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Code Project – Python – Automated List From Reddit Comments

This is one of those quick and kind of dirty projects I've been meaning to do for a while. Basically, I wanted a script that would scrape all of the top level comments from a Reddit post and push them out to a list. Most commonly, to use on /r/AskReddit style threads like, well, for this example, "What is a song from the 90s that young people should listen to." Basically, threads that ask for useful opinions on list. Sometimes it's lists of websites or something. Often it's music. The script here is made for music but could be adjusted…
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100 Days of Python, Project 066-070 #100DaysofCode

Whew, I didn't really think I'd get to 9 parts in this series, and I am only around 2/3rds of the way through even.  I actually may change up the format later with the last 20 projects that are listed as "Professional".  Maybe one post each. The bulk of this round is wrapping up the Flask projects and building a simple blog that runs on Python.  It's been fun.  I've been a bit busier than normal slow my pace has slowed, but that's ok too.  Day 66 in particular felt like it took longer than it really should have, given…
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100 Days of Python, Project 015-022 #100DaysofCode

So, the first set of projects for #100DaysOfCode were all fairly simple.  Basic Text based programs that run in a terminal and run through simple loops.  The Intermediate Section starting on day 15 of the course is were things started to get quite a bit more interesting, though the basic code isn't really all that complex yet. There are two main topics covered during the Intermediate portion of the course, creating GUI interfaces with Turtle Graphics, and some introductory data analysis.  These two topics don't particularly overlap, but both seem to be the primary focus here.  I'm rather enjoying the…
Programming (Part 2)
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Programming (Part 2)

I promised a part two so here it is… The first post can be found here. As previously mentioned, my previous self taught programming experience involved BASIC and whatever the TI-85 uses.  I had my first official taste of taught programming in College a couple of years after High School with C.  My Engineering degree required I take “Programming for Engineers” which was basically C programming to solve iterative math problems.  Most of the programs we did were by the book style involving arrays and graph style equations.  The book for the course was actually two books and we only…
Programming (Part 1)
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Programming (Part 1)

Hey, it’s pointless personal trivia day!  Hooray. Anyway, I’ve never taken up computer programming in any official “this is what I’m going to do for work” sort of level but it’s off and on been a background hobby of mine.  I’ve been considering getting back into it lately which has inspired this historical blog post. The first programming language I ever learned any part of was BASIC.  This was around 1987-1988 when I was 7 or 8 years old.  I know this because, at the time, my dad had gone back to school to finish his degree in Computer Science…