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Advanced Python Features
Python is one of the most widely adopted programming languages in the world. Yet, because of...
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The Ghosts of Gaelic
April 2025 is the 20th anniversary of the Gaelic Language Act (Scotland) of 2005, passed unanimously...
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'Nobody has done this before': Britain's beloved steam trains trial technology
About 500 steam trains run across the UK each year, from Penzance in the south to...
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Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Internet
It is wonderful to see the growing number of people working on digital commons, inventing and...
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Where did the false "equal transit-time" explanation of lift originate from?
This explanation has probably been independently 'rediscovered' many times, and it is unlikely to be able...
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Why Open Models Matter
Image generated with MidjourneyOpen-source models are faster, more customizable, more private, and pound-for-pound more capable. They...
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The Outlook for Programmers
Although Sarah Olson is a senior at Massachusetts’ Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) working toward dual bachelor’s...
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UN says scam call centers are epidemic and expanding globally
Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide "like a cancer," according to the United Nations, which warns...
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The Problem with Modern Engineering Isn't Speed. It's Chaos
Last year, our team spent a lot of time interviewing fellow Platform, DevOps, DevEx, CI/CD, and...
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Southeast Asians in L.A. are being detained, deported at routine ICE check-ins
A growing number of Southeast Asian immigrants in Los Angeles and Orange counties whose deportation orders...
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Can Citizen Science Be Trusted? New Study of Birds Shows It Can
Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate...
