Faster CPython at PyCon, part one

Posted May 10, 2023 21:12 UTC (Wed) by amacater (subscriber, #790)
In reply to: Faster CPython at PyCon, part one by pebolle
Parent article: Faster CPython at PyCon, part one

Possibly this is written in this way so that it can be shown that this wasn't a cost-free attendance funded by the conference giver in return for a favourable review.

Faster CPython at PyCon, part one

Posted May 10, 2023 21:43 UTC (Wed) by pebolle (guest, #35204) [Link] (1 responses)

> Possibly this is written in this way so that it can be shown that this wasn't a cost-free attendance funded by the conference giver in return for a favourable review.

Yes, that's a murky area. I'm not sure what to think here. Is it OK for the press to accept free entrance to expensive conferences?

But the disclaimer only mentioned travel, which I think is a pretty obvious expense for LWN. Actually, I'm totally OK with whatever LWN decides to spend our contributions on. Free champagne and caviar for its staff? Fine with me.

Faster CPython at PyCon, part one

Posted May 12, 2023 5:26 UTC (Fri) by ebwb (guest, #144520) [Link]

I always feel delighted when I see it. Sometimes it's nice to have a bit of feedback from a different, perhaps atypical channel as to where my funding helps support LWN's work.

Maybe they literally mean to thank you, me, and all of us! Surely there are some conferences the individual LWN staff members wouldn't be able to attend were it not for their work, so they are expressing gratitude for the fact that we're all here making it happen for those individuals.