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0	[Baypiggies] East coast (Boston Python Meetup) requesting help from baypiggy videographer.

'Hello' from your east coast cousins (Boston Python meetup); I'm a former Baypiggy thus why I'm even on the list. I was hoping to get in touch with the person who is responsible for doing the ...

Justin Carroll
Aug 31, 2015 at 5:56 pm
Aug 31, 2015 at 5:56 pm

1	[Baypiggies] Two fall Python course at UCSC Extension in San Jose

Hello All, Two identical Python courses are being offered at the UCSC Extension in San Jose during the Fall term. Both the courses will cover the most important aspects of Python and will be very ...

Ravi
Aug 30, 2015 at 5:21 pm
Aug 30, 2015 at 11:33 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Santa Cruz Python Meetup first meeting

http://www.meetup.com/Santa-Cruz-Python-Meetup/events/224656823/ Friday, August 28, 2015 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM The Ugly Mug 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA --steve -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ...

Steve Piercy - Website Builder
Aug 21, 2015 at 11:17 pm
Aug 21, 2015 at 11:17 pm

2	[Baypiggies] iPython 4.0

For those who haven't read this yet in your daily news, this is yet another significant achievement for the iPython/Jupyter developers, the scientific community, not to mention the Python community ...

Tony Cappellini
Aug 12, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Aug 14, 2015 at 10:49 pm

5	[Baypiggies] Study Python in Berkeley (Free)

I hope that it's okay to post this to the list. We're a group in Berkeley called Code Self Study ( http://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/ ) that meets at least twice per week to study programming. The ...

J. Cohen
Aug 10, 2015 at 10:45 pm
Aug 12, 2015 at 11:07 pm

1	[Baypiggies] help needed

Hello everyone; I'm a student interested in getting some open source experience. I know very little about programming i.e c++(STL) and python 2.7. I was wondering if anyone could suggest me some ...

Rajat Jain
Aug 6, 2015 at 1:03 pm
Aug 6, 2015 at 1:39 pm

5	[Baypiggies] Urgently Looking for : Python Consultant in Santa Clara, CA

Hi, My name is Ashish and I am urgently looking for Python Consultant in Santa Clara, CA, United States with my direct client for contract Position !! I have included the job details below and ...

Ashish
Aug 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm
Aug 14, 2015 at 8:17 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Python Class Next Week -- And An Online Class Starting

Hi Python People, Aug 10 - 13, there will be a "Python For Programmers" daytime retreat-style class for well-seasoned programmers, at our lab at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara, right across 101 from ...

Marilyn Davis
Aug 4, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Aug 4, 2015 at 4:21 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Analytics Jobs at YouGov

We're looking for one or more technical people at varying levels for our group at YouGov. See below for the job descriptions. Feel free to email me directly with questions. ------- YouGov is seeking ...

Delia Bailey
Aug 3, 2015 at 5:48 pm
Aug 3, 2015 at 5:48 pm

0	[Baypiggies] line error on no. 7 ([email protected])

Hi Hal: I took a look at your code. Reading a line (which is a string) at a time from the file is okay. However you want to do a strip() to get rid of line breaks, then do a split() to get the parsed ...

Andrew Francis
Jul 29, 2015 at 3:40 pm
Jul 29, 2015 at 3:40 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Job opening for experienced Python/Django developer - come to help save water and improve agriculture at PowWow Energy

We are looking for an experienced and passionate developer committed to making a difference in the world by helping farmers reduce their water usage by up to 20%. We are a leading AgTech startup and ...

Stan Knutson
Jul 29, 2015 at 12:12 am
Jul 29, 2015 at 12:12 am

8	[Baypiggies] String Attribute

Hi Everyone: What is the source of the syntax error to the String Attribute? Go to the following URL links and view a copy of the raw data file code and sample data: 1.) http://tinyurl.com/p2xxxhl ...

Ltc Hotspot
Jul 28, 2015 at 11:39 pm
Jul 29, 2015 at 7:05 pm

3	[Baypiggies] line error on no. 7

Hi Everyone, I'm writing python code to read a data text file, split the file into a list of words using the split(function) and to print the results in alphabetical order. The raw python code is ...

