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ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

Jabor posted:

Write a grammar for your configuration language and use a parser generator to convert your input file into an AST, then write code to convert the AST into your final objects.

This will take care of separating the string handling from the logic, as well as taking care of most of the contextual stuff.

This is the right answer.

# ? Jan 22, 2020 16:02

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# ? May 30, 2024 11:09

Rocko Bonaparte: Mar 12, 2002; Every day is Friday!

Yeah. Even though I am well over my head with an interpreter right now, it doesn't occur to me when parsing is applicable elsewhere.

# ? Jan 22, 2020 17:07

LongSack: Jan 17, 2003

Jabor posted:

Write a grammar for your configuration language and use a parser generator to convert your input file into an AST, then write code to convert the AST into your final objects.

This will take care of separating the string handling from the logic, as well as taking care of most of the contextual stuff.

While this is an excellent answer, and is appreciated, I don't know that I have the ability to properly compose an EBNF grammar for the entire configuration of a cisco firewall, and I wasn't able to locate an existing one on line.

I think, in the interest of time, that I'm going to go with a dispatcher of a sort:

C# code:

internal class ParseParameters
{
    internal string Line { get; set; }
    internal Dictionary<string, NamedHost> Hosts { get; set; }
    internal bool InObject { get; set; }
    internal string CurrentObject { get; set; }
    internal FWIntf CurrentInterface { get; set; }
}

private delegate void ParseMethod(Firewall firewall, ParseParameters parms);

private static readonly Dictionary<string, ParseMethod> _dispatcherTable = new Dictionary<string, ParseMethod>
{
    ["nat "] = ParseV9Nat,
    ["host "] = ParseHostObject,
    ["range "] = ParseRangedObject,
    ["subnet "] = ParseSubnetObject,
    ["fqdn "] = ParseFQDNObject
};

I will keep the parser in mind, though. Thanks.

Edit After coding the dispatcher and parsing methods, the 270-line original loop with the massive if block is reduced to:

C# code:

foreach (var line in lines)
{
    var l = line.TrimEnd(Constants.CRLF).Trim();
    l = l.Replace(" no-proxy-arp", "").Replace(" route-lookup", "");
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(l))
    {
        continue;
    }
    if (parameters.InObject && string.IsNullOrEmpty(parameters.CurrentObject))
    {
        throw new ParseException("InObject and current object not set", null, fn, fwname, l);
    }
    Dispatch(ret, _dispatcherTable, l, parameters);
}

LongSack fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Jan 22, 2020

# ? Jan 22, 2020 20:16

Rocko Bonaparte: Mar 12, 2002; Every day is Friday!

LongSack posted:

While this is an excellent answer, and is appreciated, I don't know that I have the ability to properly compose an EBNF grammar for the entire configuration of a cisco firewall, and I wasn't able to locate an existing one on line.

I am playing with ANTLR4 for my own stuff and I think it does a decent enough job. You'll be able to grab it through nuget in Visual Studio as well. I'll grant that deciding to use that or not will boil a lot down to whether you have the energy to get into that kind of thing right now or if the current project is bad enough without going any further.

Given what you just showed about the inputs, it would probably be overkill right now.

# ? Jan 22, 2020 21:52

LongSack: Jan 17, 2003

Rocko Bonaparte posted:

I am playing with ANTLR4 for my own stuff and I think it does a decent enough job. You'll be able to grab it through nuget in Visual Studio as well. I'll grant that deciding to use that or not will boil a lot down to whether you have the energy to get into that kind of thing right now or if the current project is bad enough without going any further.

Given what you just showed about the inputs, it would probably be overkill right now.

Yeah, the final version of the _dispatcherTable only contains 18 entries.

# ? Jan 22, 2020 22:36

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

Sometimes I work on a project that has multiple related repos on github.

Sometimes a single feature requires related work on more than one repo.

Does anyone have a way they like for tracking this work?

Usually what I do is open a GH issue on each repo and then provide a link to the issues on the other repos. This works, but I don't like it because of the manual linking process.

# ? Jan 23, 2020 20:19

Suspicious Dish: Sep 24, 2011; 2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro; Fun Shoe

Thermopyle posted:

This works, but I don't like it

yeah this is every project management system ever.

