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+# Ignore Jupyter Notebook checkpoints
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+#Ignore pycache
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+
+#And all figures
+fig*/
+
+func_bk/
+
+#Also no pkl files
+*.pkl
+
+plot-data/
+theresa-data/
+obsolete/
+