Ltc Hotspot
Jul 28, 2015 at 8:14 pm
Jul 28, 2015 at 10:40 pm

1	[Baypiggies] String Utility Question

Hi Everyone: Where can I find documentation on "line.split()" The Python online documentation site contains no available search term for "line.split()",i.e., URL link at ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jul 22, 2015 at 12:11 am
Jul 22, 2015 at 12:52 am

1	[Baypiggies] String Error Message

Hi Everyone: I'm trying to write a python program that prompts for a file name, then opens that file and reads through the file, looking for lines of the form: X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.8475 The program ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jul 21, 2015 at 6:24 pm
Jul 21, 2015 at 7:24 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Write Better Docs

Targeted specifically at the why and how of better Open Source documentation: http://opensource.com/business/15/5/write-better-docs (He notes some issues with the Python documentation. ;-) -- Aahz ...

Aahz Maruch
Jul 20, 2015 at 4:14 pm
Jul 20, 2015 at 4:14 pm

4	[Baypiggies] ‘Maximum is None and the ‘Minimum is None’

Hi Everyone: When the user enters a series of number integers, the output reads: ?Maximum is None and the ?Minimum is None? What is the source of the syntax Error, below: largest = None smallest = ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jul 8, 2015 at 10:26 pm
Jul 10, 2015 at 12:03 am

0	[Baypiggies] Maximum to the Minimum

Hi Everyone: How do I rewrite the python script, below, to get a printout from the Maximum to the Minimum, and to convert a string into a number? largest = None smallest = None while True: num = ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jul 8, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Jul 8, 2015 at 5:42 pm

0	[Baypiggies] [Important] BayPiggies 6/25 Meetup Canceled

Everyone, Unfortunately, there was a sudden unexpected death in Brett's family and he has to cancel his presentation tomorrow, Thursday 6/25. We will be canceling this event (How to Be More Effective ...

Peggy Li
Jun 24, 2015 at 5:15 pm
Jun 24, 2015 at 5:15 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Nesting Images with Text Data

Hi everyone: I'm searching for sample python code that nests GPS data coordination from Google's Maps API with meta data cached on a MySql server via XML? Hal Sent from Surface An HTML attachment was ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jun 19, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Jun 19, 2015 at 3:32 pm

1	[Baypiggies] Mezzanine, anyone?

Hi folks, I'm wondering if we have well-experienced Mezzanine admins around here. I've done some Django (back around 1.4), and need to move a site that is originally in WordPress with custom theme to ...

Rick Kwan
Jun 18, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Jun 18, 2015 at 9:00 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Hotspot Locator

Hi everyone: There is interest in our group in the development of Python code to locate WiFi hotspots. My question: Is there a Python solution in the location of WiFi hotspots? Hal Sent from Surface ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jun 18, 2015 at 4:49 am
Jun 18, 2015 at 4:49 am

0	[Baypiggies] Python course at UCSC Extension

Hello All, I will be teaching the evening course, "Python for programmers" at the UCSC extension in San Jose every Friday from 6:30 - 9:30 pm starting from Jun 19, 2015 until Aug 28, 2015. The course ...

Ravi
Jun 13, 2015 at 5:21 am
Jun 13, 2015 at 5:21 am

1	[Baypiggies] Installation

Hi everyone, My Python compiler produced the following syntax error: Python 3.3.0+ (win8app, Dec 27 2012, 21:34:06) [MSC v.1700 32 bit (Unknown)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or ...

Admin Dslcomputer
Jun 12, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Jun 12, 2015 at 3:27 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Correction: Next Meetup is on Thursday, June 25

Apologies for the incorrect date listed in the previous email. The meetup is on *Thursday, June 25 *(not the 24th). The date is correct on the event page. Thanks, Peggy An HTML attachment was ...

Peggy Li
Jun 4, 2015 at 8:17 pm
Jun 4, 2015 at 8:17 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Next Meetup on June 24

Everyone, I am excited to announce our next Bay Area Python Interest Group meetup. Please join us on Thursday, June 24 for Brett Slatkin's presentation on how to be more effective with classes in ...

