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Help writing a python program which asks the users to input data into a file.! [closed]

Help :x I've never had to use python before and now all of the sudden I need to write this out.
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x64 assembly clearmem / zeromem

I just started learning assembly yesterday, and the first useful thing I've written is a clearmem function. I'm looking for general feedback regarding my coding of this function, whether there any ...
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Bash script that can uncompress: tar, gzip, rar

This code generally works exactly as it is supposed to. I'm learning bash I'm looking for some constructive help that could help me improve my work. #!/bin/bash usage() { echo "Program for ...
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lightweight packet sniffer review

This is a simple packet sniffer that turns on LEDs when there's network activity. It works by picking up filters in a configuration file and listen for activity in those filters. When there's a ...
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Accelerate OpenGL 2d on python3

I used OpenGL to draw about 20 circles. Each circle has 2 lines, ~10 segments, and all of them have different colors and lenght. FPS ~=4. How can I do this faster? I am using Python 3 on Ubuntu Sorry ...
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bash file manipulation [closed]

I have files in a directory named so: 1welcome.avi 2introdution.avi I have a rhcsa.txt file that has what these files should be named as: rhcsa_1_welcome.avi rhcsa_2_introduction.avi both the ...
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Possible improvements for this small C program?

I'm learning C and today I wrote a program that displays info about my hardware on ubuntu. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main() { char ch, file_name[25] = ...
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First Database Schema - How did I do?

I would really like some advice from any DB gurus who have a few minutes free. After doing some reading and playing with sqlfiddle over the weekend I have constructed this postgresql schema and it is ...
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Need some advice and feedback on my C code calling Bash functions

My intent is to use Bash functions defined in functions.sh in a C program. I am doing this so that I don't have to rewrite the Bash functionality again in C. I want to use one common library for ...
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Naive C++ Matrix Multiplication 100 times slower than BLAS?

I am taking a look at large matrix multiplication and ran the following experiment to form a baseline test: Randomly generate two 4096x4096 matrixes X, Y from std normal (0 mean, 1 stddev). Z = X*Y ...
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Are these set-uid scripts/binaries secure?

I have a system that needs to be able to reboot a different piece of hardware partway through a script that programs it. It used to wait for me to come and reboot the hardware halfway through, but ...
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Readers and writers (writers-preference). I'm not sure whether my code is wrong or not [closed]

I've found on the wikipedia pseudo-code, so I've decided to try it. That's the Wiki's code: int readcount, writecount; (initial value = 0) semaphore mutex_1, mutex_2, mutex_3, w, r ; (initial value ...
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Can I speed up this simple versioning/backup script?

I'm writing a simple automatic backup/versioning bash script. It should basically mirror a directory structure somewhere, and then copy files over there when they've been altered. The ghost files ...
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Writing SIMD libraries for C++ on FASM in x86-64 Linux

I have recently started a project of SIMD libraries development for C++ on FASM for x86-64 Linux. I would be glad to hear any opinion or feedback about the project, cleanness of the code and ...
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C++ TCP Socket Server for Unix

I'm very new to C++, (7 days ago I wrote "Hello World") but I really want to write good code and increase my development skill, so I ask you for some review. Scheme of socket server This is the ...

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