Questions tagged [python]
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unet type Segmentation Model training extremely slow
I am trying to implement unet++ for the next day wildfire dataset, but my training process became extremely slow on colab free gpu. I wonder if there is any bug in my code that I am not aware of. ...
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Function in Python that encrypts and decrypts, taking string to list and the other way around
I'm new on Python, so I'm looking at these YouTube videos of Python projects to practice, and I saw this one of a Password Manager with encryption, but the encryption part couldn't use password, ...
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Absolute-path Python function taking as argument a path relative to the directory of a script (.py) or Jupyter notebook (.ipynb) file
I'm currently still in the early stages of learning Python and Jupyter notebooks, and I wanted to ask if the following code for returning absolute paths relative to the directory of a script (...
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Ping sweep of IP subnets
I made a ping sweep for the first time, and I want to do better. What do you think that I might be missing?
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Analyze a directory recursively what file types (file extensions) they contain [closed]
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My aim is to analyze a (big) (sub)directory and just find out what file extensions all files have there (recursively).
Additionally, these conditions apply:
I am on Windows, but I could use WSL ...
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Find the nearest school to you
I have created a text-based program that finds the nearest school using your coordinates.
The CSV DataFrame is available through LimeWire.
I'd like to know how I can improve it.
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Transform dataset coordinates from Lambert Conformal Conic projection to WGS84
I am trying to convert a dataset which has a Lambert Conformal Conic projection to the classic WGS 84 with Python. Unfortunately, the dataset does not have a defined EPSG code, but the general ...
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News API in Python - Take II
From my previous post, I tried to take into account all of the nice answers made by Kate, Chris, J_H, Booboo and mudskipper
Changes made
In short, I attempted to apply all of the following:
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News API in Python
Why I made it
I’m building a voice assistant and thought it would be great if it could deliver news updates.
What it does
It cleans up the user’s query, determines whether it refers to a news category ...
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Create Frame Widget with Pygame
I developed two custom UI components with Pygame: a Button widget and a Frame widget. After placing the Button inside the Frame, I encountered an issue with the Button’s collision detection.
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Substitute patterns with values from lists
I was looking at a Stack Overflow question and got somewhat carried away with improving the solution, well beyond the scope of that question.
In summary, we have a string such as
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ASCII-based Lightweight Browser with Clippy-Style Helper in Python (Updated)
This question used to contain a mistake in the code, so I had to debug and reformat it. This is the correct version.
Why I made it
A friend and I wanted to make a lightweight browser, since our ...
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ASCII-based Lightweight Browser with Clippy-Style Helper in Python [duplicate]
Note that this is the original version which has not been formatted to comply to PEP-8 and contains an error in the code. Please visit the updated version instead to post answers, comments and/or cast ...
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Optimizing real-time ASCII playback in Python when each frame is fetched as a PNG via GET
Why I made it
I wrote this script for one simple purpose: to Rickroll my friends.
How it works
This is the workflow:
It fetches a .png frame from a PHP endpoint on a website I own. The frame number ...
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Unicode-based platformer game in Python (Updated)
I already asked this question, but the script I provided was not compliant to PEP-8, so I rewrote the script for better readability.
I'm making a platformer game called Uni where this small character ...
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Unicode-based platformer game in Python
I'm making a platformer game called Uni where this small character has to go as high as possible, in which the player constantly has to choose between jumping (W) going left or right (A-D) climbing ...
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List folders with size
This code below aim to listing all folders in one directory and get size of each in byte. It uses only pathlib module for that.
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Сreating a digital twin of the enterprise
I am creating a program to create digital twins of enterprises. I am using the Simpy framework for this purpose.
I'm creating a universal system that can model almost any enterprise, but I have a ...
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LeetCode 3542: Minimum Operations to Convert All Elements to Zero
I am working on this LeetCode problem where I have to count the minimum number of operations to make all elements in an array equal to zero 3542. Minimum Operations to Convert All Elements to Zero
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Custom Error Exception Class in Python
I've written a class to handle my custom errors in Python. The idea is to simplify raising exception with custom messages, all you should do is raise the class and pass it a message.
Everything in the ...
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Use z3py to solve one logic constraint puzzle
I decided to practice by modeling some simple, hand-solvable problems using z3py. Below is an example:
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Optimizing DataFrame iteration when generating large hierarchical text files
I have a custom object which stores dataframes in memory given a certain hierarchy, and I want to store this data in a file while maintaining the hierarchy. This hierarchy involved parents, children, ...
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Test to ensure CGI can be invoked on a local server
I am writing tests for legacy software which has a dependency on CGI scripts on a remote machine.
Mocking the dependency would entail modifying the code under test, which is a thing I cannot do at the ...