Peggy Li
Jun 4, 2015 at 8:08 pm
Jun 4, 2015 at 8:08 pm

5	[Baypiggies] Why python 3 works on this domain but python 2 crashes

Hi there, I am encountering a strange issue on python. I am trying to make a HTTP request to following domain and get response: *https://order.dominos.com <https://order.dominos.com * 1) When I use ...

Jeff Chen
Jun 2, 2015 at 4:11 am
Jun 2, 2015 at 7:01 am

0	[Baypiggies] Location Change for Tonight's Meetup

Everyone, Our talk tonight with Melanie Warrick will be held in Louboutine in 2061 Stierlin Court, NOT Unite in 2019. Apologies for the slightly short notice on this. Please find more event details ...

Peggy Li
May 28, 2015 at 6:42 pm
May 28, 2015 at 6:42 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Class for Well-Seasoned Programmers June 1-4

Hi Python People, June 1 - 4, there will be a "Python For Programmers" daytime retreat-style class for well-seasoned programmers, at our lab at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara, right across 101 from ...

Marilyn Davis
May 25, 2015 at 4:18 pm
May 25, 2015 at 4:18 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Help for an Upcoming Montreal Python Talk/Application

I thought I reach out to a few Python User groups outside the Montreal Area. Why not the Bay Area first (I lived in the Bay in the early 2000s). Intro: During Pycon 2015, I held an Open Space talk ...

Andrew Francis
May 10, 2015 at 5:48 pm
May 10, 2015 at 5:48 pm

0	[Baypiggies] April & May Meetups Anouncements

Hello everyone, Here are two updates on our recent and upcoming meetups: (1) The video recording from April's meetup on "Go for Pythonistas" by Francesc Campoy Flores is now available at ...

Peggy Li
May 8, 2015 at 5:50 am
May 8, 2015 at 5:50 am

0	[Baypiggies] A Call to Support Nepal: Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund

Dear Baypiggies, Please read this important request for help and share with your community. This message is from Prerak a friend of mine and a native of Nepal. He?s in Seattle as a masters student in ...

Don Sheu
May 1, 2015 at 10:06 pm
May 1, 2015 at 10:06 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Analytic challenge for Baypiggies[JOB]

Baypiggies , We serve billions of ad impressions on major social networks and we are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with strong analytical skills who is very data-driven with high curiosity ...

Skye K
Apr 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Apr 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm

2	[Baypiggies] Python Engineers Needed

Want a REAL reason to go to work everyday? Come work at iCitizen and help us make our country a smarter, better place. We are looking for a python engineer who can write incredibly efficient REST ...

Octavia Gear
Apr 23, 2015 at 5:57 pm
Apr 23, 2015 at 7:14 pm

1	[Baypiggies] Custom format a la datetime

Hello everybody. I'm writing a CLI program to do some search. It's an internal tool. I'd like to provide the option to my user to format the results as he/she'd like. Something similar to strftime on ...

Santiago Basulto
Apr 18, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Apr 18, 2015 at 9:01 pm

6	[Baypiggies] BayPiggies March 2015 Talk with Guido van Rossum

I don't remember seeing email about this, but here's a link to Guido's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFexUDjHO6w An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL ...

Shannon -jj Behrens
Apr 16, 2015 at 12:29 am
Apr 17, 2015 at 6:32 pm

1	[Baypiggies] Daytime and Online Classes at UCSC-Extension

Hi Python People, We have a "Software Engineering For Novices" in the daytime next week: MWF. 9-4 at our lab at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara, right across 101 from the Great America sign ...

Marilyn Davis
Apr 14, 2015 at 5:11 pm
Apr 15, 2015 at 10:22 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Some interesting facts about Enterprise Python

I'm sure many of you have already seen this "10 Myths of Enterprise Python" https://www.paypal-engineering.com/2014/12/10/10-myths-of-enterprise-python/ Myth #10 ...

Tony Cappellini
Apr 9, 2015 at 12:33 am
Apr 9, 2015 at 12:33 am

1	[Baypiggies] BayPiggies Twitter Account

Hi, I'm Peggy. I recently joined the BayPiggies organizers team, have helped out with our latest March 2015 meetup, and will be actively involved in our upcoming meetups. I'd like to request login ...

