Code Samples for os.nice post

os.nice.py

import os
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def thread_mask(args):
    # Properly Parallel RNG
    #http://stackoverflow.com/questions/444591/convert-a-string-of-bytes-into-an-int-python
    myid=current_process()._identity[0]
    np.random.seed(myid^struct.unpack("<L",os.urandom(4))[0])

    os.nice(5)

    return long_simulation(args)

os.nicer.py

...
    # Be Nice
    niceness=os.nice(0)
    os.nice(5-niceness)
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