# ? Jan 23, 2020 20:55

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

I'm having a really stupid python logging issue. I wrote a little flask and gunicorn app that I turned into a docker container, and it all works fine, but I'm setting up logging. I have the logging for gunicorn working fine, but I can't get the python app itself to log right.

Basically I want two logfiles:
service.log - > root python log, so it contains all the regular log output
function.log - > second logfile that only contains activity from a specific function.

I can get each to log the correct messages, but the messages are duplicated. I know it has to to with logging handlers and I read up on it and I think I know the issue, but I just can't get it to work. I'm a novice at python, so I'd like to learn how to fix this properly. I'm using python 2.7 (I'm going to port it to 3 next but for now it's 100% working and it's all offline so there's no security issues I have to worry about.

First off, my app is basically:

app.py

code:


import os
import logger
# there's more, but this all that matters

# now lets setup logging
serviceLog = logger.setup_logger('serviceLog', 'service.log')
functionLog = logger.setup_logger('functionLog', 'function.log')

# now lets generate some logging info:
serviceLog.info("Service is Online")
functionLog.info("some function log")

I externalized the logger config to a file and then I just import it:
logger.py

code:

import logging
import logging.handlers
import os

formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')

def setup_logger(name, log_file_name, level=logging.INFO):
    """To setup as many loggers as you want"""
    logFilePath = os.environ['LOGDIR']
    logFile = logFilePath + "/" + log_file_name
    f_handler = logging.FileHandler(logFile)
    f_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
    r_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logFile, maxBytes=50000000,backupCount=5)
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
    logger.setLevel(level)
    logger.addHandler(f_handler)
    logger.addHandler(r_handler)
    return logger

It's a mess, since I was screwing it with it a bunch at like 2am last night, but I just can't get it to not print double entries in the log. I know that it's because the handlers are being defined twice, but I can't figure out how to fix it. I know that I should be able to use logging.propogate=False but I can't figure out how to use it right.

Any pythonic goons have some tips?

# ? Jan 23, 2020 21:12

Kilson: Jan 16, 2003; I EAT LITTLE CHILDREN FOR BREAKFAST !!11!!1!!!!111!

Why do you need both a regular file handler and a rotating one?

# ? Jan 23, 2020 21:49

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Kilson posted:

Why do you need both a regular file handler and a rotating one?

I don't know! I wanted to make sure the log file rotates. I thought I'd have to specify handlers for each function I want to apply to the logfile.

# ? Jan 23, 2020 21:57

Rocko Bonaparte: Mar 12, 2002; Every day is Friday!

I have had a similar problem in the past that came down to misinterpreting the global nature of the logging module. My suspicions are that your first setup_logger call may be setting up from a pretty blank state, but the second one is actually tacking on to it instead of creating a separate one. I think that is how you get your duplicates. If you were to add a third call to setup_logger, you'd probably see one more repeat each time.

# ? Jan 23, 2020 22:45

Kilson: Jan 16, 2003; I EAT LITTLE CHILDREN FOR BREAKFAST !!11!!1!!!!111!

Jerk McJerkface posted:

I don't know! I wanted to make sure the log file rotates. I thought I'd have to specify handlers for each function I want to apply to the logfile.

What happens if you get rid of the non-rotating one?

# ? Jan 23, 2020 22:46

necrotic: Aug 2, 2005; I owe my brother big time for this!

Thermopyle posted:

Sometimes I work on a project that has multiple related repos on github.

Sometimes a single feature requires related work on more than one repo.

Does anyone have a way they like for tracking this work?

Usually what I do is open a GH issue on each repo and then provide a link to the issues on the other repos. This works, but I don't like it because of the manual linking process.

A monorepo is the answer.

# ? Jan 24, 2020 00:14

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Kilson posted:

What happens if you get rid of the non-rotating one?

I did that, and it's working. I'll post how it's fixed in case anyone else can benefit (I hate when I find a person asking the same question and they just answer "I fixed it" with no context.

