If you run into a problem with some API or Python code what do you do to solve it? I personally throw a few keywords into google, sometimes even before checking the full docs.
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Why does this work? Because invariably an excellent conversation and answer from StackOverflow comes back with just what I need.
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This week you'll meet Martijn Pieters. One of the top Python contributors at StackOverflow with over 16,500 questions answered and a reputation of over 500,000.
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Links from the show:
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<b>Martijn Pieters on the web</b>: <a href='http://www.zopatista.com' target='_blank'>zopatista.com</a>
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<b>Martijn Pieters on StackOverflow</b>: <a href='https://stackoverflow.com/users/100297/martijn-pieters' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/users/100297/martijn-pieters</a>
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<b>Martijn Pieters on Twitter</b>: <a href='https://twitter.com/zopatista' target='_blank'>@zopatista</a>
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<b>Scaling Mercurial at Facebook</b>: <a href='https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook/' target='_blank'>code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook</a>
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Top Questions:
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<b>Set literal gives different result from set function call</b>:
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<a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40226063/set-literal-gives-different-result-from-set-function-call' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/40226063/set-literal-gives-different-result-from-set-function-call</a>
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<b>What is a metaclass in Python?</b>:
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<a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/100003/what-is-a-metaclass-in-python' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/100003/what-is-a-metaclass-in-python</a>
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<b>Asking the user for input until they give a valid response</b>:
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<a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23294658/asking-the-user-for-input-until-they-give-a-valid-response' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/23294658/asking-the-user-for-input-until-they-give-a-valid-response</a>
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<b>Accessing class variables from a list comprehension in the class definition</b>:
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<a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13905741/accessing-class-variables-from-a-list-comprehension-in-the-class-definition' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/13905741/accessing-class-variables-from-a-list-comprehension-in-the-class-definition</a>
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<b>Why is Python 3.x's super() magic?</b>: <a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19608134/why-is-python-3-xs-super-magic' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/19608134/why-is-python-3-xs-super-magic</a>
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<b>Why is "1000000000000000 in range(1000000000000001)" so fast in Python 3?</b>:
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<a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30081275/why-is-1000000000000000-in-range1000000000000001-so-fast-in-python-3/' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/30081275/why-is-1000000000000000-in-range1000000000000001-so-fast-in-python-3/</a>
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<b>Why is the order in dictionaries and sets arbitrary?</b>:
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<a href='https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15479928/why-is-the-order-in-dictionaries-and-sets-arbitrary' target='_blank'>stackoverflow.com/questions/15479928/why-is-the-order-in-dictionaries-and-sets-arbitrary</a>
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