Hey everyone,
I'm experiencing a performance drop when running a Python file. I'm using VS Code on Windows 10 while learning to program.
When I hit the run button, the runtime of the program is 5.0 seconds, even though it should execute in roughly about 0.003 milliseconds.
I have tried switching to older versions like 2025.6.1, but that didn't work.
Any solutions to that problem?
Hey everyone,
I'm new to Python and have created my "Rock-Paper-Scissors" game and want to share it on this forum so I can look for ways to improve the code.
The player types in a number between zero and two. These values stand for different moves the player can type. (0 - Rock, 1 - Paper, 2 - Scissors). The computer generates a number between zero and two. The player's input is checked by the main if-elif-else block, as I'm using a nested if-elif-else statement:
import random
player_input = int(input("What do you choose? Type 0 for Rock, 1 for Paper or 2 for Scissor. "))
computer = random.randint(0, 2)
if player_input == 0:
if computer == 0:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)
(_____)
(_____)
(____)
---.__(___)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)
(_____)
(_____)
(____)
---.__(___)
It's a draw!!!''')
elif computer == 1:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)
(_____)
(_____)
(____)
---.__(___)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
_______)
_______)
---.__________)
You lost!!!''')
elif computer == 2:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)
(_____)
(_____)
(____)
---.__(___)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
__________)
(____)
---.__(___)
You won!!!''')
elif player_input == 1:
if computer == 1:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
_______)
_______)
---.__________)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
_______)
_______)
---.__________)
It's a draw!!!''')
elif computer == 0:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
_______)
_______)
---.__________)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)
(_____)
(_____)
(____)
---.__(___)
You won!!!''')
elif computer == 2:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
_______)
_______)
---.__________)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
__________)
(____)
---.__(___)
You lost!!!
''')
elif player_input == 2:
if computer == 2:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
__________)
(____)
---.__(___)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
__________)
(____)
---.__(___)
It's a draw!!!''')
elif computer == 1:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
__________)
(____)
---.__(___)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
_______)
_______)
---.__________)
You won!!! ''')
elif computer == 0:
print('''You chose:
_______
---' ____)____
______)
__________)
(____)
---.__(___)
Computer chose:
_______
---' ____)
(_____)
(_____)
(____)
---.__(___)
You lost!!! ''')
Any recommendations regarding improvements for the code?
Hey everybody,
I'm new to programming with Python and following along with a Udemy Course. I'm now learning about lists and need to write a "Who will pay the bill"-like game.
It works like this: you have a pseudorandom number generator and a list of friends. Each time, the number generator generates a number between the given indices of the list. If the randomly generated number is equal to a specific index of that list, it should print out the person who must pay the bill by using an if-elif statement.
I've been using what I learned from the past lessons. This is what the code looks like (and yeah, I know, I messed up pretty badly, even though I have already found a solution):
import random
friends = ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "David", "Emanuel"]
random_select = random.randint(0, 4)
if random_select == friends[0]:
print("Alice has to pay the bill. ")
elif random_select == friends[1]:
print("Bob has to pay the bill. ")
elif random_select == friends[2]:
print("Charlie has to pay the bill. ")
elif random_select == friends[3]:
print("David has to pay the bill. ")
elif random_select == friends[4]:
print("Emanuel has to pay the bill. ")
But I couldn't really figure out why the code won't work.
Hey everyone,
I would like to know what makes these games so good that one of them actually hit 500 million downloads on the Google Play Store. When people think, play or see these games, they often feel some sort of nostalgia for them. But why is that, and why were these games so famous back then?
Does anyone have an explanation?
Hey everyone,
I would like to share my story with y'all because I have no one to talk to. I don't have the confidence to tell my parents about it. I had 7-8 childhood friends back then in 2017, and we did have some fun together. We were out spending some time in the playground, and when 2020 and the pandemic came, we couldn't get out and do the same usual things, so we lost contact, but we were still friends.
It all began at the end of 2022, as I had started behaving weirdly. I think it was mainly because of my puberty back then. 2 of my childhood friends were sitting down on a staircase in front of the entrance door to the housing complex. They yelled my name, and I came to them and started acting and talking weirdly. Back then, I didn't think about my behaviour back then. But as I started to grow and became more conscious and mature, I thought more about it. And 2025 was when it all began; I started daydreaming about fake scenarios, imagining I wished I had never done this, or that I would never have acted weirdly when speaking to them. Now they keep avoiding me till now. And I never had the courage or confidence to talk to them and apologise for my behaviour back then. I was ashamed, in fact.
Now I keep dreaming about fake scenarios about never having done that. I also dream about being on a stage, presenting a game I coded entirely on my own, imagining myself as the main character, and my childhood friends who once avoided me and never wanted a chat eventually seeing me as a nice guy, or never associating me with my past.
