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

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(NEXSTAR) – While many people will have to wait until Jan. 26 to file their taxes, taxpayers who qualify for the IRS Free File program can already submit their federal returns, the agency said in a ...

There were 161 million individual income tax returns filed to the IRS in 2024, possibly including yours. While not every American is required to file a tax return, most will – and there may be good ...

Support for Windows 10 22H2 officially ended earlier this week on October 14th, and one day later, on October 15th, registration for Extended Security Updates (ESU) was finally activated. This means ...

When Python install manager is installed, Windows file associations for python scripts do not work as expected when scripts are invoked from Command Prompt (cmd.exe): the interpreter starts in a new ...

Wrangling your data into LLMs just got easier, though it's not all sunshine and rainbows Hands On Getting large language models to actually do something useful usually means wiring them up to external ...

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The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when. Python Enhancement Proposal ...

One way to speed up your Python programs is to write modules in the Zig language and use them in your Python code. Here's how to get started. Python might not be the fastest of languages, but it has ...

Getting your taxes done for free sounds like something that you're bound to regret. But several real-deal tax freebies exist. Many people could save the $300 or more that they pay for tax services by ...