I had to make a few more tweaks:

code:


def setup_logger(name, log_file_name, level=logging.INFO):
    """To setup as many loggers as you want"""
    logFilePath = os.environ['LOGDIR']
    logFile = logFilePath + "/" + log_file_name
    r_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logFile, maxBytes=50000000,backupCount=5)
    r_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
    logger.setLevel(level)
    logger.addHandler(r_handler)
    return logger

Basically, I wanted to format the log and make it rotate. I thought you need a different handler for each function, but I was wrong. Each handler you add will write the log stream the file. So since I was adding two separate handlers with the same name, they are both independently appending to the file. I was erroneously thinking I had to add the formatting with one handler, and then rotation with another. The fact is that "logging.FileHandler" and " logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler" both initiate a separate handler, it's not adding that the latter "adds rotation" to the former instance of the handler.

The way it work is to first define the hanlder (either just a file, a rotating file) and then you can modify the handler after:

code:


def setup_logger(name, log_file_name, level=logging.INFO):
 # set the logpath variables
    logFilePath = os.environ['LOGDIR']
    logFile = logFilePath + "/" + log_file_name

# Define a rotating handler:
    r_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logFile, maxBytes=50000000,backupCount=5)

# modify the format of the handler:
    r_handler.setFormatter(formatter)

# create the logger
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)

# set the level
    logger.setLevel(level)

# the handler
    logger.addHandler(r_handler)
    return logger

# ? Jan 24, 2020 04:39

Rocko Bonaparte: Mar 12, 2002; Every day is Friday!

I don't think I was right about the problem then. Oh well. I can't remember the exact circumstances where I had something like that happening before, but I vaguely remembered it having to do with two different things trying to set up logging state.

# ? Jan 24, 2020 07:46

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Jerk McJerkface posted:

logFile = logFilePath + "/" + log_file_name

Tip - use os.path.join for this type of stuff

code:

>>> os.path.join('foodir', 'foo.log')
'foodir/foo.log'

# ? Jan 26, 2020 18:42

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

Bob Morales posted:

Tip - use os.path.join for this type of stuff
code:
>>> os.path.join('foodir', 'foo.log')
'foodir/foo.log'

Actually, use pathlib from the stdlib as of 3.4.

Python code:

>>> Path('foodir') / 'foo.log'
WindowsPath('foodir/foo.log')

# ? Jan 26, 2020 20:29

Keetron: Sep 26, 2008; Check out my enormous testicles in my TFLC log!

I am really bad at thinking up projects to do and I would like to help out in open source. Also I am rather proficient at writing tests and I like to work in java 11+ or Kotlin. Can anyone point out a project that could use some help? (xposting to java thread)

# ? Jan 26, 2020 20:32

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Keetron posted:

I am really bad at thinking up projects to do and I would like to help out in open source. Also I am rather proficient at writing tests and I like to work in java 11+ or Kotlin. Can anyone point out a project that could use some help? (xposting to java thread)

Make an art prompt generator :imunfunny:

# ? Jan 26, 2020 20:44

Super-NintendoUser: Jan 16, 2004; COWABUNGERDER COMPADRES; Soiled Meat

Thermopyle posted:

Actually, use pathlib from the stdlib as of 3.4.
Python code:
>>> Path('foodir') / 'foo.log'
WindowsPath('foodir/foo.log')

Thanks for the tips. My python is all self taught so it's a bit rough. Does that work in 2.7? I have a couple apps I'm on the process of moving to 3 but I'm not there yet.

# ? Jan 26, 2020 20:56

Keetron: Sep 26, 2008; Check out my enormous testicles in my TFLC log!

dupersaurus posted:

Make an art prompt generator

The generator is simple (I wrote a international bank account number generator for about 25 European countries, email and other data randomizers for a certain test framework because I like random test data) but the data tables would be harder. Also, this is not jvm material but much more suitable for a JS project.

Seriously, I considered this but getting usable data is 95% if not more of the work, getting random data from a dataset and that the data still makes sense is really interesting as a problem.
For example, take the catalogueoflife.org project. This is an as complete as possible list of data containing all known life forms. I tried to reach out to them to see if they were interested in adding an endpoint to the set that would return a set of random entries based on one or more query params. Sadly they did not reply. But I might try to get it up and running on my local machine. Just have to tweak it to prevent it from drawing only beetles or amoeba's or something.

