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I recently stumbled across the identity while reading [1]. Here ⌊x⌋ is the floor of x, the largest integer not larger than x. My first thought was that this was hard to believe. Although the floor function is very simple, its interactions with other functions tends to be complicated. I
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Read moreThe Impact of Economic News on the Forex Market in South Africa
Financial markets move for technical and fundamental reasons. Fundamental analysis is usually worth more than technical analysis for stocks. But for the forex market, it may be different. In any case, economic news impacts the forex market, as the overall market needs a reason to move. And that reason is
Read moreCyber Security Today, June 30, 2023 – Good news and bad news about ransomware
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Read moreUK readies in-depth investigation into Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally concluded that Adobe’s proposed $20 billion bid for digital design rival Figma could result in a “substantial lessening of competition” in the U.K for designers. As a result of its initial findings, the CMA is progressing the case to an in-depth
Read more87 Lesser-known Python Features
This post is for people who use Python daily, but have never actually sat down and read through all the documentation.Continue reading on Better Programming »
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