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Write and run assembly in Python with Copapy

Python has many powerful applications as a "meta-language" or a code generation system. The newly unveiled Copapy library uses Python as a system for generating and running assembly language on the ...

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Now, AI coding tools are raising new issues with how that “clean room” rewrite process plays out both legally, ethically, and practically. Dan Blanchard took over maintenance of the repository in 2012 ...

15 Years Later, Jake Gyllenhaal’s High-Stakes Sci-Fi Time-Loop Thriller Breaks Into Free Streaming

Jake Gyllenhaal’s underrated 2011 sci-fi thriller Source Code by director Duncan Jones, is now streaming free. Find out more below.
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Building A Super-Compact Cistercian Numerals Clock

Around the thirteenth century CE, European society was in the midst between transitioning from Roman numerals to the Arabic numerals that we use today. Less remembered are the Cistercian numerals, ...

I turned my Android phone into the perfect bedside clock - here's how

Don't want a traditional alarm clock? Your Android phone can show the time while it charges. Here's how to set it up.
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Creating An Ultra-Stable Lunar Clock With A Cryogenic Silicon Cavity Laser

Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical ...
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What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

Using an AI coding assistant to migrate an application from one programming language to another wasn’t as easy as it looked. Here are three takeaways.