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Function decoration for backoff and retry — modern, fast, zero dependencies.

backon is a modern evolution of backoff — a zero-dependency Python library for retry with exponential backoff. It provides decorator, functional, and context manager APIs for both sync and async code.
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Porcupine Turns the Tables on a Hungry Python

Quick Take Is it normal for snakes to eat porcupine... What else do pythons eat? In June 2015, an African Rock Python branched out from its usual diet and swallowed a porcupine, per CNN. Unfortunately ...
The Sun

‘Wtf is modern day football?’ – England World Cup fans go berserk as spectators scoff food while sat at pitchside TABLE

FANS have slammed modern football after spotting spectators eating at a TABLE during England’s clash with Costa Rica – calling it the “weirdest thing ever.” The Three Lions beat the Central American ...
Interesting Engineering

New military satellite antenna blocks electronic warfare in space with 95% less power

The Pentagon is searching for new ways to protect military satellite communications from electronic attacks in space. MIT Lincoln Laboratory engineers are now developing a lightweight antenna system ...
IEEE

An ESL-Cancelling Circuit for a Shunt-Connected Film Capacitor Filter Using Vertically Stacked Coupled Spiral Loops

Abstract: This article reports an ESL-canceling circuit using vertically stacked coupled spiral loops for a shunt-connected film capacitor filter. The proposed circuit is applicable to shunt-connected ...
IEEE

Design of Linear and Planar Arrays With Low Sidelobe Levels and High Directivity Using Two-Way Array Factor

Abstract: Sidelobes (SLs) in the two-way radiation pattern are of serious concern in a radar array. Several techniques have evolved to mitigate the problem, which include amplitude tapering, genetic ...