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i think a lot about how apparently, someone visiting pink floyd's studio in the mid-70s noticed they had several minimoogs set up with gaffer tape all over them, because when they got a sound they liked, they'd put the tape over the knobs so the settings wouldn't get changed, and invoice the record label for another fresh minimoog. i think this is how you're actually supposed to manage python software installations, just buy a new computer every time you finally get the correct packages set up

@jk @paris or use virtualenv's? Both could work I guess?

@thisismissem @jk @paris one of the biggest problems with modern Python is that `python` and `pip` even *work* outside of venvs any more. Experts moved on long ago to a system where global package installs are just a mistake, and there's no reason to use them. If you try they ought to emit an error message telling you to create an env first.