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Smallest number of rectangles covering marked parts of grid

I have an N by N grid of cells, and certain blocks are marked: +--+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | x | x | | | | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | x | +--+---+---+---+ I would like to ...
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Data processing pipeline design for processing data

I have a use case for which I need to build a data processing pipeline Customer contact leads data coming from different data sources like csv, data base, api has to be first mapped to a universal ...
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Python and C++ repository structure

I'm refactoring the directory structure of a large Python repo that has a few dozen C and C++ files littered throughout. Is there a suggested architecture for a Python package that contains C/C++ code ...
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Calculating the multiplicative inverse of a number in a Galois field

I was told to come here from Stack Overflow because I was "looking for an algorithm". I'm trying to implement it in Python, but there is nowhere on the net that gives a straightforward way for ...
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How to Use Python as a "Macro" runner for a C# Application

I am working on an application that the user may wish to automate some features of (but we don't know what at the moment) I would like to provide them some kind of scripting interface so they can play ...
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Structuring a multi-language project?

I'm working on a project which involves writing code for multiple devices, each in its own language (in particular, Arduino and Python). I want to contain the entire project in a single directory, but ...
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Incorporating custom Algorithm in SOLR-LUCENE , before Indexing?

CURRENT FLOW: I am using a custom algorithm(presently in php) to rank the MYSQL records before INDEXING it to SOLR . WHAT I WANT : Is it possible implementing this ALGORITHM(may be in JAVA) inside ...
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Confused about how to test Python scripts that install and configure a development setup on OSX (VMware? Docker-OSX?)

In my company we hire engineers for various "disciplines"—iOS, Android, Web, Backend, Data, etc. Engineers follow an onboarding workbook to install what they need for their discipline. iOS ...
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How to structure python modules/packages according to dependecy inversion

If I am working on a project, say it has this file structure: car/ body/ __init__.py doors.py bonnet.py engine/ cyclinderhead/ __init__.py pistons.py ...
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Architecture and Security in a Web/Native app while generating PDFs

I am trying to make a system where a user can view/download his statements (say salary slips). The user will have ability to download PDF versions of these statements and can also save them to Google ...
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Can/Should I make an automatic installation of new python libraries after a git pull?

Imagine the following situation: I'm working on a python project, and I install the library antigravity with pip. I add the function fly() which uses the library, and I commit and push the changes. ...
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Python3: How to change the design of a class hierarchy to improve access to objects there buried?

I asked this question already at stackoverflow together with a serialization related part and at codereview for the design part only. Since the design related part receives no answers or comments on ...
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How do large scale permission systems work with membership expansion?

Let's say you have a permission system with which you can specify things like: user U is a member of group A, which is a subgroup of group B, which is a subgroup of group C, and all members of group C ...
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Software design strategy for a machine learning tool that outputs a subset of the text input (Information Extraction)?

Let's say I have thousands of pdfs that are each about 30k words written in conversational English. In each of the pdfs there is a name / names of a person/people who snowboard. There are also many ...
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Some "intent"-related questions vis-à-vis Operational Transformation and CRDTs

I’m a little unclear on some questions relating to the "intent" part of concurrent collaboration algorithms (operational transformation and conflict-free replicated data types). Please help! Strings ...

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