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| Comment | Post #288623 |
I think the discussion of how to implement a comprehensive tax calculator is a separate issue from this question. Unless I've missed something, OP does not say that he is specifically trying to build a TurboTax alternative. The examples he gave sound like some kind of billing/transaction processing s... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289047 |
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| Comment | Post #289047 |
I thought it was freeware, not FOSS! I would still like to find a solution for VSC, though. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #289091 |
Why exactly do you find it clumsy? Is it just because there are 2 steps and you would have expected 1? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #289092 |
Does this also delete tag and create it again at another commit? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #289085 |
The question is a bit confusing because the requirement is not clearly stated and the code examples are complex and hard to follow. Can you edit the question and say what arguments exactly the function should take, and what it is expected to return? We can then provide an implementation. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289047 |
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| Edit | Post #289047 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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"Move symbol" refactor for Python in Visual Studio Codium Is there a way to add support for "move symbol" in Python code for VS Codium? PyCharm can do this, but I am looking for a VSC solution. PyLance can do this, but PyLance itself is closed source, and does not work in Codium after version 2023.6.40. VS Codium supports Jedi, but from what I coul... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288843 |
What about software that works on top of existing AIs via their API, but implements a bunch of prompt engineering to extend their functionality? A good example is https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT.
Do you think questions about a tool like AutoGPT would be more suited for Power Users... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289024 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: To transfer, or not to, that is the question: whether 'tis nobler to let it stay or to take arms against Stack Overflow's dominance of FAQ canonicals Hi and welcome to the site. :) I think the idea of a canonical like the one you linked is great. A lot of newbies have too little understanding of their topic to identify common patterns. So they keep asking many trivial variations of the same handful of basic questions. People with even intermedi... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289009 |
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| Comment | Post #289009 |
My goal here is to get an answer that is maybe 1-5 paragraphs, that outlines the main elements of such a setup, and drops enough specific keywords that I can figure out the rest by searching online. So while the question sounds broad, I'm not asking for a lot of *depth*.
Edit suggestions welcome! (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289009 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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How do I use an existing AI model to classify pornographic images? In the last few months, AI has advanced considerably, notably in the area of generating images. We now have powerful models like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, etc. These are quite competent at generating an image based on a text prompt. Can any existing models be used as a simple binary classifier of ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288982 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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Does Snowflake NATURAL JOIN support outer-style join? I like using `NATURAL JOIN` in Snowflake, because I find it more elegant than explicit join clauses. However, it appears that the natural join behaves similar to an inner join, in that null values of the join key(s) are dropped. In some cases, I want to do a natural join, but I want to include col... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288920 |
Hmm. Well, I would solve the concurrency issue by something like a [semaphore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming)) (I assume you have multiple threads here). SQLite also supports [write-ahead logging](https://www.sqlite.org/wal.html) to deal with concurrent writes (I haven't used W... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288920 |
@#63591 Is enforcing types the only problem, or are there others? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288920 |
Embedding Postgres/MySQL is a bad idea, they're huge and designed specifically not to be embedded. There are other *embedded* databases besides SQLite, but you should state exactly what your issue is with SQLite. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288884 |
Worth saying that ORMs are very complex, advanced things. They require advanced knowledge of both SQL and Python. If either is lacking, things will be very confusing.
Moreover, unless you are doing some very complicated stuff (eg. large codebase maintained over years), the ORM often creates more b... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288893 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: Can pandas be used as a database backend for persistent storage? SQL is as good as it gets, generally speaking. The best engine for a small project is SQLite. If you need more, the next step is Postgres. Postgres is very capable and it's unlikely that you'll need more even as a medium sized company. But it sounds like you're asking about small personal projects. ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288764 |
Aha, I see. That does sound like a good reason to do multiple local copies. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288765 |
Post edited: Used mainstream mathematical term for the concept being asked about |
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| Edit | Post #288068 |
Post edited: Converted example data to CSV for easy copy/paste, rearranged for readability. Deleted "what I tried": In this case, the question is simple enough so I think it's better to keep it short. |
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| Comment | Post #288764 |
Isn't this exactly what branches are meant to take care of? What specifically would not work if you simply used a branch here? Are you worried about accidentally pushing commits to the `upgrade` branch without meaning to? (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #288765 |
Suggested edit: Used mainstream mathematical term for the concept being asked about (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288862 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: Prevent vscode from inserting new lines in the middle of my code on format. It sounds like you have a Java formatter configured (by default?) and VSC is applying it to your code automatically (on save?). How code is formatted If your only gripe is these specific stylistic choices, but you do want auto-formatting for other things, you must figure out what formatter is bei... (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #288068 |
Suggested edit: Converted example data to CSV for easy copy/paste, rearranged for readability. Deleted "what I tried": In this case, the question is simple enough so I think it's better to keep it short. (more) |
helpful | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288861 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: Remove entries by two-column ID everywhere, that meet a condition somewhere This is solved in 2 steps: Find rows matching remove conditions Do anti-left-join on the the composite key `(Die, Cell)` To filter out the rows: ``` Read in the data df = pd.readcsv("data.csv") Identify cells with low current b100 = df[(df["Resistance"] < 100000) & (df["Current"] == 1... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288842 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Are AI prompt engineering questions on topic? Recently, AI models like ChatGPT have shown themselves capable of generating content and even source code. Just like with human helpers, clear and precise communication is key (especially when asking for big tasks) to avoid being misunderstood and receiving a response different from what was desired.... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288841 |
This is very similar to the existing answer, but I didn't want to suggest edit because I wasn't sure the OP meant to write it that way. I thought I'd add it as a "ELI5" version, though. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288841 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: When using the compare function in Array.prototype.sort, how to avoid an element to be processed more than once? Create a hash map and precalculate the sort key in it: ```js // Set up: Create mock input let u = ['4', '16', '8', '2', '6']; function expensivekeyfn(x) { console.log("Doing expensive operation on: " + x) return String(x); } // Create an optimized sort function let sortKey = {} u.... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285715 |
Obviously C pointers can do everything references do. Indeed, what other languages call "references" are just locked down pointers. So do these alleged C++ programmers have an actual point? Aren't they just splitting hairs? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288787 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: How do I find disjoint sets in a dataset Your example is a bipartite graph in adjacency list format. The cars are nodes on the left, the people are nodes on the right. When a person "has" a car, there is an edge between the car and person. Your question is equivalent to asking for the connected components of the graph. This can be done w... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288753 |
This is what I was looking for. But does this restrict you to one `extre-index-url`, or can you also specify multiple? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288735 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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How to configure Python pip to look for packages in a private index first? When I run `pip install foo`, pip looks for `foo` in PyPi. I want it to look for it first in a private repo, let's say `pypi.bar.com`. Only if `foo` cannot be found in `pypi.bar.com`, should `pip` then look for it in PyPi. How can I configure pip to do this? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288685 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |