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fromInfoWorld
1 week agoGet started with Python's new frozendict type
Python 3.15 introduces frozendict, an immutable dictionary that is hashable and useful in scenarios where regular dictionaries cannot be used.
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fromThe Nation
1 month agoCan the Dictionary Keep Up?
The Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski introduced the crowd of assembled nerds to the idea that a dictionary is not a static document but a living object, constantly updated and remade in response to how people write and speak. In a talk titled "The Dictionary as Data," Sokolowski emphasized that the editors at Merriam-Webster look to how the general public uses language to guide their work.
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fromArs Technica
4 months agoMerriam-Webster crowns "slop" word of the year as AI content floods Internet
On Sunday, Merriam-Webster announced that "slop" is its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting how the term has become shorthand for the flood of low-quality AI-generated content that has spread across social media, search results, and the web at large. The dictionary defines slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence."
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