(Assuming I’m getting my timezone conversion right,) Monday or Tuesday would be my top pick. We’ve tentatively scheduled some Science Pipelines planning meetings for Wednesdays & Fridays at this time (not every week, but would be an occasional clash) and a DRP standup for Thursdays.
Though I clearly do not need to improve my programming abilities since I’m already perfect, I’ll join in because why not. @jsick: sounds like you’re definitely recommending Effective Python for those with more background?
That’s because it’s your own posting. You can’t like yourself 
The two books are different animals. Effective Python is good but it’s short and to the point. Fluent Python is a whole level above Effective Python in terms of breadth and depth. It also is not trying to teach you python. Both books are teaching you to think in a pythonic way and to use the language features.
But I have been assured we live in a narcissistic age!!
Could I have fixed Frossie’s link? I couldn’t figure out how.
I can edit any(?) post by clicking on the pencil icon underneath them (see screenshot). I assume that’s because I have special T/CAM powers, so you probably can too but others can’t.
Yes, a while back I sent a memo to all T/CAMs giving you Admin+Moderator privileges, ostensibly so that you could ensure your team are in the LSSTDM group until we had a more automated system to back that up.
Now that Frossie’s original post is a wiki, anyone Level 1+ can edit it.
I got this when trying to add my name to Frossie’s post:
“Sorry, you can only mention 10 users in a post.”
oh, good point 
I’ll turn them into regular names not mentions.
… done. This is probably for the best since it’ll reduce unnecessary notification noise since we’re not actually ‘at’-ing a person to talk to them.
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Ah. I see now. I had to click the … icon to see the pencil. Thanks.
@frossie It sounds like the sims group here at UW would also like to participate (Lynne, Scott, Peter, Rahul, and Bryce). That brings us up to 10 here at UW. That is starting to sound like too many in one group.
Thursday and Friday are bad at UW.
@KSK Up to you whether you want to split UW off completely and do your own, whether you want to split Sims off, or whether you want to try and herd 10 cats.
It is a wonderful idea, but confess I am more concerned about improving my C++ and perhaps SWIG. I’m wondering if we could start a C++ book club without diluting the “Fluent Python” book club too far. My initial thought is to read Scott Meyers’ “Effective Modern C++”, but other suggestions would be welcome. I have heard initial positive reaction from @jdswinbank and @parejkoj
@jsick Is the “Discourse-y” thing to do here to use “Reply as linked Topic” for a shift of emphasis like this?
I’ve read “Effective Modern C++” too, and found it very useful, though I’ve probably forgotten most of what I’ve learned due to lack of use. I wish there was a good book to improve our Swig usage, but I don’t know of one.
All other things being equal, I would probably join an EMC++ book club in preference to a Python one.
I think it’s better to have one really solid group rather than two anaemic ones, though: I suggest that we get the Python group up and running and see how many people are not just expressing interest but regularly attending and contributing before we bifurcate.
At NCSA we have weekly LSST local meetings on Mondays 12-1 PST. But it’s just Matias and me here, so we understand if that turns out to be the best choice for the majority.
Just a heads up, if you haven’t bought the book already, O’Reilly is selling the ebook at half off ($21.50) on their website:
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