The benchmarks are quite simple and consist of generating IDs using each library's raw interface as much as possible, e.g. the UUID module is benchmarked by measuring the execution time of the ...

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Some programs like SNAP could be restored within hours, while other effects could take longer to unravel. The House approved legislation on Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in American ...

If the heat across Massachusetts this week felt unbearable, you're not imagining it. As greenhouse gas emissions rise, our summers are getting hotter, stickier, and more dangerous. Temperatures aren't ...

Snakes of all varieties are found in communities worldwide. However, when an 18-foot python is on the loose, it can put those who live in communities where the huge snakes are not part of the local ...

Billy Joel has canceled all his concerts due to a recent diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus, according to a post on his official Instagram. "This condition has been exacerbated by recent ...

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Deep in Florida’s Everglades, it’s apparently a cat-eat-snake world. The discovery of a dead 13-foot, 52-pound Burmese python led wildlife officials on a pursuit of the ...

Angela Gray remembers colder, more predictable winters when she was a child. The 42-year-old Maplewood resident found herself discussing that topic with friends last week after a late winter blizzard ...