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According to Andrej Karpathy on Twitter, the Python random.seed() function produces identical random number generator (RNG) streams when seeded with positive and negative integers of the same ...

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Official support for free-threaded Python, and free-threaded improvements Python’s free-threaded build promises true parallelism for threads in Python programs by removing the Global Interpreter Lock ...

Plans for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that would result in a “miserable existence”, according to one councillor, have been refused. Labour Councillor Ian Blades made the comments during a ...

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John Gibson is a football columnist writing about Newcastle United. Gibbo has been a voice of the Toon for the Chronicle since 1966. Perhaps if Alexander Isak took time off from feeling sorry for ...

There isn't a single number before 1,000 that contains the second most common letter in the alphabet. Mind = blown! Hard to believe, right? Read on to find out exactly where this letter makes its ...

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