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Learn how to simulate a tipping stick with springs using Python! This video walks you through building a physics-based simulation that models spring forces, tipping motion, and friction step by step.

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UChicago will pause or reduce admission to some of its Ph.D. and Master’s programs for the 2026–27 academic year. Funding for current Ph.D. and master’s students will remain unchanged, and students ...

Pull fresh Unsplash wallpapers and rotate them on GNOME automatically with a Python script plus a systemd service and timer.

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Meet Lady Gaga, the albino carpet python celebrity whose retirement reveals what “aging gracefully” means for snakes.

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