‘The Python Hunt’ Review: An Entertainingly Garish Documentary Account of a State-Sanctioned Culling Spree

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction 'The Python Hunt' follows a variety of American oddballs in the annual ...

Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!

Exposure therapy to the bash shell brought me to the tipping point, and I jumped ship to the Macintosh side of the house. It ...

Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

Do we even need Anthropic or OpenAI's top models, or can we get away with a smaller local model? Sure, it might be slower, ...
IEEE

Layered Media Parameter Inversion Method Based on Deconvolution Autoencoder and Self-Attention Mechanism Using GPR Data

Abstract: Layered medium parameter inversion is a crucial technique in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data processing and has wide application in civil engineering and geological exploration. In ...
Redmond Magazine

Using PowerShell To Back Up Windows 11

A PowerShell script using WBAdmin can create full system backups of Windows 11, offering a simple, scriptable alternative for advanced users. Over the last couple of years, I have written a few blog ...
Redmond Magazine

Launching a PowerShell Script from Excel, Revisited

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...
Eurogamer

Xbox users are using a new EA Play loophole to score 10 months of Game Pass Ultimate for £77

Xbox users have revived a clever subscription loophole that takes full advantage of the recent Game Pass price drop, allowing players to score 10 months of Ultimate for just £76.96 and save over £92.
IEEE

A Reduced-Parameter Mathematical Surrogate Model for Improving Measurement Accuracy of Mechanical Systems Using Experimental Techniques

Abstract: Modeling of a larger mechanical system is inherently difficult due to the complexity of individual processes and the interaction between multiple processes. Using a polynomial model based on ...
Austin American-Statesman

When are taxes due? What to know about the last day to file, refunds and IRS timing

Taxes are due Wednesday and millions of Americans are racing to file before the deadline. More than 90% of taxpayers are expected to file electronically, according to the Tax Policy Center, while the ...