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Python Physics Lesson 1: Hello World and Variables

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...
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I Use Python, but I’m Learning R and the Tidyverse for Data Analysis Too

I'm a big fan of Python for data analysis, but even I get curious about what else is available. R has long been the go-to ...
Wall Street Journal

AI Economics Are Brutal. Demand Is the Variable to Watch.

AI companies are losing money at an epic pace, and the reasons go deeper than mere profligacy. The economics of artificial intelligence have turned sharply against them, at least for now, and for ...
Burlington Post

Should you switch to a variable-rate mortgage now? Here’s what Ontario experts say after recent Bank of Canada rate drop

With the Bank of Canada lowering its interest rate last month and another decision coming at the end of October, many homeowners are getting curious about the best mortgage rate. And Ontario mortgage ...
theregister

Python releases version 3.14 – with cautious free-threaded support

The Python team has released version 3.14, with big new features including free threading support, the ability to use concurrent interpreters, improved debugger support, and an opt-in new interpreter ...
InfoWorld

The best new features and fixes in Python 3.14

Official support for free-threaded Python, and free-threaded improvements Python’s free-threaded build promises true parallelism for threads in Python programs by removing the Global Interpreter Lock ...
NPR

Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app

Apple and Google on Thursday removed apps that alert people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby following pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi. Critics of the tech giants ...
The New York Times

Are We Headed for Apocalypse? This Book Says It’s a 1-in-3 Chance.

In “Goliath’s Curse,” Luke Kemp crunches the numbers to see exactly how far we are from the fate of once-great empires. A detail from Samuel Colman’s “The Edge of Doom” (1836-38).Credit...Samuel ...
Wall Street Journal

How Trump’s Drug-Buying Site ‘TrumpRx’ Will Work

President Trump said he expects to reach pricing deals with more drug companies following the Pfizer announcement. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump on Tuesday announced the first of ...
Yahoo! Sports

Sandy Brondello's firing latest example of WNBA's ascension, but will the New York Liberty's gamble pay off?

LAS VEGAS — There’s no clearer illustration that the WNBA has leveled up to big sports business territory than the New York Liberty firing head coach Sandy Brondello. She accomplished all of that in ...
The New York Times

The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...