The new major version with a new JIT compiler, a revised parallelization API, and a maturing type system paves the way for ...

Which language has the best loops? See for yourself, with our side-by-side (loop-for-loop) Python vs. Kotlin showdown. Find more stories in this week’s report.

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

While we have the Python built-in function sum() which sums the elements of a sequence (provided the elements of the sequence are all of numeric type), it’s instructive to see how we can do this in a ...

A Fibonacci spiral showing the Golden Ratio (Photo: Altitudevs/Dreamstime) The Fibonacci sequence reveals a hidden order in nature, art, and even the human body, and it is intimately connected to the ...

Converting between units is often something you have to do on the fly, and it is made easier when you memorise some rough equivalents. For instance, an imperial pint is 568 millilitres, but I often ...

Fibonacci retracement is a popular tool in technical analysis used by traders to identify potential reversal levels and support or resistance points in the price movement of assets. Based on the ...

Microsoft’s Loop components are a smart way to collaborate across Microsoft 365 apps. Here’s why these portable content snippets are so useful and how to use them in Outlook, Teams, and other M365 ...