Why I’m still using Python

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I’ve been using Python since 2006, and every year I ask myself if it’s still the right language for me. I don’t want to get stuck using a language just because it’s the one I’ve become comfortable using. Languages are … Read more

Ownership of AI-Generated Code Hotly Disputed

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GitHub Copilot dubs itself as an “AI pair programmer” for software developers, automatically suggesting code in real time. According to GitHub, Copilot is “powered by Codex, a generative pretrained AI model created by OpenAI” and has been trained on “natural … Read more

TreeSheets: Open Source Free Form Data Organizer

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A “hierarchical spreadsheet” that is a great replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases. Suitable for any kind of data organization, such as todo lists, calendars, project management, brainstorming, organizing ideas, planning, requirements gathering, presentation … Read more

Auth.js Authentication for the Web

authjs.dev
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import SvelteKitAuth from “@auth/sveltekit”import GitHub from ‘@auth/core/providers/github’import Facebook from ‘@auth/core/providers/facebook’import Google from ‘@auth/core/providers/google’import { GITHUB_ID, GITHUB_SECRET, FACEBOOK_ID, FACEBOOK_SECRET, GOOGLE_ID, GOOGLE_SECRET} from “$env/static/private”export const handle = SvelteKitAuth({ providers: [ GitHub({ clientId: GITHUB_ID, clientSecret: GITHUB_SECRET }), Facebook({ clientId: FACEBOOK_ID, clientSecret: FACEBOOK_SECRET }), … Read more

Flu vaccine lowers risk of stroke

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Calgary, AB – Researchers at the University of Calgary say the flu vaccine could help prevent stroke among adults even if they are not at high risk for stroke. Investigators evaluated the health records of over four million Albertans over … Read more

A portable, modern regular expression language

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Examples ‘Hello’ ‘ ‘+ (‘world’ | ‘pomsky’) ^ ‘ ‘+ | ‘ ‘+ $ | % ‘ ‘+ % ‘hello'{1,5} ‘world’* lazy [‘acd[]’ ‘p’-‘s’] ![‘^’] [s U+15 U+FEFF Greek] :([space]) :named(Codepoint) ::named (> ‘foo’ | ‘bar’) range ‘0’-‘255’ let x … Read more

Color Formats in CSS

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Introduction CSS has a whole slew of different color formats: hex codes, rgb(), hsl(), lch(), the list goes on! Which one should we use? It might seem like an inconsequential decision, but there are some pretty important differences between them. … Read more

In 2023, Let’s Rediscover Wrongness

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Few articles could better sum up the media and intellectual landscape of 2022 than this one published late last month in The Guardian: “Ancient Apocalypse is the most dangerous show on Netflix.” The subheadline: “A show with a truly preposterous … Read more