Peggy Li
Apr 1, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Apr 1, 2015 at 9:29 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Python course at UCSC Extension

Hello All, I will be teaching the evening course, "Python for programmers" at the UCSC extension every Monday from 6:30 - 9:30 pm starting April 6th 2015 until June 15th 2015. The course will cover ...

Ravi
Mar 26, 2015 at 5:45 am
Mar 26, 2015 at 5:45 am

0	[Baypiggies] Job: NLP Software Engineer

I?m the founder of a new startup based in San Francisco (but you can work from home) working on NLP and we?re hiring an engineer with Python experience. Here?s the job posting: Title: NLP Software ...

Luke Gotszling
Mar 16, 2015 at 2:31 am
Mar 16, 2015 at 2:31 am

1	[Baypiggies] Resending Job Opening to Post

The job description is cut and pasted here to post: Thank you. Data Analytics Engineer Movoto one of the top 10 real estate websites in the US, covering over 40 different states in the US. Founded in ...

Suzanne Rey
Mar 9, 2015 at 11:25 pm
Mar 10, 2015 at 9:09 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Please post on BayPiggies

My job was rejected because it was over 40KB. This is only 16KB. Also, I have direct access to the IT team if anyone has any questions. Thanks so much for posting. Suzanne L. Rey Managing Partner l ...

Suzanne Rey
Mar 9, 2015 at 6:54 pm
Mar 9, 2015 at 6:54 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Please post attached job opening

This is less that 40KB so hopefully you can post. Do let me know. I have access to their IT group in case anyone has any questions. Thanks! Suzanne L. Rey Managing Partner l Rey Edwards Inc ...

Suzanne Rey
Mar 9, 2015 at 5:03 pm
Mar 9, 2015 at 5:03 pm

0	[Baypiggies] Algebra Using Python Meetup 2/28

Just a reminder I'm going to hold a short intro to learning Algebra using Python on Saturday in Burlingame. http://www.meetup.com/SF-Peninsula-Learning-through-Computer-Programming/events/220624076/ ...

Peter Farrell
Feb 24, 2015 at 3:03 pm
Feb 24, 2015 at 3:03 pm

2	[Baypiggies] Dan's Python 101 Sunday Class 2015-03-01 1pm Meetup

Python People, The idea behind this class is to teach enough Python to Machine Learning students so they can learn enough NumPy and Pandas to then learn scikit-learn. I invite you to attend. RSVP via ...

Dan Bikle
Feb 23, 2015 at 7:35 pm
Feb 24, 2015 at 7:07 pm

1	[Baypiggies] FWD: Programming Myths are the Root of all Evil

Harmful GOTOs, Premature Optimizations, and Programming Myths are the Root of all Evil http://videlalvaro.github.io/2015/02/programming-myths.html A fairly good rant about using adages unthinkingly, ...

Aahz Maruch
Feb 21, 2015 at 10:10 pm
Feb 22, 2015 at 12:20 am

7	[Baypiggies] A python newbie questoin

A newbie python question: THIS WORKS: ethernet.py: ... def test(): buf = [] #eth_gen(buf) buf = struct.pack('!6s6sH', '\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06', \ '\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c', 0x0800) eth = Eth() ...

Ashok Chippa
Feb 20, 2015 at 11:49 pm
Feb 21, 2015 at 6:06 am

0	[Baypiggies] Jobs: Software Engineer, Network Tools (Python)

About this position: Twitter is looking for experienced Python Software Engineers to join our Network Engineering team. Ideal candidate has experience designing and building tools to visualize and ...

Shannon -jj Behrens
Feb 20, 2015 at 3:36 am
Feb 20, 2015 at 3:36 am

10	[Baypiggies] Watching how much memory my Python program is taking up

Greetings. I have a Python 3.4 program that will keep eating up memory until I tell it to stop; in short, it uses asyncio to launch as many coroutines as the machine can handle. I want to determine ...

Paul Hoffman
Feb 19, 2015 at 4:08 pm
Feb 19, 2015 at 8:45 pm

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