is flaky, and with my internet, connecting to the site every time to decrypt or encrypt gets old fast.......
seems mostly pointless as well, when you could just have a link to your public key on all your profiles

[Pecon]

seems mostly pointless as well, when you could just have a link to your public key on all your profiles

Yeah kinda this. The only reason I kinda like keybase is because now I have a bunch keys from people who before hadn't posted their keys anywhere.

[devildogelite]

My beautiful abomination of a levenshtein distance calculator is complete!

[th3coolst3r]

so, im new to programming and i want to know a fast and easy way to learn python that is hopefully free, thanks

[Foxscotch]

so, im new to programming and i want to know a fast and easy way to learn python that is hopefully free, thanks

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html

[PurpleMetro]

so, im new to programming and i want to know a fast and easy way to learn python that is hopefully free, thanks

https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python/

[Foxscotch]

https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/

fixed

[AndroFox]

so, im new to programming and i want to know a fast and easy way to learn python that is hopefully free, thanks

I don't think there's a "fast" way