Why write ten lines of code when one will do? From magic variable swaps to high-speed data counting, these Python snippets ...

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I have a reasonably technical layperson’s understanding of conditionals and ...

Pull fresh Unsplash wallpapers and rotate them on GNOME automatically with a Python script plus a systemd service and timer.

In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital ...

Google rolled out Gemini 3.1 Pro yesterday, touting a 77.1% score on novel logic puzzles that models can't just memorize—more than double 3 Pro's result—and record marks for expert-level scientific ...

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The Florida House voted to replace the mockingbird with the American flamingo as the state bird. The bill now heads to the ...

The media is full of breathless reports that AI can now code and human programmers are going to be put out to pasture. We ...

To fill the talent gap, CS majors could be taught to design hardware, and the EE curriculum could be adapted or even shortened.

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