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#Python Refactoring: From Long List of Arguments to Object
https://youtu.be/fJmZAsulP7g?si=zI0LZu-YFyReWSSg
- will do some more refactoring videos this year ...
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What could there be more after the awesome 3 body problem you might think?
Read the Dark Forest, halfway through it, really good!

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TIL you can use int() with base 2 to convert binary to decimal #python

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