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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by josefx on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:17AM (#25844645)
Given that python versions are incompatible by design you should probably explicitly refer to the version your code supports. At least that is my takeaway from this mess.
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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by stretchcat on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:41AM (#25844812)
This whole situation is a bad trap for novices, given how many tutorials, class slides, etc ask students to copy/paste various invocations of pip and python that may or may not work verbatim on their distro.
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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by moistbar on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @04:22PM (#25852159)
Breaking stuff is the first step towards learning to fix stuff.
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