Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Python Modules That Make Handling JSON Even Faster

Python Modules That Make Handling JSON Even Faster
Parsing JSON is a necessary evil of software development. If you’re interacting with an API, sending messages between hosts or scraping data then it’s probably…

September 14, 2022 at 07:51AM
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Sunday, August 14, 2022

Ask Ethan: Does light really live forever?

Ask Ethan: Does light really live forever?
One of the most enduring ideas in all the Universe is that everything that exists now will someday see its existence come to an end. The stars, galaxies, and…

August 14, 2022 at 12:43PM
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The Case for Shorttermism

The Case for Shorttermism
This weekend the New York Times devoted its weekly ideas showcase—the front of its Sunday Opinion section—to “longtermism,” the idea that, as the essay in the…

August 14, 2022 at 12:23PM
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AFFiNE: The Next-Gen Knowledge Base to Notion and Miro

AFFiNE: The Next-Gen Knowledge Base to Notion and Miro
While Miro(visual collaboration platform) and Notion(note-taking tool) are silky smooth and powerful enough to use, they are not open source solutions. So, what…

August 14, 2022 at 09:23AM
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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Scrintal: First Impressions

Scrintal: First Impressions
Image Source: Scrintal What is Scrintal? Personal Knowledge management ( PKM ) apps have gone from a niche interest to a mainstream category in the last few…

August 11, 2022 at 10:04AM
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022

I Spent 7 Months Gathering The Very Best Free Courses I Could Find On The Internet

I Spent 7 Months Gathering The Very Best Free Courses I Could Find On The Internet
Including life-changing Harvard, MIT, and Stanford courses. Illustration I am an Apple notes guy. I see it. I like it. I want it. I save it. For the last 7…

August 9, 2022 at 08:55AM
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Convert Your Old Laptop Into a Security Monitoring & URL Filtering Server (Part 1)

Convert Your Old Laptop Into a Security Monitoring & URL Filtering Server (Part 1)
Tool discussion and initial setup Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash Do you have an old laptop lying around that is no longer being used but still works? Don’t…

August 9, 2022 at 08:52AM
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The Correct Way of Running Python Programs

The Correct Way of Running Python Programs
How to use __name__ == “__main__” Photo by Alex Chumak on Unsplash Running Python programs is easy: you write your code, save it, go to the console and execute…

August 9, 2022 at 08:48AM
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Fzf: A tool that will transform your CLI life

Fzf: A tool that will transform your CLI life
I’m a CLI junkie, addicted to Vim motions, and never miss an opportunity to bring those two in to any part of my workflow. Naturally, I love to geek out about…

August 8, 2022 at 10:24AM
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Monday, August 08, 2022

Top 3 Password Mangers For 2022

Top 3 Password Mangers For 2022
What is a password manager? A password manger is a software that stores all your online credentials and is encrypted by a master password.This helps you to…

August 2, 2022 at 09:09AM
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Tuesday, August 02, 2022

Introducing Neptune

Introducing Neptune
Neptune is a light-weight, open-source dev tool which introduces developers to Kubernetes and get started with interacting with Kubernetes clusters. Background…

August 2, 2022 at 09:09AM
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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Running a WiFi-less Home Network: Security Paranoid Edition

Running a WiFi-less Home Network: Security Paranoid Edition
And a few reasons why you should consider it. When reading the title, you might have asked yourself: Why would anyone get rid of the Wi-Fi capabilities of their…

July 31, 2022 at 06:02PM
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Friday, July 29, 2022

A mysterious magnetic wave runs across the surface of the Earth’s core once every 7 years!

A mysterious magnetic wave runs across the surface of the Earth’s core once every 7 years!
Scientists have stumbled upon another mystery about the interior of our planet. Satellite and surface measurements have shown that a magnetic wave oscillates at…

July 29, 2022 at 10:04AM
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Hiding Encryption and Credit Card numbers In Plaintext With Format Preserving Encryption

Hiding Encryption and Credit Card numbers In Plaintext With Format Preserving Encryption
Photo by CardMapr on Unsplash We can normally spot when something is encrypted, as it either looks like Base64 or hex characters. But, why can’t we convert our…

July 29, 2022 at 10:03AM
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Monday, July 18, 2022

AI has shown how little we know about the structure of a cell — we don’t even know half of its…

AI has shown how little we know about the structure of a cell — we don’t even know half of its…
Biology textbooks will have to be rewritten. Biochemical analyses have shown that cells contain twice as many structures as previously thought. The discovery is…

July 18, 2022 at 10:48AM
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Using GPT-3 to explain how code works

Using GPT-3 to explain how code works
Using GPT-3 to explain how code works One of my favourite uses for the GPT-3 AI language model is generating explanations of how code works. It’s shockingly…

July 11, 2022 at 05:11PM
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

When north goes south: Is Earth's magnetic field flipping?

When north goes south: Is Earth's magnetic field flipping?
It's been 780,000 years since this happened — and some scientists say that Earth's magnetic poles are long overdue for a switch. RELATED TOPICS: EARTH | PHYSICS…

June 28, 2022 at 01:28PM
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Thursday, May 05, 2022

Sharing Code Using a setup.py File in Python

Sharing Code Using a setup.py File in Python
A 101 on how to share code across a Python project Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash The Problem You have the following project structure: ├── src ├── common…

May 5, 2022 at 09:00AM
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Monday, May 02, 2022

Replace Python Lists and Make Your Code Orders of Magnitude Faster!

Replace Python Lists and Make Your Code Orders of Magnitude Faster!
No fancy libraries and no complicated engineering, just one data structure — hash tables. Image by author Every beginner programmer loves for-loops because of…

May 2, 2022 at 09:17AM
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