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Printing unicode to windows terminal from scratch (2.7)

Posted on November 2, 2019 by tb

Python 2.7 is dying, but still, here is a way to print a unicode string without requiring users to edit python stdlib files or changing code pages (both being both scary and inconvenient). I can’t imagine this being anything but … Continue reading →

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Pre-compiled binaries for PyCrypto 2.6.1 (py27) on Win7

Posted on September 14, 2014 by tb

There is a “new” version of PyCrypto out, and I can’t find any simple way to install it on Windows.  This is hardly news, and usually the Michael Foord has ready made windows installers over at Voidspace. To be totally … Continue reading →

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django :: list_display can’t sort on attribute of foreign key field…

Posted on December 21, 2011 by tb

I’m not the only one surprised by the fact that you can’t use the double-underscore-foreignkey-attribute-accessor syntax in list_display: [python] class MyModelOptions(admin.ModelAdmin): list_display = [‘fk_field__fk_attribute’] # ILLEGAL [/python] There has been extensive discussions on the tracker (https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5863) and on the mailing … Continue reading →

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python :: Calculating the distance between two locations…

Posted on September 6, 2011 by tb

How far is it from point a to point b? There are complicated ways to answer this question, that e.g. takes into account whether you’re walking or driving etc. However, if you only need the approximate distance “as the crow … Continue reading →

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