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How do I get Pillow ImageOps.contain to work when inside VS Code?

I have VS Code on a Mac.
Pillow is installed and version verified as 8.3.2 via Pip list in the terminal window of VS Code. I have confirmed via the pillow docs that the ImageOps.contain() is part of 8.3.
My problem is that when I use the terminal, type python and run the following, it works perfectly:
from PIL import Image, ImageOps
im = Image.open("images/Barcelona.jpg")
print(im.format, im.size, im.mode)
im = ImageOps.contain(im, (800, 800), method=3)
im.show()
Preview pops right up and shows me the picture.
When I put the exact code into VS Code or build a .py file with Nano, I get an error message which is shown in this image:
I've verified the right version of Python, Pillow, and such. Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

This turns out to be a problem with what I can only call nested environments and/or a conflict between Anaconda and Workspaces. I'm not really sure but when I used the _version import to figure out a) what VS Code thought and then b) figured out the environment Pip was reporting on, I deactivated up one level, upgraded the (base) to the 8.3 version and all ran fine. The knowledge on importing the version variable to see precisely what the code is importing came from the question asked below and was invaluable.

Create a mess I need to clean up, while trying to solve conflicts between Macbook Pro M1 and Tensorflow library

I have a 2021 Macbook pro M1.
It is a well recognized problem that it conflicts with Tensoflow library, see here or here; in particular this last one was exactly the issue I experienced: when I tried to import tensorflow in jupyter notebook via the command
import tensorflow as tf
then the message
The kernel appears to have died. It will restart automatically.
appeared. Then searching in the above linked discussions, I have the feeling that the suggestion given at some point, which points at this link, SEEMS to be useful.
FIRST QUESTION: is this a/the solution for the M1-Tensorflow conflict?
I say "it seems" since before trying that I have been into the kind of tornado of desperate attempts leading a beginner like me to search for hints all around the web and then copy-paste commands taken here and there into the Terminal without understanding them all properly.
On one hand it sounds dumb, I admit, on the other the cost of understanding everything goes well beyond my humble intentions of learning some ML.
So, the final result is that I have a complete mess in my computer; the old libraries like numpy don't work anymore (when I import them inside a Python3 page opened with jupyter notebook with the command import numpy as np, the message
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'
appears), then the pip command doesn't work, if I use the pip3 to install, nothing changes. I read somewhere to use a virtual enviroment, and I followed the instructions even if I wasn't really aware of what I was doing; I downloaded XCode, miniforge3...
Well, I guess that there is somebody out there who can relate with this.
SECOND PROBLEM: I would like to clean-up everything dealing with Python/pip/anaconda and so on and install everything from scratch, possibly following the above link to solve the M1-tensorflow conflict...if it is correct. How can I do that?
Can somebody help me, please? Thanks

code execution cannot complete as python38.dll not found

i have no idea what i have done to cause this but when running C:>python .... (image 1) i get this error (image two)
i've tried repairing the install and running a full scan for any viruses and it's all going normal but then i still get this error
image 1:
image 2:
i'd just like to thank anyone who may be able to help in advance too!

When you type py command Python 3.9.2 is launched. However, when you type python the error message shows that python38.dll wasn't found which is a different version. It seems like you had different versions of Python and maybe some uninstallation process went wrong.
Are you able to check what do you have on PATH? The issue might be there. You can also try to uninstall all Python-related apps and install a fresh Python 3.9

Snare and Tanner Honeypot setup. Syntax error with clone.py

Attempting a setup of the Honeypot Snare here and getting an error of sorts.
Installed onto Ubuntu.14 variant, following setups from the github: https://github.com/mushorg/snare
Onto step 3 as it asks: Clone a page: sudo python3 clone.py --target http://example.com
When I try this command on any domain i get the same error. Even with no domain. Seems to be an error with the python code, had a look and can see the def line it points too but that kind of code is through the whole clone.py file.
error
Not sure whats causing it or what ive done wrong if anything. Starting to get into the use of Linux but would still consider myself a beginner.
Any help would be awesome! Thanks!

Updating to a newer OS version .16 worked with all the same commands previously used. Posting to let others know if they experience this! :D

Difficulty installing and using Mercurial Chart extension

Hi I'm having trouble installing and using the Mercurial ChartExtension
When I installed it as per instructions
First you need to install the extension; type this in your shell:
python ./setup.py install
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I then modified my mercurial.ini file as follows
[extensions]
chart=/path/to/chart.py
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Then tried running Hg Chart command and got the following error
Can anyone help me get this extension working. I know there's the Hg ActivityExtension as well, but i have not had much luck with that either Problem installing Mercurial Activity extension
A layman's guide to what steps i need to follow would be of immense help

Based on the changelog, the Chart extension has not been updated since late 2008. It would probably work if you tried using it with a version of Mercurial released around that same time (Mercurial v1.1.2 was released on Dec. 30, 2008).
The latest version of Mercurial is now v1.9.2. The API has changed (probably quite a bit) since v1.1.2. If the extension has not been modified to keep up with the changes to the API, then it will fail in ways similar to the error you found. In this case, the number of arguments for the walkchangerevs method has changed.
Updating the extension could be a large task...there is no way to know without inspecting the code. You could try to contact the author (#Ry4an) and ask for help. You could also try to modify the extension yourself.