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Git: Dynamic identity

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A great example of when to use the gitconfig includeif directive

Git: Stash tips

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Annotate or summarize your stashes, and more

Git: Snapshot

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Using the git stash save command

Git: LFS Track

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Adding a new type of large file to your repository

Git: LFS Pull

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Addressing git checkout fails

Git: LFS Prune

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Tidying up your local git LFS cache

Git: LFS Clone

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How LFS integrates with git

Pandas: Options

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The get_option, reset_option, and set_option functions.

Pandas: Speed up merges

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Specify the key column of the merge as the index of your dataframes, then join instead of merge

SQL: UNION v UNION ALL

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UNION removes duplicate records, whereas UNION ALL does not

Jupyter: High-res plots

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Via the InlineBackend.figure_format configuration option

Mac: Emoji

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The characters palette

Python: Private variables

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Follow the convention of putting two underscores at the beginning of the variable’s name

Python: Lambdas as lexical closures

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A function that remembers the values from the enclosing lexical scope even when the program flow is no longer in that scope

Nix: SSH pipes

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Execute half your command locally and half remotely

Tmux: List Sessions

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Using the ls or list-sessions command

PSQL: Sleeping

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Using the pg_sleep function

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nix

Nix: SSH pipes

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Execute half your command locally and half remotely

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git

Git: Dynamic identity

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A great example of when to use the gitconfig includeif directive

Git: Stash tips

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Annotate or summarize your stashes, and more

Git: Snapshot

less than 1 minute read

Using the git stash save command

Git: LFS Track

less than 1 minute read

Adding a new type of large file to your repository

Git: LFS Pull

less than 1 minute read

Addressing git checkout fails

Git: LFS Prune

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Tidying up your local git LFS cache

Git: LFS Clone

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How LFS integrates with git

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sql

SQL: UNION v UNION ALL

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UNION removes duplicate records, whereas UNION ALL does not

PSQL: Sleeping

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Using the pg_sleep function

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python

Python: Private variables

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Follow the convention of putting two underscores at the beginning of the variable’s name

Python: Lambdas as lexical closures

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A function that remembers the values from the enclosing lexical scope even when the program flow is no longer in that scope

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psql

PSQL: Sleeping

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Using the pg_sleep function

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pandas

Pandas: Options

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The get_option, reset_option, and set_option functions.

Pandas: Speed up merges

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Specify the key column of the merge as the index of your dataframes, then join instead of merge

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posts

The Most Harmful Inventor in History

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It is difficult to surpass the magnitude of the damage caused by two particular inventions, and both were created by the same man

Helping people online

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How to overcome the communication limitations of the internet and actually help people

The evolution of US gun violence

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Our acceptance of violence today stands in striking contrast to Americans’ horror at the 1929 Valentine’s Day Massacre

How to create a healthy society

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Move fast and break things is an abomination if your goal is to create a healthy society

How to be Black

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A satirical guide to race issues

Hello World!

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My first post

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mac

Mac: Emoji

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The characters palette

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tips

Helping people online

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How to overcome the communication limitations of the internet and actually help people

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bash

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tmux

Tmux: List Sessions

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Using the ls or list-sessions command

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docker

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datascience

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visualization

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matplotlib

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github

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plot

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jupyter

Jupyter: High-res plots

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Via the InlineBackend.figure_format configuration option

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spark

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shell

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snowflake

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sklearn

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random

Data problems

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9 things to check with a new data set.

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astronomy

Minnow Telescope Finds Massive Planet

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Since ancient times, mankind has studied the sky and wondered what the ‘wandering stars’ (planets) might be. In the last two decades, we have found hundreds ...

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explainability

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interpretability

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statistics

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numpy

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awscli

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science

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sudo

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ml

Data problems

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9 things to check with a new data set.

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machine learning

Data problems

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9 things to check with a new data set.

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impact

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utility

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caltech

Minnow Telescope Finds Massive Planet

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Since ancient times, mankind has studied the sky and wondered what the ‘wandering stars’ (planets) might be. In the last two decades, we have found hundreds ...

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palomar

Minnow Telescope Finds Massive Planet

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Since ancient times, mankind has studied the sky and wondered what the ‘wandering stars’ (planets) might be. In the last two decades, we have found hundreds ...

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sleuth

Minnow Telescope Finds Massive Planet

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Since ancient times, mankind has studied the sky and wondered what the ‘wandering stars’ (planets) might be. In the last two decades, we have found hundreds ...

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tres

Minnow Telescope Finds Massive Planet

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Since ancient times, mankind has studied the sky and wondered what the ‘wandering stars’ (planets) might be. In the last two decades, we have found hundreds ...

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reproducibility

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machinelearning

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healthcare

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homebrew

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security

SHAttered

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Deliberately cause a SHA-1 collision

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emacs

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macos

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travis

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latex

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history

The evolution of US gun violence

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Our acceptance of violence today stands in striking contrast to Americans’ horror at the 1929 Valentine’s Day Massacre

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mysql

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bitbucket

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errors

Data problems

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9 things to check with a new data set.

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children

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parenting

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communication

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regex

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backup

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provenance

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mathematics

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motivation

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fake-news

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code

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dimensionality-reduction

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slack

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emoji

Mac: Emoji

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The characters palette

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computer-science

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tsql

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tests

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books

How to be Black

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A satirical guide to race issues

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comedy

How to be Black

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A satirical guide to race issues

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career

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accessibility

How to create a healthy society

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Move fast and break things is an abomination if your goal is to create a healthy society

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me-too

How to create a healthy society

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Move fast and break things is an abomination if your goal is to create a healthy society

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society

How to create a healthy society

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Move fast and break things is an abomination if your goal is to create a healthy society

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multiprocessing

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parallel

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auc

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probability

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data

Data problems

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9 things to check with a new data set.

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pipe

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pipeline

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tree

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clipboard

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hash

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salt

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death

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work-life

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entropy

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physics

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management

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product

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gatekeeper

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github-actions

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ics

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awk

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text

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float

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filevault

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filter

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pycharm

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logging

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root

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open source

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echo

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jekyll

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website

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law

The evolution of US gun violence

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Our acceptance of violence today stands in striking contrast to Americans’ horror at the 1929 Valentine’s Day Massacre

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gsutil

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string

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docker-compose

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http

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1password

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op

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gpg

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path

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lsof

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port

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context

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ssh

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time

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wget

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ansible

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disaster

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dotfiles

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recovery

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stow

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jq

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json

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environment

The Most Harmful Inventor in History

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It is difficult to surpass the magnitude of the damage caused by two particular inventions, and both were created by the same man

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health

The Most Harmful Inventor in History

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It is difficult to surpass the magnitude of the damage caused by two particular inventions, and both were created by the same man

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html

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unix

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pv

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tee

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machine-learning

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