But the real problem is that I have started going to a swing and keep daydreaming. I usually go for 30-60 minutes a day, with headphones in my ear, and listen to music while I'm swinging. It breaks my focus, and it's not only that. I face this daydream cycle when I'm doing productive work or going after the hobby that's bringing me closer to my future. I want to break this cycle and regain my focus. I don't want to live in my head anymore and actually focus on my hobbies and work again.
Does anyone have tips for me about how to regain my focus and stop living in my head?
Hey everyone,
I have tried running python code in VS Code but it won't run:
If I press run it seems that it gives the folder path instead of the code. The Output sessions won't run it either:
Any solutions to that problem?
Hey everyone,
I'm currently learning Python programming with the "Crash Course Python" book from Eric Matthes.
I just want to run the file, but instead of getting the code, I'm getting a file path on the terminal in VS Code:
Any solutions to that problem?
Hey everyone,
I have installed Ubuntu, and have added "nomodeset" due to my PC not reacting on the loading screen while installing Ubuntu. Now I'm stuck with this screen:
What does that mean?
Hey everyone,
So I have recently installed Ubuntu on my Acer Aspire laptop, and I got stuck on this same loading screen:
Nothing happens.
Any solution to that problem?
Hey everyone,
I want to give my Linux terminal a beautiful makeover. and I have followed along with this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffmm80_Cii4&t=176s .
I have ran into an error when I carried out this command:
% git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git .
This is the error message I got:
fg: no current job
Any solutions to that problem?
Hey there,
Just installed Grand Theft Auto IV. I'm a little bit to lazy to play the game trough, and want install some mods like the LCPD:FR mod for example. I have found a guide about modding GTA IV on Linux: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRoJb3oq8zs . But I couldn't understand how he came into the files of the game, or the main files. The link he provided in the description about downgrading the game doesn't work either.
So how am I supposed to downgrade Grand Theft Auto IV? What should I do to downgrade the game?
Hey everyone,
Just got the amazon basics stereo loudspeakers for my computer. But it seems that I don't get any audio output from the speakers. I have tried solving this by typing the command: alsamixer in the terminal and followed the instructions from a youtube tutorial. (I'm using Ubuntu btw)
But I still don't get any audio output.
Any solutions to that problem?
Hey everyone,
Just got the amazon basics stereo loudspeakers for my computer. But it seems that I don't get any audio output from the speakers. I have tried solving this by typing the command: alsamixer in the terminal and followed the instructions from a youtube tutorial.
But I still don't get any audio output.
Any solutions to that problem?
Hey there,
I have installed Linux like 3 months or so, and I'm satisfied with it. I have tried some things out, like customizing the terminal or downloading some themes especially icons and setting up VS code. But I want to know how Linux, the file system and the command line works.
I'm thinking of buying the book "The Linux Command Line" by William Shotts, and some other books.
But what learning source do you recommend?
ey everyone,
I have installed some configuration mods for my terminal so it looks beautiful. But I have messed some things up, and now the terminal looks like this:
And I want to reset my configurations for the terminal to look like this again:
So what is the solution to that?
Hey there,
I've been using Ubuntu for like 2 months or so, and the only thing I cannot get along with is the theme and the icons.
I want a "Frutiger Aero"-like theme on my setup, but I couldn't find anything on the internet that pleases me.
What are your recommendations?
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to download the Vulkan Drivers, and encountered this error message by typing this command:
❯ sudo apt install
mesa-vulkan-drivers
vulkan-utils
Zusammenfassung:
Aktualisiere: 0, Installiere: 0, Entferne: 0, Aktualisiere nicht: 0
mesa-vulkan-drivers: Befehl nicht gefunden.
vulkan-utils: Befehl nicht gefunden.
Any solution to that problem? And btw, I'm using Ubuntu Linux.
Hey there,
I'm new to Python, and I wanted to know if somebody could explain why and how the .removeprefix() and .removesuffix() work? I can't get my head over it. For example:
filename = "test"
file_ending = ".py"
file = f"{filename}{file_ending}"
I created three variables, and let's say, I want to remove the suffix with the .removesuffix() method:
print(file.removesuffix(file_ending))
What I'm getting at is that I also could write this instead:
print(file.removesuffix(filename))
Usually, you would write removeprefix instead of removesuffix. This is just an example.
But why won't the removesuffix() method delete the filename? Or better, how does the computer know which part of the string a prefix or suffix is?
Hey there,
I wanted to install zsh on my setup. Right after I typed this command prompt: chsh -s $(which zsh)
An error message appeared with the following statement: "The terminal could not be launched"
Are there any solutions to this problem?
Hey there,
I have a problem running my Python file using the directory commands in my terminal. So if I wanted to run hello_world.py, I should usually, as the book I'm learning with suggests, type the path to my folder in my terminal. Something like this: cd /home/abdu/hello_world.py. This is the directory my folder is in. Am I missing something?
And what are better approaches to open and execute Python directly from the terminal?