Keetron fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Jan 26, 2020

# ? Jan 26, 2020 21:46

Blinkz0rz: May 27, 2001; MY CONTEMPT FOR MY OWN EMPLOYEES IS ONLY MATCHED BY MY LOVE FOR TOM BRADY'S SWEATY MAGA BALLS

Keetron posted:

I am really bad at thinking up projects to do and I would like to help out in open source. Also I am rather proficient at writing tests and I like to work in java 11+ or Kotlin. Can anyone point out a project that could use some help? (xposting to java thread)

Go back through all the personal and professional projects you've worked on and see which dependencies are the most common, go to their GitHub page, and look for beginner or easy issues to start contributing.

# ? Jan 26, 2020 23:18

susan b buffering: Nov 14, 2016

Keetron posted:

I am really bad at thinking up projects to do and I would like to help out in open source. Also I am rather proficient at writing tests and I like to work in java 11+ or Kotlin. Can anyone point out a project that could use some help? (xposting to java thread)

When I feel this way I usually just search github for something that might be interesting / useful.

# ? Jan 26, 2020 23:24

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

Jerk McJerkface posted:

Thanks for the tips. My python is all self taught so it's a bit rough. Does that work in 2.7? I have a couple apps I'm on the process of moving to 3 but I'm not there yet.

No, you need python 3.4 or later.

# ? Jan 27, 2020 03:01

TooMuchAbstraction: Oct 14, 2012; I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.; Fun Shoe

There's nothing wrong with using os.path.join, at least as long as you know you're constructing paths to be used on the same OS that the code is running on.

# ? Jan 27, 2020 03:35

Rocko Bonaparte: Mar 12, 2002; Every day is Friday!

Thermopyle posted:

No, you need python 3.4 or later.

True but pathlib2 should wrap for both.

(I just looked this up because I didn't know about pathlib at all and had the same concerns.)

# ? Jan 27, 2020 18:38

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

I've got a peculiar "which programming language should I use for this?" with some restrictions in a slightly locked-down environment where there could be policy issues straying too far from my workplace's "official" system configurations I'd rather not have to go into lengthy back-and-forths with.

There are a few processes, mostly either involving Microsoft Office or can be used with Microsoft Office. I want to do some more advanced stuff like being able to put together a custom UI to build some things with certain parameters. Like a form I can fill in for a room booking that would then automatically send a form email (via Outlook or some other means, we use Office 365), auto-update my calendar if possible, that sort of thing, basically automating a few things we're doing manually currently. Like a system-localized version of a web form, or something with buttons which would then run a series of DOS commands and manipulate things in Office or Excel. Think the GUIs people write as complements to command-line tools. Ideally it would be something Microsoft already has as part of Office 365, and if it could leverage some form of Office 365-provided online-hosted database, even if it's just an Excel sheet (we're not working with a lot of data overall), that would be great. The less system intrusive the better (e.g. if it's a non-Microsoft thing it'd be best if it was something self-contained that could be worked on as a portable app). I'm not against weird solutions like Excel Macros if that's legitimately a viable approach, either. If it were an even choice I'd go with something where my projects could be leveraged on MacOS as well, but this is very minor and if the best way to do things is all Windows that's totally fine.

If my best approach is something else, I might just bring in a personal laptop to do the heavy lifting there or figure something out along those lines. I don't mind putting in the time to learn the skills (I did a lot of basic-ish stuff in C++ but that was a few decades ago now), I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer number of different programming languages, and if I'm putting in the time for my first programming language in a while I'd like some guidance into where I should even begin looking (even a programming book for the language in question if there's an appropriate one to consult and learn from).

EDIT after spending a few hours investigating it's looking like working with Powershell is the way to do what I want. Would that be correct or is there a better option I should look towards?

univbee fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jan 30, 2020

# ? Jan 30, 2020 14:37

mystes: May 31, 2006

univbee posted:

I've got a peculiar "which programming language should I use for this?" with some restrictions in a slightly locked-down environment where there could be policy issues straying too far from my workplace's "official" system configurations I'd rather not have to go into lengthy back-and-forths with.

