[Tutor] Prime numbers

[yd]

Having a problem finding the first 1000 prime numbers, here is my code:-

print(2)
n =3
counter =1
while counter <=1000:
  for x in range(3,int((n**0.5)),2):
    if n%x != 0:
      print(n)
      n+=1
      counter+=1
    else:
      n+=1

The problem is, it prints 2 and then does nothing, yet if i try and close,
it says program is still running do you want to kill it, is there a way to
do this with lists, i know python has a prime function but i am not going to
use it because i want to solve this problem without 'cheating'.Thanks.
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