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As software developers, we’ve all come across those annoying, not-so-useful error messages when using some library or framework: "Couldn’t parse config…

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The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said…

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Check out DeepLabCut, it's awesome: https://github.com/DeepLabCut/DeepLabCut

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What if you never take that promotion?

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Ilkka Törmä and Ville Salo, a pair of researchers at the University of Turku in Finland, have found a finite configuration in Conway’s Game of Life such that, if it occurs within a universe a…

Moscow said the ransomware group REvil “ceased to exist” after raids and arrests. It is not clear if the operation will ease tensions with Washington.