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Tilemap implemented in pygame
This code requires:
tile map exported as .csv file
tile set as .png
knowing tile size
knowing the rows and cols of the tile set .png
For example, this tileset has 2 rows and 6 cols
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Replacement for "make" in Python
I'm working on a replacement for make written in Python. Instead of a Makefile, you create a Wormfile.py. This file gets imported dynamically and a Context object ...
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Python project to scrape webpages and build text datasets for ML purposes
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I'm returning to Python development after a break and actively learning AI/ML. As part of my learning journey, I'm building a dozen pet projects to strengthen my skills. This is my first ...
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Moving ball simulation within a donut
How do I optimise my code more?
The goal is to have my code work with more than 200 moving balls, but that takes forever right now and doesn't look smooth at all. Furthermore, I can't get the sizing ...
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Managing a global backend/device state when making a deep learning framework
I have been making a deep learning framework modelled after Pytorch in pure Python. I have made good progress but my framework is currently not seamless to use because the end user of the framework ...
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Python program that iterates over audio files with a progress bar interface
I have a utility that updates, transcodes and renames audio files. Previously I used a function that simply yielded every file that was a good match (based on file extension).
As some tasks can take ...
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Split flap clock stepper code
I've built a Split Flap Clock, and the code has grown quite a lot, and although it does work in its current state, I am wondering if it could be cleaned up.
The whole thing runs on an ESP32 and is ...
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Heat Diffusion Equation Solver
I'm implementing a numerical solver for the 1D diffusion (heat) equation using an iterative method. The initial temperature distribution is a Gaussian profile, which should theoretically smooth out ...
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Finding a sequence of xors to change a to b
I'm resolving a problem from CodeForces: C. Beautiful XOR. This is what the code is supposed to do:
You have two numbers a and b.
You must transform a into b using XOR operations (...
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Calculation of liquid propellant nozzles
I'm calculating the injectors, and I've added the complete calculation code and tested it using pytest. Can you suggest a better way to structure the code so that I ...
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Python calculator application
What do you think about my calculator application in Python? Are there any hidden bugs that I haven't noticed yet? Let me know about them.
Note: to be able to run this program you need first to ...
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Find the smallest semiprime satisfying a bunch of conditions
The purpose of this code is to find the smallest semiprime \$s = a b\$ satisfying a bunch of conditions stated in the Math.SE question What is the smallest "prime" semiprime?. The conditions ...
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Number-guessing game on command line
I am just starting coding, and this is my attempt at the famous number-guessing game. Any and all feedback and criticism is greatly appreciated.
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Yet Another Python Weather Visualizer using Open-Meteo
As a personal project to build my portfolio, I've created a simple weather app that displays temperature, precipitation, and wind for any given city. This is my first time building a GUI using ...
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Polars crosstable between two variables in a dataframe
I wrote a function that computes the cross tabulation between two variables in a polars dataframe.
It supports absolute values, row percentages, column percentages ...
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Check whether a binary tree is symmetric
I implemented a recursive solution that compares the left and right subtree in mirrored fashion. It works for my test cases, but I would like to know if there are any best practices that would make ...
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CSV TimeSheet Calculator
This program takes in a CSV timesheet for my current job, groups the hours worked by employee then outputs it to a txt file. I used a simple GUI with tkinter and ...
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A function that opens a CSV file
I'm working on a project that requires me to open CSV files. It must check that the file is open and then return it to main. I've written a function to do so and would like to know how it looks, if ...
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Python implementation of core fundamentals to calculate math arithmetic
This program takes a user input to choose which calculation method they'd like to use, then uses a separate module and the math library to perform said calculation.
I'd like some feedback as to how ...
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Basic word search puzzle generator
This is code for a basic word search puzzle generator (also "wordsearch"). The code:
Creates a 10 x 10 grid of letters.
Words are hidden somewhere in the grid, horizontally or vertically.
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Github actions workflow for release and publishing to PyPI using uv
I have a Github actions workflow that on pushing a tag does the following for a python package:
Creates a Github release using the tag version.
Publishes the package to PyPI.
The package build and ...
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Interactive simple calculator as a first project. As of now it handles arithmetic, linear and quadratic calculations
This is my very first personal project. I'd like to know what I can improve in this code, with reference to optimization and efficiency.
Here's the code:
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A Rubik's Cube game in Python
I implemented this Rubik's Cube game in Python, using Canvas and Context2d for user interaction. This was mainly an exercise in &...
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Wordsearch Generator (Tracking Success/Failure)
I'm creating a wordsearch generator that takes a list of words and outputs a 10x10 grid (2D array) of letters. This is roughly how it works:
loop over words
use boolean ...
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Using AI agent to solve the N-puzzle
I have just written this code here. The code is about creating a (local LLM based) AI agent to solve the N puzzle. I should stress that I am the one who wrote the code, and I did not use AI to write ...
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