In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Billy Strings rolled into Austin, Texas over the weekend for the final performances in a long year on the road. Even seasoned road warriors like Strings and his band of Billy Failing, Alex Hargreaves, ...

A PSF proposal to address vulnerabilities in Python and PyPi was recommended for funding, but it was declined because the terms barred “any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory ...

Working with numbers stored as strings is a common task in Python programming. Whether you’re parsing user input, reading data from a file, or working with APIs, you’ll often need to transform numeric ...

String manipulation is a core skill for every Python developer. Whether you’re working with CSV files, log entries, or text analytics, knowing how to split strings in Python makes your code cleaner ...

Billy Strings honored his late mother during an introspective Rupp Arena concert. The setlist blended original songs with gospel, bluegrass, and rock covers. Strings balanced emotional tribute with ...

Are you ready for Python Pi? The 3.14 beta is out now, and we’ve got the rundown on what’s so great about it, including the new template strings feature, or “f-strings with superpowers.” ...

Python’s new template strings, or t-strings, give you a much more powerful way to format data than the old-fashioned f-strings. The familiar formatted string, or f-string, feature in Python provides a ...

The number pi (π) appears in the most unlikely places. It can be found in circles, of course—as well as in pendulums, springs and river bends. This everyday number is linked to transcendental ...

An intrauterine device (IUD) is a small, T-shaped piece of plastic with one or two thin, plastic strings that hang from the bottom of the “T” through the cervix and into the vaginal canal. If you have ...