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Sep

Python: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

If you’re running easy_install, pip, zc.buildout, virtualenv, or a similar tool on Windows, and it says: unable to find vcvarsall.bat The issue is that you need a compiler installed on your system. Many people seem to recommend MinGW, but I’ve been there, and it’s a huge pain in the butt. Just download and install Microsoft [...]

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Feb

Ripping SXSW 2008 mp3 files

By slacy|General|9 Comments

I’ve grown impatient waiting for 2008.sxsw.com to release their torrent of mp3 files. I’m wondering if they’re going to do it at all. So, I decided to just suck down the whole site and scrape out all the URLs to all the mp3 files and download them. It was very straightforward. First, scrape the site [...]

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Now I'm thinking about Python Generators like they're sockets. Yowza. 9 hours ago
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Is "x = yield y" the same as "x = y; yield x" in #python? What's the definition of the result of a yield statement? docs.python.org/reference/simp… 14 hours ago
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