#python is installed

[autumncalls]

having trouble installing a python library and the two lecturers (both it specialists) determined that my notebook needs an exorcism. the issue seems to be some sort of problem with windows so the fix was installing a linux subsystem. love when my computer problems stump professionals. the issue is still ongoing, we just circumvented it

[froget-me-nots]

deskpet mikey :)

[fancykraken]

Tumblr users: you need to back up your tumblr sooner rather than later

Me, a tumblr user since 2010:

[lethalwizard]

oh my fucking god i’m the smartest cunt alive

[frog707]

Wilma again

I have ongoing issues with the Linux Mint installation on the laptop I use for software development and blogging.

You may recall I tried upgrading to version 22 (code name: Wilma), encountered a graphics regression, and had to revert the upgrade using TimeShift. Since then, my Linux experience hasn't been quite right. While troubleshooting an issue, I uninstalled Python; this broke APT, causing routine software updates to fail.

Yesterday I created a new partition on the HDD and attempted a clean install of Wilma there. After several tries, I suspect that my largest USB thumb drive (NXT brand, purchased in January 2024) suffers from data corruption.

Believe it or not, my 2nd-largest thumb drive is too small to hold the 2.9 GByte ISO image, so this morning I'm off to buy a new thumb drive.

[dkettchen]

[cosmogyros]

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[amethystsnow]

why the hell is python basically "the beginner language" its so fucking annoying i wanted to try to do something relatively simple (click when the pixel under my cursor changes color) but i had to spend like 45 minutes getting it to be able to control my mouse and do things such as click because i found the module i need for it and tried to install that only for pip to just not work because apparently you need to either be in regular command prompt and type "py -m" before it or you need this longass command in order to do it through the python console and it took way too long to find someone who mentioned that information necessary to install modules but then it wasnt working in pycharm because apparently the installations are specific to the venv rather than just python and so i had to figure out hwo to open up the console in pycharm and use the longass command to install it there BUT THEN that dindt work because the venv didnt allow installing other software or whatever so i had to go to the cfg file for it and FINALLY was able to install it and use it in pycharm. and then i learned that i have to install another module in order to use the sleep command. sleep. why does this beginner language not have a sleep command by default thats such a basic common mechanic why to i need to install and import time anyway if you actually read through all of my rambling and complaining thank you for that and FUCK python. i am however going to continue using it for this little project (building off of the original purpose) because once the modules are installed it is a very simple language

[watermelinoe]

this is a longshot but does anyone here know how to set up python with external modules like google api python client

[recurring-polynya]

i just want a lil script that can scrape a spotify playlist and stick all the lyrics into a database that i can do keyword searches on when i need to come up with a title for my fanfic

[sevicia]

I wanted to make a cleaner summary of last week's classes and also review the classes I have this week since the material is already uploaded beforehand but I was feeling so horrible throughout the day that when I sat down I was just gonna look at the ones for tomorrow but I think I'm just gonna go to bed because I just gave my little numbers game a few tries and not even the joy of tribial elementary school-level math games is bringing my brain cells and/or full sentience back

[recreationaldivorce]

man i love the jetbrains ides but they take up soooo much memory i wish they would just rewrite their ides in a native language...

[thasorns-moved]

my conclusion for the day: I suck at programming.

[consistantly-changing]

Some things I will add regarding the Tumblr Utils method:

If you have other python software installed, you might need to remove them lest your computer have an issue with which version of Python to run the script on, I had to remove a C++ emulator which was clashing with the python for some reason, though admittedly that program never actually worked for me.

Use the command window rather than trying to download and run the code yourself, the link in the document points to a version of the code that was incompatible with the current Python version I was using and I wasted close to two hours trying to force it to run before giving up.

The API key request appears to be automatic, so you don't have to wait for one of the few remaining staff members to personally authorize you.

This is the current line of code that works to backup your account:

tumblr-backup --save-audio --save-video --tag-index --incremental blog-name

Replace "blog-name" with your blog name.

save-audio and save-video are self explanatory, however I did encounter some issues with posts where videos couldn't be saved. The program will give you a post number pointing to which post couldn't be saved, so if you wish you can go and save those videos/audios through a different method. tag-index creates an index of every tag you've ever used, which is helpful but also note that it means every tag. incremental is perhaps the most useful one, as it allows you to keep updating the backup. The document uses --i, which according to the script I ran is no longer used.

Good wifi is absolutely recommended as this thing ate up most of my bandwidth and took nearly 3 days for about 91000 posts. Another important command, especially if you have wifi troubles, is

tumblr-backup --save-audio --save-video --tag-index --continue blog-name

If ever your command is interrupted, this allows the program to continue from where the last increment stopped. I made a notepad file containing these two lines and just copied + pasted them any time the program crashed.

You can use your computer while this runs, I set mine up with a power connection and disabled the auto shutdown feature. I do recommend doing this, it's not difficult as long as you don't have the world's most unique computer problems like I did.

Btw much as I love to make fun of twitter and reddit's business decisions, I have 0% trust in tumblr's management to not go a similar route so this is your gentle reminder that you should regularly go to your blog settings to export your blog. That's a fancy way of saying you can download a backup of your blog so if everything goes down you'll still have a backup of your posts & convos.

[gabidemo]

How to Install Python on Windows 11 (EASY)

[robjorg]

Install Python on Windows 11