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"""An immutable Tic Tac Toe board and minimax ai"""
import itertools

class Board(object):
    """Immutable Tic Tac Toe board

    >>> Board().rows
    ((' ', ' ', ' '), (' ', ' ', ' '), (' ', ' ', ' '))
    >>> print Board()
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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Add the line 
# pastebin_helper = opt.py
# to .bpython/config
# under a section called
# [general]
# to enable

import sys
import urllib

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class Class
  alias :create :new

  @@objects = []

  def new(*a, &b)
    obj = allocate
    if obj.class == String
      nil
    elsif obj.class == Time

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from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import pty
import os
from select import select
import sys
import tty

master, slave = pty.openpty()
p = Popen(['python'], stdin=slave, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
pin = os.fdopen(master, 'w')

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def combs(array, n)
  if array.length < n
    []
  elsif n == 0
    [[]]
  else
    (combs(array[1..-1], n-1).map{|comb| [array[0]] + comb} +
     combs(array[1..-1], n))
  end
end

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Practice for Job Fair / Thanksgiving

This is the last job prep day before two important interrogative events: a job fair December 5th, and American Thanksgiving, November 28. We're going to practice responding to questions in pairs. Explicitly state who you are before starting to ask questions - you'd say different things to your uncle over mashed potatoes than you would to an engineer at the job fair from Etsy.

We'll also share solutions to interview questions / programming problems we're finding tough - I want to check in with some people on recursion in particular.

Here's a script to choose questions from:

• What's Hacker School? (Try telling this to a skeptical interviewer - it's not your job to defend Hacker School! Just to tell your story)
• What language did they teach you there?

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import poplib

USERNAME = '[email protected]'
PASSWORD = 'nevergraduate'

M = poplib.POP3_SSL('pop.gmail.com')
M.user(USERNAME)
M.pass_(PASSWORD)
numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
for i in range(numMessages):

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google_homepage = lambda: [
        globals().__setitem__('s', __import__('socket').socket()),
        globals()['s'].connect(('www.google.com', 80)),
        globals()['s'].send('GET /\r\n\r\n'),
        ''.join(globals()['s'].recv(1000000) for _ in range(100))
        ][-1]

print google_homepage()

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#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import urllib2
import json

def do_gist_json(s):
    """ Use json to post to github. """
    gist_public = False
    gist_url = 'https://api.github.com/gists'

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# This is a standard python config file
# Valid values can be True, False, integer numbers, strings
# By default bpython will look for ~/.config/bpython/config or you
# can specify a file with the --config option on the command line

# General section tag
[general]

# Display the autocomplete list as you type (default: True).
# When this is off, you can hit tab to see the suggestions.