There are a few processes, mostly either involving Microsoft Office or can be used with Microsoft Office. I want to do some more advanced stuff like being able to put together a custom UI to build some things with certain parameters. Like a form I can fill in for a room booking that would then automatically send a form email (via Outlook or some other means, we use Office 365), auto-update my calendar if possible, that sort of thing, basically automating a few things we're doing manually currently. Like a system-localized version of a web form, or something with buttons which would then run a series of DOS commands and manipulate things in Office or Excel. Think the GUIs people write as complements to command-line tools. Ideally it would be something Microsoft already has as part of Office 365, and if it could leverage some form of Office 365-provided online-hosted database, even if it's just an Excel sheet (we're not working with a lot of data overall), that would be great. The less system intrusive the better (e.g. if it's a non-Microsoft thing it'd be best if it was something self-contained that could be worked on as a portable app). I'm not against weird solutions like Excel Macros if that's legitimately a viable approach, either. If it were an even choice I'd go with something where my projects could be leveraged on MacOS as well, but this is very minor and if the best way to do things is all Windows that's totally fine.

If my best approach is something else, I might just bring in a personal laptop to do the heavy lifting there or figure something out along those lines. I don't mind putting in the time to learn the skills (I did a lot of basic-ish stuff in C++ but that was a few decades ago now), I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer number of different programming languages, and if I'm putting in the time for my first programming language in a while I'd like some guidance into where I should even begin looking (even a programming book for the language in question if there's an appropriate one to consult and learn from).

EDIT after spending a few hours investigating it's looking like working with Powershell is the way to do what I want. Would that be correct or is there a better option I should look towards?

You could theoretically do this with powershell using COM to control outlook (unless that's disabled through a system policy) but I absolutely wouldn't recommend that. Also, I really have to ask if this whole thing is a good idea if you're in a "locked-down environment," because is your company really going to appreciate you emailing sketchy executables around and telling people to run them if that's what you intend?

You could also make an outlook add-in with VBA, which would probably not be great either, or using c# which would be slightly better but have a much steeper learning curve (and probably require you to get the paid version of visual studio depending on the size of your company).

There are also actual web apis for office 365 which would probably be the correct solution in 2020 but you might not be able to go that route in your situation.

Aside from the actual apis, the more lazy solution in a situation where your company was actually authorizing what you're doing would be to make a website with a form where the server uses something like SMTP to connect to the outlooks server to send out meeting invitations .

# ? Jan 30, 2020 15:45

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

mystes posted:

You could theoretically do this with powershell using COM to control outlook (unless that's disabled through a system policy) but I absolutely wouldn't recommend that. Also, I really have to ask if this whole thing is a good idea if you're in a "locked-down environment," because is your company really going to appreciate you emailing sketchy executables around and telling people to run them if that's what you intend?

You could also make an outlook add-in with VBA, which would probably not be great either, or using c# which would be slightly better but have a much steeper learning curve (and probably require you to get the paid version of visual studio depending on the size of your company).

There are also actual web apis for office 365 which would probably be the correct solution in 2020 but you might not be able to go that route in your situation.

Aside from the actual apis, the more lazy solution in a situation where your company was actually authorizing what you're doing would be to make a website with a form where the server uses something like SMTP to connect to the outlooks server to send out meeting invitations .

Thank you for the input. I definitely won't be emailing EXEs en masse, whatever I accomplish would be mostly for my own purposes, and maybe 1 or 2 other people at a later time depending on how things go. What I'm asking is definitely more of a long-term thing, I'm not expecting to put things into practice for a while, after putting in the time to properly understand how the programming language works, I definitely don't want to just blindly copy code from stack overflow that I don't understand what it does.

I'll investigate your suggestions including the ones that are potentially "bad". Writing an Outlook add-in could actually be viable for at least some of the stuff I'm looking to do.

I probably oversold the "locked down" nature of things a bit here. I have admin rights on my PC, for example, and am definitely free to do all sorts of scripting, we've just traditionally had a rough time getting the go-ahead for approval to install certain software from external vendors, and in quite a few cases we've found solutions that are at least "good enough" within Office 365, for which there's a blanket "you can do whatever you want with what Office 365 provides so long as you're not sending sensitive information to the wrong place" policy, if that makes sense.

