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Why You Shouldn’t Copy Your Python Virtual Environment Folder

Why Copying Your Python Virtual Environment Is a Trap (and What to Do Instead)

@gnufcl@fosstodon.org Sunday, 17th August 2025

If you’ve ever tried to move a Python virtual environment folder from one location to another, you’ve likely run into mysterious errors and broken paths.
In this article, I share a common mistake I made early in my technical writing journey—and how to fix it the right way. Learn why virtual environments aren’t portable, what breaks when you copy them, and how to rebuild them cleanly for reproducible, Sphinx-powered documentation workflows.

Read more under the following link: https://ka2in.github.io/mydocusaurus/blog/

RTL, LTR, and Absent-mindedness

Right-to-Left, or Left-to-Right?

@gnufcl@fosstodon.org Sunday, 20th February 2022

In localization, RTL (Right-to-Left) refers to languages that read from right to left, such as Arabic and Hebrew.
As someone who grew up in a bilingual environment, i.e. Arabic and French, making the difference between languages with opposite script directions is the most natural thing in the world. That being said, I recently had an amusing incident that I would like to relate here.

Read more under the following link: https://ka2in.github.io/mydocusaurus/blog/

Beware the Gaslighters!

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear...

@gnufcl@fosstodon.org Saturday, 28th August 2021

Gaslighters have only one thing in mind: distort reality through manipulation in order to force a certain outcome. Now, if you happen to have read something about social engineering, you'll notice that gaslighting is just another mental trick for hacking people's judgment and behavior. What's quite disturbing about gaslighting though, is that its perpetrators are manipulative psychopaths hiding behind their masks.

Handbuch der Rechtsterminologie

Das Handbuch der Rechtsterminologie

@gnufcl@fosstodon.org Sunday, 30th January 2022

Das Handbuch der Rechtsterminologie für Deutsch, Arabisch und Französisch.

Erstellt von einem Praktiker für Praktiker. Dieses Nachschlagewerk liefert einige der relevantesten Begriffe in den Bereichen des Straf- und Zivilrechts.

Zwei Besonderheiten bietet dieses Nachschlagewerk seinem Leser:

Terminologie in französischer Sprache, insbesondere für die Leser aus dem Maghreb-Raum
Für jeden Fachbegriff besteht für Arabisch und Deutsch eine Definition aus der einschlägigen Fachlitertatur (Bücher von Professoren der Rechtswissenschaften, Auszüge von Urteilen und Gerichtsbeschlüssen, Gesetzestexte, etc.)

Mehr dazu unter dem Link: https://ka2in.github.io/mydocusaurus/docs/handbuch

Lost in Google's Universe...

Why putting all your data in Google's basket is not a good idea

@gnufcl@fosstodon.org Saturday, 14th August 2021

Anybody running a business knows the golden rule: “Never put all your eggs in one basket”. In the case of Google, this rule becomes even more important as the following post shows. It all began last weekend while I was updating the business profile on Google MyBusiness. I uploaded some new files and reported a picture before switching to the title section in order to update some data. And then, it suddenly happened: Bam! Account suspended.