Some time ago, during a code review, I had a discussion with a colleague of mine about preferring dict() over {} in new Python code. They argued that dict() is more readable — and expresses intent more clearly — therefore should be preferred. I wasn’t convinced…

This article exposes the unfair reality of spare part prices. To make repair affordable, we need reasonable prices for original parts, clear acceptance for the use of compatible parts (third party, used or 3D-printed) and a solid ban on parts pairing.

With desktop and Android version 1.64 in a couple of months, Brave will sunset Strict fingerprinting protection mode.

Market simulator video game mechanics reveal the core of human soul.

Great interview of Linus Torvalds on many topics (Rust, git, etc.) and also on LLM and programming tasks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvuEYtkOH88 (starting at 20:30). Here is the transcript (using yt-dlp and OpenAI Whisper):

hope you liked the games of 2023 because that's all folks

The return-to-office demands make little sense from an overall economic perspective, while working parents, in particular, benefit from not having to waste time commuting to an office, writes Peter Bergen.

[CVPR 2024] Depth Anything: Unleashing the Power of Large-Scale Unlabeled Data. Foundation Model for Monocular Depth Estimation - LiheYoung/Depth-Anything

Lessons learned from a year of startup life.

The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers.

The following is a copy of the internal message from our CEO.

Have I Been Pwned allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email address or phone number has been compromised.

Machine Learning Engineering Open Book. Contribute to stas00/ml-engineering development by creating an account on GitHub.

Here’s what these changes mean for our games and what players can expect from us going forward.

The Post found an AI-generated spam article that ripped one of its exclusive reports in Google News search results.