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Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:49:01 +1100
Subject: Re: Quick Question About Setting Up Pytz
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 1:44 PM, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll probably give it until the end of the year, and start learning Chine=
se.  There's other things I want to do with my time.  I know 10 programming=
 languages.  I thought it would be fun to learn Python, but after 2 months,=
 I still can't run a single line of code.  This language makes no sense wha=
tsoever, and it never does anything that you tell it to do.
>

Try learning Python itself, rather than playing around with extension
packages like pytz. You're having trouble installing add-ons - that's
like saying "Computers are total rubbish, I bought this fancy new ISA
card and I can't make it work!". Start with what you have, and worry
about the extra complexities later.

ChrisA