Probably my most annoying coding blind spot…

Do you have that one thing that you have to constantly look up?

In python, to replace elements of a string, there are two operators.  One is a strictly linear search, the other uses regular expressions.  The regexp call to replace part of a string with another string is sub, and the string call to replace a part of a string with another string is replace.

I get these backward all the flamin’ time, and it drives me insane.  I use both of these every day, why the Hell can’t I remember which is which?

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We know soldiering– I mean not training or support or peacekeeping or any of the myriad other things soldiers do, but facing enemy bullets– is inextricably bound up with ideas of masculinity. We also know that most heterosexual males' ideas of masculinity are inextricably bound up with what we now call sexual orientation. In other words, "being a man" typically does mean for soldiers both being brave, stoic, etc.– and being heterosexual. Another way to put this is to say that honor, which is by the testimony of soldiers throughout the ages of the essence of military service, includes the honor of being known for heterosexuality, and that, for most heterosexual males, shame attends a reputation as much for homosexuality as for weakness or cowardice.

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