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My name is Chris Lasher. I use computers to study biology. I enjoy revision control, unit testing, and long coding sessions in Python.

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57 votes

Elegant ways to support equivalence (“equality”) in Python classes

python equality equivalence asked Dec 23 '08 at 22:30
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56 votes

String concatenation vs. string substitution in Python

python string string-concatenation asked Dec 17 '08 at 23:39
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54 votes

How to tell from what Ubuntu or Debian repository a package comes?

ubuntu debian package-management asked Feb 9 '10 at 19:14
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30 votes

Solving embarassingly parallel problems using Python multiprocessing

python concurrency multiprocessing embarrassingly-parallel asked Mar 1 '10 at 21:38
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27 votes

How to tell which colorscheme a Vim session currently uses

vim configuration syntax-highlighting asked Mar 10 '10 at 18:48
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27 votes

Phishing site uses subdomain that I never registered

dns phishing asked Sep 13 '12 at 21:26
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20 votes

Why do you post to Stack Overflow?

discussion stackoverflow community motivation asked Dec 11 '08 at 5:01
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19 votes

Tutorials on optimizing non-trivial Python applications with C extensions or Cython

python c optimization cython python-extensions asked Nov 15 '10 at 22:08
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16 votes

Correct formatting (capitalization, italicization, hyphenation) of “p-value”?

hypothesis-testing asked Jul 28 '10 at 4:08
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15 votes

Tab-completion in Python interpreter in OS X Terminal

python osx configuration interpreter tab-completion asked Mar 23 '09 at 21:48
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not None test in Python
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generator comprehension
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How do you automatically remove the preview window after autocompletion in Vim?
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Cleanest way to run/debug python programs in windows
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Installing easy_install… to get to installing lxml
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Combine --user with --prefix error with setup.py install
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How to tell from what Ubuntu or Debian repository a package comes?
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Idiomatic Python for generating a new object from within a class
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How do I use the shared stash to transfer items between my characters?
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which is a better language (C++ or Python) for complex problem solving exercises (ex. Graphs)?
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Check if file has a CSV format with Python
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setup.py examples?
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What are the best IPython tutorials?
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Changing keyboard layout to Dvorak in Ubuntu-server
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Python idiom to return first item or None
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Keyword Matching in Pyparsing: non-greedy slurping of tokens
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Vim's Omnicompletion with Python just doesn't work
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Easiest way to automatically download required modules in Python?
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Is it possible to use a folder named vimfiles to replace .vim in macvim?
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Using pyparsing to parse a word escape-split over multiple lines
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Python: in-memory object database which supports indexing?
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How to use Sphinx's autodoc to document a class's __init__(self) method?
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