diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+*.pyc
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
+
+# ignore all __pycache__ folders
+__pycache__/
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