Activity of Gary Wright II

    • Gary Wright II
      First Rule of Princess Combat: Never argue with a homely opponent unless you know you can kick their ass. Why??? Because if it escalates into a fight, the ugly person has nothing to lose. #FightSmart
      • Gary Wright II
        Hey fellow #Musicians: the good folks at Steinberg have released a free version of their music notation software (Dorico SE). I haven't used the interface for composing yet, but I'm using it with MIDI and Cubase and it prints BEAUTIFUL sheet...
        • Gary Wright II
          in the group Geek Food
          Python: Equality vs Identity - The == operator compares the value or equality of two objects. The "is" operator checks whether two variables point to the same object in memory. Do know when to use which one?...
          • Gary Wright II
            The Biggest Miscarriages of Justice⚖️ During (Most of) Our Lifetimes: Last Century: "If the glove🧤 don't fit, you must acquit!" This Century: "The GOP Senate don't give a shit💩, so they are going to acquit." Vote ALL of them out of...
            • Gary Wright II
              Wanna know if he's worth a second date???🤔 Just play this Carrie Underwood song during your first date and watch for his reaction: "I dug my key into the side, of his pretty little souped-up four wheel drive, carved my name into his leather...
              • Gary Wright II
                At 2:05 in "Give Your Heart a Break" it sounds like Demi Lovato says "When your lips are on my ass, then our hearts beat as one" or am I just tripping???🤔 https://video.cleverthings.com/video/give-your-heart-a-break-demi-lovato/page/1
                • Gary Wright II
                  in the group Geek Food
                  Geek Food - An easter egg: at a 🐍Python prompt type this: >>> import this and it will display The Zen of Python by Tim Peters. Got any other cool easter eggs or geek tips??? Send them to Gary @ Gary-Wright.com
                  • Gary Wright II
                    This tricky Blender bug has existed for several years, so thankfully there is a fairly easy workaround to fix it.
                    • Gary Wright II
                      in the group Geek Food
                      Geek Food: I use silly memory aids. Example: Python data types - brackets vs. parenthesis L as in List is half a square, and [ is half a square, so a List uses brackets: my_list = [1,2,3] If I said "Yer' Tuple is showing!" you'd guess Tuples...
                      • Gary Wright II
                        Cyberwar: I hope y'all updated ALL of your software in the past week. Have you made data backups? You should have AT LEAST three copies: 1. Local Backup (a different hard drive) 2. Local Secure (in a fire safe) 3. Off-site Secure (in a secure...
                        • Gary Wright II
                          in the group Geek Food
                          Geek Food: In recent years we've gotten distribution package managers to resolve tedious conflicts like "sudo apt upgrade" and even self-updating distros like "conda update conda" - so what's the next step for geeky civilization???🤔 > computer...
                          • Gary Wright II
                            The "Slate of Hate" is back! I just got an email from @tnequality and lots of discriminatory legislation is being introduced (yet again): 1) License to discriminate 2) Trans bathroom 3) Trans athletes The US Senate must pass the...
                            • Gary Wright II
                              Me (writing screenplay): I wonder how far I can push the envelope???🤔 The Universe: A South Park marathon comes on.🤔 Me: Oh, we gonna' burn the damn envelope!!!🔥✉️🔥 <pauses> Me: We'll just have to hire some really good...
                              • Gary Wright II
                                Failed Hollywood Pitches: Me: "A college stoner finds a bag of magical marijuana. It's called: Harry Pothead and the Chamber Pot of Secrets!" Media Exec:"I'm pretty sure JK Rowling would sue for that one! And do you know what a chamber pot is?!
                                • Gary Wright II
                                  Failed Hollywood Pitches: Me: "We'll do a mashup of music🎵, food🍕, & lots of drama🎥! The Hungry American Idol Games. David Archuleta has to arm wrestle RyanSeacrest for a cheeseburger.🍔" Media Executive: "Who the hell is Ryan...
                                  • Gary Wright II
                                    Failed Hollywood Pitches: Me: "It's a series called the Elderly Housewives of Hollywood Hills that follows five retired actors who reside in a nursing home that is wired with cameras🎥!" Media Executive: "Hard pass."🤔
                                    • Gary Wright II
                                      My favorite Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is NetBeans because it has multiple language support (Java, PHP, Javascript, etc.) and is free / open-source.
                                      • Gary Wright II
                                        For doing data science, or working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) the Anaconda distribution is the easiest (and free) way to get started.  In addition to the Python and R programming languages, it has a full suite of...
                                        • Gary Wright II
                                          in the group Geek Food
                                          Geeks: My brain🧠 experiences a stack overflow from time to time, so I'm always grateful to find good programming cheat sheets. Here are some helpful ones for Python, Numpy, Pandas, and R programming🤓: http://www.datasciencefree.com/cheatsheets.html
                                          • Gary Wright II
                                            in the group News & Current Events
                                            The US House of Representatives has just PASSED BOTH Articles of #Impeachment for Donald #Trump: Article #1: 230 to 197 (1 PRES / 3 NV) Article #2: 229 to 198 (1 PRES / 3 NV) Happy #ImpeachmentDay America!!!
                                            • Gary Wright II
                                              in the group News & Current Events
                                              The US House of Representatives has just PASSED the first Articles of #Impeachment for Donald #Trump: Article #1: 230 to 197 (1 PRES / 3 NV) Article #2: (that vote is next!) He is only the third President in history to be #impeached (Nixon resigne
                                              • Gary Wright II
                                                Gary Wright II published a blog post The Impeachment of Donald J. Trump in the group News & Current Events
                                                The Impeachment of United States President Donald J. Trump
                                                • Gary Wright II
                                                  The 658 page House Judiciary Committee Report on the #Impeachment of Donald J. #Trump #impeached ⚖️ #history https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/CRPT-116hrpt346.pdf
                                                  • Gary Wright II
                                                    Development Versions of Blender 3D - These versions have the latest features, but may be unstable. You can help test them and report any bugs. NOTE: You should be careful about using development versions in production projects.
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                                                      Gary Wright II published a blog post A Reason, a Season, and a Lifetime
                                                      People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do.