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Setting expectations for open source participation (2018)

(If you would prefer to watch a 30 minute talk on this same content, you can watch my Python US 2018 keynote [https://youtu.be/tzFWz5fiVKU?t=48m55s]) Who am I? [1] To start, I want to provide my bonafides so you know I'm not some crank spouting some armchair

For example, an article once reached the front page of Hacker News which started off by saying the author liked Python ... but then they proceeded to point out all the "stupid" and "dumb" parts of the language (most of which, by the way, were because of backwards-compatibility). (When confronted with the fact that he was being unnecessarily negative, the author claimed he didn't expect the article to be widely shared; the internet is public, so always assume the entire world will read what you post, especially by the people who will take the greatest offense.) Some work has shown that if you don't have a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative interactions with your spouse when arguing you're heading towards divorce due to the mental toll arguments end up having on you.

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