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Sharif Naas

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Still on the #PyConUS 2026 high.

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On sabbatical. 🏖🧑‍💻

#python #openstreetmap / #GoGame #baduk #weiqi / #Quoridor #chess / #WillAddMoreLater

Conferences: Previously at North Bay Python 2025 (#NBPy), #PyConUS 2025, #DjangoConUS 2025, #PyBay 2025, North Bay Python 2026 (#NBPy), and #PyConUS 2026. Planning to attend #DjangoConUS 2026 in Chicago! Also maybe others before that.

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Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 07, 2026

Replying to @pixelpusher220@dmv.community

@pixelpusher220@dmv.community I once had to go looking for a pipe in a random place (and I found one!) to slide onto my wrench to extend the lever enough to loosen a lug nut. It probably didn't need to be 8 feet long*, but it still took some push.

It was actually ~10 feet long, but I can't reach that high.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 06, 2026

"""
... regarding the amount of time you've committed to volunteer at PyCon US 2026

Our records show that you're signed up for 1 days 2 hours of volunteer sessions.

We appreciate your excitement, but would like to ask you to consider limiting your volunteer time to seven hours total so that you can enjoy the conference and allow for others to participate as volunteers.

You can ... consider opting-out of a few, unless you are diehard to participate in each and every one.

"""

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Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 05, 2026

Replying to @thebaywindowgirl@toot.wales

@thebaywindowgirl@toot.wales @suearcher@toot.wales 😍

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 05, 2026

Replying to @MaggieFero@hachyderm.io

@MaggieFero@hachyderm.io Woo!! I might have been the last person to ask you _~at_ #NBPy (as you were going to your room Sunday night), so I'll take full straw-on-the-camel credit, you're welcome everybody.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 05, 2026

Replying to @sharif@fosstodon.org

@karen@floss.social By the way, you've lived rent-free in my head as the cyborg lawyer for 15+ years, and I've followed your work from afar during that time. Thanks for all you do!

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 05, 2026

Replying to @karen@floss.social

@karen@floss.social Nice! I wish more people would be aware of websites as an option, and use them. I also don't use apps for any of those things — I've done them all recently besides the chess tournaments. I do use open source map/GPS apps like CoMaps, which use #openstreetmaps data. Bank websites are often an option, too, though I understand that's harder in some places. Websites over proprietary apps. Spread the good word!

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 04, 2026

Replying to @evacide@hachyderm.io

@evacide 707! VJO! #vallejo

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 02, 2026

Replying to @phildini@wandering.shop

@phildini@wandering.shop This is definitely the general idea I was having. But also, all the lobbies. Because there's more of us than there are of places to sit in any single lobby.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @sethmlarson@mastodon.social

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social Would love a ready-to-use build for non-Google Android devices, if that hasn't been brought up already. Considered following the PWA instructions in the repo last year but didn't get around to it.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Apr 26, 2026

"Every interaction with another human is an opportunity to change their life." — @kattni@kattstodon.com #nbpy

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Apr 26, 2026

We're at Brewster's. Back right corner. #nbpy

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Apr 09, 2026

Replying to @kaflurbaleen@mastodon.social

@kaflurbaleen "Hi, this is where I get tail tats, right?"

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 31, 2026

Replying to @villares@ciberlandia.pt

@villares Did they mean PaymentTypeEnum.BLANK_CHECK?

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 23, 2026

Replying to @johnl@mastodon.social

@johnl@mastodon.social Baaaalancing.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @mariatta@fosstodon.org

@mariatta @treyhunner @pythonbynight @pycascades Like this if you wish you were there! #pycascades

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 20, 2026

Replying to @brianstorms@mastodon.social

@brianstorms Can confirm. 👎👎 It was one or two shots. I tried to head-canon that he took them off and put then back on, but I don't think so. 😆

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 20, 2026

Replying to @brianstorms@mastodon.social

@brianstorms Ah, I see. I'll keep an eye out and let you know in a few hours. 😉

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 20, 2026

Replying to @brianstorms@mastodon.social

@brianstorms I see glasses in both of these images.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @404mediaco@mastodon.social

@404mediaco@mastodon.social Not quite, it seems? Still not looking too hot. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/meta-decides-not-to-shut-down-horizon-worlds-on-vr-after-all/

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org

@internetarchive @eff Also previously on @twit https://mastodon.social/@TWiT/116252914801740835

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @pfmoore@mastodon.social

@pfmoore@mastodon.social @simontatham@hachyderm.io https://xkcd.com/1319/

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 13, 2026

Replying to @isol@mastodon.au

@isol@mastodon.au @pseudonym@mastodon.online @tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one @randahl@mastodon.social Sounds like a roll of the dice, unless they're AI-controlled.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Mar 13, 2026

Replying to @pseudonym@mastodon.online

@pseudonym@mastodon.online @tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one @randahl@mastodon.social No, no, that wouldn't work. You'd have to do wireless power transmission. You'd only get a tiny, tiny fraction of the produced power. Completely impractical.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · Sep 08, 2025

Replying to @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social Thanks, I was thinking the same thing. Possibly the worst thing they did is prove the concept even more.

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 13, 2025

Replying to @bentsai@social.lol

@bentsai@social.lol I once received some DHTML-powered multimedia content on an interactive CD-ROM!

Sharif Naas @sharif@fosstodon.org · May 03, 2025

Replying to @maxleibman@beige.party

@maxleibman@beige.party But yes, please, let me split this $18.52 purchase into four interest-free payments.

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