# ? Jan 30, 2020 16:03

large_gourd: Jan 17, 2020; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

i'm trying to find some open source projects to dig around in and contribute to that aren't just things like libraries or add-ons to existing tools. i want to find things that serve a purpose to the user which isn't development related. any places to look for this?

# ? Feb 2, 2020 02:32

spiritual bypass: Feb 19, 2008; Grimey Drawer

The best place to start is with something you actually use, otherwise you just won't care enough or the human need behind the changes you make

# ? Feb 2, 2020 02:44

Thermopyle: Jul 1, 2003; ...the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. �Bertrand Russell

large_gourd posted:

i'm trying to find some open source projects to dig around in and contribute to that aren't just things like libraries or add-ons to existing tools. i want to find things that serve a purpose to the user which isn't development related. any places to look for this?

rt4 has the most accurate advice, but also I just visited this page today, I'm sure a lot of these projects would appreciate some help.

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

# ? Feb 2, 2020 04:16

icantfindaname: Jul 1, 2008

I've been requested to port the RPART package from R into Stata, is that even possible? I'm looking at the Mata documentation now, and it looks like it's close enough to C that you could do it, but is there any sort of package management in Stata at all?

https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rpart/index.html

# ? Feb 2, 2020 22:19

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

I want to use the HTK toolkit on Windows.
http://htk.eng.cam.ac.uk/docs/inst-win.shtml

The HTK directory is on my path, so when I open up a console I can execute a command like HList successfully. The weird thing is that when I change my Python environment using anaconda (i.e. activate), and try the same command, it is no longer recognized as an internal command, as if it's not on the path anymore. Also, when I deactivate the Python environment and try to execute a HTK command I get the same error. The only way it works again is to open up a new console and not change the Python environment. Any idea what the reason for this is?

# ? Feb 4, 2020 08:53

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

I'm guessing that anaconda is screwing around with your path in order to accomplish its changes, and it's not respecting your existing path settings.

# ? Feb 4, 2020 09:23

DoctorTristan: Mar 11, 2006; I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave, like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?

Python and its environment/path fuckery is going to drive me to a killing spree one day.

Is your path the same before/after running activate/deactivate (try echo %PATH% before and after) ?

Is there possibly a naming conflict between the HTK files and something in your python path?

Speculating slightly here, but did you install Anaconda for all users or just for a single user?

# ? Feb 4, 2020 11:43

SurgicalOntologist: Jun 17, 2004

In theory anaconda should only add to the path when activating, leaving previous entries in place. But maybe it's different on Windows.

# ? Feb 4, 2020 14:37

baka kaba: Jul 19, 2003; PLEASE ASK ME, THE SELF-PROFESSED NO #1 PAUL CATTERMOLE FAN IN THE SOMETHING AWFUL S-CLUB 7 MEGATHREAD, TO NAME A SINGLE SONG BY HIS EXCELLENT NU-METAL SIDE PROJECT, SKUA, AND IF I CAN'T PLEASE TELL ME TO
EAT SHIT

Are you using CMD or PowerShell? activate always seemed to work fine through the original command prompt, last I saw they were still trying to get it to work in PS (even though it's been the default Windows terminal for years) and people were posting hack scripts and everything

Try it in cmd.exe if you aren't already is what I'm saying, might work!

# ? Feb 4, 2020 17:08

Dominoes: Sep 20, 2007

Hey bros. Do you think it'd be fun/feasible to make a computer-generated fake financial or sports news site? Fake comments too? Mix and match details in templates, throw in key words etc. Maybe use SVM or ANN once more basic approaches are exhausted?

Do you think some of these sites are already AI-written?

*Fake news as in generic commentary, not outright lies.

Dominoes fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Feb 4, 2020

# ? Feb 4, 2020 18:51

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# ? May 30, 2024 11:09

Suspicious Dish: Sep 24, 2011; 2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro; Fun Shoe

you mean like that weird subreddit full of bots talking to themselves which got old after like a week

# ? Feb 4, 2020 19:27

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