[evanj]

Part of my motivation for writing these things is because after I've wasted so much time, I'd love to help others not do the same. Hopefully the article shows up when you search for the right error message. Its also so I remember what the heck was happening.

Re: multiprocessing in 3.4: I think it is unfortunate that due to backwards compatibility, the "forkserver" mode can't become the default on Unix, since it would help avoid this particular issue.